Singapore’s new home-grown legal team
Law Minister, Chief Justice, Attorney-General and Solicitor-General are
all from NUS Faculty of Law
16 April 2008, p1, Prime News,The
Straits Times
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S’pore gets first female Solicitor-General
Koh Juat Jong will leave her role as Registrar of the Supreme Court and
take over from Walter Woon, who is the new Attorney-General.
10 April 2008, TODAY
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Prof
Walter Woon takes over as Attorney-General from 11 April 2008
9 April 2008, Channel NewsAsia
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NUS Law congratulates law alumnus
Dr Rais Yatim ’73 on his appointment as Foreign Minister of Malaysia
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NUS Law congratulates law alumnus Court
of Appeal president Datuk Abdul Hamid Mohamad ’69 on his appointment as
Malaysia’s Chief Justice
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NUS Faculty of Law congratulates our
alumnus, Lucien Wong ’78 on being the first local lawyer to be awarded
the Chambers Global 2007 prize
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NUS Law congratulates
law alumnus Federal Court judge Datuk Abdul Hamid Mohamad ’69 on his
appointment as Malaysia’s Court of Appeal president
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NUS Faculty of Law congratulates
our alumnus, Professor Dr Cheong May Fong (LLM ’89) on her appointment
as Dean of the University of Malaya Faculty of Law
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NUS Law congratulates our alumnus,
Mr Chan Seng Onn ’86 on his appointment as a Judge of the High Court
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Conferment of the Emeritus
professorship on Professor Koh Kheng Lian '61
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NUS Law congratulates our alumnus,
Justice V K Rajah '82 on his appointment as Judge of Appeal
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Class of ’86 Donates $100,000 for Class of ’86 Bennett Lam Scholarship Fund
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Namiko Chan Takahashi '97
wins UOB Painting of the Year award
Today [Monday, September 11, 2006]
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Jasudasen named new envoy to
KL
The Straits
Times
[Tuesday May 30, 2006]
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A more human touch to the
Bench
The Straits
Times
[Saturday May 20, 2006]
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Improving on a formidable
legacy
The Straits
Times
[Monday April 24, 2006]
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New CJ maps out his vision
for the judiciary
The Sunday
Times
[April 23, 2006]
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First NUS
graduate to be appointed Chief Justice
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Professor Tommy Koh '61 honoured as Champion of the Earth
The Straits Times [Friday, 24 March 2006]
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Congratulations to Dr Andrew Phang
S.C. '82 on his appointment as Judge of
Appeal
The Straits Times [Tuesday, 28 February 2006]
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The Law School mourns the loss of
Mr Lai Kew Chai '66
The Straits Times [Tuesday, 28 February 2006]
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Jack Lee '95 produces formal online dictionary of Singlish and Singapore
English
The Straits Times [Friday, 10 February 2006]
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Ong Keng Sen '88 brings Theatreworks to Scandinavia
The Straits Times [Thursday, 9 February 2006]
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Monetary Authority of Singapore appoints Lee Sieu Kin '86 and Lucien
Wong '78 to Board of Directors
The Straits Times [Wednesday, 18 January 2006]
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Justice V. K. Rajah '82 heads SingaporeLaw committee to sell Singapore
law abroad
Other alumni on the committee include Lok Vi Ming S.C. '86 and 2nd
Solicitor-General Lee Seiu Kin '86
The Straits Times [Friday, 13 January 2006]
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Ong Keng Sen '88 and Ivan Heng '88 among the 50 names in the arts power
list 2005
The Straits Times [Tuesday, 27 December 2005]
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Kelvin
Tong '97 in an inaugural regional film project
The Straits Times [Tuesday, 29
November 2005]
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Handy Guide to Singapore's Constitution
Review of a recently published new book by Dr Kevin Y.L. Tan '86
The Straits Times [Saturday, 26 November 2005]
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Associate
Professor Ho Peng Kee '79
Interview with the Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs
The Straits Times [Friday, 28
October 2005]
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US still admired for its idealism
Prof Tommy Koh '61 speaks at Georgetown University's School of Foreign
Service
The Straits Times [Monday, 3
October 2005]
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Retired Supreme Court Justice M.P.H Rubin '66
is Singapore's High Commissioner to South Africa
Mr Lim Thuan Kuan '84 is Singapore's Ambassador to Vietnam
The Straits Times,
[Wednesday, 28 September 2005]
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The Maid breaks the new opening record
for horror movies released in Singapore
The Straits Times [Tuesday,
23 August 2005]
Horror Flick 'The Maid'
directed by Kelvin Tong '97
Out in cinemas in time for the Hungry Ghost Festival
The Straits Times [Wednesday, 17 August 2005]
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Annabel Pennefather
'71 leads a number of firsts for women in sports in Singapore and is
reading a book on Singapore's Olympians
The Sunday Times [Sunday, August 21, 2005]
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National Day Awards for Our Alumni
The Straits Times [Saturday, 6 August 2005]
Retired Supreme Court judge M.P.H. Rubin receives the highest honor in
this year's National Day Awards - the Meritorious Service Medal
Other alumni awarded this year include
- Justice Judith Prakash '74
The Public Service Medal for her
contributions as chairman of the board of governors of Raffles Girls'
School (Secondary)
- Koh Juat Jong '88, Registrar, Supreme Court
The Public
Administration Medal (Gold)
- Mr Ong Hian Sun '88 Senior State Counsel, Criminal Justice
Division, Attorney- General's Chambers
The Long Service Medal
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Prof Tommy Koh '61
President's tribute to nation's iconic
diplomat
Veteran diplomat Tommy Koh '61 is the co-editor of a newly launched book
"The Little Red Dot: Reflections By Singapore's Diplomats"
The Straits Times
[Saturday, 6 August 2005]
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Law School mourns the loss of Malaysian Judicial Commissioner Datuk
Salmah Abdul Rahman '73
Law School was saddened to learn of the death of Datuk Salmah Abdul
Rahman '73, who passed away on 1 June 2005.
Datuk Salmah, who was formerly the Commissioner of Law Revision and
Reform at the Attorney-General's Chambers, was sworn in as a judicial
commissioner on 27 July 2004, serving at the Civil High Court of Kuala
Lumpur for three months before moving to the Criminal High Court in
November 2004.
After graduating from the then University of Singapore in 1973, Datuk
Salmah became a magistrate in Johor Baru. She then served as Sessions
Court judge in Johor Baru, Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya, and legal
adviser and senior federal counsel in several ministries. She also
served as deputy director of the Legal Aid Bureau.
Datuk Salmah was the advisory board chairman in the Prime Minister's
Department in Malaysia, before becoming Commissioner for Law Revision in
2000. When the division was expanded to include Law Reform in 2002, she
became its first head. She was responsible for the first official Bahasa
Malaysia version of the Federal Constitution.
She leaves husband Dr Mohd Yusof Mohd Said,and three sons, Shahril, 29,
Azlan, 24 and Iskandar, 23.
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Class of 2004
Last call to the Bar at old Supreme Court
The Sunday Times [Sunday, May 29, 2005]
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Class of '96 raising S$10,000 to dedicate Law School foyer bench in
memory of Edlyn Yap. Click
here to read
The Straits Times [Friday, April 29, 2005] article.
If you would like to contribute, please contact Adeline Ang '96 at
adeline@nus.edu.sg; tel: (65)
6874-3683.
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NUS Law School mourns the loss of Edlyn Yap '96
Our own Edlyn Yap Meili '96 was a victim of the 26 December 2004
tsunamis
which have devastated so much of this region.
Edlyn was holidaying in Beruwela on the south-west coast of Sri Lanka
over the Christmas season, and was among those killed when the tsunamis
struck Sri Lanka.
A bubbly and vivacious person, well loved by all who knew her, she will
be particularly remembered in Law School for her infectious enthusiasm
in various Law Club activities during her years as a student here from
1992 to 1996. From her first week in Law School, Edlyn was a whirlwind
of activity – she was part of her freshman Rag & Flag Committee, and
stayed involved in Orientation and Law Camp committees every year till
she graduated. She was also part of the production and fund-raising team
for her Law 4 concert which raised money for charity.
Edlyn practised law in Singapore for a few years, before moving to Hong
Kong. She was working in Hong Kong as a lawyer and editor of a legal
journal.
She will be greatly missed by the law school community.
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Ong Keng Seng '88
The Straits Times [Friday, February 25, 2005]
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Ong Keng Seng '88 …
Speaks to the Financial Times about
"Singaporean" art.
Financial Times [Thursday, February 24, 2005]
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Low Sze Wee '95: art curator with the Singapore Art Museum.
"Cultivating a love for art".
The New Paper [Thursday, February 3, 2005]
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Stella Tan '04
The brainy beauty queen who excels in law
too.
The Straits Times [Monday, January 31, 2005]
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Survival of the fit
Patrick Wee '89, the son of former Chief
Justice Wee Chong Jin has built a mini yoga empire.
The Sunday Times [January 23, 2005]
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Whose line is it, anyway?
An archive of 200 digitally scanned
manuscripts by Singapore writers, like our very own Eleanor Wong '85, is
now available online for free.
The Straits Times [Tuesday, January 25, 2005]
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Jazz Right
Rani Singam '94 is one of Singapore's six
jazz divas.
The Sunday Times [January 23, 2005]
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Dr Andrew Phang Boon Leong SC '82 appointed Judicial Commissioner
Our hearty congratulations to Dr Andrew Phang Boon Leong SC '82,
who was appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court in a
ceremony 3 January 2005.
Law School alumni remember his inspiring and challenging lectures and
tutorials, especially in the areas of Contract Law and Jurisprudence,
during his time here as a lecturer at the Law Faculty.
Judicial Commissioner Phang graduated with First Class Honours from NUS
Law School, and was also awarded the Adrian Clark Memorial Medal. In
1999 he was made a full Professor of Law at NUS, and was also the
recipient of an Outstanding University Researcher Award. He was
appointed Senior Counsel in 2004, together with our own Dean, Prof
Tan Cheng Han SC '87.
He has published extensively in Singapore and overseas. He is the author
of several books and over 100 articles in legal journals worldwide; and
is probably best-known as the author of the Singapore and Malaysia
edition of Cheshire Fifoot and Furmston's Law of Contract – the
'bible' of many a first-year Contract student.
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Two more Law School alumni elevated to the Subordinate Courts' Bench
Congratulations to Judge Khoo Oon Soo '73 and Judge Hui Choon
Kuen (DipSing) '96, who were appointed District Judges on 1 December
2004.
Between 1973 and 2001, Judge Khoo was Deputy Registrar of the Supreme
Court and was District Judge and Group Manager in the Subordinate
Courts. From 2001, he was Senior State Counsel, Criminal Justice
Division in the Attorney-General's Chambers.
Judge Hui was a Justices' law clerk in the Supreme Court in 1998, and
was then appointed Assistant Registrar from 1999 to 2000. From 2001, he
was a Deputy Public Prosecutor with the Criminal Justice Division of the
Attorney-General's Chambers.
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Anamah Tan '63 appointed Active Senior Citizen of the Year 2004
In a ceremony on 16 November 2004, sprightly women's rights activist
Anamah Tan '63 she was declared NTUC FairPrice Active Senior Citizen
of the Year. In August 2004, Dr Tan became the first Singaporean to be
elected to the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); she is also a committee member of
the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Singapore
Chapter, which works towards women's empowerment and gender equality.
Read the Straits Times interview with Dr Tan '63
here.
(Source: The Straits Times, Wednesday, 17 November 2004)
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Four of our very own Law School alumni were recently featured in the
Straits Times as potential leaders from the post-1965 generation, in an
article entitled "50 young Singaporeans to watch".
Sean Francois La'Brooy '99, Daren Shiau '96, Lee Eng Beng '92 and
our very own Law School Dean Tan Cheng Han SC '87 were selected
by the Straits Times as young "Singaporeans from which future Cabinet
ministers and permanent secretaries might be drawn".
Aside from being Dean of the Law Faculty, Cheng Han is also the
Vice-President of the Singapore Academy of Law, and Governor of the
Intellectual Property Academy. Eng Beng, formerly a lecturer at the
Faculty, is now head of the Business Finance and Insolvency practice at
Rajah & Tann. Daren is head of the Anti-Trust and Competition practice
at Allen & Gledhill, and was awarded the Singapore Youth Award in 2000
for his community service, and the 2001 Commonwealth Youth Program Asia
Award for Excellence in Youth Work. Sean is the youngest-ever elected
member of the Council of the Law Society of Singapore, and is very
active in the Law Society's pro bono activities.
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V K Rajah '82 appointed High Court Judge
Congratulations to Justice V K Rajah '82 on his appointment to the
position of Judge of the High Court under Article 95 of the
Constitution, with effect from 1 November 2004.
Justice Rajah was appointed a Judicial Commissioner in January 2004, and
before that was the managing partner of M/s Rajah & Tann. He was among
the first batch of lawyers in Singapore to be appointed Senior Counsel
in 1997.
Justice Rajah is married to fellow Law School alumnus Vathani '88, and
they have 2 daughters, Meera and Maya.
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V K Rajah '82 appointed to preside over arbitration matters
The Chief Justice has appointed Justice V K
Rajah '82 to hear arbitration matters brought before the High Court.
Justice Rajah '82 and Justice Belinda Ang, who was appointed with him, join Justice Judith Prakash '74, who was appointed in April 2003 to
hear arbitration matters.
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Prof S Jayakumar '63 appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Law
NUS Law School congratulates Prof S Jayakumar '63 on his appointment
to the post of Deputy Prime Minister and reappointment to the post of
Minister for Law in the new Cabinet which takes office from 12 August
2004.
Prof Jayakumar will chair a Cabinet Committee on foreign policy matters
which cut across different ministries. He will also remain in charge of
foreign policy issues which involve legal negotiation or international
adjudication.
Prof Jayakumar taught at the Law Faculty from 1963 to 1971, and also
served as Sub-Dean and Vice-Dean for a number of years. He was then
appointed Singapore's Ambassador to the United Nations in 1971. He
returned to become Dean of the Law Faculty from 1974 to 1980 before
entering politics.
The law school also congratulates Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee '79, a former Vice-Dean at the Law Faculty, on his re-appointment as Senior
Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs.
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Dato' Abdul Hamid Mohamad '69 appointed to the bench of the Federal
Court of Malaysia
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Judge Abdul Hamid Mohamed was elevated to the bench of
the Federal Court of Malaysia on 1 August 2003.
He graduated from the University of Singapore Law School (the
predecessor of our present Law School) in 1969.
After graduation, he joined the Malaysian Legal and Judicial Service. He
served as Magistrate in Perlis and Perak, President of the Sessions
Court in Kedah and Selangor, Assistant Directon of Legal Aid in Kedah
and Perlis, Deputy Registrar of High Court Malaya, State Legal Adviser
in Kelantan and Perak, Senior Federal Counsel of the Inland Revenue
Department and Head of Prosecution at the Attorney General's Chambers of
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On 1 May 1990 Judge Abdul Hamid was appointed a Judicial Commissioner
and served at the High Court in Penang. On 1 March 1992 he was appointed
a High Court Judge; and continued to serve in Penang until October 1999
when he was transferred to Kuala Lumpur.
On 1 September 2000 Judge Abdul Hamid was appointed a Judge of the Court
of Appeal of Malaysia.
From 1 August 2003, Judge Abdul Hamid serves on the Federal Court; which
is the highest Court in Malaysia.
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