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Yong Pung How DUBC DUT (11 April 1926 – 9 January 2020) was a Malaysian-Singaporean jurist who served as the second chief justice of Singapore between 1990 and 2006.. After stepping down as chief justice, Yong served as the chancellor of the Singapore Management University between 2010 and 2015.
Her father, Yong Pung How, was an advocate, solicitor and later Chief Justice of Singapore. In the late 1960s, as the medium of instruction in Malaysian schools were switching to Malay, Yong's parents were disinclined for her to study in Malaysia. As such, her family migrated to Singapore in 1969. [7] [8] Yong attended Hwa Chong Junior College ...
Yeo Yong-Boon George: 杨荣文: 13 September 1954 Politician Yong Pung How: 杨邦孝: 11 April 1926: 9 January 2020: 2nd Chief Justice of Singapore: Rui En: 瑞恩: 29 January 1981 Actress, singer Subhas Anandan: 25 December 1947: 7 January 2015: Lawyer Youyi: 有懿: 11 October 1980 Actress, host David Bala — 1947: 29 August 2014: Actor ...
Yong's son, Pung How, would later join the firm in 1952 after graduating with a double-first degree in law from his father's alma mater, initially practicing mostly criminal law. [1] Under the Pung How leadership as a senior partner, the firm grew to be one of the largest firms in Malaya.
The Yong Pung How School of Law is one of the six schools of the Singapore Management University. It was set up as Singapore's second law school in 2007, 50 years after the NUS Faculty of Law and 10 years before SUSS School of Law .
1997 – Launch of Singapore Mediation Centre by former Chief Justice Yong Pung How. Commencement of stakeholding services for residential and commercial properties in Singapore. 2000 – Electronic Filing System is introduced in conjunction with LawNet's 10th anniversary. 2005 – Relocation of premises to the new Supreme Court building. The ...
The principle behind this rule was elucidated succinctly by Justice Yong Pung How. He stated that since Singapore's justice system is adversarial and not inquisitorial, when hearing evidence a tribunal may seek clarification on points in the evidence which are not clear, but must at all times avoid descending into the arena and joining in the ...
Harpreet Singh has acted as advocate in various notable Singapore cases, including the following: Public Prosecutor v Norzian bin Bintat [1995] SGHC 207, which was a landmark constitutional law case in which Yong Pung How CJ asserted the independence of judicial power and held that the Public Prosecutor did not have a veto over the Court's decision to discharge or acquit an accused person.