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In Memoriam Special Usis News Release

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By Myint Zan
 
29 June 2010  would have been my father’s 88th   birthday if he were alive. As it was, my father Dr U San Baw, died on 7 December 1984.
 
As the song goes “all kinds of (different) things” reminds me of my father. A few news items that had appeared some  years back in newspapers [...]

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ESTATE of GOH CHAT LEW, deceased
(NRIC No.: 360429-71-5113)
No. 58, Jalan Kota Laksamana,
Taman Kota Laksamana,
75200 Melaka

I wish to inquire whether any firm of solicitors or any person has attended to the said deceased during his lifetime and acted for him in particular in his preparation and execution of a will and/or has [...]

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ESTATE of MARTIN NUNIS
(NRIC No.: 211108-10-5163)
Deceased
We wish to inquire whether any firm of solicitors or any person has attended to the said deceased during his lifetime and acted for him in particular in his preparation and execution of a will and/or has applied for the grant of representation from the High Court of Malaya. [...]

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Malacca/Negeri Sembilan vs Selangor Bar Games 2009

The Annual Malacca/Negeri Sembilan vs Selangor Bar Games 2009 will be held in Malacca on Saturday, 23rd January 2009 at the Malacca Club Sport Complex in Tanjung Kling. The games to be played are:-

Badminton - 2.30pm
(Convenor : Ms. Fiona Tan Tel : 06-292 2532/292 2533)

Snooker - 3.00pm
(Convenor : En. Nizam Bashir Tel : 06-283 7786)

Volleyball - 4.00pm
(Convenor : Ms. Fiona Tan Tel : 06-292 2532/292 2533)

Netball (to be confirmed) - 4.30pm
(Convenor : Cik Nora’ain Bte Hj. Saat Tel : 06-282 0614 / 282 0635)

Football - 5.30pm
(Convenor : En. Mahaiyuddin Bin Musa Tel : 06-286 4858)

Boatrace - during dinner
(Convenor : Mr. Surendran Chelvarajah Tel : 06-281 4670 / 281 5670)

Golf - golf will also be played on Saturday, 23rd January 2010 at Ayer Keroh Country Club. The Convenor for golf is En. Khairil Aznan bin Aziz (Tel: 06-284 7788 / 284 7461 or H/P : 012 681 2206). Those wishing to play golf golf are kindly requested to contact En. Khairil.

Members and chambering pupils who are interested in representing the combined Malacca/Negeri Sembilan Bars in the above games, are kindly requested to contact the abovementioned convenors as soon as possible.

Dinner - Free of charge. However, if you have given your name for the dinner and do not attend it, you will be charged RM10.00. To facilitate catering, those wishing to attend the dinner (including players/chambering pupils) are kindly asked to return the reply slip to the Malacca bar office (can be faxed to 283 0755) not later than Wednesday, 20th January, 2010.

Attendance of all chambering pupils either as a player/supporter is COMPULSORY. However, the dinner is optional.

Fiona Tan, Ms.
Chairperson
Sports Sub-Committee
Malacca Bar Committee

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The Bar Council Professional Standards and Development Committee (“PSDC”) in collaboration with the Kuala Lumpur Bar Professional Development Committee (“PDC”) will be organising the abovementioned workshop from 04.02.2010 to 06.02.2010.

The Workshop is designed to give participants step-by-step training on how to conduct and complete an arbitration proceeding. It is specially tailored for members of the Bar [...]

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By Myint Zan  

 
I started the year with Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity (Harper Perennial, 2008) by (Dr) Sharon Moalem (with Jonathan Prince). It contains some information or informed (or ‘maverick’) speculations or hypotheses about the relation between sickness and longevity as the sub-title indicates.

 
Much more intellectually challenging and [...]

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One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Publication of Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: A (Very) Brief Comparative Comment        

On 24 November 1859 the first edition of Charles Darwin’s book The Origin of Species (shortened title) was published. The 150th anniversary of the publication of this historic and path-breaking book deserves a commemoration. Among [...]

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All Members of the Malacca Bar,
Mr. Jimmy Khoo Seng Kiong, BKT, JP of Messrs. S. K. Khoo & Associates, passed away on 11th November 2009.
Funeral on Sunday, 15th November 2009 at 11.00 am from residence at No. 107, Banda Kaba (Next to Chirst Church Kindergarten) for burial at Jelutong Cemetery.

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