On 12.3.2008 , having been newly elected, the members of the Malacca Bar Committee made a courtesy call to introduce themselves to the Malacca High Court Judge, Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Bin Baki and the other Judicial Officers.
Datuk Wira Mohtarudin welcomed the committee members and expressed his hope that the Bench and Bar would continue working [...]

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At the Bar Committee meeting held on 11th March, 2008, the following Committee members were appointed as Chairpersons of the various Sub-Committees:
Finance
Mr. K. P. Ng
Social
Ms Fiona Tan Teck Geok
Sports
Mr. Sekar Palaniandy
Professional Practice & Development
Mr. Jaspal Singh Gill
Legal Aid
En. Nizam Bashir
Conveyancing Practice
Mr. Ng Aik Beng
Human Rights & Contemporary Issues
Mr. Anthony Chua Yong Giap
Young Lawyers & Chambering [...]

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Malacca Bar Committee had its Annual General Meeting on 22.2.2008 at the Straits Hotel.
We were hoping that last year’s good response to a “Friday evening AGM” would repeat this year and we obtained quorum by 4:15 pm to start our meeting. There was good turn out of young and senior lawyers alike filling in the [...]

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Members of the Malacca Bar are advised that the Judge of Malacca High Court 1, Yang Arif Datuk Wira Mokhtaruddin bin Baki will be away from 17th. March, 2008 to 19th. March, 2008. Kindly be advised and act accordingly.

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As the year 2006 came to a close I finished reading W. Somerset Maugham’s Collected Short Stories, Volume 4, (Penguin books, 1967 reprint). The collected short stories which comprise around twenty-five stories were based on Maugham’s travels throughout various parts of the globe. The plurality of the stories were based in what was then called [...]

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