A group of volunteers and I made a visit to the Jakun settlement in Bukit Redan in the state of Pahang recently. This is a project supposedly to be undertaken by the Melaka Bar Human Rights Sub Committee and I’m on a fact finding mission. The journey there took approximately 3 hours from [...]

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The Malacca Bar will be having its Annual Games with Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) on 2.8.2008 (Saturday) at the Malacca Club Sports Complex in Tanjung Kling, Malacca. Various sports will be played in the Games from 3pm onwards. The programme will end with a dinner at 8pm. The attendance for the dinner is [...]

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A conference on the Roadmap to Local Government Elections was jointly organised by the Malacca Bar Committee in cooperation with the Civil Society Initiative for Parliamentary Reform (CSI-Parliament) and the Centre for Policy Initiatives (CPI) on July 26th, 2008 at King’s Hotel. The aim of this conference was to serve as a platform to propel [...]

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Registration Form for Conference on the Roadmap to Local Government Elections
SPEAKERS
Professor Abdul Aziz BARI is lecturing at the Department of Public Law at the International Islamic University.
Tan Sri Dato’ Dr CHIN Fook Weng is a national speaker for Gerakan and a former senator and Associate Professor.
Mr Derek FERNANDES is a town planning [...]

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The Malacca Club would be holding the blood donation campaign and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) demonstration on 27th July 2008 (Sunday) at Rotunda from 3:30pm to 6:30pm.
Members of the Malacca Bar are cordially invited by The Malacca Club to participate in the above events.

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Three foreign workers from Myanmar were arrested by the Immigration Department enforcement officers in Malacca on June 25th, 2008 for the alleged breach of S.6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/1963. On the basis of a complaint lodged by their employer, their temporary work permit has subsequently been revoked. It is understood that these workers are [...]

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A talk with the topic of “Labour Law: Breach of Confidentiality & Trade Secrets in Employment Contracts” will be organised by the Professional Practice & Development Sub-Committee of the Malacca Bar on 11.7.2008 (Friday) at 4pm in King’s Hotel, Malacca. The speaker for the talk is Mr Steven Thiruneelakandan from Kuala Lumpur. For further information, [...]

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A Law Awareness Talk was held jointly by the Legal Aid Sub-Committee of Malacca Bar and Stamford College Malacca on 3.7.2008 in the lecture theatre at Stamford College Malacca.
A team of Malaccan lawyers led by chairman of the Legal Aid Sub-Committee, Mr. Nizam Bashir Bin Abdul Kariem Bashir had taken time out of their [...]

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By Myint Zan

Daw Amar born 29 November 1915, Mandalay, Burma

Died 7 April 2008, Mandalay, Burma

Ludu (‘The People’) Daw Amar a revered and eminent Burmese author died in Mandalay, Burma at the age of 92. She was respected throughout the country by people from all walks of life. They loved and [...]

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