CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2006


Articles in this section:
Supreme Court Events
Visits by Local and Foreign Dignitaries and Visitors
Other Distinguished Visitors Hosted by the Supreme Court


SUPREME COURT EVENTS

7 January
Opening Ceremony of the new Supreme Court building and Opening of the Legal Year

Opening of the Legal Year Dinner

7 February
Retirement of Justice Lai Kew Chai

18 February
Judiciary Recreation Club (JRC) Games Day

28 February
Appointment of Justice Andrew Phang Boon Leong as Judge of Appeal

20 March
JRC Annual General Meeting

24 March
Management Team-Building Retreat

3 April
Appointment of Judicial Commissioner Sundaresh Menon

10 April
Retirement of Chief Justice Yong Pung How

11 April
Appointment of Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong

Appointment of Judge of Appeal, Justice Chao Hick Tin as the Attorney-General

Appointment of Justice Lee Seiu Kin

22 April
Welcome Reference for Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong

20 May
Mass Call

30 May
JRC Movie Night

20 June
Supreme Court Staff Workplan Seminar

1 July
JRC Annual Dinner and Dance

11 August
National Day Observance Ceremony

18 August
Supreme Ball Competition

7 September
Legal Colloquium

14 – 15 September
Supreme Court Health Screening Exercise for staff

16 September
JRC Amazing Race

10 – 11 October
Singapore Quality Class (SQC) Site Assessment

17 November
Supreme Court Street Soccer Challenge

21 November
Supreme Court In-house WITs Presentation

25 November
Supreme Court Family Day – Farm Visit to Kranji Countryside

1 December
Supreme Court Community Care Project 2006

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VISITS BY LOCAL AND FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/GUESTS

5 January
Visit of the President of the Republic of Singapore, HE Mr S R Nathan and Mrs Nathan

13 January
Visit of the Malaysia Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail and the Brunei Solicitor-General Datin Magdalene Chong

24 – 27 January
Visit of HE Mr Kemal Bedri, President of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia, and delegation

8 – 9 February
Visit of Members of Parliament, Singapore

10 February
Visit of Minister for Defence Mr Teo Chee Hean

14 February
Visit of Mr Kevin Martin, President of the Law Society of England and Wales and delegation

13 March
Visit of Mr Jean-Francois Copé, Minister Delegate for the Budget and Administrative Reform, France

14 March
Visit of The Right Honourable Tun Dato’ Sri Ahmad Fairuz Bin Dato’ Sheikh Abdul Halim, Chief Justice of Malaysia, and delegation

Visit of Senior Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong and Mrs Goh

3 May
Visit of HRH Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak

11 May
Visit of His Grace Archbishop Emeritus Gregory Yong, Mr Sat Pal Khattar, Mr Oscar Oliveiro, Prof Lim Chong Yah, Tuan Haji Ridzwan Bin Haji Dzafir and Haji Shafawi Bin Ahmad, Members of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights

22 May
Visit of Judge Kwon Youngjoon, Director of International Affairs of the Supreme Court of Korea

13 June
Visit of Mr Bernard Depierre, President of the Friendship Group and French Parliamentarians

29 June
Visit of Mr Taufik Effendi, Minister for Administrative Reform, and delegation, Indonesia

20 July
Visit of Mr Rene Hidding and Mr Paul Harriss, Members of Parliament from Tasmania, Australia

26 July
Visit of The Right Honourable Dame Joan A. Sawyer, President, Court of Appeal, Bahamas and delegation

11 August
Visit of The Honourable The Chief Justice Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal, Chief Justice of India

Visit of The Honourable Justice Antonio T Carpio, Judge of the Philippines Supreme Court, and delegation

28 – 29 August
Visit of The Right Honourable The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and Lady Phillips

16 October
Visit of Dr Andrew Chew and Mr H R Hochstadt, Members of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights

26 October
Visit of Cabinet Officials from South Africa

31 October
Visit of Mr Tatsuya Tanimoto, Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet Office, Japan, and delegation

10 November
Visit of Mr Phinij Susaoraj, Secretary-General of the Office of the Judiciary and delegation from the Supreme Court of Thailand

16 November
Visit of Judge Baik Kangjin, Director General for Information Technology division of the Supreme Court of Korea, and delegation

20 November
Visit of Judges from Judicial Yuan from Chinese Taipei

Visit of Mr Philip Thieme, retired United States of America Federal Judge

28 November
Visit of HE Mr Pär Ahlberger, Ambassador of Sweden and staff from the Swedish Embassy

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OTHER DISTINGUISHED VISITORS HOSTED BY THE SUPREME COURT

Visits from Local Institutions (in alphabetical order)

Mr Liak Teng Lit, CEO, Alexandra Hospital, and delegation

Members of the Alpha Society

Delegation from the Attorney-General’s Chambers Prosecutors’ Course

Officers from CISCO

Delegation from the Defence Science & Technology Agency

Delegates from the IDA-LKY School of Public Policy SIC programme on e-Government for the Shanghai civil service

Officers from Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

Staff from the Ministry of Defence and the Singapore Armed Forces Court Martial Centre

Participants of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs training programme at Nanyang Technological University

Officers from the Ministry of National Development

Officers from the National Library Board

Dean and Members of the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Officers from the Prison Staff Training School

Scholars from the Public Service Commission

Officers from the Singapore Police Force

Officers from the Singapore Prison Service

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Visits from Foreign Institutions (in alphabetical order)

Delegates from the ASEAN Law Association Judicial Cooperation Programme

Officers from the Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei

Delegation from the Department of Councils of State, Brunei

Registrars of the Supreme Court, Brunei

Delegation from the Council of Administrative Reform in Cambodia

Delegation from the Supreme Court Bar Association, India

Delegation from the Supreme Court of Japan

Delegates attending the Presidents of the Law Association of Asia Conference

Senior Assistant Registrar and court officer of the Federal Court of Malaysia

Delegation from the Wu Han Municipal Intermediate People’s Court, People’s Republic of China

Delegation from the Office of Justice Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Thailand

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