Steven Chong
Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
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In office 1 October 2009 – 31 May 2010 | |
Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
Personal details | |
Born | Colony of Singapore | 22 September 1957
Alma mater | National University of Singapore (LLB) |
Steven Chong | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Zhuāng Hóngxiáng |
Steven Chong Horng Siong
Early life
Chong graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1982.
In that same year, Chong, together with
Chong was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1983. He was appointed
Career
Chong started his legal practice at Drew & Napier, where he spent 14 years and built up his legal career from an associate to the joint Managing Partner. He then spent 12 years in Rajah & Tann and was its Senior Partner and then Managing Partner until his appointment to the Supreme Court Bench. He was a leading commercial lawyer during his practice and argued many cases in court. He was also a senior member of the Singapore arbitration community and participated in arbitration as both a counsel as well as an arbitrator. He is an accredited Arbitrator of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration. Chong was also Iceland's Honorary Consul to Singapore from 2003 to 2009.
Chong was appointed Attorney-General on 25 June 2012, succeeding Sundaresh Menon.[1] In April 2014 it was announced that he would return to Singapore's High Court at the conclusion of his two-year term,[2] to be succeeded by Judge of Appeal V. K. Rajah.[3]
During his tenure as judicial commissioner, Chong heard the case of prostitute killer
References
- ^ "Steven Chong Horng Siong". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "Justice Steven Chong appointed as new Attorney-General, takes over from the present AG, Mr Sundaresh Menon". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ Justice V. K. Rajah to take over as A-G in June, 'Straits Times', 28 April 2014.
- ^ "He pleads guilty to killing prostitute". TODAY. 12 January 2010.
- ^ "Accused claims victim 'guided and lured' him". TODAY. 15 January 2010.