Minister Visits Law Society | Inter-Professional Games (IPG) 1999  | Law Society’s ‘Wills for Charity’ raise $44,296.12 for the Society for the Aged Sick  

Minister Visits Law Society

	Professor S Jayakumar, the Honourable Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs visited the Law Society’s premises at 39 South Bridge Road on 5 January 2000 for a lunch meeting with the Law Society’s Council Members.
	Other distinguished guests included the Honourable Attorney-General, Mr Chan Sek Keong; Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee, Minister of State for Law & Home Affairs; Mr Goh Kim Leong, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Law and Mr Lau Wah Ming, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Law.
	The meeting discussed legal education and the importance of instilling ethical values in lawyers. Other topics discussed included foreign lawyers and the electronic filing system.

Inter-Professional Games (IPG) 1999

The Law Society were the runners-up of the IPG 1999.

Held over three months from August 1999, the IPG were organised by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAS).

The IPG Championship title was captured by its organisers, the ICPAS, whilst the Singapore Institute of Surveyors & Valuers (SISV) were ranked third in the Games.

A total of six professional bodies participating in the Games played a total of 14 games.

The Law Society emerged champion in the 3 kilometre run and took second place in six other games: chess, netball, snooker, squash, table-tennis and tennis.

The Games ended with a prize-presentation ceremony cum closing dinner on 12 November 1999 at the Copthorne Harbour View Hotel.

Sarah Lee
Media & Publications Department
The Law Society of Singapore

Inter-Professional Games (IPG) 1999

Law Society’s ‘Wills for Charity’ raise $44,296.12 for the Society for the Aged Sick

The Law Society’s Law Awareness Committee’s inaugural ‘Wills for Charity’ project in 1999 raised $44,296.12 for the Society for the Aged Sick.

At a ceremony on Saturday, 22 January 2000, Mr Palakrishnan, President of the Law Society, presented a cheque to Mr Koh Kim Seng, President of the Society for the Aged Sick, at the Society for the Aged Sick’s new premises in Hougang.

It was due to the efforts of the Society’ s volunteer lawyers, Mr Palakrishnan declared, that the Society had surpassed its initial target of raising S$15,000.

From May to August 1999, some 300 volunteer lawyers drafted ‘simple wills’ and explained the process of making a will to over 1,200 laypersons at a nominal charge of $75 per will; other volunteers manned a hotline for the project.

Ms Roslina Baba, the Chairperson of the Law Awareness Committee 1999, said, ‘The project helped to educate members of the public on the advantages of having a properly drafted and executed will and raised money for a good cause, fulfilling its two-fold objective.’

‘We chose the Society for the Aged Sick as our beneficiary because it provides residential care for destitute and sick elders, ‘ explained Ms Baba.

The Society for the Aged Sick houses over 180 residents between the ages of 60 to 96 years. Eight qualified nurses, 14 nursing aides, 30 health attendants and 19 auxiliary staff attend to residents’ needs in a therapeutic environment. Its facilities include an intensive nursing ward, a physiotherapy room, a recreation/activity room, medical and dental rooms and a landscaped garden.

‘We provide basic rehabilitative care to the elderly to enable them to live healthier lifestyles and to improve their physical and mental well-being,’ said Ms Vijaya Sreenidhi, CEO of the Society for the Aged Sick.

Said Ms Sreenidhi, ‘The funds raised will be used to establish a day-care centre unit on our new premises which will cater for 30 to 50 sick elderly patients. We will also obtain new therapy equipment for our residents.’

The Society for the Aged Sick presented a Certificate of Appreciation to the Law Society to commend its fund-raising efforts.

Tracey Yeo & Sarah Lee
Media & Publications Department
The Law Society of Singapore  

The Law Society would like to thank all volunteers for their assistance in the Law Awareness Committee’s ‘Wills for Charity’ project.

AH Noor Lila & Co
Noor Lila Abdul Hamid

A Rahman Saleh
Abdul Rahman Saleh

Juana Saifful
A Rohim & Partners A Rohim

A Alagappan & Co Alagappan

Alan Shankar & Lim Shankar Alan Kulkarni

Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva Ali Ruthirapathi

Honey Vaswani

Shanti Supramaniam

Tan Choon Puan, Victor

Alexander Charles Louis Alexander Charles Louis

Isreal Louis Ismail

Allen & Gledhill Benedict Teo

Kelvin Wong

Lum Weng Yun

Phuak Hoon Leng

Prawiro Widjaja

Selene Tan

Andrea Seah & Partners Andrea Seah

Andrew Yap & Co Michele Lim Hwee Ling

Tse Yue Wei

Ang & Lee Michelle Koh

Ang Jeffrey & Partners Yeo Chee Teck

Arfat Selvam & Gunasingham Saburabi Nila Ibrahim

Ashokan & Co Pateloo Eruthiyanathan

Ashokan

Azman Soh & Murugaiyan Anthony Soh

Balkenende Chew & Chia Margaret Chew

Bih Li & Lee Gan Kam Yuin

Goh Wei Lin

Loh Wai Mooi

Tan Yeow Hiang

Teo Li Min

CB Yeow & Co Vincent Lim Puay Chong

CP Lee & Co Eddie Lee

CS Tan & Co Tan Chin Siong

CH Chua & Co Chua Chong Hong

Chan Weng Kee & Associates Chan Weng Kee

Chan, Kwek & Chong Patrick Chong

Charles N Mendis & Partners Charles N Mendis

Cheong & Cheong Cheong Tuck Meng

Chiang Wee & Partners Adrian S P Chong

Chong Yeo & Partners Ong Jo Lin, Janaine

Chow Peng & Partners Ng Husi Gyin Cheryl

Yee Chiau Sing

Chua Dhillon Tan & Partners Ang Woon Kherk

Jan Chua

Chui, Sim, Goh & Lim Chui Kan Yuen

Colin Ng & Partners Alex Wong Li Kok

Anthony Chey

Benjamin Tan

Cheung Kuan Swan,

Catherine

Christine Chern

Chyi Ching

Chua Kern

Claire Tan Colin Ng

David Mitchell

Doreen Ng

Elaine Beh Pur-Lin

Elaine Sin Mei Lin

Gillian Khong

Gopinath Pillai

Gregory Ong

Hans See

Ho How Wai

Hussainar Aziz

Ian Chang

James Lee Jasmine Tan

Jessica Lien

Jessie Loong

Juliana Lee Kim Lian

Keka Sinha

Lim Ai Leen

Lim Ai Vee

Lim Ting Shern

Lisa Theng Siew Lian

Lynette Lee Siok Yeen

M Panirselvam

Michael Lai

Nazim Khan Pradeep Kumar Singh

Quek Li Fei

Raymond Ong

SeeTho Ving Mei

Shum Su Mei

Simon D Trevethick

Siva Sothi Sothinathan

Sylvia Choy Li Chern

Tan Chong Huat

Tan Min Li

Terence Lim

Thomas Yee Chee Wai

Wan Choon Lee

Winston Kwek

Cooma & Rai Gurcharanjit Singh

Cooma Lau & Loh Carol Lim

Jo-ann Marie Chan

K Jayabalan

Sallie Yang

VN Sreenivasan

Daisy Chua & Co Daisy Chua

Dave, Shuan, Patel & Partners Jessie Thong

David Nayar & Vardan David Nayar

Vardan Vasantha Lakshmi

De Souza & Sahagar Kevin de Souza

De Souza Tay & Goh Goh Kok Yeow

Dennis Singham, Teresa Chan & Partners

Chew Yee Teck, Eric

Dennis M Singham

Derrick, Ravi & Partners Derrick Wong

Liow Wang Wu, Joseph

N Sreenivasan

Valerie Ang

Drew & Napier Christina Chua

Sook Ping

Edmond Pereira & Partners Tan Yew Cheng

Eng Leong & Partners Teo Eng Leong

Firoze & Co Mohd Firoze Bin Hashim

Gabriel Peter & Partners Suresh Damodara

Guna & Ramani Gurcharanjit Singh Hundol

Kamalam D/O S V

Suppiah

Ramani Munivandi

Halijah Mohamed & Co Halijah Mohamed

Haridass Ho & Partners Venkiteswaran Hariharan

Harry Elias Partnership Andy Lem Christopher Woo

Eugene Ng Yu Leng

Gary Ng

Goh Phai Cheng SC

Justin Chia

Lim Wee Sing

Ow Yong Tuck Keong

Symone Lim

Yeo Yen Ping

Hilborne & Co Colin Kang

Mona Oei