2012
She's First Doctor To Earn SMU Law Degree
Surgeon Bertha Woon is the first medical doctor to graduate from SMU’s Juris Doctor programme. She said that she signed up for the programme “as there are a lot of medico-legal issues facing our region” and Singapore’s medical association has no legal professionals. Dr Woon is one of 1,929 SMU students graduating in eight ceremonies over three days – SMU’s largest ever cohort. They include the first batch of 29 EMBA students.
26 July 2012
Panel To Gather Malay Ideas And Proposals Launched
A nine-member independent committee dubbed ‘Suara Musyawarah’, which includes Juris Doctor Candidate at SMU School of Law Ahmad Firdaus Daud, has been set up to gather ideas and proposals to enhance Malay/Muslim community development. It will be forwarding some proposals in a report, which will be presented to Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim in six to nine months’ time.
6 Oct 2012
Strikes Strike Singapore: The Undertone Of Industrial Relations
Mr Gerald Tan, a former Industrial Relations Officer with the National Trades Union Congress who recently graduated from the SMU Juris Doctor Programme, gave his views on the legality of the strike involving Chinese SMRT drivers. He gave his opinion on the reasons behind the strike, and said that it might be time to re-evaluate and tweak the industrial relations system which has largely been seen as a model for global emulation.
27 Nov 2012