Yong Pung How
Singaporean judge (1926–2020)
Yong Pung How DUBC DUT (First Class) (11 April 1926 – 9 January 2020) was a Singaporean judge. He served as Chief Justice from 1990 to 2006. Before being a judge, he was a lawyer, banker and senior government official. From 2010 until his death in 2020, he had been the Chancellor of the Singapore Management University. Yong was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. He came from an ethnic Chinese family with Hakka ancestry from Dabu County, Guangdong.
Yong Pung How | |
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杨邦孝 | |
 Yong in 2014 | |
| 2nd Chief Justice of Singapore | |
| In office 28 September 1990 – 10 April 2006 | |
| Appointed by | Wee Kim Wee |
| Preceded by | Wee Chong Jin |
| Succeeded by | Chan Sek Keong |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
| In office 1 July 1989 – 27 September 1990 | |
| Appointed by | Wee Kim Wee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 April 1926 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (then Selangor, FMS) |
| Died | 9 January 2020 (aged 93) Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Spouse(s) | Yong Wei Woo |
| Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge |
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yong (杨).
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| Simplified Chinese | 杨邦孝 | ||||||
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Yong died on 9 January 2020, at the age of 93.[1]
References
change- ↑ Lum, Selina (9 January 2019). "Singapore's former chief justice Yong Pung How dies, aged 93". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
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