Four new Judges of the High Court appointed: PMO
FOUR new Judges of the High Court have been appointed by Singapore's President Tony Tan Keng Yam on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
The Prime Minister's Office said on Wednesday the new judges, who will assume their new role from Sept 30, 2017, are Judicial Commissioner (JC) Thean Pik Yuen Valerie, JC Hoo Sheau Peng, JC Debbie Ong Siew Ling and JC Aedit Abdullah.
With the appointments, the Supreme Court will have a total of 22 Judges (including five Judges of Appeal and the Chief Justice), four Judicial Commissioners, five Senior Judges and 12 International Judges.
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