Jenny Lau Buong Bee
Jenny Lau Buong Bee | |
|---|---|
| District Judge | |
| In office 1966–Unknown | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | British Malaya |
| Died | 9 June, 2013 2013 (aged 80–81) |
Jenny Lau Buong Bee (1932 - 9 June 2013) was a Singaporean lawyer and judge. She was the first woman to become a district judge in Singapore. Before Singapore was a country, she was the first magistrate in Malaya.
Biography
Lau grew up in a large family with seven sisters.[1] She attended the Methodist Girls' School.[2] She then went on to study law at Lincoln's Inn in London.[1] Afterwards, she was called to the English Bar in 1957 and then in 1958, to the Singapore Bar.[1] Lau worked for a private law firm for a short time in Singapore.[3] On April 4, 1960, she became the first woman to serve as a magistrate in Malaya.[4] In 1966, she was the first woman to appointed a district judge in Singapore.[1]
Lau died on 9 June 2013, after fighting cancer.[1] She was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "First Singapore Woman Judge Dies of Cancer". The Straits Times. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ Chong, Clara (2017-08-16). "MGS Marks 130 Years With Revamped Heritage Centre". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ a b "Jenny Lau Buong Bee". Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ Lim, Peter H. L. (2009). Chronicle of Singapore, 1959-2009: Fifty Years of Headline News. Editions Didier Millet. p. 79. ISBN 9789814217750.