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J. B. Jeyaretnam

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Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam (5 January 1926 – 30 September 2008), more commonly known as J. B. Jeyaretnam or J.B.J., was a Singaporean politician and lawyer. [1]

85 relations: Anglicanism, Anson Single Member Constituency, Barisan Sosialis, British Ceylon, Burma Railway, By-election, Cabinet of Singapore, Call to the bar, Census, Chai Chee, Cheng San Group Representation Constituency, Chiam See Tong, Chief Justice of Singapore, Chief Minister of Singapore, Court of Appeal of Singapore, Cross-examination, David Marshall (Singaporean politician), Davinder Singh, Defamation, Devan Nair, English College Johore Bahru, Farrer Park, George Carman, Goh Chok Tong, Gray's Inn, Hougang Single Member Constituency, Impressment, Jaffna, Japanese occupation of Malaya, Johor, Johor Bahru, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Lai Kew Chai, Lee Kuan Yew, Lee Siew Choh, Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, Low Thia Khiang, Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency, Ministry of National Development (Singapore), Molotov cocktail, Muar (town), Ng Pock Too, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Non-constituency Member of Parliament, Novena, Pang Kim Hin, Parliament of Singapore, People's Action Party, Philip Jeyaretnam, ..., Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency, President of Singapore, Prime Minister of Singapore, Radin Mas, Reform Party (Singapore), Saint Andrew's School, Singapore, Secretary (title), Singapore, Singapore Democratic Party, Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore Legal Service, Singapore People's Party, Singaporean general election, 1968, Singaporean general election, 1976, Singaporean general election, 1984, Singaporean general election, 1988, Singaporean general election, 1991, Singaporean general election, 1997, Singaporean general election, 2001, Singaporean general election, 2006, Sri Lanka, State Courts of Singapore, Steve Chia, Supreme Court of Singapore, Tamils, Tan Boon Teik, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Tang Liang Hong, Teh Cheang Wan, Telok Blangah, Toa Payoh ritual murders, University College London, Wee Chong Jin, Wee Kim Wee, Workers' Party (Singapore). Expand index (35 more) »

Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the Protestant Reformation.

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Anson Single Member Constituency

Anson Single Member Constituency was a constituency in Singapore.

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Barisan Sosialis

Barisan Sosialis (Malay); or the Socialist Front is a now defunct political party in Singapore.

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British Ceylon

Ceylon (Sinhala: බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ලංකාව, Brithānya Laṃkāva; Tamil: பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, Birithaniya Ilangai) was a British Crown colony between 1815 and 1948.

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Burma Railway

The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway, the Siam–Burma Railway, the Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, was a railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma, built by the Empire of Japan in 1943 to support its forces in the Burma campaign of World War II.

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By-election

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections (known as special elections in the United States, and bypolls in India), are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

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Cabinet of Singapore

The Cabinet of Singapore forms the Government (executive branch) of Singapore together with the President of Singapore.

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Call to the bar

The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received a "call to the bar".

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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Chai Chee

Chai Chee, also known as Kampong Chai Chee, is a housing estate located in the town of Bedok in Singapore.

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Cheng San Group Representation Constituency

Cheng San Group Representation Constituency (Simplified Chinese: 静山集选区;Traditional Chinese: 靜山集選區) is a now defunct Group Representation Constituency in the North-eastern region in Singapore.

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Chiam See Tong

Chiam See Tong (born 12 March 1935) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer.

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Chief Justice of Singapore

The Chief Justice of Singapore is the highest post in the judicial system of Singapore.

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Chief Minister of Singapore

The Chief Minister of Singapore was the head of government of the Crown colony of Singapore until its abolition on 3 June 1959 replaced by the role of Prime Minister.

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Court of Appeal of Singapore

The Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore is the nation's highest court and its court of final appeal.

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Cross-examination

In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness called by one's opponent.

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David Marshall (Singaporean politician)

David Saul Marshall DKJP (12 March 1908 – 12 December 1995) was a Singaporean politician and lawyer who served as Singapore's first Chief Minister from 1955 to 1956.

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Davinder Singh

Davinder Singh Sachdev (Punjabi: ਦਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਚਦੇਵ; born 1 August 1957),, is a Singaporean lawyer and the Executive Chairman of law firm Drew & Napier.

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Defamation

Defamation, calumny, vilification, or traducement is the communication of a false statement that, depending on the law of the country, harms the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation.

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Devan Nair

Devan Nair Chengara Veetil BBM (5 August 1923 – 6 December 2005), also known as C. V. Devan Nair, was a Malaysian-Singaporean politician.

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English College Johore Bahru

The English College Johore Bahru, also known as Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar, abbreviated as English College, EC, MSAB, The College, and sometimes dubbed "The Pride Of Johore", is an old premier school in Malaysia.

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Farrer Park

Farrer Park is a subzone of the Rochor planning area in the Central Region of Singapore, bounded by Serangoon Road, Rangoon Road, Race Course Road, Northumberland Road, Tekka Lane and Bukit Timah Road.

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George Carman

George Alfred Carman, QC (6 October 1929 – 2 January 2001) was a leading English barrister during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Goh Chok Tong

Goh Chok Tong (born 20 May 1941;, Wade–Giles: Wu2-tso4-tung4) is a Singaporean politician.

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Gray's Inn

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London.

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Hougang Single Member Constituency

Hougang Single Member Constituency (Kawasan Undi Perseorangan Hougang; ஹவ்காங் தனித்தொகுதி) is a Single Member Constituency Consisting of Hougang Aves 2,5,7 and Hougang Central (Blks 830-853) located in the north-eastern area of Singapore.

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Impressment

Impressment, colloquially "the press" or the "press gang", is the taking of men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice.

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Jaffna

Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

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Japanese occupation of Malaya

Malaya was gradually occupied by the Japanese between 8 December 1941 and the Allied surrender at Singapore on 16 February 1942.

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Johor

Johor or Johore is a Malaysian state, located in the southern portion of Peninsular Malaysia.

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Johor Bahru

Johor Bahru, formerly known as Tanjung Puteri or Iskandar Puteri, is the capital of the state of Johor, Malaysia.

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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for certain British territories and Commonwealth countries.

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Kenneth Jeyaretnam

Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam (born 1959) is a Singaporean politician.

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Lai Kew Chai

Lai Kew Chai (7 February 1941 – 27 February 2006) was a Malaysia-born Singaporean judge and the longest-serving member of the Supreme Court Bench, having served for almost 25 years as a Judge.

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Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH SPMJ (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), commonly referred to by his initials LKY, was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for three decades.

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Lee Siew Choh

Dr.

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Lords of Appeal in Ordinary

Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords in order to exercise its judicial functions, which included acting as the highest court of appeal for most domestic matters.

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Low Thia Khiang

Low Thia Khiang (born 5 September 1956) is a Singaporean politician and businessman.

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Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency

Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Marine Parade; மரீன் பரேட் குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the central, eastern and north-eastern areas of Singapore.

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Ministry of National Development (Singapore)

The Ministry of National Development (Abbreviation: MND; Kementerian Pembangunan Negara; is a ministry of the Government of Singapore that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to land-use planning and infrastructure development.

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Molotov cocktail

A Molotov cocktail, also known as a petrol bomb, bottle bomb, poor man's grenade, Molotovin koktaili (Finnish), polttopullo (Finnish), fire bomb (not to be confused with an actual fire bomb) or just Molotov, commonly shortened as Molly, is a generic name used for a variety of bottle-based improvised incendiary weapons.

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Muar (town)

Muar (Jawi:موار) or Bandar Maharani is a historical town and the capital of Muar District, Johor, Malaysia.

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Ng Pock Too

Ng Pock Too is a former politician from Singapore.

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Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Abbreviation: NP) is an institution of higher learning (IHL) in Singapore with more than 14,800 full-time and 3,000 part-time students, more than 1,800 staff, and 148,000 alumni.

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Non-constituency Member of Parliament

A Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) is a member of a Singaporean opposition political party who, according to the Constitution and Parliamentary Elections Act, is declared to have been elected a Member of the Parliament of Singapore despite having lost in a general election by virtue of having been one of the best-performing losers.

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Novena

A novena (from Latin: novem, "nine") is an ancient tradition of devotional praying in Christianity, consisting of private or public prayers repeated for nine successive days or weeks.

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Pang Kim Hin

Pang Kim Hin is a businessman and former politician from Singapore.

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Parliament of Singapore

The Parliament of the Republic of Singapore and the President jointly make up the legislature of Singapore, which is based on the Westminster system.

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People's Action Party

The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major right-wingPartido de Ação Popular political party in Singapore.

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Philip Jeyaretnam

Philip Antony Jeyaretnam, SC (born 1964) is the Singapore chief executive officer and global vice-chair at Dentons.

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Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency

Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency (Kawasan Undi Perseorangan Potong Pasir; பொத்தோங் பாசிர் தனித்தொகுதி) is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) in the central region of Singapore.

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President of Singapore

The President of the Republic of Singapore is the country's head of state.

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Prime Minister of Singapore

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (Perdana Menteri Republik Singapura; 新加坡共和國總理;, pinyin: Xīnjiāpō gònghéguó zǒnglǐ; சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசின் பிரதமர், Ciṅkappūr kuṭiyaraciṉ piratamar) is the head of the government of the Republic of Singapore, and the most powerful person in Singapore.

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Radin Mas

Radin Mas is a neighbourhood within Telok Blangah Estate, located in Bukit Merah, Singapore.

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Reform Party (Singapore)

The Reform Party is a liberal democratic political party in the Republic of Singapore.

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Saint Andrew's School, Singapore

St.

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Secretary (title)

Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Singapore Democratic Party

The Singapore Democratic Party (abbrev: SDP;; சிங்கப்பூர் மக்களாட்சி; Parti Demokratik Singapura) is a social liberal political party in Singapore.

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Singapore International Film Festival

The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore.

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Singapore Legal Service

The Singapore Legal Service is the collective body of lawyers (Legal Service Officers) who serve in the courts, the Attorney-General's Chambers, and the legal departments of various government ministries and statutory boards in Singapore.

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Singapore People's Party

The Singapore People's Party (abbrev: SPP) is a political party in Singapore.

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Singaporean general election, 1968

General elections were held in Singapore on 19 April 1968, the first as an independent state following the island's expulsion from Malaysia.

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Singaporean general election, 1976

General elections were held in Singapore on 23 December 1976.

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Singaporean general election, 1984

General elections were held in Singapore on 22 December 1984.

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Singaporean general election, 1988

General elections were held in Singapore on 3 September 1988.

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Singaporean general election, 1991

General elections were held in Singapore on 31 August 1991.

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Singaporean general election, 1997

The 1997 Singaporean parliamentary election was an election in Singapore which was held on 2 January 1997.

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Singaporean general election, 2001

The Singaporean parliamentary general elections of 2001 were held on 3 November.

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Singaporean general election, 2006

The 2006 Singaporean parliamentary general election was held on 6 May 2006.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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State Courts of Singapore

The State Courts of Singapore (Formerly the Subordinate Courts) are one of the two tiers of the court system in Singapore, the other tier being the Supreme Court.

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Steve Chia

Steve Chia Kiah Hong (born 3 November 1970) is a politician from Singapore.

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Supreme Court of Singapore

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore is one of the two tiers of the court system in Singapore, the other tier being the State Courts.

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Tamils

The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar, Tamilans, or simply Tamils, are a Dravidian ethnic group who speak Tamil as their mother tongue and trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian Union territory of Puducherry, or the Northern, Eastern Province and Puttalam District of Sri Lanka.

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Tan Boon Teik

Tan Boon Teik DUBC SC (17 January 1929 – 10 March 2012), was a former Attorney-General of Singapore, holding the office on an acting basis from 1967 to 1968, and the full position from 1969 through to 1992.

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Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Abbreviation: TTSH) is one of Singapore’s largest multi-disciplinary hospitals.

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Tang Liang Hong

Tang Liang Hong (born 1935) is a politician and lawyer from Singapore.

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Teh Cheang Wan

Teh Cheang Wan (3 March 1928 – 14 December 1986) was an architect who was in charge of the Housing Development Board as Minister for National Development of Singapore.

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Telok Blangah

Telok Blangah (தேலோக் பிளாங்கா) is a subzone region and housing estate located in Bukit Merah, Singapore.

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Toa Payoh ritual murders

The Toa Payoh ritual murders took place in Singapore in 1981.

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University College London

University College London (UCL) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Wee Chong Jin

Wee Chong Jin (黄宗仁; 28 September 1915 – 5 June 2005) was a Singaporean judge and the first Chief Justice of the country.

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Wee Kim Wee

Wee Kim Wee (Chinese: 黄金辉; 4 November 1915 - 2 May 2005) was a Singaporean politician who served as the fourth President of Singapore from 1985 to 1993.

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Workers' Party (Singapore)

The Workers' Party (abbreviation: WP;; Parti Pekerja; பாட்டாளிக் கட்சி), is a centre-left opposition political party in Singapore.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Jeyaretnam

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