Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon is retiring after 14 good years in the seat. And Singapore is so lucky to be able to find another great talent to replace Sundaresh Menon as the Chief Justice in Sushil Nair. Everyone with a little commonsense would know that the Chief Justice position is very important and not any Tom, Dick and Harry can be appointed.
During Lee Kuan Yew's time, he too faced the same problem of finding exceptional legal talents to fill the position. He was lucky to have found Wee Chong Jin, Yong Pung How and Chan Sek Keong. The task of finding equally good men to be Chief Justice was in the hands of Hsien Loong. He found Sundaresh Menon. Who found Sushil Nair? Hsien Loong or Lawrence Wong?
Anyway, Singapore will stand to benefit from having the best men for this important job. As the pool of talent for this position is very small in no talent Singaporeans, the pick for the next Chief Justice will be even more difficult. Maybe the pool should be open up for foreign talents, make them Singaporeans is a very simple thing to do, and Singapore would have the best from the whole world to pick from.
4 comments:
How come all like that?
No wonder so many Chinese studied law but left the profession. No prospect for Chinese. Actor Adrian Pang is one. Frances Tan is another.
Today, so many good news. Any more?
Singapore is in good hands.
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