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A Speech by the Right Honourable Tun Raus Sharif, the Chief Justice of Malaysia A SPEECH BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE TUN RAUS SHARIF, THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF MALAYSIA IN CONJUNCTION WITH UniSZA INNS AND GRADUATION DINNER 2018 FACULTY OF LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (FUHA) UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN TERENGGANU 17 MARCH 2018 / 8.30 P.M PRIMULA BEACH HOTEL, KUALA TERENGGANU 1 Bismillahirahmaanirahim Assalamualaikumwarahmatulahiwabarakatuh dan Salam Sejahtera Yang Berbahagia Professor Datuk Dr. Ahmad Zubaidi Abdul Latif Naib Canselor Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) Yang Berbahagia Professor Dr. Zuhairah Ariff Abdul Ghadas Dekan Fakulti Undang-Undang dan Hubungan Antarabangsa, UniSZA Yang Arif Dato’ Haji Zainal Azman Abdul Aziz Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Terengganu Yang Arif Dato’ Ahmad Bache Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman Mahkamah Tinggi Kota Bharu Yang Berusaha Tuan Mohammad Haldar Abdul Aziz Pengarah Mahkamah Negeri Terengganu Encik Mohd Hayyatuddin Muhammad Wakil Jawatankuasa Peguam Negeri Terengganu Miss Li Ling A Representative of Bangor University, Wales 2 Pegawai-Pegawai Kehakiman, Pensyarah-pensyarah, kakitangan dan pelajar Fakulti Undang-Undang dan Hubungan Antarabangsa (FUHA), UniSZA. Dif-dif kehormat, hadirin dan hadirat yang saya hormati sekalian, 1. Terlebih dahulu, saya memanjatkan syukur ke hadrat Allah Subhanahu Wataala kerana dengan limpah izin-Nya, dapat kita semua bertemu pada malam ini sempena UniSZA Inns and Graduation Dinner 2018, Fakulti Undang- Undang dan Hubungan Antarabangsa, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu. 2. Saya difahamkan, UniSZA Inns adalah Inns yang pertama sekali ditubuhkan dari kalangan enam Fakulti Undang- Undang, Universiti Awam di negara kita. Tahniah kepada UniSZA Inns. 3 Hadirin yang saya kasihi sekalian, 3. Saya diberitahu bahawa pada malam ini, tujuan utama saya dijemput hadir di Majlis ini adalah untuk meraikan pelajar undang-undang tahun akhir dan pelajar Diploma Undang- Undang, yang akan melengkapkan pengajian mereka menjelang bulan Jun tahun ini. Dengan itu saya diminta untuk memberi kata-kata semangat dan nasihat kepada pelajar-pelajar ini. So dear graduating students, 4. You are about to complete one phase of your life, that is, “the student life”, and you will embarking on to another phase which I call “the real life.” You will soon realise that the real life is very different from your student life. Your care-free student life is over. Gone. Bye-bye! 5. In real life, you will find that, things you never thought were important, are important. You will find that, at times, you will have to be pragmatic rather than idealistic. You will find that, most of the time, you do not have the right to choose your boss but you will have to put up with him. And you have to remember that “Bosses” are always right. If you 4 do something wrong, you hold your hand up, apologise. Do what it takes to make it right and move on. 6. In real life, you will find that knowing the law is not enough if you do not have clients. So, be prepared for some culture shock and make adjustments from the way you do things during your student life to the way you should do things in real life. The faster you make the adjustments, the better. 7. But do not despair or feel scared to face the real life. The good thing about graduating with a law degree is you have more options to choose when it comes to your career. With a law degree, you can do many things. You are more marketable. 8. Upon graduation, you can join the Judicial and Legal Service or the Civil Service (PTD). You can choose to practise law. In order to be qualified to practise, you will need to undergo chambering and be called to the Bar. You can also join the corporate world, the banking and financial sector. You may start your own business, become a politician, or do nothing. In short, you have plenty of options as to what you want to pursue as your career when you have a law degree. 5 9. I give you an example. When I graduated in 1976 as the first batch of law graduate from the Law Faculty, University of Malaya, straight away I joined the Judicial and Legal Service. You may ask, why the Judicial and Legal Service? I had no choice at the time, as I was a government scholar, bonded by the scholarship contract to serve the Government for 10 years. 10. In the Judicial and Legal Service, I started as a Magistrate. I served as a Magistrate in Kuala Lumpur and thereafter, at various towns in Johor such as Pontian, Kluang, Batu Pahat and Muar. In Kluang and Muar, I was designated as the President of Sessions Court at that time. 11. After three years, I was promoted to become the Deputy Public Prosecutor for the States of Kelantan and Terengganu. After two years, I was again promoted and became the Legal Advisor in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Two years after that I became a State Legal Advisor for Malacca. On my third year as the State Legal Advisor of Malacca, I have by then completed my 10- year contract with the Government. It means I was free to leave the service. In fact, during that period, there were number of offers for me to join legal firms and also the 6 corporate sector. Financially, it was attractive, but I decided against it. Instead, after four years as the State Legal Advisor of Malacca, I decided to do my masters at the London School of Economics (LSE). With that I was further bonded by a contract to serve the Government for another two years. 12. When I came back, I served as a Legal Advisor to the Pension Division of the Public Service Department, at the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Home Affairs. Thereafter, I was appointed as a Legal Advisor to the State of Kelantan. After two years, I was transferred back to Kuala Lumpur upon my appointment as the Treasury Solicitor at the Ministry of Finance. I served as the Treasury Solicitor for four years before I was elevated to the Bench as a Judicial Commissioner in 1994. In total, I served for 18 years in Judicial and Legal Service. That constitutes the first part of my real life. 13. Why I am telling you all these? The reason is, I hope it gives you some inspiration or guidance as to what you want to do in your real life. As you may have observed, my career path in the Judicial and Legal Service may look impressive. That is what I think. But, it was not all plain-sailing. I had 7 my ups and downs while I was in the Service. There were time I was bypassed by my juniors in terms of promotion. Of course, I was disappointed when it happened, but it did not distract me for too long. 14. As you may have noticed, within the 18 years of my employment in the Judicial and Legal Service, I was transferred from one place to another, no less than 14 times. Whenever I received my transfer order, sometimes at short notice, I never ever protested or complained. As a true government servant I pledged to the slogan “Saya Yang Menurut Perintah”. Wherever I go, I treated my bosses with respect, and I did my work diligently and to the best of my ability. 15. During those 18 years, I had the opportunity to work with Tun Mahathir Mohamad for two years when I was at the Ministry of Home Affairs; with Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen, when I was at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and later at the Ministry of Defence; with Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik when I was the State Legal Advisor of Malacca; and with Tok Guru Nik Aziz when I was the State Legal Advisor of Kelantan, and with Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim for four years when I 8 was the Treasury Solicitor at the Ministry of Finance. At the time, my immediate boss, Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman, was the then the Attorney General of Malaysia. 16. The experience of working with these people was something I will treasure for the rest of my life. May be one day I will write a book for all of you to read - My Story. 17. Alhamdulillah, all of my efforts as an officer in the Judicial and Legal Service were noticed by my bosses and, at the age of 42, I was appointed as a Judicial Commissioner. Less than two years later, I was confirmed as a High Court Judge. As a High Court Judge, I have served in the Criminal Division, Civil Division, Commercial Division and the Appellate and Special Powers Division of the High Court in Kuala Lumpur. 18. In addition, I also served as a Judge in the High Court Shah Alam, Selangor, Penang, and Muar, Johor. I served for 12 in total years as a High Court Judge before I was appointed as a Court of Appeal Judge on 28 July 2008. I served at the Court of Appeal for one year and three months before being appointed as a Federal Court Judge on 14 October 2009. On 12 September 2011, I was appointed as the President of the Court of Appeal, the second highest post in the 9 Judiciary. I served as the President of the Court of Appeal for 5 years. And on 1 April 2017, I was appointed as the Chief Justice of Malaysia. In total I have served close to 25 years as a Judge of the Superior Courts. 19. Some of you are probably wondering, why I am blowing my trumpet? It is just to tell you, if you decide to join the Judicial and Legal Service, you may have the chance to one day to be the Chief Justice of Malaysia.
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