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14th Malaysian Law Conference2007 14th Malaysian Law *Topics include: Conference07 The Judiciary and the Malaysian Constitutional Law 29-31 October 2007, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Iskandar Development Region - The Destination Islamic Commercial Law "50"50 YearsYears ofof Merdeka"Merdeka" Latest Amendments to the Malaysian Property Laws Criminal Justice System - "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" South East Asian Young Lawyers Convention To be officiated by DYMM Paduka Seri Sultan Perak ASEAN Charter - Impact on Our Sovereignty, Economy and Society Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Has the Law Failed the Family Unit? Sultan of Perak Freedom of Religion Keynote Address by Freedom of Information - Where Are We After 50 Years? YAB Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi The Royal Malaysian Police Experience: 200 years of Prime Minister of Malaysia policing and 50 years of independence AYS MAL IA M A J L IL IS C N PE U GU CO * Topics are subject to change AM BAR Organised by Bar Council, No 13,15 & 17, Leboh Pasar Besar, 50050, Kuala Lumpur Majlis Peguam Tel: 603-2031 3003 Fax: 603-2026 1313 / 2072 5818 Bar Council Email: [email protected] Website: www.malaysianbar.org.my/mlc Malaysia For enquiries, please contact Ms Syirin at 03-2034 2071 ~ CONFERENCE PROGRAMME ~ Day 1 29th October 2007 Day 2 30th October 2007 Day 3 31st October 2007 7.30 - 8.45am Registration 9.00 - 9.30am Special Address on Gender by YB Dato’ Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, 9.00 - 9.45am The Constitution - A Framework for A Sound Federal - State Relationship Women, Family and Community Development Minister, Malaysia 8.45 - 8.55am Introductory Address by Roger Tan, Chair, Organising Committee - Datuk JC Fong, State of Sarawak Attorney General 9.30 - 10.00am Address by Fernando Pombo, President, International Bar Association, UK 8.55 - 9.15am Welcome Address by Ambiga Sreenevasan, President, Malaysian Bar 9.45 - 10.00am Morning Break 10.00 - 10.30am The Politics and Economics of Malaysia’s Constitution 1957 - 2007 by Tommy Thomas, Tommy Thomas 9.15 - 9.40am Opening Address ’50 Years of Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law’ 10.00 - 11.00am Session One Session Two 10.30 - 10.45am Morning Break by DYMM Paduka Seri Sultan Perak, Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, Sultan of Perak Lawyers in the New Millennium - Orang Asli and Our Constitution - 9.40 - 10.30am Keynote Address by YAB Datuk Seri Abdullah Hj. Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia 10.45 - 11.30am The Malaysian Constitution - Retrospective, Prospective and Comparative Perspectives by Are We Turning Lawyers into Working Machines? Protecting Indigenous’ Customs and Cultural Rights Professor HP Lee, Monash University, Australia 10.30 - 11.00am Morning Break Speakers : Speakers : 11.30 -12.00pm Pakistan’s Judicial Crisis - Muneer Malik, President, Supreme Court Bar Association, Pakistan 11.00 - 11.40am Fundamental Freedoms in a Written Constitution by Michael Beloff, QC, Blackstone Chambers UK ! Dr Alvin Ng, Clinical Psychologist, HUKM ! Colin Nicholas, Executive Director 12.00 - 12.30pm Contributions of the Judiciary to Malaysian Constitutional Law ! Laura Liew, Chair, Young Lawyers Committee Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC) 11.40 - 1.15pm Session One Session Two ! Speakers : Singapore Law Society Prof. Ramy Bulan, University Malaya Opportunities and Challenges in Islamic Commercial Law Iskandar Development Region - The Destination? ! Dato’ Dr. Cyrus Das, Shook Lin & Bok ! Sandesh Kabir, YH Teh & Quek ! Tijah Yok Chopil, Orang Asli Representative, Bidor ! Olivia Loh, Bodipalar Ponnudurai Nathan Speakers : Speakers : ! Prof. Shad Saleem Faruqi, Universiti Teknologi MARA ! Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Shariff, Mohamed Ismail & Co ! Dato’ Ikmal Hijaz Hashim, 12.30 - 12.45pm Discussion ! Dato’ Noorashikin Tan Sri Abdul Rahim, Acting Director, CEO, Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) 12.45 - 1.30pm Luncheon performance - ‘The Banned Arts’ 11.00 - 12.15pm Session Three Session Four Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration ! YA Datuk Wahab Patail, Property Rights Under the Malaysian Constitution 1.30 - 2.00pm 200 Years of Policing and 50 Years of Independence - The Royal Malaysian Police Experience - The Way Forward by YDH Tan Sri Musa Hj Hassan, Inspector General of Police Criminal Justice System: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly The Invisible Communities in Malaysia High Court Kuala Lumpur (Civil Division) Speakers : Speakers : Speakers : ! Baljeet Kaur Grewal, Chief Economist & Head, ! Prof. Teo Keang Sood, National University Singapore ! Dato’ Muhammad Shafee, Shafee & Co ! Dr Volker Turk, Representative, Global Research, Kuwait Finance House (M) Bhd ! Lim Kean Chye, Lim Kean Chye & Co 2.00 - 3.30pm Session One Session Two Session Three ! Dato’ Sithambaram, Sitham & Associates United Nations High Commission for Refugees ! ACP Tan Kok Liang, Freedom of Expression in the Arts - Malpractice Litigation Revisited 2.00 - 4.00pm ! N. Sivananthan, Sivanathan ! Amer Hamzah Arshad, Zain & Co Commercial Crime Division, Bukit Aman A Theatrical Illusion? Dealing with Electronic ! Dr Irene Fernandez, Executive Director, Tenaganita Evidence by Vincents ! Dato' Jeffrey Ng Tiong Lip, Immediate Past President, Speakers : Speakers : Chartered Accountants, REHDA ! Eddin Khoo, Founder and Director, Pusaka ! Darryl Goon, Raja Darryl & Loh Australia Foundation ! Robert Lazar, Shearn Delamore & Co 12.15 - 1.15pm Lunch ! Amir Muhammad, Independent Film-maker ! Nurchaya Talib, University Malaya Speakers : ! Joseph Gonzalez, Head of Dance ! Seamus E Byrne, Lawyer 1.15 - 2.15pm The Supremacy of the Constitution - The Hon. Prof. Dr. Jimly Asshiddiqie, President of the 1.15 - 2.15pm Lunch Department, ASWARA and Director, Forensic Constitutional Court, Indonesia 2.15 - 3.45pm Session Three Session Four ! Ramli Ibrahim, Founder, Sutra Dance Theatre Technology ! Daniel Hains, Senior Session Five Session Six The Impact of the Law on Technology and Technology on the Recent Legislative Amendments to Housing Development Associate, Forensic South East Asian Young Lawyers Convention - The Past, The ASEAN Charter - Impact on Our Sovereignty, Economy and Law Speakers : Present and The Future of Young Lawyers in South East Asia Society Speakers : ! Dr. Yong Chiu Mei, University Malaya 3.30 - 5.00pm Session Four Session Five Session Six ! Prof. Khaw Lake Tee, University Malaya ! Ir. Fong Tian Yong, Housing & Local Government Ministry Freedom of Religion Role of the Bar in Upholding the Constitution 4.00 - 6.00pm Invited : Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Speakers : ! Wong Jin Nee, Wong Jin Nee & Teo ! Andrew Wong, Andrew Wong & Co - Experiences from around the South China Sea Sarawak, Sabah ! Chief Justice Atthaniti Disatha-Amnarj Speakers : ! Wong Sai Fong, Shearn Delamore & Co ! Teh Seh Hock, Teh & Azlina 50 Years After ! Lee Min Choon, Legal Advisor, Speakers : President, ASEAN Law Association ! Michael Soo, Shook Lin & Bok ! Datuk Eddy Chen, Past President, REHDA Independence: Is All Well Christian Foundation of Malaysia ! Ahmad Basuni Haji Abbas, with the Malaysian Legal ! Andrew Khoo, Andrew Khoo & Daniel Lo ! Yusri Mohamad, President President, Brunei Law Society System? ! HE Thierry Rommel, Head Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement ! Philip Jeyaretnam, European Union Delegation to Malaysia ! Yeo Yang Poh - Yeo Tan Hoon & Tee President, Singapore Law Society CLE 3.45 - 4.00pm Afternoon Break ! Datuk Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari, Past President, Malaysian Bar 4.00 - 5.30pm Session Five Session Six 3.45 - 4.00pm Afternoon Break Has the Law Failed the Family Unit? The Role of Local Authorities 4.00 - 5.15pm Coffeetable Talk on the Constitution: What the Constitution Means to Me Speakers : Speakers : 5.00 - 5.15pm Afternoon Break ! Lalitha Menon, Lalitha Menon & Associates ! Derek Fernandez, Fernandez & Selvarajah 5.15 - 6.30pm Session Seven Session Eight Speakers : ! Foo Yet Ngo, YN Foo & Partners ! Dato’ P.G. Lim, Raslan Loong Freedom of Information - Where Are We After 50 Years? Corporate Law ! Raja Aziz Addruse, Raja Aziz Addruse ! Dato' Hajah Shamsuriah Sulaiman, ! R. Nadeswaran, Deputy Editor (Special Reporting) theSun Speakers : Speakers : ! Haji Sulaiman Abdullah, Sulaiman Shamsuriah & Associates ! Ng Seing Liong, President, REHDA ! Michael Lim, Shearn Delamore & Co ! V. Gayathry, Executive Director, ! Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, Zaid Ibrahim & Co ! K. Shanmuga, Kanesalingam & Co Centre for Independent Journalism ! Dato’ Loh Siew Cheang, Cheang & Ariff ! Datuk JC Fong, State of Sarawak Attorney General ! Sivarasa Rasiah, Daim & Gamany ! Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, CEO, ! Padmaja Padman, Associate Editor, Malaysiakini.com Companies Commission Malaysia ! Edmund Bon, Chooi & Co Evening Welcome Reception ! Tim Robertson, Senior Counsel, Frederick Jordan Chambers, Australia 5.15 - 5.30pm Closing Address by Dato’ Seri Nazri Aziz, Minister in The Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia The programme and the names of Speakers above are tentative only. The Organising Committee reserve the right to change and replace ! Mark Stephens, Finers Stephens Innocent LLP, UK the programme and names of persons. The organisers of the Malaysian Law Conference shall not be held responsible in any manner Evening Farewell and 60th Anniversary Dinner whatsoever for any loss and inconvenience caused by such changes. Evening The After Party organised by NYLC CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM Please fill in the form using capital letters Full Name (in passport/ IC): ___________________________________________________________________________ Title: !Tun !Tan Sri !Dato !Justice