Khalid Bin Mohamad Dr Stephen Goh Tyau Hin Ramasamy Shanmugam Datuk Hajjah Ilani Binti Dato’ Haji Isahak Ng Yeong Lee Dato’ Anpalagan Ramiah Raja Aziz Addruse Yap Wai Kit Tan Tan Bok @ Chen Chanple Nik Hashim Bin Nik Daud KS Narayanan Dato’ Liew Teck Keong Ramalingam Thanni Malai Khalid Bin Mohamad 27 April 1938 - 29 April 2008 Born in Terengganu on 27th April 1938, he was the eldest of a large family of 11 siblings. He had his primary education in Kuala Terengganu where he excelled in his studies and was also a tennis champion for his State. He was a Terengganu State scholar since his primary school. In 1956, he was given the opportunity by the Terengganu State to train as a teacher at the Malayan Teachers’ Training College in Brinsford Lodge in Wolverhampton, Birmingham, England. During his time in England, he became the Queen’s Scout and met HM Queen Elizabeth II when he represented Malaya at the Word Jamboree in Windsor. In 1959, he returned to Malaysia as a trained teacher and began his teaching career at the Sultan Sulaiman Secondary School in Kuala Terengganu. He continued teaching in Muar High School and Pei Hwa Chinese School and ended his teaching career as a headmaster. In 1968, he went on to England to read law at Inner Temple and qualified as a Barrister-at- Law. After being called to the Malaysian Bar, he then went into the corporate world and was the Legal Affairs Manager at Malaysian Airline System during early 70s until early 80s. However, his love for the law continued and he felt he could practise law and help the community especially in smaller towns. He therefore decided to set up his own practice back in his hometown of Kuala Terengganu and he mainly championed the cause of the community. Many years later, he was offered a partnership in Messrs Allen & Gledhill, Kuala Lumpur and was there for a few years until he joined Messrs Rithauddin & Azlin, which his son Azlin Khalid was a co-founding partner with Rithauddin Jamaluddin. He was the precedent partner of the firm until the day he passed away due to cancer. He was always full of life and loves the law. His favourite past time was reading especially the various law reports and books. Some would refer to him as a walking MLJ. He was much liked by his peers for his willingness, humour and joyful self being. He never failed to put a smile on our faces. He was also a wonderful husband, father and friend. He will be very much missed. Al-Fatihah Azlin Khalid 1 Dr Stephen Goh Tyau Hin 14 October 1941 - 18 January 2010 The late Dr Stephen Goh was born in Malacca on 14 October 1941. He had distinguished himself in the academia early in life and carried this excellent quality throughout his years of studies as a scholar in England and in the United States of America. After attaining an LL.B (first class) law degree from the University of Hull (1964), he repeated this feat with another first from Cambridge University (1966). In between, he passed his Bar Finals and was called to the Middle Temple. In Cambridge, he won the Trinity Hall Law Prize 1965. He also qualified with a Diploma in International Law. He crossed over to Oxford University as a St John’s College Scholar for post-graduate research and was conferred the M. Litt degree in 1968. Another scholarship took Stephen to Harvard University and there he graduated in 1969 with an LL.M (honours). He returned to Cambridge University for doctoral research in the area of Labour and International Law and graduated with a PhD in 1972. His thesis entitled “The International Protection of Freedom of Association and the Right to Organise for Trade Union Purposes” was well regarded amongst experts in that circle. He received deserved recognition for his scholastic contribution and was invited to become a Fellow of the prestigious Council of Europe in 1973. Stephen returned to Malaysia and lectured in the Law Faculty of the University of Malaya from 1973 to 1974. He then worked as senior manager for Petronas until 1976. After that he practised law together with his dear wife Tiew Jee under the firm they founded together, Dr Stephen Goh and Partners, until they retired from active legal practice in 1995. Stephen was also an Arbitrator with the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration and the International Centre (Cairo) for Arbitration. In legal practice, Stephen was well sought after as a legal consultant and advisor. After retiring from legal practice, Stephen devoted much of his time to Christian Honorary work. Two of the organisations that benefited much from his generous dedication are International Outreach Limited and The Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship Malaysia. In his later years and sometimes in a fragile state (as his health was not the most robust), the intellectual life that had so singularly marked him out in his student and professional life never left him. Stephen’s last published work, “An Introduction to the FGBMF (Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship) in Malaysia 1978 - 2006 (Advancing God’s Kingdom in the Market Place)” was on an area of life and ministry he was passionate about since his conversion to faith in Christ, and it was befitting that he personally presented this paper at a conference held here before an august company of international scholars. On 18 January 2010 Stephen passed on to eternity. He is survived by his wife Tiew Jee, son Sian Loong and daughter Ming Loong. David Fung 2 Ramasamy Shanmugam 14 December 1953 - 14 November 2010 In life we meet many people. Some we forget in a while and some we remember for a short time. Ramasamy Shanmugam was not one of those people. He was a man who stamped his mark on every life he touched. Originating from Kulim, Kedah, he was the eighth child among his siblings and also the youngest. He lost his mother at the age of 7 and lived with his father for most of his schooling years. When he began his secondary education, he enrolled at Sekolah Menengah Sultan Badlishah and he began to move around living with his sisters and brothers making him the most loved among them. He later moved to Sekolah Menengah St.Patricks, Kulim. Ramasamy Shanmugam never considered law in the early part of his life and went for training as a Laboratory Assistant at the Institute for Medical Research (I.M.R.) in Kuala Lumpur and once he received his G.C.E., he began working as a Laboratory Assistant in Jabatan Rancangan Pembasmi Malaria in Johor. During this time he was convinced by his late brother who was a Tamil school teacher to pursue a career in Law. Armed with nothing more than his bravery, Ramasamy Shanmugam left Malaysia to Manchester, England. He enrolled at Manchester Polytechnic to pursue and obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in the field of Law. His time in England was filled with wonders and hardship. He worked in a Pub as a waiter/bartender to make ends meet. He was also the designated cook in the apartment that he shared with his friends. His Bulls Balls curry is still spoken about till this day by his friends. While all this was going on, he did not forget his sweetheart, Chandara Devi. Letters of love and concern were written and mailed in the old conventional method to each other to keep their fire burning. Before leaving, he made her a promise that once he was back on home soil she was going to be his lifelong companion. And true to his word, he married Chandara Devi a/p Ramasamy (yes, he and his father-in-law had the same name). He successfully completed his B.A (Law) and returned to Malaysia in 1983. He then completed his Certificate in Legal Practice (Malaysia) in University Malaya 1984. He chambered at Messrs Pasupathy & Co and was called to the Bar on 28 September 1985. He opened up his own firm Messrs Ramasamy & Co in 1986. He brought in his wife to be his secretary and to help him with the office work. He was a loving family man. He dedicated a room in his office just for his kids to be in and taken care of. This ensured that his family was by his side at all times. Even with a baby-sitter, he wanted the kids at the office. As a Husband, he made a point to make sure no matter where in the world he was at night, he would be home for dinner to eat what his wife had prepared. As his children grew up, never once did he lay his hands on them to discipline them. He always sat them down and spoke to them as if he was speaking to an adult. This was one of his policies in life, Never Hit the Kids. Because of his loving nature, his children loved him. While growing up, his children looked up to him as their hero. If there was any problem that they faced, he would smile and provide the comfort that one would never think existed. He never condemned his children or ever got angry at them. Whereas the world would not dare disobey him, his kids could get away with murder with him. His eldest would testify that when exams came around, his dad would just say do your best and just pass it. Never once 3 did he pressure his kids or force them.