From the Archive: 1966-67

1966-67: (ABOVE) The President of the Republic of Singapore, Inche Yusof Ishak takes his place, with the Honourable Justice Tan Ah Tah, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and the Chancellor of the University of Singapore, Reginald Quahe. In the foreground, Joseph Cashin of Rodyk & Davidson, another past-President of the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Singapore (“OCSS”).  

1966-67: (ABOVE) The Honourable Justice Tan Ah Tah addresses the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Singapore.  Seen in the picture, President Yusof Ishak, Mrs Tan Ah Tah, and the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. 

1966-67: (ABOVE) Seated, from right to left: Justice Tan Ah Tah, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Joseph Cashin of Rodyk & Davidson, and the President of the Republic of Singapore, Yusof Ishak.  

1966-67: (ABOVE) The Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew addresses the Society. In the photograph: President Yusof Ishak, Justice Tan Ah Tah and Mrs Tan and Members of the Oxford and Cambridge Society.  

1966-67: (ABOVE) President Yusok Ishak and the First Lady, Toh Puan Noor Aishah, with the Speaker of Parliament, Justice A P Rajah, Supreme Court Judge and founder, Tan Rajah and Cheah.

1966-67: (ABOVE) On the right, Huang Ying Rong, Chancellor of Nanyang University and Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin, who served as Chief Justice from 1963 to 1990, a period of 27 years; the longest-serving Chief Justice in Singapore and the Commonwealth.  Around the table: President Yusof Ishak, Justice A.P. Rajah, and the First Lady, Toh Puan Noor Aishah.