Jenny Lau Buong Bee

Jenny Lau Buong Bee

BORN 1932 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Law THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Singapore’s first female judge Jenny Lau Buong Bee made Singapore legal history in 1966 when she became the first woman to be appointed a district judge. Earlier, in...
Kwa Geok Choo

Kwa Geok Choo

BORN 1920 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Law THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Co-founder of one of Singapore’s largest law firms Kwa Geok Choo was a stellar student who topped the whole of Malaya in the 1936 Senior Cambridge examination. Then 16...
Teo Soon Kim

Teo Soon Kim

BORN 1904 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Law THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME First woman admitted to the Singapore bar Teo Soon Kim (later Lo-Teo Soon Kim) broke historic ground for Asian women in the legal profession. She was the first...