Tan Teow Yeow

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tan.
The Honourable Judicial Commissioner
Tan Teow Yeow
Judicial Commissioner
In office
15 March 1989  15 March 1991
Personal details
Born 1946
Singapore
Died 6 August 2008 (aged 62)
Nationality Singaporean
Residence Singapore
Alma mater National University of Singapore

Tan Teow Yeow (1946 6 August 2008) was a Judicial Commissioner of Supreme Court of Singapore and a former President of the Industrial Arbitration Court.

Early life and education

Tan Teow Yeow graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law in 1967 at a young age of 20.

Career

He served in the legal sector for 40 years. He started his career first as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and next as a Magistrate.[1] In 1973, he was appointed as the head of the Crime Division of the Attorney-General's Chambers. He was then appointed as the President of the Industrial Arbitration Court from 1988 to 1991.[2] He was elevated to the bench in 1989 and served a two-year term as Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore from 1989 to 1991.[3]

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