birth_place nationality office term_start appointer article_title term_end name
singapore singaporean judge of singapore of the supreme court of singapore judicial commissioner 2 may 1994 2 may 1991 ong teng cheong wee kim wee kan ting chiu
 27 august 2011 2 may 1994 kan ting chiu
kan ting chiu

kan ting chiu -lrb- -rrb- is a former singaporean judge in the supreme court .
kan received his bachelor of laws and master of laws from the university of singapore -lrb- now the national university of singapore -rrb- in 1970 and 1988 respectively .
he was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in singapore in 1973 .
he joined the singapore legal service in 1970 and was appointed state counsel at the attorney-general 's chambers .
from 1974 to 1976 , he served both as a magistrate and a senior magistrate in the subordinate courts .
kan went into private practice from 1976 to 1991 , where he was successively a partner in the law firms of hilborne & co , rch lim & co and low yeap & co. .
he was appointed as judicial commissioner on 2 may 1991 , and a judge of the supreme court on 2 may 1994 .
during his judicial tenure , kan has made outstanding contributions to the supreme court and legal profession .
he was a council member of the law society of singapore from 1983 to 1984 .
from 1993 to 2005 , he was a member of the board of legal education , a body which provided for the training and examination of law graduates seeking admission to the singapore bar .
since 1999 , kan has also served as chairman of the singapore academy of law 's legal heritage committee .
kan was the judge in the trial of iwuchukwu amara tochi for drug-trafficking , which resulted in the latter 's execution by hanging .
kan retired on 27 august 2011 at the age of 65 .
