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The New Paper / Article, Illustration14 December 2002 - SINGAPORE LAW ON PRE-NUPS UNDER Section 112 of the Women's Charter, the court reserves the right to divide matrimonial assets to each party as it thinks fair, just and equitable. A pre-nuptial agreement cannot override this. Lawyer Anamah Tan, who has been practising matrimonial345 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration4 July 1995 - Panel for Beijing conference affected AT LEAST eight members have resigned from two steering committees set up to co-ordinate representation of Singapore non-government organisations (NGOs) at the fourth United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing in September. Seven of the eight original committee614 words -
The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition / Article, Illustration8 July 1995 - Panel for Beijing conference affected AT LEAST eight members have resigned from two steering committees set up to co-ordinate representation of Singapore non-government organisations (NGOs) at the fourth United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing in September. Seven of the eight original committee608 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration20 June 1998 - FROM women's rights advocate to wicked stepmother that's the transition that family lawyer Anamah Tan made at the opening ceremony of the Asean Confederation of Women's Organisations conference on Wednesday evening. The president of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations assumed the role in a play setLUDWIG ILIO - 119 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration13 February 1994 - 'Enough of confronting the policymakers m public. We also know that if you go around beating your breast, you are not going to get anywhere. It's better to present your facts m a reasoned and mature way, and doing this behind closed doors might give the113 words -
The New Paper / Article20 October 1995 - Mrs Anamah Tan, president of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations, where Mr Boey works as a clerk: "We work with a lot of women and we prefer someone who is more mature, and who understands life." Ms Lilian Tay, personnel and training manager of Hotel Royal,112 words -
The Straits Times / Article5 August 1995 - THE committee co-oi riuuuuig preparations for Sin^... women's groups for the ooiag United Nations confe. t women has been hit by bother resignation. Dr Chua Li Eng, a u<> and former president of the Si.^upore Council of Women's. Or^aaiiations, cited family rmrnnltimnti m her124 words -
The Straits Times / Article23 July 1994 - TWENTY-NINE women at the Feedback Unit dialogue last night supported the Maintenance of Parents Bill. Three participants two men and one woman were against it. This was the result when dialogue chairman Yu-Foo Yee Shoon asked for a show of hands on who121 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration17 November 2004 - She lost her husband at 29 and had to juggle many jobs rubber plantation worker, seamstress, washerwoman to feed her four children. Later, when a son fell ill and a daughter went through a difficult divorce, Madam Mary Lee (centre), now 84, helped raise their five children125 words -
The New Paper / Article2 May 1991 - YES, it's harassment: The president of the Singapore Association of Women Lawyers, Mrs Anamah Tan, said any kind of unwanted, unsolicited attention is harassment in her books. "Unfortunately, there is no legal definition for sexual harassment. There are degrees of harassment, but the evidence may not be124 words -
The Straits Times / Article14 June 1992 - A FIFTY-ONE-year-old lawyer is the new head of the umbrella organisation which represents more than 30 women's groups m Singapore. Mrs Anamah Tan became president of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO) this month, succeeding Mrs Constance Singam whose390 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration16 July 2002 - Jalan Imbis chilli crab Magdalene Lum t m ■jJUggJEUJJUfI Bi m Who: Anamah Tan, 61, a lawyer, former president of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisation and immediate past president of the Asean Confederation of Women's Organisations (ACWO).TheACWO launched a book Daughters of Asia recently to mark Asean Women's Day.Magdalene Lum - 380 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration30 September 2003 - HELMI YUSOF An activist on women's issues for almost 30 years, Anamah Tan is first Singaporean to head the International Council of Women Bu While we accept the laws and culture of every country are different, we felt the punishment for MsHELMI YUSOF - 381 words -
The New Paper / Article, Illustration26 December 1993 - Interviewed by OVIDIA LIM Mrs Anamah Tan, 53, lawyer and president of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations, asks why maintenance payment has to be taxed: MAINTENANCE paid by a man to his ex-wife and children should be tax-free. As it is, the amountOVIDIA LIM - 398 words -
The New Paper / Article, Illustration22 March 1991 - More battered wives are turning to courts for protection from their husbands. LO TIEN YIN reports the trend, profiles a case and telis you what to do if this happens to you MORK battered wives are turning to the courts for protection. The number ofGraphics/ Hou Soon Ming - 394 words -
The New Paper / Article16 November 1998 - More married women are having extra-marital affairs, says an informal survey of private investigators. The increase is both in absolute terms and in relation to the number of unfaithful husbands. WOONWUITEK reports MORE wives are having affairs. That is what a recent survey of nine private detectives403 words -
The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition / Article, Illustration17 July 1999 - KAREN WONG CHILDREN of warring couples can now count five Senior Counsel and a team of other lawyers as their “friends" who will look out for them in their parents’ divorce cases. The 28 legal eagles, who have been appointed amicus curiae, or “friendKAREN WONG - WONG KWAI CHOW - 401 words -
The New Paper / Article18 September 1996 - NO accused person can be forced to be represented by a lawyer. The Crime Division of the Attorney General's Chambers said that when a person is arrested, he has the right to consult and to be defended by a lawyer of his choice. Whether he chooses to135 words -
Streats / Article12 August 2004 - BUZZSTOP VETERAN women’s activist and family lawyer Anamah Tan, 63, has become the first Singaporean to win a seat on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Cedaw). She will join a panel of 22 others from134 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration28 June 1992 - MRS ANAMAH TAN is both a maternal employer and a fiery opponent in court Seldom far from public limelight, Mrs Anamah Tan looks set to be an even more active newsmaker. The outspoken lawyer, a strong advocate of women's rights, has recently been elected president of1,256 words
