Former AG Tan Boon Teik has passed away at 83

• Clivebenss

  11 Mar 12, 14:01

  

  Mar 11, 2012 - Straits Times

  By Francis Chan, Assistant News Editor

  Former Attorney-General (AG) Tan Boon Teik died on Saturday.

  He was 83 and is survived by his wife Sook Yee, children Pip Tan Seng Hin and Tan Sui Lin, and five grandchildren.

  Mr Tan, who retired from the position in 1992, served as acting AG from 1967 to 1968, before receiving the full appointment in 1969.

  He was the longest serving AG in post-independence Singapore.

• Bikeforceful

  11 Mar 12, 15:56

  Retired in 1992 and died only 20 years later.........wow 20 years of retirement....not bad!