Archive for August 2017
8th Day of Trial
29 August 2017 (Posted on 30 August 2017) Dear friends,Thank you for coming to the trial today. It has been a tiring, stressful and felt-like-it-lasted-for-ages one month journey since my 1st day of trial on 1 August 2017.One more day of hearing will be required due to the number of NUS witnesses. Today, my lawyer…
Read MoreUrgent Appeal for Court Hearing Fees – 24 Aug 2017
24 August 2017 Dear Friends, My lawsuit was heard over 6 full days since 1 Aug 2017. Yesterday, 23 Aug, was the 6th day of hearing. It is now clear that two extra hearing days are needed to complete the cross-examination/re-examination of the remaining 4 NUS witnesses. The court has made 29 Aug 2017 available for hearing…
Read More7th Day of Trial
23 August 2017 (Posted on 25 August 2017) Today, (former) University Registrar A/P Ang Siau Gek gave evidence at the witness stand. It is now clear that two extra days of hearing will need to be “set down” for the remaining 4 NUS witnesses to testify. The next hearing date has been fixed on 29 August 2017…
Read More6th Day of Trial
22 August 2017 The hearing today was a half-day hearing. The trial tomorrow, 23 August 2017, will be a full-day hearing. Earlier in the morning, NUS’ (former) Vice-Provost Lily Kong was re-examined by the NUS lawyer for a short while and released from the witness stand. The 2nd NUS witness is Assoc Prof Ang Siau…
Read More5th Day of Trial
21 August 2017 Prof Kong gave evidence on many issues. I will just show one document and let the document speak for itself. (I have reproduced the chain of emails and pasted the chain directly as text in this post.) Background: Before NUS convened the COI hearing in July 2005 to look into my complaint against…
Read MoreCourt Hearing Resumes on 21 August 2017
20 August 2017 Dear Friends, The court hearing of my lawsuit against NUS will resume on Monday, 21 August 2017, in the Supreme Court. Here are the dates and times: Monday, 21 August 2017, 10 am (morning hearing only) Tuesday, 22 August 2017, 10 am (morning hearing only) Wednesday, 23 August 2017, 10 am (full day)…
Read MoreThe Grades Of My MA Thesis (Supplementary Notes)
17 August 2017 Dear Friends,I would like to elaborate on my previous post The Grades of My MA Thesis It has been pointed out to me that I had not provided a clearer picture of the grade(s) awarded by NUS back in 2005. In this post, I would let the NUS documents speak for themselves* and provide you with a…
Read MoreThe Grades Of My MA Thesis
13 August 2017 (I followed up on this topic in my post The Grades Of My MA Thesis (Supplementary Notes) I have been asked a good number of questions regarding my 12-year battle with NUS over my MA degree. Some common questions revolve around my MA Thesis, particularly the grades. What were my grades? Did NUS…
Read MoreRECAP: 1st Day of Trial / The “Exclusion” of Witnesses
7 August 2017 (Substantive Editing on 11 August 2017) The first 4 days of my trial is now over. I had tried to provide a daily update no matter how brief. From now on, I’ll be blogging about issues of interest or significance arising from the 4 days of hearing last week. The first memorable…
Read More4th Day of Trial
4 August 2017 (Posted on 6 August 2017) Thank you to all who came to Court in the past 4 days and to those who wrote to me to show your support. Thank you to all the donors who made the hearing possible. The trial started on 1 August and ran to 4 August. The…
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