06-Aug-2014

APPOINTMENT

Director

Independent & Non Executive

68

Malaysian

Datuk Seri Panglima Sulong Bin Matjeraie has more than 30 years of legal and judicial experience.

Datuk Seri Panglima Sulong Bin Matjeraie pursued his studies at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur in 1966 and was conferred the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in 1969. In 1971, he read Law at the Inns of Court School of Law, London and in July, 1974 he was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of Inner Temple, London. In the same year he was also admitted and enrolled as an Advocate to the High Court of Borneo in Kuching.

In 1975, he left to study at the University of Southampton, England and was conferred with a Master of Laws Degree in Mercantile Law in 1977. In 1978, he attended a course in Advanced Management Programme jointly sponsored by Universities of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Canada and was awarded a Certificate in Advanced Management Programme (AMP) by the Banff School of Advanced Management. In 1980, he was sent to USA on Asia Foundation Scholarship.

Datuk Seri Panglima Sulong Bin Matjeraie started his career in 1964 as a Sarawak Administrative Officer in the Sarawak Civil Service. In 1970, he was appointed as a Third Class Magistrate and was also made the Acting District Officer. Binatang (now renamed as Bintangor) before moving on in 1971 to take on several roles, firstly as District Officer, Bintulu and then as the Sarawak State Training Officer and Secretary of the Sarawak Government Examination Board. In 1974, he was appointed as Director of Civic Department Unit directly under the Chief Minister of Sarawak.

In 1977, he was appointed as the Administration & Finance Manager at the Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation before assuming the General Manager role from 1979 to 1980. He became the General Manager of Bintulu Development Authority in Bintulu that same year until 1983.

He left the Government Service in 1983 to set up his own legal firm under the name and style of Messrs Sulong Matjeraie & Co. in Kuching, Sarawak. He was elected as the President of Advocate Association of Sarawak in 1996.

In 1998, he was appointed as a Judicial Commissioner of the High Court Johor Bahru until his appointment as High Court Judge of Malaya at Johor Bahru, Johor in June, 2000 and at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, in July, 2000. He subsequently served as Court of Appeal Judge and finally as Federal Court Judge Malaysia until his retirement in January, 2013. He is a Bencher of the prestigious Honorable Society of Inner Temple, London.

He was later appointed by the Prime Minister of Malaysia as one of the four (4) eminent persons to serve in the Judicial Appointments Commission for a period of two (2) years commencing from 10th February, 2013 to 9th February, 2015.

1)Sona Petroleum Berhad
2)Ho Hup Construction Company Berhad
3)Brahim's Holdings Berhad

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