Faculty of Law ¨National University of Singapore


 

MR STEPHEN LOKE
Partner, Loke & Seah

Stephen graduated from NUS in 1986 and practiced in a law firm before setting up his practice in Loke & Seah in 1990. He was appointed by the Consumers association of Singapore in 1997 to Chair a Committee looking into the possibility of introducing Fair Trading Legislation in Singapore. The committee submitted its report to the Ministry of Trade & Industry in August 2000 after a study mission to Australia and New Zealand which he was a key member of. In March 2001 the Ministry of Trade & Industry appointed him to Co-Chair a task force made from representatives of Government, Statutory Boards and industry to consider the report on Fair Trading hereafter the Task force made recommendations to the Minister of Trade & Industry. Stephen has worked with industry in pushing for higher standards to be delivered through the proposed Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) bill and continues to do so. He has been involved in major conferences relating to the proposed legislation and currently actively working with appropriate parties on education programmes to better understand the impending law.
 

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