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ASLI Inauguration - 21 March 2003 The Asian Law Institute was inaugurated in Singapore on the evening of 21 March 2003 with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by the founding institutions. Representatives of seven of the nine original founding institutions were present at the event, which was held at the historic City Hall Chambers in downtown Singapore. The event was attended by The Honourable the Chief Justice of Singapore Mr. Yong Pung How, the President of the National University of Singapore Professor Shih Choon Fong and representatives from the Embassies and High Commissions of the countries represented in ASLI as well as members of Singapore’s legal fraternity. Earlier in the day, the inaugural meeting of the ASLI Board of Governors was held at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS). At the meeting, the delegates discussed the objectives and future programmes of ASLI and agreed on the text of the Memorandum of Understanding. In his address at the launch of ASLI, Dean Tan Cheng Han of the NUS Faculty of Law explained the objectives of ASLI and expressed his vision for ASLI in the context of an increasingly globalised world. It was envisaged by its founding institutions that ASLI would become a forum in Asia not only for scholars of Asia, but anyone in the world with an interest in Asia. The inauguration was followed by cocktails and dinner at the restaurant of the adjoining Singapore Academy of Law.
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The Asian Law Institute (ASLI) facilitates collaboration and encourages excellence in research and teaching in Asian law. It is based on a co-operative enterprise and has at its heart the ethos of being true to its roots. It prides itself as an indigenous institute of Asian law, created in Asia by Asian law schools and open to the world. |
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