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Tembusu College Fellow’s Tea
Mr. Sat Pal Khattar
5pm, Tuesday
3rd April 2012
Master’s Common Lounge,
Level 3, Residential Block
Refreshments will be served.
Only 30 seats available!
Please register at dev-tembusu-nus.pantheonsite.io
Sat Pal Khattar read law at the University of Singapore and graduated with an Honours degree in 1966 and a Masters degree in 1970. The prominent lawyer, Indian community leader and businessman, began his career in the civil service as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel in the Attorney-General’s Chamber. Later in the same year, he became a Legal Officer at the Inland Revenue Department. He left public service in 1974 and set up his own law firm Sat Pal Khattar Co. The firm eventually became known as Khattar Wong & Partners, one of the largest law firms in Singapore today.
Though Mr Khattar retired from the firm in 2000, he continues to be Chairman of his private investment firm, Khattar Holdings. He also sits on the board of public-listed firms such as Haw Par Corporation and developer GuocoLand. Mr Khattar has held many distinguished positions over the years, such as Chairman of the Singapore Business Federation, board member of the Institute of South Asian Studies, member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights and Vice-President of the Singapore Indian Education Trust.
In recognition for his contributions to the labour movement, he has been honoured on a number of occasions at the May Day Awards. For his contributions to the civil service, he was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) at the National Day Awards in 1972. Since the early 1990s, he has been investing in India, and this experience has helped him to promote and support bilateral trade and investments between Singapore and India as Chairman of Network India and Co-chairman of the Singapore-India Partnership Foundation. In early 2011, he was awarded one of India’s top honours, the Padma Shri Award, for helping to develop business ties between the country and Singapore.
Mr Khattar is married with a daughter and two sons, and is a proud grandfather of four.
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