The Family Justice Courts Time Capsule: A Message Through Time

Items in the time capsule buried in the former Family and Juvenile Court Building

On 11 January 2002, a time capsule was buried in the Family and Juvenile Court Building at Havelock Square to commemorate its official opening. Carefully curated, the capsule contains artefacts that reflect the Courts’ ethos, values, and day-to-day work – serving as a tangible legacy for future generations. Here are the items in the time capsule.

• Annual Reports

• The Judiciary – Annual Report 1994
• The Judiciary – Annual Report 1995
• The Judiciary – Annual Report 1996
• The Judiciary – Annual Report 1997
• The Judiciary – Annual Report 1998
• The Judiciary – Annual Report 1999
• The Judiciary – Annual Report 2000
• The Judiciary – Annual Report 2001

• Brochures

• The Family Court – Before You Divorce
• The Family Court – 10 Questions on Divorce and Children
• The Family Court – Divorce and How to Survive
• The Family Court – Counselling and You
• The Family Court – Parents are Forever : Even after Divorce
• The Family Court – Children and Divorce
• The Family Court – Especially for Children
• Family Court – Maintenance
• Family Court – Application for Protection
• Juvenile Court – Family Conference 
• Juvenile Court – Family Conference
• Juvenile Court – Beyond Parental Control (BPC) cases
• Juvenile Court – Beyond Parental Control (BPC) cases
  

• Case file of the first divorce case heard by the Subordinate Courts
• Children and Young Persons Act (leather cover)
• Commemorative booklet for the Family Justice Tableau of the Family Court of Singapore
• Holy Bible (hard cover)
• Families in Conflict – Theories and Approaches in Mediation and Counselling
• Information booklet – Famcare : Caring for Families
• KIDS Line (CD-ROM)

• Newsletters

• Judicare – July 1998
• Judicare – October / November 1998
• Judicare – November 2000
• Judicare – September 2001
  

• Newspaper articles – Family Court (13 A4 copies and two A3 copies)
• Newspaper articles – Juvenile Court (five A4 copies and 13 A3 copies)
• Oath card
• Photograph of the Family Justice Tableau with cover
• Practitioners’ Library – Family Court Practice (hard cover)
• Presentation for the Official Opening of the Family and Juvenile Court 11 January 2002 (CD ROM)

• Research Bulletin

• Issue 10 – April 1998
• Issue 13 – August 1998
• Issue 20 – August 1999
• Issue 21 – October 1999
• Issue 24 – October 2000
• Issue 25 – December 2000
• Issue 26 – March 2001
• Issue 27 – April 2001

• Shattered Lives, Broken Dreams (VHS tape)
• Women’s Charter (leather cover)