PMO Media Release: Reappointment and Appointments of Supreme Court Judges

      The President of the Republic of Singapore, in accordance with Article 95(2) of the Constitution, has reappointed Justice Steven Chong Horng Siong (上诉庭莊泓翔法官) as Justice of the Court of Appeal for a period of one year from 23 September 2025. 

2    The President of the Republic of Singapore, in accordance with Article 95(1) of the Constitution, has also appointed the following Judicial Commissioners as Judges of the High Court with effect from 1 August 2025:

      (i) Judicial Commissioner Alex Wong Li Kok (黄律愷司法委员);

      (ii) Judicial Commissioner Christopher Tan Pheng Wee (陈炳维司法委员); and

      (iii) Judicial Commissioner Kristy Tan (陈如燕司法委员).

Justice Steven Chong Horng Siong

3    Justice Steven Chong was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 1 October 2009 and High Court Judge on 1 June 2010. He left the Bench in June 2012 to assume the position of Attorney-General for a period of two years. Justice Chong was reappointed as High Court Judge on 25 June 2014 and elevated to Judge of Appeal (now known as Justice of the Court of Appeal) on 1 April 2017. He was reappointed as Justice of the Court of Appeal for a three-year term in September 2022.  

4    Justice Chong chairs the Admiralty Court Users’ Committee, the Specialist Accreditation Scheme for Shipping Law and the Working Group of the Professional Conduct Council. He is the Vice-President of the Singapore Academy of Law and serves as a member of the Rules Committee. Justice Chong has been the appointed Expert Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee (ICEC) of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China since 8 December 2020. The ICEC supports the China International Commercial Court.

5    Justice Chong’s main areas of specialisation are in finance, securities, banking, complex commercial cases, arbitration, company, insolvency, trusts, shipping and insurance.

6    Judicial Commissioner Wong was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 1 August 2023 for a period of two years. 

7    He graduated from the University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College with a Bachelor of Laws (2nd Class Upper) in 1996. He was called to the Singapore Bar in 1999 and admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2007. Judicial Commissioner Wong started his career as an associate with Colin Ng & Partners, prior to joining Lee & Lee. He was a Partner in Lee & Lee from 2005 to 2007 before joining Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee, where he specialised in energy, utilities and infrastructure projects. Judicial Commissioner Wong was made a Partner of Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee in 2011 and, in 2020, he was appointed as its Office Managing Partner. He was also designated a Senior Accredited Specialist for Building and Construction by the Singapore Academy of Law in 2018 and has been highly regarded as a leading energy, infrastructure and construction practitioner in this region.

8    As Judicial Commissioner, he has handled a wide range of civil matters, such as building and construction, shipbuilding, finance, securities, banking, complex commercial cases, arbitration, corporate insolvency as well as company, trusts and other types of insolvency matters. 

9    Judicial Commissioner Tan was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 1 October 2023 for a period of two years. 

10  He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (1st Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1998 and obtained a Master of Laws from Harvard University in 2003. Judicial Commissioner Tan had accumulated considerable and varied experience through his numerous postings in the Legal Service, serving in agencies that included the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Competition Commission of Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Supreme Court and State Courts. Prior to his appointment as Judicial Commissioner, he was concurrently holding the position of Registrar of the State Courts (from May 2020) and Deputy Presiding Judge of the State Courts (from June 2022).

11  As Judicial Commissioner, his areas of focus have been in building and construction, shipbuilding, finance, securities, banking, complex commercial cases, company, insolvency, trusts, medical negligence tort claims, defamation, professional negligence, statutory torts and criminal trials. 

12  Judicial Commissioner Tan was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 1 October 2023 for a period of two years.

13  She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the National University of Singapore in 2004 and was called to the Singapore bar in 2005. She joined Allen & Gledhill LLP and was made a Partner of the law firm in 2010 and an Equity Partner in 2013. In 2018, Judicial Commissioner Tan joined the Legal Service to head the Attorney-General’s Chambers Advocacy Group, dealing with litigation matters involving civil, commercial, criminal and public law. She also concurrently held the appointment of Deputy Chief Counsel in the Civil Division (from April 2021). In January 2021, she was appointed Senior Counsel.

14  As Judicial Commissioner, she has been hearing cases on civil and commercial matters, such as finance, securities, banking, arbitration, corporate insolvency, company, trusts and shipping. 

15  With the above appointments, the Supreme Court will have a total of 36 Judges (including the Chief Justice, three Justices of the Court of Appeal, four Judges of the Appellate Division, 21 Judges of the High Court, two Judicial Commissioners and five Senior Judges) and 24 International Judges.