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Y. K. J. Yeung Sik YuenGOSK
(2015)
Chief Justice of Mauritius
In office
13 June 2007 – 31 December 2013
Preceded byAriranga Pillay
Succeeded byKheshoe Parsad Matadeen
Personal details
Born (1947-01-01) 1 January 1947 (age 77)
Curepipe, Mauritius
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊欽俊
Simplified Chinese杨钦俊
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Qīnjùn
Bopomofoㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄐㄩㄣˋ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhYang Chinjiunn
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳYòng Khîm Chun
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeung Sik Yuen, derived from an ancestor surnamed Yeung.

Bernard Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen GOSK (born 1 January 1947) is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mauritius.

Career

After being called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, London in 1970, Yeung Sik Yuen returned to his native Mauritius and took a position as State Counsel in the office of the Attorney-General of Mauritius, wherein he served until 1976. After that he moved to the bench, serving first as a magistrate and from 1984 to 1989 as Master & Registrar and Judge in Bankruptcy. He was named a judge of the Supreme Court in 1989, and elevated to Senior Puisne Judge in 1995. He was sworn in as Chief Justice on 13 June 2007, succeeding Ariranga Pillay after the latter's retirement and was replaced on 31 December 2013 by Kheshoe Parsad Matadeen. He has also served as the Mauritian independent expert on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Personal life

Yeung Sik Yuen was born in Curepipe into a family of Hakka Sino-Mauritian businesspeople; his ancestors started out as shopkeepers and grew their company into various fields. He did his secondary education at St. Joseph's College, Curepipe and then in 1966 went to the United Kingdom to study law at the University of Leeds, completing his degree in 1969. He has been the President of the Lions Club of Port-Louis in 1988 and 2000. He is married with three children. His nephew Michael was Mauritius' Minister of Tourism and Leisure.

References

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  2. ^ "New Chief Justice Appointed". Government Information Service of Mauritius. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Nomination de M. Bernard Sik Yuen, en qualité de juge en chef de la Cour suprême de l'Ile Maurice". L'association des cours judiciaires suprêmes francophones. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  4. "毛里求斯总统会见中国最高人民法院代表团". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Mauritius. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  5. "Membership". United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  6. "Newsletter Publication". Chinese Business Chamber of Mauritius. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
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