Sunday, July 26, 2015

Profile of Tan Lam Siong 陈南松


Mr Tan Lam Siong (陈南松) is a practicing lawyer. He was born in Singapore on 24 November 1960 (age 54) and received his education at Pearls’ Hill School (1967 – 1972), Bukit Ho Swee Secondary School (1973 – 1976) and St. Andrew’s School (1977-1978). He completed his national service as a tank commander in 40 SAR and graduated with a law degree from the National University of Singapore in 1985. He is married with three children. His hobbies include reading and acting in television dramas. He is also a qualified clinical hypnotherapist, licensed tourist guide and museum docent. 

[Lawyer and Mediator] 

Mr Tan holds academic qualifications in law, education, psychology and clinical hypnotherapy. He has been in continuous legal practice in Singapore since 1986 and has experience in a wide field of legal work which includes arbitration, civil, commercial, corporate, criminal, intellectual, property and family law. He has been in continuous legal practice for the last 30 years and runs his own partnership law firm, Temple Counsel LLP. 

He is an accredited mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre and an Associate Mediator at the State Courts. He is also a Community Mediator with the Community Mediation Centre, Consumers' Association and a member of the Inquiry Panel of the Law Society. He is effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin and conversant in the major local Chinese dialects. 

[Committee Member and Personality] 

Mr Tan has been involved in community services and social work since his undergraduate days. Over the years, he has dedicated his time to a number of organizations, including counselling at the Samaritans of Singapore and mediating at the Community Mediation Centre, Consumers’ Association of Singapore and State Courts. He also sits in the Consumers' Association's Education Sub-com and has given free talks on mediation and consumer laws. He was an active parents’ support group chairman for many years, MOE Parent Ambassador and a member of a school advisory committee. In 2011, he received a Service to Education Award from the Ministry of Education for his volunteer services in education. 

He has also contributed his time to music groups and sports associations and has held appointments as volunteer director and honorary secretary. He has given free radio talks on legal matters and appeared on television talk shows. He has a strong passion for life-long learning, especially in the area of human thinking and behavior and earned his BSc (Psych) when he was 48 years old, his DipHyp in clinical hypnotherapy at 50 years old and his MEd (Tesol) when he was 52 years old. 

[Politician and Volunteer] 

Mr Tan became more intensely involved in volunteer work in 2012 and joined National Solidarity Party (NSP) in the same year. He became Secretary-General of NSP on 27 February 2015 and stepped down from the post on 15 June 2015. He quit NSP on 14 July 2015 to become an independent candidate. 

He is currently a volunteer legal adviser for several organizations, including Project Awareness and Happy People where he provides pro-bono legal services to the low-income families and needy people. He also promotes kindness and volunteerism, animal care and go green initiatives through his write-ups and videos.

[Social Media and Digital Platform]

Blog: http://tanlamsiong.blogspot.sg/
YouTube: http://goo.gl/Yqh2Te
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TanLamSiong
Hashtag: #TanLamSiong #陈南松 #TLS #Politician #LifestylePersonality

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