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3 August 2019 Pupils Dining: Taste Of The Bar VIII Organised by the Pupils Committee, this event was held at the Grand Ballroom, Royal Selangor Club (Dataran) from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Intended to give pupils an opportunity to spend an evening interacting with senior members of the Bar and/or Judges who have wide experience in the legal profession, the event was graced by retired Judges Dato’ Mah Weng Kwai, Dato’ Seri Mohd Hishamudin Yunus and Dato’ John Louis O'Hara and 17 senior members of the Bar namely, Lee Tatt Boon, Honey Tan, Atan Mustaffa, Goh Siu Lin, M. Visvanathan, Saha Deva, Richard Wee, Fahri Azzat, K Shanmuga, H.R. Dipendra, Thayananthan Baskaran, Puteri Shehnaz, Harleen Kaur, Foong Cheng Leong, Saravana Kumar, Khaizan Sharizad and Kenny Lai Choe Ken. A total of 79 pupils and young lawyers attended. 16 August 2019 Sponsored Construction Law Seminar: Variations And Their Valuation In Construction Contracts Organised by the Professional Development Commi

7 May 2019 Seminar on Understanding Clients’ Corporate Annual Reports & Its Financial Statements Organised by the Professional Development Committee, this seminar was presented by Lim Kien Chai at the KL Bar Auditorium from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The seminar was attended by 85 participants and covered, amongst others, "Introductory on its importance"; "Accounting jargons made understandable for lawyers"; "What are the components of Annual Report?"; "What are these: ledger accounts, journal entries, double-entries, T-accounts?"; "Why this term “Trial Balance”?"; "Why this term “Balance Sheet”?"; "What are the salient features of a Balance Sheet?"; "What are and the types of Assets?"; "What are and the types of Liabilities?"; and " Are Balance Sheet’s liabilities an indication of “not good” financial position and/or poor financial management”. 8 May 2019 Pupils Introduction Sess