taken much longer to enter the legal profession. In Memory In 1958, Ong Hock Thye, better and popularly known as H.T. Ong, a member of the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple, made legal history when he and Tan Sri Ismail Khan, a Barrister-At-Law of the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple as well, were the first 2 local private practitioners to be elevated to the Bench of the High Court States of Malaya after Independence. H.T.Ong is known for his well crafted judgments and legal prose. He died in 1977. Honours Honours of Malaysia : Recipient of the Malaysian Commemorative Medal (Silver) (P.P.M.) (1965) Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) – Tan Sri (1967) Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (P.M.N.) – Tan Sri (1972) : Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (D.P.M.S.) – Dato’ (1966) Notes Sources See also United Nations Review By United Nations Office of Public Information Published by United Nations Dept. of Public Information, 1954 Official Year Book – Malaysia By Jabatan Penerangan, Malaya Published by Federal Dept. of Information, Ministry of Information, Malaysia., 1962 The Chinese in Southeast Asia By L A Peter Gosling, Linda Lim, Linda Y C Lim, University of Singapore Economic Research Centre, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, Economic Research Centre, University of Singapore Published by Maruzen Asia, 1983 Without Fear or Favour By Chee Khoon Tan, R. K. Vasil Published by Eastern Universities Press (M), 1984 , 20th-century Malaysian judges Malaysian people of Chinese descent 1908 births 1977 deaths Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia Commanders of the Order of the Defender of the Realm Chief justices of Malaysia Knights Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor