Background
How, Yong Pung was born in 1926 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
How, Yong Pung was born in 1926 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1949. Bachelor of Laws, Cambridge University, 1950.
Partner Shook, Lin & Bok, 1952—1970. Chairman Malayan Airways Ltd. and Malaysia-Singapore Airways Ltd., 1964—1969. Deputy chairman Malayan Banking Berhad, 1966—1971.
Chairman, managing director Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad, 1971—1974, Singapore International Merchant Bankers Ltd., 1976. Vice chairman Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, 1976—1981. Managing director Government Singapore Investment Corporation, 1981—1983.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd., 1983—1989. Chairman Singapore Broadcasting corporation, 1985—1989. Judge Supreme Court Singapore, 1989—1990, chief justice Singapore, since 1990.
First chairman Institute Policy Studies.