Tan Sri Ong Hock Thye (1908–1977), PMN, PSM, DPMS,[1] also known as H. T. Ong, was Chief Judge of Malaya (known as Chief Justice of Malaya prior to 1994[2][circular reference]) (8 Nov 1968 – 31 Aug 1973)[3][4][5] and a Barrister-at-Law of Middle Temple. He was the son of Mr. Ong Teng Up and was born in Penang in 1908. In 1935, he married Chong Khew Yin (1915–1942). In 1943, he married Mary Chung Yuet See (1924–1995), the eldest daughter of Kapitan China Chung Thye Phin.
He was educated at the King Edward VII School and St. George's Institution in Taiping and the University of London. He was the first ethnic Chinese to be appointed a Supreme Court Judge in Malaysia. He was an advocate and solicitor and practiced in Perak from 1931 till his appointment to the Supreme Court on 1 September 1958. He was Chairman of the Royal Commission on Non-Muslim Marriage and Divorce Laws having been appointed on 4 February 1970 by the Duli Yang Maha Mulia Yang di-Pertuan Agong. The other members of his commission comprised Ms P. G. Lim, Enche M. Shankar, Mrs Rosalind Y. C. Foo and DatinJamaki Athi Nahappan.[6] He authored "Law and Justice Through the Cases" which was published in 1973. He was a former Chairman of the Malayan Association of the Blind, Brickfields.[7][8][9][10] He was Chairman of the National Relief Fund set up following the tragic 13 May incident in 1969.[11]
^A Year Book of the Commonwealth By Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Great Britain Commonwealth Office, Published by H.M.S.O., 1967
^Lord President of the Supreme Court
^(1968) 2 MLJ
^(2015) p. 107, The Malaysian Judiciary Yearbook 2015, http://www.kehakiman.gov.my/sites/default/files/YearBook2015.pdf
^[1969] 2 M.L.J 129 (Federal Court: Azmi L.P.. Ong Hock Thye C.J. (Malaya), Suffian, Gill & Ali F.JJ.)
^Report of the Royal Commission on Non-Muslim Marriage and Divorce Laws, The Royal Commission on Non-Muslim Marriage and Divorce Laws, 15 November 1971
^By British Association of Malaysia, British Association of Malaysia and Singapore, British Association of Malaysia, British Association of Malaysia and Singapore, Great Britain Colonial Office, Malaya Published by British Association of Malaysia, 1958
^Women Studies in Malaysia: An Overview and a Reference Bibliography By Jamilah Ariffin, Lembaga Perancang Keluarga Negara, Pusat Sumber Maklumat Wanita Dalam Pembangunan (Malaysia) Published by National Population and Family Development Board, 1991
^Law and Justice Through the Cases By Tan Sri H.T. Ong Published by Malyan law journal, 1973
^The Who's who in Malaysia edited by John Victor Morais Published by Solai Press, 1965
^Tunku Abdul Rahman Al Haj on the 48th Anniversary of Merdeka By Dato' Mahadev Shankar
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