Michael Hwang is a Singaporean

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and arbitrator. In 1991, he was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the

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. He completed his term in 1992, and in 1997 he was appointed one of the first eight

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in Singapore. From 2008 to 2010, he was the President of the Law Society of Singapore. In 2010, he became the Chief Justice of the

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. In 2014, he was awarded the

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by the

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for his work with the International Council of Arbitration for Sports, which operates the

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."Singapore lawyer Michael Hwang receives the Pierre de Coubertin Medal for his services to the Olympic movement"
singaporeolympics.com, 13 October 2014, accessed 13 July 2015.

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