Me ANDRE ROBERT           ALIF HONOURED MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION WHO TOOK SILK OVER A DINNER PORT LOUIS       SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF ALIF SOCIETY Me ZUBEIDA ISMAEL SALAJEE Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for this massive turn-up to honor members of the bar and the law society, 1. Anwar Abdool Hamid Moollan and 2. Louis Charles Denis Hervé Duval, who have taken silk and 3. Zubeida Ismael Salajee and 4. André Joseph Rousset Robert, who have been elevated to Senior Attorneys. It was an encouraging start ………. Everyone [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am going this evening to recognize the achievements of two great Mauritians: Kevin Ramkhelawon, the new CEO of Business Mauritius and Jacques Li Wan Po, elevated to GOSK last March. Gentlemen, I guess this is a proud day for you, your family, whom we have invited to witness this function, your friends and especially your spouses who have suffered with you. This is also a culmination of the long and hard hours in sometimes the sprints and at times the marathon you have been running through your professional career. Congratulations for having lasted the challenge. They say [...]

Speech to honour Judge Narain Ladies and Gentleman, I am going to speak about Justice Aruna Narain, a lady whose roots are in my village of Vale. Her grandfather’s contemporaries were those of Rashid Daureawoo, Judge Hamuth and of Anwar Husnoo. Anwar’s Nana, known as Sheik was a big small planter making the rounds of his domain on a BSA, old man Daureeawoo, a sixieme passé, was a Moniteur finally recycled to become a big small planter like Hamuth whereas Master Narain pursued a career as a Teacher. This first generation of Vale people were quite advanced for their time and [...]