 He was then made Deputy Public Trustee, Singapore in the middle of 1937, and was then transferred to Penang to serve as Second Magistrate there.By January 1939 he had been moved down to Third Magistrate.In May 1940 he was transferred from his position as Third Police Magistrate in Penang to Malacca to act as District Judge and Registrar, Supreme Court, but this was temporary.