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Second Reading Speech by Mr Lee Yi Shyan, Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry for the Competition (amendment) Bill.

Second Reading Speech by Mr S Iswaran, Minister of state, ministry of Trade and Industry for the Gas (Amendment) Bill.

In May this year, the Ministry of Health will propose legislation, in Parliament, to regulate the practices of optometrists and opticians. If passed in Parliament, it will be called the Optometrists and Opticians Bill. The Optometrists and Opticians Bill will ensure that Singaporeans continue to enjoy high standard of primary eye care. The legislation will also ensure a high level of competence and standard of practice among optometrists and opticians. Many developed countries such as the US, UK and Australia already have similar legislation in place.

Lawyers in Singapore will now have a manual to guide them through the many ethical issues that they will inevitably face in their professional life. Ethics and Professional Responsibility: A Code for the Advocate and Solicitor, by Dr Jeffrey Pinsler, is a work that was specially commissioned by the Honourable the Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong. This is the first publication by Academy Publishing, a new division of the Singapore Academy of Law.

Ethics and Professional Responsibility: A Code for the Advocate and Solicitor is the first publication by Academy Publishing, a new division under the Singapore Academy of Law.

On the Bioethics Advisory Committee’s (BAC) report entitled: “Personal Information in Biomedical Research”, the Ministry of Health (MOH) welcomes the BAC’s recommendations. We support the stand that personal information identifiable to an individual participating in human biomedical research should be safeguarded. Proper rules governing the access and use of personal information and a secure system of information protection would re-assure research subjects on the confidentiality of personal information.

The Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) announces the release of a Report entitled: “Personal Information in Biomedical Research”. This Report discusses the ethical issues relating to the use of personal information in biomedical research and makes recommendations on the appropriate use of such information through the provision of proper safeguards.

The TAFEP has issued the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices that identify fair and progressive HR practices in areas such as job applications, interviews, progression, grievance handling, and so forth. The Guidelines will help employers recruit based on objective criteria and adopt progressive in-employment processes to give employees opportunities for growth and development based on merit. In dealing with grievances, employees should be provided the opportunity to present their case and be treated with respect.

In a landmark decision, the High Court held that the e@dr Centre, under which mediation sessions such as Court Dispute Resolution (CDR) conferences are held, is not a court conferred with jurisdiction to grant orders. As such, there must be further endorsement by a court with such jurisdiction and judicial power, in order to crystallise the recorded terms of the settlement reached at a CDR conference into a consent judgment.

The Pacific International Arbitration Centre (PIAC) which opened on Wednesday, 25th April 2007, in Ho Chi Minh City, aims to provide an un-biased venue to settle trade disputes in Vietnam.

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