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Singapore Chief Justice Yong Pung How will retire on April 10 2006, after more than 15 years in the top legal position. In a letter, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong thanked Chief Justice Yong for his outstanding contributions to the administration of justice in Singapore.

Current Attorney-General Chan Sek Keong will be appointed Singapore's New Chief Justice from April 11 2006 for a period of three years.

Justice Chao Hick Tin, a Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court, has been named the new Attorney-General from April 11 2006 for two years.

The design and security features of “BioPass”, Singapore’s first biometric passport were unveiled by Mr Wong Kan Seng, Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Home Affairs at the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) this morning.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board hereby announces that the "Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines for TCM Practitioners" has been published as provided for under the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Practice, Conduct and Ethics) Regulations.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation (SDIC) today announced that the deposit insurance scheme will commence on 1 April 2006. This follows the enactment of the Deposit Insurance Act in 2005.

Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have successfully concluded the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of a revised Trademark Law Treaty (TLT), which culminated in a new Treaty on the Law of Trademarks. The revised treaty will benefit national and regional trademark administration authorities in terms of simplified and streamlined procedures. Brand owners can also look forward to lower transaction costs in trademark applications.

Following the launch of the Infocomm Development Authority's (IDA) Wireless Broadband Market Development Call-For-Collaboration (CFC) on 9 March 2006, IDA is today, calling a Request-For-Concept (RFC) for Singapore's Next Generation National Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN).

An Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income was signed on 21 March 2006 between the Republic of Singapore and Malta.

The Chief Justice of Malaysia, Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, spoke to some 200 members of the Singapore and Malaysian judiciary and legal profession in the evening of Monday, 13 March 2006. He was delivering the 19th Singapore Law review lecture, the longest running lecture series in Singapore.

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