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The Media Development Authority (MDA) has concluded its investigation into whether exclusive carriage agreements substantially foreclose the Pay-TV market in Singapore and should be regulated.

On 10 May this year, an electronic portal will be launched by the Police to allow ex-offenders round-the-clock convenience to check whether their personal criminal records have been marked as spent. The electronic portal may be accessed via the internet websites: http://www.spf.gov.sg or http://www.ecitizen.gov.sg . A person who wishes to log in to the e-portal will have to key in his NRIC number as the login ID and SingPass (Singapore Personal Access) as the authentication password. More information on SingPass can be found on the SingPass website at http://www.ecitizen.gov.sg/singpass/index.htm .

IRAS has reviewed the tax treatment of donations with benefits. To further encourage philanthropic giving, as a concession, certain donations made to registered charities and institutions of a public character (IPCs) will be deemed to be pure donations notwithstanding there is a benefit given in return for the donation. To qualify for the concessionary tax treatment, donations with benefits given in return will be regarded as pure donations if the benefits are treated as having no commercial value.

the hidden message inserted by a High Court judge into his ruling on the Da Vinci Code copyright trial has already been solved. Mr Justice Peter Smith's code, has been cracked by a London lawyer.

The Elections Returning Officer, Tan Boon Huat, has declared Saturday, 6 May 2006 as Polling Day. Polling Day is a public holiday. Nomination Day will be on Thursday, 27 April 2006.

Media Statement by Mr Teo Nam Kuan, Group Director, Quality & Standards, SPRING Singapore at the Media Briefing on Amended Weights and Measures Act and Regulations on 20 April 2006 at Board Room, SPRING.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) invites comments and views on Singapore's Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) in conjunction with its annual review of DTA policies.

Singapore has acceded to the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Singapore and Saudi Arabia today signed two economic agreements, in a demonstration of the strengthening bilateral economic relations between the two countries.

An Agreement, which was signed on 6th October 2003 between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and Government of the Sultanate of Oman for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income, enters into force on 7 April 2006 following the completion of ratification formalities. The provisions of this Agreement shall have effect on income derived on or after 1st January 2007.

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