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With bloggers appearing the Singapore news (not necessarily for the right reasons), an Article entitled "Bloggers Beware: The Five Commandments for Bloggers" in the November 2005 Issue of the Law Gazette is timely. The Law Gazette is a publication of the Law Society of Singapore. Another webpage for Singapore bloggers to read is the FAQ page of Ong Tay & Partners.

Singapore has ratified the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 138 on Minimum Age for employment. This was announced by the ILO at the current ILO Governing Body Session being held in Geneva from 3-18 November 2005.

The Ministry of Manpower has announced the formation of the Workplace Safety and Health Advisory Committee (WSHAC) to help galvanise industry efforts to raise occupational safety and health standards in Singapore.

Prepaid SIM card users are reminded that from 1 November, all prepaid SIM cards users have to register their particulars with their respective mobile operators, M1, SingTel and StarHub.

This consultation paper invites comments on the draft Deposit Insurance Regulations and Deposit Insurance (Composition of Offences) Regulations. Among other things, these Regulations set out details on (i) asset maintenance requirements; (ii) premium contributions payable by Scheme members; (iii) target size of the Deposit Insurance Fund and (iv) offences which may be compounded by MAS under the Act.

The Ministry of Manpower ("MOM") has published draft regulations under the proposed Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Act slated to be passed by Parliament before the end of 2005. MOM is seeking public feedback on the proposed regulations.

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) today has approved revisions to Singapore Telecommunications Limited's (SingTel) Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO). SingTel's RIO sets out IDA-approved prices, terms and conditions for interconnection and access to SingTel's network. The RIO provides the telecoms industry with a standard agreement to use when it wants to lease or connect1 to SingTel's network in order to provide its own services to the Singapore market.

HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry, UAE, swore in Mr. Michael Hwang SC as the Deputy Chief Justice of the Dubai International Financial Centre Court on October 23rd, 2005, at the Ruler's Court.

As part of an ongoing and holistic security review by the Government to boost Singapore's security, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in collaboration with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), have worked together with mobile service providers on a practical regulatory regime over prepaid SIM¹ cards.

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