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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is pleased to announce that it is streamlining the Vocational Licensing Scheme for the convenience of all taxi and bus vocational licence holders. The changes, which will take effect from 1 March 2005, will also help about 130,000 vocational licence holders to reduce the costs of applying and renewing their licences.

The world's first tobacco control treaty, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), becomes binding international law on Sunday, 27 February 2005.

In light of recent donation drives for Tsunami victims, it is appropriate to bring to the attention of donors and recipients of donations a letter from IRAS that appeared in Streats in their 12 October 2004 issue.

Second Reading Speech By Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister For Education And Deputy Chairman, Monetary Authority Of Singapore.

To promote healthy growth of Singapore's telecoms market, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has today amended the Telecoms Competition Code.

According to a Singapore Government press release, Indonesia and Singapore will sign an investment guarantee agreement on 16 February 2005.

The Kyoto Protocol, which aims to slow global warming, comes into force on 16 February 2005, seven years after being agreed.

The Law Society of Singapore will be launching the locum solicitor scheme from 1 April 2005. The relevant rule changes were gazetted on 15 February 2005.

From the new academic year in July 2005, students in the National University of Singapore can take up a double degree in Economics and Law.

To support families of victims of the tragedy, law practices have volunteered to be part of a Law Society of Singapore scheme to act free of professional fees to help the next of kin apply for a declaration of death. The scheme will be administered by the Law Society which will assign a volunteer law practice to act for the next of kin.

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