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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.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on 28 January 2005 released a consultation paper on a draft Deposit Insurance Bill.

Exerpts of News Items on Presumption of Death in Tsunami Related Matters. Note: This news item is an amalgation of information obtained from various news sources.

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