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The Ministry of Finance set up the Study Team on Limited Partnerships ("LPs") and Limited Liability Partnerships ("LLPs") in November 2002, to work out the details of the legal framework governing LPs and LLPs.

Policyholders' Guide to Insurance Policies with Critical Year feature issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore is found here.

The Land Titles (Amendment) Act, Land Titles (Amendment) Rules 2003 and Land Titles (Electronic Lodgment) Rules 2003 came into effect on 9 June 2003. The legislative changes provide the legal framework for electronic lodgement of documents while other amendments clarify the law and simplify some procedures.

The Statistics Department of Singapore has released information on recent marriage and divorce trends and the profile of grooms, brides and divorcees. Key Indicators can be found here.

The US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) was signed by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and President George W. Bush on 6 May 2003 in Washington DC.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) invites public comment on two consultation papers released today (23 April 2003) on proposed amendments to the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) and the Financial Advisers Act (FAA) respectively. The amendments are targeted for first reading in Parliament during the second half of 2003.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today (16 April 2003) released a Consultation Paper on the proposed Payment Systems Oversight Act and invites comments from the public.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today (28 March 2003) issued revised Property Fund Guidelines to give property funds more flexibility in managing their capital structure and to enhance risk disclosure in the prospectuses of such funds.

The Asian Law Institute (ASLI) was established on 21 March 2003 by a group of leading law schools in Asia . Its goal is to facilitate academic exchanges as well as research and teaching collaboration among colleagues from the twelve founding institutions.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today (20 March 2003) released a number of initiatives as part of its ongoing implementation of the Financial Advisers Act (FAA) and Securities and Futures Act (SFA). This includes the release of three consultation papers and the extension in the grace period for implementation of two initiatives.

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