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The revised Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTA) between Singapore and China was signed on 11 July 2007 by Mr Moses Lee, Commissioner of Inland Revenue from Singapore and Mr Wang Li, Deputy Commissioner of State Administration of Taxation from China. The ratification process for the revised DTA has now been completed and the DTA enters into force on 18 September 2007.

In March 2007, during the Committee of Supply, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan announced that the Foreign Domestic Worker (FDW) levy concession[1] will be extended to employers with disabled dependents[2], or who are themselves disabled. Employers may now apply for the FDW Levy Concession (Persons with disability) from 15 September 2007. Eligible employers will enjoy a concessionary levy rate of $170 monthly. The application form and detailed application procedure can be found on the Disability Portal at www.disability.org.sg.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Law Professor S Jayakumar and the Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Mr Tjaco Van den Hout signed an Agreement on 10 September 2007 to establish a facility of the PCA in Singapore. The DPM's speech is below.

The Law Society's Pro Bono Services Office opened at the Subordinate Courts on 10 Sept 2007.

The Senior Minister of State for Law Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee speech at the opening of the Law Society's Pro Bono Services Office at the Subordinate Courts on 10 Sept 2007 is below.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Law Professor S Jayakumar and the Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Mr Tjaco Van den Hout signed an Agreement today to establish a facility of the PCA in Singapore.

The Horizon Towers Story has been compiled into a blog by someone calling himself "Enblock Victim". He has taken the trouble to weed out all the irrelevant flaming found at forums and blogs. The link is at http://htstory.blogspot.com.

Peru’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Tourism, Ms Mercedes Araoz and Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Lim Hng Kiang today announced the successful conclusion of negotiations for the Peru-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

A greater awareness of the law among the people and lawyers willing to offer their services for free (or 'pro bono') to the needy are key to ensuring access to justice, said Law Society President Philip Jeyaretnam during the Law Awareness Project 2007 launch on 1 Sept 2007.

Money laundering is a concern of all the world’s financial centres, including Singapore. Since 1991, Singapore has been a member of the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”), the inter-government body established in 1989 to develop and promote policies to combat money laundering. Towards this end, the FATF developed and issued its Forty Recommendations on Money Laundering and Nine Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing. These two sets of recommendations collectively known within the international financial community as the FATF 40+9 Recommendations, constitute the international standard against money laundering and terrorist financing.

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