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Second Reading Speech by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng on the Passports (Amendment) Bill in Parliament on 16 July 2007.

Second reading speech on Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill & Public Service Commission (Amendment) Bill by DPM S Jayakumar in Parliament on 16 July 2007.

The Singapore Management University (SMU) is pleased to announce the appointment of former Vice-Dean of Harvard Law School David N. Smith (史达伟) as the Dean of the new SMU School of Law. He will commence office on 1 August 2007, succeeding Interim Dean Associate Professor Low Kee Yang.

The Inaugural Biennial Lecture of the Law Society of Singapore will be held on 6 July 2007 at the Supreme Court Auditorium. The lecture by Professor Irwin Cotler is titled "Pursuing Justice and Confronting Injustice: Lawyers Can Make a Difference".

LawNet2, the new enhanced LawNet will be launched on 5 July 2007.

The President, acting in his discretion, and in concurrence with the advice of the Prime Minister, has appointed Solicitor-General, Mr Chan Seng Onn, age 53, as a Judge of the High Court of Singapore under Article 95 of the Constitution. The appointment takes effect from 2 July 2007.

The new merger regime, which came into force on 1 July 2007, will allow parties to notify their anticipated mergers to the Competition Commission of Singapore for a decision on whether their anticipated merger, if carried into effect, will infringe section 54 of the Competition Act. Completed mergers may also be notified to the CCS for this purpose.

Patrons and employees at nightspots can enjoy cleaner air when restrictions on smoking are extended to entertainment outlets from 1 July 2007. About 900 businesses, which include pubs, bars, KTV outlets, lounges, nightclubs and discotheques, will have to construct fully-enclosed smoking rooms inside their premises for their smoking patrons. The rooms can occupy up to 10% of the indoor refreshment area. In addition, outlets which have an outdoor refreshment area can set aside 20% of this outdoor area for patrons who smoke.

For a very long while, Singapore Law Blog had concerns about opening up its comments to users, even registered users. Much of the concerns arose because of our initial experience with blogs.

The coverage of persons eligible for legal aid has been extended to include approximately the 40th percentile of households in Singapore, up from the 30th percentile previously.

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