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Chief Justice Yong Pung How will retire on 10 April 2006.

The President, acting in his discretion, and in concurrence with the advice of the Prime Minister, has appointed:

a) Mr Chan Sek Keong, Attorney-General, as the Chief Justice from 11 Apr 06 for a period of 3 years in the first instance;

b) Justice Chao Hick Tin, Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court, as Attorney-General from 11 Apr 06 for a period of 2 years in the first instance;

c) Mr Lee Seiu Kin, Second Solicitor-General, as a Judge of the High Court of Singapore from 11 Apr 06; and

d) Mr Sundaresh Menon as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court from 3 Apr 06, for a period of 1 year.

The President, acting on the advice of the Cabinet, has also appointed Mr Chan Sek Keong as the Chairman of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, from 11 Apr 06 for a period of 3 years.

India’s Minister for Commerce and Industry, Kamal Nath, and Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry, Lim Hng Kiang, met in Singapore on 31 March 2006 for a Mid-term Review of the India-Singapore CECA.

Singapore Chief Justice Yong Pung How will retire on April 10 2006, after more than 15 years in the top legal position. In a letter, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong thanked Chief Justice Yong for his outstanding contributions to the administration of justice in Singapore.

Current Attorney-General Chan Sek Keong will be appointed Singapore's New Chief Justice from April 11 2006 for a period of three years.

Justice Chao Hick Tin, a Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court, has been named the new Attorney-General from April 11 2006 for two years.

The design and security features of “BioPass”, Singapore’s first biometric passport were unveiled by Mr Wong Kan Seng, Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Home Affairs at the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) this morning.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board hereby announces that the "Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines for TCM Practitioners" has been published as provided for under the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Practice, Conduct and Ethics) Regulations.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation (SDIC) today announced that the deposit insurance scheme will commence on 1 April 2006. This follows the enactment of the Deposit Insurance Act in 2005.

Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have successfully concluded the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of a revised Trademark Law Treaty (TLT), which culminated in a new Treaty on the Law of Trademarks. The revised treaty will benefit national and regional trademark administration authorities in terms of simplified and streamlined procedures. Brand owners can also look forward to lower transaction costs in trademark applications.

Following the launch of the Infocomm Development Authority's (IDA) Wireless Broadband Market Development Call-For-Collaboration (CFC) on 9 March 2006, IDA is today, calling a Request-For-Concept (RFC) for Singapore's Next Generation National Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN).

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