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The public consultation exercise for the draft Biological Agents and Toxins Bill was held from 11 April to 14 May 2005. In general, most respondents agreed with the need to regulate the safe handling of biological agents (BAs) and toxins through legislation. The draft Bill will be further fine-tuned based on these feedback and deliberations, and provisions clarified.

On 5th June 2005, Dr Wee Chong Jin passed away at the age of 87.

On 5th January 1963, Dr Wee Chong Jin became the first Asian to be appointed the Chief Justice of the State of Singapore. His appointment marked a break in the long-standing tradition (since 1867) of appointing British Chief Justices for Singapore, the last of whom was Sir Alan Rose.

Dr Wee was also the first Asian to be appointed to the Singapore Supreme Court Bench as a Puisne Judge in 1957.

After 27 years on the bench as Chief Justice, Dr Wee Chong Jin retired on 28 September 1990.

The Singapore Exchange unveiled on 31 May 2005 plans to tighten rules for companies listed on the bourse. The move follows on a recent spate of financial scandals, including the collapse of Chinese jet fuel trader China Aviation Oil.

The Online Business Licensing Service was awarded the UN Public Service Award 2005 in the category of "Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Government: eGovernment". The award was given to recognise the Singapore Government's efforts to streamline, simplify and integrate the application of licences from various agencies, to save time and costs for enterprises.

Members of cartels ("whistleblower" members) having second thoughts about their involvement in price-fixing and other types of cartels, may help uncover such cartels under a leniency programme that the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) will implement in January next year. This programme forms part of the CCS investigation and enforcement strategy. The details of this programme are included in a set of four draft guidelines on the Competition Act that CCS issued today for public consultation.

Singapore has ratified the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and acceded to the Rotterdam Convention on the 'Prior Informed Consent' Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. Both are international agreements on control of hazardous chemicals.

Singapore deposited its instruments of ratification and accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations in New York on 24 May 2005. Both conventions will enter into force for Singapore on the 90th day after the date of deposit of the instruments.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today signed a regulatory Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), the authority responsible for regulation of the insurance industry in China.

A new Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income was signed on 19 May 2005 between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of the State of Israel.

Singapore's Parliament on 16 May 2005 amended the Registration of Criminals Act to allow for convictions of certain offences to be 'spent' if the person remains crime-free for 5 years.

Parliament on 16 May 2005 passed amendments to the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, the Companies Act and the Bankruptcy Act to remove statutory requirements for evidence and proceedings to be recorded in writing. will pave the way for the digital audio recording of evidence.

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