The recent news about
Tangs chairman Tang Wee Sung is an account of a man trying to
prolong his life with a gift of life from a willing seller who
will be well paid for parting with a kidney. It is
willing-seller-willing-buyer situation. The seller willingly parts
with a kidney and gets an amount of money which helps put him and
his family into a better standard of living. The buyer willingly
parts with a sum of money in exchange for a gift of life. Both
parties stand to benefit. No one is exploited here.
But the Human Organ
Transplant Act (HOTA) makes it an offence for such a transaction
to take place and so Mr Tang has found himself in court. Sadly,
the law is punishing a man who has done no criminal act. He has
not deprived anyone of his rights. What he had done was something
that anyone of us healthy chaps would also have done if put in his
shoes — he was merely a dying man clutching at a straw. But though
he was desperate, he had not pushed anyone underwater in order to
reach the straw which could save his life...
From 1 January 2008, all dental schools
accredited by the American Dental Association and the Canadian Dental
Association will be added to the Schedule of the Dental Registration
Act.
The addition of 48 American dental schools
and 7 Canadian dental schools will increase the number of recognised
foreign dental schools in the Schedule from the current 34 to 89. The
list of new and current dental schools can be found in Annex A...
From 1 November 2007 onwards, persons who
move into or out of Singapore physical currency1 or bearer
negotiable instruments2 (CBNI) the total value of which
exceeds SGD 30,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) will be
required to give a report by filling up a form and submitting it to the
authorities.
The form is available at all checkpoints,
police establishments, Singapore Visitors Centres and branches of
Singapore Post...
It will be made an offence to engage
in penetrative acts such as oral and anal sex with a minor under
the age of 16, with or without the consent of the minor;
It will be made an offence to obtain
commercial sex from a minor under the age of 18, or communicate
with any person for such a purpose; and
A new offence of sexual grooming of
minors under the age of 16 will be introduced...
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