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	WTO's Singapore issues caught in a sling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Similarly, the working group on transparency in government procurement said some members were pushing for commencement of negotiations at the Cancun ministerial meet in September since the study phase was over, with the elements of negotiations and differences in positions clear.
		In response, countries opposed to the issue were of the opinion that identification of elements by the working group, as reflected in the chairman's informal note, 'did not imply any form of agreement, or tacit understanding, or consensus to include those elements in a future agreement,' the report said.
		Singapore issues include investment, competition policy, transparency in government procurement and trade facilitation.
	www.rediff.com /money/2003/jul/21wto.htm (673 words)

	Human Resource Issues in Singapore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Singapore was one of the world's most vigorous economies in the first half of this decade.This dynamism began in the mid-1960s, when the republic initiated an effort to build an active and internationally oriented trade, manufacturing and service economy largely from scratch.
		Tied to the recent economic slump is the announcement by the Monetary Authority of Singapore that bank loan growth fell in July 1998 to 1.6 percent, for the ninth consecutive month and the largest monthly decline in the year.
		Singapore 's labor force of more than 1.87 million is generally recognized as one of the most industrious in the world, based on factors including workers' productivity, attitude and technical skills.
	www.pacificbridge.com /Publications/Singapore99.htm (5309 words)

	Choike - The developing countries' paper "Singapore issues: The way forward"
		The operational paragraphs are para 6 (calling for further work on three issues to be dropped), para 7 (on the parameters on further work in trade facilitation) and para 8 (objecting to proposals for a plurilateral approach to some of the Singapore issues).
		A large number of developing country Members expressed concern, inter alia, about the impact that multilateral rules on the four Singapore issues would have on their domestic polices and the fact that they have neither the negotiating resources nor the capacity to implement obligations, which such multilateral rules will entail.
		The co-sponsors of this paper believe that binding disciplines on Singapore issues would certainly not only curtail the policy space for developing countries but would also entail high costs, which many developing countries cannot afford at their present level of development.
	www.choike.org /nuevo_eng/informes/1499.html (1044 words)

	World Development Movement \| After Cancun, Europe and the Singapore Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In its position paper the EC makes it clear that the Singapore Issues are still central to its trade ambitions: "The EU sees no reason to abandon the fundamental and long run objective of creating rules for these four issues as key drivers of the global economy.
		On the morning of 15 December 2004 forty-four developing countries (including India, China and the world's Least Developed Countries) issued a statement firmly demanding that three of the four Singapore Issues are swept from the WTO agenda entirely and explicitly rejecting the EU proposal for plurialteral agreements.
		The Singapore issues were at the centre of the deadlock, all of them.
	www.wdm.org.uk /campaigns/cambriefs/wto/EUsingapore.htm (1727 words)

	The 'Singapore Issues' Summary of Discussions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Singapore issues are nothing more than the “Anything but Agriculture” WTO strategy of a few countries, according to participants at the Roundtable Dialogue “The WTO’s &#145;Singapore Issues’;: Prospects for Cancun,” organised jointly by The Federal Trust, the Commonwealth Business Council, and LSE Global Dimensions Programme in London on 25 March.
		The ‘ghost at the feast’ is the state of the negotiations on agriculture: whatever the pros and cons of the Singapore issues might be, it is impossible to get around the fact that they are being discussed as part of the overall negotiations where agriculture remains the sticking point.
		The fate of the Singapore issues lies in the give and take of negotiations under the ‘single undertaking’ – where countries must agree to all or nothing.
	www.lse.ac.uk /collections/globalDimensions/tradepolicy/events/mar25/mar25report.htm (2136 words)

	WTO: INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON SINGAPORE ISSUES ONGOING
		Sources indicate that Members are waiting for the EC to spell out its position on the Singapore issues, and that in the end, the fate of these issues will correlate with what can be achieved on agriculture, the real sticking point of the negotiations.
		The talks on the Singapore issues form part of a process set out by Chair Perez del Castillo on 14 October and endorsed by the GC on 21 October, where Members indicated some willingness to engage on the Doha round in Geneva.
		Reportedly, the Chair of the talks has suggested that the cotton issue be split into two: trade aspects of the problem would be dealt with in the WTO, most likely in the Committee on Agriculture, while development aspects would be dealt with by international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF.
	www.ictsd.org /weekly/03-11-13/story1.htm (919 words)

	WTO talks stymied by Singapore issues -DAWN - Business; 02 February, 2004
		The Singapore issues - investment, competition policy, transparency in government procurement and trade facilitation - are, in fact, the agenda of the multinational corporations and unless there is an accord between the developed and developing worlds on this matter, the very survival of the WTO shall remain under threat.
		To be precise, the Singapore issues is a new name of the OECD's discredited proposal of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) launched in late 1990s but later withdrawn in the wake of massive protests and agitation.
		Brazil surprised its fellow members by declaring at WTO General Council meeting held on December 15-16 that the Singapore issues were very much part of the Doha Agenda but then made it clear that the 'demandeurs' would have to pay to keep them there.
	www.dawn.com /2004/02/02/ebr6.htm (1424 words)

	WRANGLE CONTINUES ON THE SINGAPORE ISSUES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The two main sticking points with regard to the Singapore issues are firstly, whether or not to launch negotiations in July on the issue of trade facilitation; and secondly how to treat the three other issues — investment, competition, and transparency in government procurement.
		On the issue of trade facilitation, the majority of developing countries are not prepared to launch negotiations in July.
		For most of the developing countries, the position on the three Singapore issues, as expressed in many fora within and outside the WTO, is for these issues to be taken out of the WTO completely.
	www.ased.org /artman/publish/printer_624.shtml (1881 words)

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		Others feel that an attempt is being made to get the &#145;Singapore issues’; on to a ‘fast track’, something that is clearly worrying for the developing countries as a number of their concerns embodied in the ‘development’ dimension of the Doha guidelines appear to be slipping deadlines.
		The 1996 Singapore Ministerial Declaration requirement of “explicit consensus” on the decision on whether to launch negotiations on the new issues should be considered in light of the 2001 Doha Ministerial Declaration.
		Given the differences in the issues covered by each of the Singapore issue subject areas, it would not be feasible nor appropriate for a common set of modalities to be created to govern any possible negotiations in these areas.
	www.southcentre.org /info/southbulletin/bulletin55/bulletin55-06.htm (3452 words)

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	WTO \| Singapore Ministerial 1996 - Ministerial Declaratoin
		In this connection, the work of the Committee has been enriched by the participation of environmental as well as trade experts from Member governments and the further participation of such experts in the Committee's deliberations would be welcomed.
		We agree to a process of analysis and exchange of information, where provided for in the conclusions and recommendations of the relevant WTO bodies, on the Built-in Agenda issues, to allow Members to better understand the issues involved and identify their interests before undertaking the agreed negotiations and reviews.
		The fact that this first Ministerial Conference of the WTO has been held at Singapore is an additional manifestation of Singapore's commitment to an open world trading system.
	www.wto.org /english/thewto_e/minist_e/min96_e/wtodec_e.htm (2843 words)

	Developing countries on Modalities of New Issues \| 9/7/2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The developing countries' paper challenges the EC paper's assumptions that negotiations will begin on the Singapore issues after Cancun, that they are part of the "single undertaking" agreed to in Doha, and that a consensus is required on modalities defined as procedures and elements or categories of issues (rather than the substantive aspects).
		It is clear that the "modalities" on negotiations on an issue contains the aspects of the issue that are agreed on and the nature and direction of obligations to be undertaken.
		The developing countries said that unlike the approach taken by the EC in its paper, each of the Singapore issues has its own particular aspects, each of them has their own complexities, and each issue is at its own level or stage of discussion.
	www.nadir.org /nadir/initiativ/agp/free/wto/news/0709new_issiues.htm (2008 words)

	WTO: India opposes inclusion of Singapore issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Stoutly opposing the move to expand the World Trade Oorganisation agenda to include new issues like trade, investment and competition, India on Monday cautioned against the pitfalls of including the Singapore issues in the work programme without a full study on their implications on the developing countries.
		The structure and content of Singapore issues was still unclear, Commerce and Industry Minsiter Arun Jaitley said, expressing India's reservation about entering into any negotiations on these issues without full understanding of the nature and structure of the agreement.
		The Singapore issues comprise multilateral negotiations on trade and investment, competition policy, transparency in government procurement and trade facilitation.
	www.rediff.com /money/2003/jun/23wto.htm (202 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But informal consultations on this went nowhere, with the developing countries arguing that the issues should be dropped, the EU saying it would like to keep them alive in one form or another, and Japan insisting that all four issues should go for negotiations.
		On the issues of investment and competition, he said: 'These consultations could also offer at the appropriate point an opportunity to take up the question of what treatment they might receive in the future.' He also clarified that these consultations would not prejudice the positions of members nor the outcomes.
		For the developing countries that have long fought against the Singapore Issues, this is a victory, or at least half a victory.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/03/19/fea08.html (1568 words)

	SW:Singapore issues counter-attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Amnesty had slammed Singapore leaders from its London headquarters Wednesday for allegedly resorting to the courts to silence the political opposition.
		Amnesty, regarded as the world's top human rights watchdog, had said that "Singapore's leaders are in fact resorting to defamation suits as a politially motivated tactic to silence critical views and curb opposition activity." Amnesty also questioned why the Jeyaretnam case was ever brought to court.
		The Singapore law ministry said that this was "absurd." "There is no international standard which says that freedom of expression is freedom to destroy another's reputation.
	www.singapore-window.org /1017afp.htm (495 words)

	business & finance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Some said that if the plurilateral approach was accepted for the Singapore issues, it would set a dangerous precedent which could be followed by many other issues entering the WTO through the plurilateral route.
		Of the remaining two issues, discussions could proceed on the basis and condition that there must be explicit consensus on modalities, that there be progress on the development issues, there would be no legally binding commitments, and that technical and financial assistance be provided to developing countries to meet the cost of compliance and implementation.
		Whether the Singapore issues (or some of them in any case) will be dropped, or whether the issues and the controversy surrounding them stay on the WTO agenda, remains to be seen.
	www.weeklyholiday.net /261203/busi.html (2593 words)

	InvestmentWatch -- News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Developing countries' opposition to the Singapore issues was the main cause of the breakdown of the WTO ministerial meeting in Cancún last September.
		On Singapore issues, he may report that there was some consultation after Cancun on modalities in two issues (transparency in govt procurement and trade facilitation) and that this work should continue, whilst a decision will have to be taken on what to do about the other two issues (investment, competition).
		Most stories involving the Singapore Issues are with reference to the forthcoming WTO meeting in mid-December, and the imminent re-emergence of the EU from its post-Cancun 'period of reflection'.
	www.investmentwatch.org /news.html (16922 words)

	Language, Society and Education in Singapore: Issues and Trends
		The Singapore system, thus, can be seen as the classic ``top-down" language planning model, constantly calibrating and regulating consequen ces that were not anticipated in the original plan, but trusting always that planners at the top can and will find ways to manage it by constant adjustment and reordering of priorities.
		Chapter 4 (Hugo Baetens Beardsmore) ``Language Shift and Cultural Implications in Singapore" is a useful overview of the almost never-officially-mentioned topic of language shift in Singapore, and how the policy focuses on maintenance of the ``mother tongue" (which in many cases it is not) for cultural reasons as a bulwark against value-laden, western-ideologized English.
		The conclusion is that Singapore gives everybody the same access to education, but a system of examinations and streaming leads to widely disparate outcomes; the most favored are the Mandarin-English bilinguals, both explicitly and implicitly, since Mandarin is a `useful' language and not just a cultural icon.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /~haroldfs/messeas/handouts/singpore/lgsoceds.html (2398 words)

	Singapore issues Internet privacy guidelines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SINGAPORE today issued guidelines for Internet service providers on remote scanning of their clients' computers following a recent privacy scare.
		Singapore's computer authority said the need for guidelines had been highlighted last May when one provider, SingNet, scanned personal computers for viruses without first telling subscribers.
		The guidelines also say scanning should obtain only minimum information from subscribers' computers and should not allow the provider to capture, store or record information on sites or data that users were accessing or had accessed in the past.
	www.singapore-window.org /sw00/000107re.htm (256 words)

	Brief analysis of the Cancun Ministerial from an African perspective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		They were particularly upset with the text on Singapore issues, which completely ignored their positions and instead opened up for negotiations on transparency in government procurement and trade facilitation directly and investment and competition policy indirectly.
		The text has not adequately addressed our concerns.” With regard to the Singapore issues, he said: “Our understanding of the Doha mandate is that negotiations would commence on the basis of a decision to be taken, by explicit consensus, on modalities for negotiations.
		In the Communication to WTO with their joint position on the Singapore issues (WT/MIN(03)/W/19) on the 12th September, the AU/ACP/LDC Alliance stated that “there are divergent views on the Singapore issues, hence negotiations on the modalities should not start until there is ‘explicit consensus’.
	www.campaignforlaborrights.org /index/oct03/2-5.htm (2644 words)

	Singapore Medical Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		This centre was set up in June 2000 to "develop and promote the art and science of medical ethics and medical practice and their application for the betterment of patient care and public health".
		The News section focuses on current events and issues closer to the hearts of the doctors, such as medico-legal issues and continual medical education.
	www.sma.org.sg (473 words)

	AFRICAN MINISTERS CALL FOR THREE SINGAPORE ISSUES TO DROP FROM WORK PROGRAMME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In adopting their final position on the issues of investment, competition policy and government procurement, the Ministers revised an earlier formulation which had stated that the ministers "welcome the emerging consensus to drop from the Doha Work Programme" the issues relating to investment, competition policy and government procurement.
		This was because in the Doha declaration, decision on further work on the Singapore issues was to be taken by explicit consensus at the fifth WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun.
		On the issue of tariff bindings, Ministers stated that this issue "should be approached in a way that creates incentives to those countries that have not bound their tariffs to do so.
	www.ased.org /artman/publish/article_604.shtml (2665 words)

	ACP Trade Ministers Say There Is No Basis for Negotiating Singapore Issues - Global Policy Forum - Social and Economic ...
		Trade Ministers of the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, in an ACP Declaration on the forthcoming WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun, have stated that there is no basis for the commencement of negotiations on the Singapore Issues.
		The exact text of the two paragraphs on the Singapore issues in the ACP Declaration is as follows: to clarify the implications of the Singapore Issues for the development aspirations of LDCs.
		On Implementation Issues, the Ministers noted with concern, that despite the commitment in the Doha Declaration to give the “utmost importance” to implementation-related issues, there has been little progress, and that the majority of the issues remain unresolved long past the end of 2002 deadline.
	www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/bwi-wto/wto/2003/0803acp.htm (3316 words)

	Women's Edge: WTO Fact Sheet - Women and the Singapore Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At the1996 WTO Singapore Ministerial, members agreed to form working groups on four issues: trade and investment; competition policy; transparency in government procurement; and trade facilitation.
		However, the new issues are complicated and may overwhelm an already full and complex trade agenda.
		Instead, given the complexity of the deliberations, these issues should be sent back to the WTO Working Groups.
	www.womensedge.org /pages/referencematerials/reference_material.jsp?id=148 (959 words)

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