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Clermont Meridian Trading Announces the Promotion of Hu Long-Wei to Director of Legal Affairs

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Toronto, Ontario, July 27, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Clermont Meridian Trading today announced that Hu Long-Wei has been promoted to serve as Director of Legal Affairs by its Board of Directors for Clermont Meridian Trading. Hu Long-Wei has been with Clermont Meridian Trading for the past six years, progressing into roles of increasing responsibility. Most recently, he served as Senior Legal Officer, assisting with the overall legal framework and leadership of the company’s legal team. Chen Yen, Chief Executive Officer of Clermont Meridian Trading, said of the promotion, “Over the last six years, I have had the privilege to watch Hu at work and witness his rapid growth. Hu’s leadership skills have been fundamental to our acquisition and growth strategy. Hu is well known for his unrelenting work ethic, pragmatic approach, and ability to assemble his team to negotiate and close specific legal situations. Appointing Hu as Chief Legal Officer was an easy decision to make, and we look forward to his continued success.” The promotion recognizes Hu Long-Wei’s proven legal abilities coupled with his desire to manage a growing team of legal professionals. As Clermont Meridian Trading continues i...

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S’pore’s judicial and legal services to be separated in proposed structural changes

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SINGAPORE - The judicial and legal services will be separated to reap the benefits of greater specialisation, if proposed structural changes to Singapore's legal service are passed in Parliament. The Government has proposed creating a separate Judicial Service, which will be overseen by a newly established Judicial Service Commission (JSC) led by the Chief Justice. Changes have also been proposed to be made to the Legal Service, which will be overseen by a reconstituted Legal Service Commission (LSC) headed by the Attorney-General. The proposed changes will be made through the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill and the Judicial Service (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, which were tabled in Parliament on Monday (Oct 4). Currently, about 800 legal service officers are overseen by the LSC and can serve in either or both the judicial and legal branches over the course of their careers. If the Bills are passed, about 220 who are currently holding judicial posts - assistant registrars in the Supreme Court and district judges and magistrates in the State Courts and Family Justice Courts - will be transferred to the new Judicial Service as judicial service officers. ...

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Minimum legal age for smoking raised to 21 from Jan 1

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SINGAPORE - The minimum legal age for the purchase, use, possession, sale and supply of tobacco products will be raised from the current 20 years to 21 on Jan 1, 2021. This is the third and last change to the minimum age requirement under the amendments to the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, which were passed in Parliament in November 2017. The minimum legal age was first raised from 18 to 19 years old on Jan 1, 2019, and from 19 to 20 years old on Jan 1, 2020. On Wednesday (Dec 30), the Ministry of Health (MOH) reminded the public of the changes, and said raising the minimum legal age is part of Singapore's ongoing efforts to reduce smoking prevalence. Other efforts by the ministry, together with the Health Promotion Board and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), include public education, taxation, smoking cessation programmes, bans on tobacco advertising, point-of-sale display ban, and standardised packaging of tobacco products. "Tobacco use is one of the highest contributors to ill health and premature death in Singapore. It is associated with cancers, ischaemic heart disease, stroke, lung disease and many other diseases," it added. The MOH said the tobacco ind...

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Tycoon Oei Hong Leong discontinues legal action against Raffles Education

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SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - Raffles Education Corp (REC) substantial shareholder Oei Hong Leong has discontinued his latest legal action against the company in relation to its plan to raise its stake in a Chinese property firm. In a statement to the bourse, the mainboard-listed REC announced that Mr Oei and his firm Oei Hong Leong Art Museum had on Oct 12 filed a notice of discontinuance to terminate the legal action against the company with no order as to costs. The conclusion came after the plaintiffs were unsuccessful in obtaining two interim injunctions against REC on Sept 30. One was to stop it from holding a shareholders meeting to vote on the proposed acquisition of an interest in Langfang Hezhong Real Estate Development; the other was to stop REC from proceeding with the proposed acquisition. Following Mr Oei's failure to get the injunctions, REC went ahead on Sept 30 with an extraordinary general meeting, where the proposed acquisition was approved. Mr Oei and his firm had filed the legal action late last month, discontinuance of which has been approved by the High Court. Related Story Oei Hong Leong sues Raffles Education over proposed stake purchase Related Story Ty...