This report highlights the salient features of the new Securities and Exchange Act which is considered a significant development of the law relating to the Thai capital market. Among the features highlighted are the powers of the Securities and Exchange Supervision Commission, public offering, mutual fund, private fund management and criminal liabilities for the offences committed under the Act.

This report gives an outline of the more important recent legal developments in Indonesia. It covers the period from January 1990 to July 1991. The following topics included are bilateral agreements, ratification of international conventions, implementation of the 1958 New York Convention on Arbitral Awards, regulations issued by the Indonesian Government, capital market, deregulation packages, intellectual property and case law.

This article examines the laws that protect wildlife in Singapore. It begins with an outline of the position at common law, which applied to Singapore prior to the enactment of local legislation. It then traces the history of local legislation, which began with the protection of Wild Birds Ordinance in 1884. The scope and the ambit of the present laws are examined and their inadequacies considered. Mention is made of recent conservation efforts, and the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act, passed in 1989, which gives effect to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Finally, a call is made for improvements in existing laws, the urgent enactment of legislation to protect the marine eco-system and public education in matters of conservation.

The article examines a question that frequently arises when a State faces a disaster which threatens the lives of its nationals. Is the State in such a situation under an obligation to allow international humanitarian organizations onto its territory to assist those in need of help? The issue pits the notion of State sovereignty against the sanctity of human life