In 1989, the Law Reform Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law set up a Technology and Law sub-committee which recommended that Singapore adopt laws on computer crime and data protection. A summary of their working paper on data protection is at http://bit.ly/fC9bOM, while the full working paper is at http://bit.ly/gqurJ6.

The members of the Technology and Law sub-comittee were Assoc Prof Chin Tet Yung (NUS, Chairman), Mr Jeffrey Chan (A-G Chambers), Mr David Hew (Advocate & Solicitor), Mr Tan Chee Meng (A-G Chambers, Secretary), Mr Lee Kwok Cheong (NCB).