– Britain announces its intention to withdraw its armed forces from Singapore. September 1970 – Singapore is admitted into the Non-Aligned Movement. 14–22 January 1971 – Singapore hosts the 18th Conference of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. 15–16 April 1971 – Singapore, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand sign the Five Power Defence Arrangements. 31 October 1971 – The last British military forces withdraws from Singapore. 1973 – Singapore joins General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). March 1981 – Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Tommy Koh, assumed the presidency of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea. 3 October 1990 – Singapore and People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations. 11 February 1993 – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat set up in Singapore. 26 February 1994 – Singapore and China signed an agreement to jointly develop the Suzhou Industrial Park. 5 May 1994 – United States media sensationalise the caning incident of American teenager Michael P. Fay who was convicted for vandalism. 1 January 1995 – Inauguration of World Trade Organization (WTO), Ambassador K Kesavapany is elected for a one-year term as chairman of the General Council. 9–13 December 1996 – Singapore hosts the 1st WTO Ministerial Conference. 15 January 1998 – Singapore and United States announces agreement for US ships to use a planned $35 million naval base from 2000. 10 October 2000 – Singapore is elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at the 55th session of the UN General Assembly. 14 November 2000 – Singapore and New Zealand sign Agreement on Closer Economic Partnership, Singapore's first bilateral Free Trade Agreement. 1 January 2001 – Singapore starts its two-year term in the United Nations Security Council. 15 January 2001 – A pipeline feeding gas to Singapore from Indonesia's Natuna field in South China Sea opens. 13 January 2002 – Singapore and Japan sign the Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement. 6 May 2003 – Singapore and United States sign the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USS-FTA). 26 April 2005 – Singapore and Malaysia sign a settlement agreement concerning land reclamation in and around the Straits of Johor. 15–17 August 2005 – Singapore hosted a multi-national maritime interdiction exercise, codename Exercise Deep Sabre, participated by 13 countries. 23 August 2005 – Singapore and Australia sign a memorandum of agreement to allow Singapore Armed Forces to train on the