SGX's effort to woo Chinese firms comes as they face greater regulatory and delisting risks in the US. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Unbanned Gay Sex — But Not Gay Movies
We will continue to take reference from prevailing norms. LGBT media content will continue to warrant higher age ratings.” ... ( read original story ...)
Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah to make two-day state visit to Singapore
Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah will make a two-day state visit to Singapore from Wednesday to Thursday (24 to 25 August), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday. It will be ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore To Keep LGBTQ Content Restrictions Although Gay Sex Ban Has Been Repealed
Singapore’s government has confirmed that it will continue to restrict LGBTQ film and media content to older audiences, despite overturning a decades-old law that banned gay sex. Singapore Prime ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Issues S$2.4 Billion of Sovereign Green Bonds With a 3.04% Coupon: Should Investors Buy?
The bonds are the first in a series of green bond issuances by the government. The post Singapore Issues S$2.4 Billion of Sovereign Green Bonds With a 3.04% Coupon: Should Investors Buy? appeared ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: A Safe Haven For Straitened Times?
Singapore stocks are treated as a safe haven amidst the uncertain global outlook. Read more. ( read original story ...)
Tightening risks loom as Singapore July core inflation hits 13-year high
Singapore's key consumer price gauge in July rose again at its fastest pace in more than 13 years, official data showed on Tuesday, mounting pressure on the central bank to consider another policy ... ( read original story ...)
Tightening risks loom as Singapore posts headline inflation of 7%
Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose in July at its fastest pace in more than 13 years, mainly driven by higher inflation for food, electricity and gas. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Half-Hearted Concession to LGBT Rights May Make Real Change More Difficult
The city-state will decriminalize sex between men but step up constitutional protection for heterosexual marriage ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore July core inflation rises 4.8%, beating forecasts
Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose in July at its fastest pace in more than 13 years, mainly driven by higher inflation for food, electricity and gas, official data showed on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Will Continue to Restrict LGBTQ Content, Even After Decriminalizing Same-Sex Relationships
The Singapore government announced that it will continue to restrict and classify media content with LGBTQ themes, even after its planned decriminalization of same-sex relationships. The move to ... ( read original story ...)
377A: Gay marriage looms as new front line in Singapore battle for LGBT rights
"One reason must be that the government needed to achieve a balance between competing interests," Singapore constitutional law expert Suang Wijaya said. "They want to be seen as giving something to ... ( read original story ...)
Gay Sex Will Be Decriminalized in Singapore, Says Prime Minister
(CNN) "Sex between consenting men should not be criminalized," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said over the weekend. ( read original story ...)
Singapore to end colonial-era ban on sex between men
Men in Singapore can soon legally have sex with other men as the Southeast Asian city-state announces its plan to repeal a colonial era law criminalizing the act. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore abolishes colonial-era law criminalizing sex between men
Singapore will abolish Section 377A, the colonial-era law banning sex between men. The decision, announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday, will essentially decriminalise gay sex in the ... ( read original story ...)
End of Singapore’s gay sex ban a ‘small step’ for some LGBT couples
Singapore's decision to lift a colonial-era ban on sex between men is long overdue and will not end discrimination of LGBT groups in the conservative city-state, rights activists and members of the ... ( read original story ...)