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The Latest Breaking News from Singapore

It may only be the end of August, but this year has seen some major announcements in Southeast Asia that signal a major shift is taking place in the deeply-conservative region. But do the changes affect reality on a deeper level, or merely cement the status quo?

Bangkok Post

Singapore debate on LGBTQI+ rights heats up in test for leaders

In the wake of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Aug 21 pledge to protect the nation’s definition of marriage, which excludes same-sex unions, in the Constitution, the government quickly mobilised top ministers to try to calm a storm brewing between the LGBTQI+ community and some religious groups.

Bangkok Post

Freight road would lay foundations to bring more international flights to ACT

Education, food export and travel sectors will form part of the pitch to attract Singapore Airlines back to Canberra.

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Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos in $330 million swoop for Singapore chemicals firm

Potential Manchester United suitor makes a very different acquisition in core chemicals business

Evening Standard

The Problem With Section 377A

It’s good that Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalizes sex between men, is being repealed. But what has been won should should not be mistaken as an act of progressive change by the ruling party.

The News Lens

Singapore's LGBT community welcomes move to repeal 'suffocating' law banning sex between men

Singapore's LGBT community welcomes a decision to repeal a colonial-era law criminalising sex between men, with some declaring it is "a step forward" but "a step forward a little late".

ABC News

Fuming locals vow revenge on snake that squeezed beloved cat to death

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT A beloved community cat in Jurong West, Singapore, was tragically strangled to death and killed by a snake, leading to outcries of mourning and vengeance from locals

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What Singapore’s 377A Repeal Is About: Entrenching the PAP’s Conservative Rule

Behind the facade of an advance for the LGBT community in Singapore is an attempt to shore up both a homophobic agenda and the ruling People’s Action Party’s rule.

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Singapore, Vietnam ease anti-gay laws; Indonesia urged to look other way

Indonesia’s top Islamic scholars have urged Jakarta not to follow the lead of neighbouring countries in decriminalising gay sex, as many in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation continue to view same-sex relationships as deviant.

Bangkok Post

Singapore to drop most indoor mask requirements next week

Singapore will do away with requirements to wear masks indoors starting Aug. 29, as the country sees its COVID-19 situation stabilise further, the health minister said on Wednesday.

Reuters

T-Hub, Hyderabad Angels join hands to benefit startups

Angel investor to provide access to investment opportunities from India, US, UK, Singapore, Dubai and UAE

The Hindu

Tightening risks loom as Singapore July core inflation hits 13-year high

SINGAPORE: 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 tightening move later this year.

Bangkok Post

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 gay community said on Monday.

Reuters

Bernie Ecclestone denies fraud over ‘failure to declare £400m in overseas assets’

91-year-old billionaire alleged to have failed to declare trust fund in Singapore for daughter

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The Guardian - UK

Ex-F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone pleads not guilty to fraud charge

Businessman accused of fraud by false representation after allegedly failing to declare existence of a trust in Singapore

The Independent UK

Bernie Ecclestone denies fraud over £400m in Singapore trust

The 91-year-old ex-Formula One boss was charged after a probe by HM Revenue and Customs.

The Independent UK

Bernie Ecclestone denies fraud over £400m of overseas assets

The ex-Formula One boss is accused of failing to declare a trust in Singapore with a bank account containing around 650 million US dollars.

The Independent UK

End of Singapore's gay sex-ban is small step in Asia-Pacific

Singapore’s decision to decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes

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Evening Standard

Singapore decriminalises sex between men to ‘relief’ of LGBTQ rights groups

Under Singapore’s Section 377A, offenders could be jailed for up to two years

The Independent UK

Gays hail Singapore sex-ban repeal, see long way to equality

Singapore’s gay community says the government’s plan to decriminalize sex between men is “a triumph of love over fear.”

Bangkok Post

LGBTQ rights across the globe: marriage to the death penalty

Singapore announced on Sunday that it will repeal a law criminalising gay sex but in many other parts of the world homosexuality is illegal and sometimes subject to the death penalty.

Tribune News Service

Singapore takes cautious step to abolish ban on sex between men

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the government will repeal a colonial-era law that criminalizes sex between men, a major step forward in a region where homosexuality faces discrimination and prosecution.

The Guardian - UK

Singapore to repeal law that criminalises sex between men

Scrapping of colonial-era section 377A law hailed as ‘a win for humanity’ by LGBTQ+ rights groups

The Independent UK

Singapore to decriminalize gay sex, but will limit change

Singapore announced it will decriminalize sex between men by repealing a colonial-era law while protecting the city-state's definition of marriage

WEKU

Singapore will decriminalize sex between men by repealing a colonial-era law

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he believed it is the "right thing to do now" as most Singaporeans will now accept it. However, he said the city-state does not plan to allow for same-sex marriage.

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