World News - Malaysia’s government has banned Swatch watches with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) theme and their related materials, including boxes, wrappers and accessories. The country’s home ministry announced the move on Thursday, according to. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Singapore News - The Law Society of Singapore has elected Mr Jason Chan Tai-Hui as its 28th president. In a press statement on Sunday, the council of the Law Society said Mr Chan’s term as president will take immediate effect, and will continue until Dec 31. The election was. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Singapore News - Section 377A, a decades-old law criminalising gay sex, has officially been struck off the books, after President Halimah Yacob assented on Dec 27 to the Bill that proposed the repeal. At the same time, changes to the Constitution to protect the current definition of. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Singapore News - While the Indian Supreme Court has widened the country's definition of families to "atypical" households like same-sex couples, Singapore's courts have avoided such an approach and left the changing of laws to Parliament, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam. In. Read more at www.tnp.sg