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GP Factsheet - Singapore Issues
GP Factsheet - Singapore Issues
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Social
(Censorshi
p/Freedom
of Speech,
Media, Chx
of Sg)
Event/Issue
Social
(Migrant
communiti
es, Ethnic
Tensions)
Social
(Criminal
Justice,
Human
Rights)
Social
(Media,
Censorship
)
Social
(LGBT)
Social
(Human
Rights)
Social
(Crime)
company but government must approve and can remove SPH shareholders, who in turn
have the authority to hire and fire all directors and staff
Speakers Corner: Only outdoor space where uncensored speech is allowed, people can
demonstrate, perform and hold exhibitions.
28 June 2014, estimated record high of
Corporate contributors for event: Google,
26,000 people turned up at Hong Lim
Barclays, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, BP
Park for annual Pink Dot rally and
attendance and sponsorship.
concert
Strongest indication so far of Corporate
Held at Speakers Corner to show
Singapores growing support of an all-inclusive
support for Singapores LGBT
society
community and to campaign for equal
rights regardless of sexual orientation.
Singaporeans becoming more vocal and
passionate, less apathetic about social issues
Survey of Social Morality released by
- Singapore seeing growing voices over
Institute of Policy Studies in early 2014,
issues like immigration, rising living costs
78.2% said sexual relations between 2
and gay rights, though in a country
adults of the same sex was wrong,
where dissent is actively discouraged
72.9% did not agree with gay marriage.
and political gatherings require a permit
Singapore remains a largely
regardless of how many people involved.
conservative society
In April 2013, petition by 2 gay men to the
WearWhite Movement
Singapore High Court asking for Section 377a to
Launched by Ustaz Noor Deros, Muslim
be repealed was rejected.
teacher, joined by Pastor Lawrence
Khong of Faith Community Baptist
Penal Code section 377a criminalises sexual
Church, LoveSingapore network of
acts between consenting adult men.
churches
- Wear white over the weekend of Pink
Dot to stand against the promotion of
homosexuality as an alternative
lifestyle, and growing normalization of
LGBT
Passive euthanasia allowed: Advance Medical Directive Act (AMD Act) in May 1996
- Person is allowed to instruct doctors not to take extraordinary measures to prolong
his/her life is he/she is terminally ill and unconscious by signing an Advance
Medical Directive (AMD)
But active euthanasia still illegal
November 2014: Lunchtime robbery in Raffles Place
- Indonesian businessman Kang Tie Tie, 37, carrying a bag with nearly $800,000 in cash
and cash cheques when robbed and stabbed. Passers-by detained the suspect, Arun, a
38-year-old Indonesian, who has been charged.
- Money changer Ali Yousouf Saiboo, 35, was robbed of more than $600,000 in an Aljunied
carpark. Three Malaysian men were charged, but five unidentified suspects remain at
large.
Social
(Ageing
Population)
Economic
(employme
nt)
Legislation in 2008
Set of guidelines by the Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices for employers to
follow when recruiting, rewarding and retrenching employees
- Job application forms should not ask for a persons age, gender, race or even
photograph, to alleviate discrimination
Work Development Agency (WDA), who has set up a Singapore Workforce Skills
Qualifications (WSQ) credentialing system.
- Constant knowledge and skills upgrading for the older generation to adapt and
advance skillset so that they can still actively contribute to society, remain
employable, relevant.
- Vital in our ageing population, for lesser dependency on the working population.