Morning Digest, Mar 1
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Morning Digest, Mar 1

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LGBTQ activists say they look to Parliament to ‘deal the final blow’ after court upholds decision not to repeal Section 377A

Photo: Pink Dot SG

Monday (Feb 28), Singapore’s highest court dismissed the legal challenges against Section 377A, the law criminalising sex between men. 

The court said that since Section 377A of the Penal Code cannot be used to prosecute men for having gay sex, the challenges brought forward by the three men have no legal standing.

Read more here. 

Collared Kingfisher bird wins family’s hearts with its beauty as it drops by their garden regularly for the past one month

Photo: Facebook screengrab, Singapore Wildlife Sightings
A netizen, Nathan Raj, posted about his family’s budding relationship with a collared kingfisher bird on Facebook group, Singapore Wildlife Sightings. The collared kingfisher drops by their fence regularly for the past month. Mr Raj’s kids were curious about the type of species the Collared Kingfisher was, so he shared a photo with the Singapore Wildlife Sightings group. Netizens confirmed that it was indeed a collared kingfisher. The bird regularly drops by around 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Read more here.

Pritam Singh: Workers’ Party disagrees with GST hike, will object to Budget 2022

Photo: YouTube screengrab. Pritam Singh
Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh told Parliament on Monday (Feb 28) that the Workers’ Party (WP) objects to the Budget 2022.
Mr Singh said that the party disagrees with the decision to raise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) “especially at this time”. Read more here.

Jamus Lim compares GST hike to shooting oneself in the foot, says it will ‘stoke’ already elevated inflation

Photo: FB screengrab/ jamuslim

Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh said in Parliament on Monday (Feb 28) that the Workers’ Party disagrees with the upcoming GST hike, adding that it will object to Budget 2022.

Alternatives to increasing the Goods and Services Tax, which Finance Minister Lawrence Wong announced will begin to take effect on Jan 1, 2023, were proposed by several WP MPs, including Sengkang GRC’s He Ting Ru, Louis Chua, and Jamus Lim, who is an associate professor in economics at ESSEC Business School.

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M’sian comedian Nigel Ng aka ‘Uncle Roger’ refuses to apologise for joking about Ukraine, doubles down on ‘crazy sh*t’

Nigel Ng aka Uncle Roger was caught in controversy recently. Picture:YouTube

Feb 24, after Russia invaded Ukraine, Nigel Ng, the Malaysian comedian better known as “Uncle Roger” tweeted a joke about taking his show to Ukraine, followed by the crying-tears-of-joy emoji.

Read more here.   

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