Wednesday #sgroundup: Supreme Court upholds Section 377A
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Singapore Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of section 377A criminalising gay sex
Singapore's highest court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of the law criminalising sex between men.
The Court of Appeal said in a judgment that statute 377A of the Penal Code, which provides that consensual intimacy between men is against the law, does not infringe the rights of 49-year-old Tan Eng Hong, who challenged the validity of the section.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-supreme-court-upholds-constitutionality-of-section-377a-criminalising-gay-sex-080706731.html
Has Singapore's property bubble already burst?
Despite dire predictions of sharp drops, Singapore's property prices don't seem to have budged much, but statistics may mask a market already in deep decline.
The official price index data appear largely benign, down just 0.7 percent in the third quarter, for a cumulative decline of less than 4 percent from the peak in 2012.
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/singapores-property-bubble-already-burst-231520903.html
Supply rocket explodes at liftoff
>> An unmanned Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket explodes shortly after takeoff at Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. No injuries were reported following the first catastrophic launch in NASA's commercial spaceflight effort. (AP Photo/Eastern Shore News, Jay Diem)" alt="
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An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station has exploded moments after liftoff.
Debris fell in flames over the launch site in Virginia when the blast happened yesterday. No injuries were reported following the first catastrophic launch in Nasa's commercial spaceflight effort.
The accident was sure to draw criticism over the space agency's growing reliance on private US companies in this post-shuttle era.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/supply-rocket-explodes-liftoff-003513453.html?linkId=10249231#w0u6fVx
Singapore to deploy massive surveillance balloon
Singapore will deploy a huge tethered surveillance balloon to boost its maritime and air security, the defence ministry has announced.
The helium-filled "aerostat" will be equipped with radar equipment that can spot threats from as far as 200 kilometres (125 miles) away, the ministry said in a post on its website late Tuesday.
"It will be deployed sufficiently high enough so as to have a clear line of sight over Singapore's air and sea space," the ministry said.
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/singapore-deploy-massive-surveillance-balloon-074228304.html
Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong best for business
Small and well-run Singapore, New Zealand and Hong Kong are the world's easiest places to run a business, while global giants China, Brazil and India remain far down the list, according the World Bank.
Three small but hot Pacific economies led the Bank's annual "Doing Business" report, released Wednesday, which focuses on where businesses are best helped and least hindered by government.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-zealand-hong-kong-best-business-005528651.html?linkId=10249740
