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08-06-2016, 01:20 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
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The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a press release saying that there had been media queries as to whether foreign companies could provide sponsorship for Pink Dot, an event held annually at Speakers’ Corner.
In its statement, the ministry said: “The Government’s position is that foreign entities should not interfere in our domestic issues … These are political, social or moral choices for Singaporeans to decide for ourselves.”
It also announced that it would “take steps to make it clear that foreign entities should not fund, support or influence” such events held at the Speakers’ Corner.
“In the context of LGBT issues, this will apply both to events that advocate the LGBT cause such as the Pink Dot, as well as events whose purpose is to oppose the LGBT cause,” the ministry said.
2016 saw the largest-ever turn-out of corporate support for Pink Dot SG, with a total of 18 Corporate Sponsors lending their support, up from nine the previous year. Returning sponsors include Google, Barclays, J. P. Morgan, The Gunnery, Goldman Sachs, BP, Bloomberg, and Twitter. This year, they were joined by Apple, Clifford Chance and Cavenagh Law, Facebook, General Electric, Gravitate, Infinite Frameworks, and Microsoft,
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?230942-Why-is-Microsoft-MD-PAP-MP-going-against-Govt-Policy-Don-t-know-Don-t-Care&goto=newpost).
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The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a press release saying that there had been media queries as to whether foreign companies could provide sponsorship for Pink Dot, an event held annually at Speakers’ Corner.
In its statement, the ministry said: “The Government’s position is that foreign entities should not interfere in our domestic issues … These are political, social or moral choices for Singaporeans to decide for ourselves.”
It also announced that it would “take steps to make it clear that foreign entities should not fund, support or influence” such events held at the Speakers’ Corner.
“In the context of LGBT issues, this will apply both to events that advocate the LGBT cause such as the Pink Dot, as well as events whose purpose is to oppose the LGBT cause,” the ministry said.
2016 saw the largest-ever turn-out of corporate support for Pink Dot SG, with a total of 18 Corporate Sponsors lending their support, up from nine the previous year. Returning sponsors include Google, Barclays, J. P. Morgan, The Gunnery, Goldman Sachs, BP, Bloomberg, and Twitter. This year, they were joined by Apple, Clifford Chance and Cavenagh Law, Facebook, General Electric, Gravitate, Infinite Frameworks, and Microsoft,
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?230942-Why-is-Microsoft-MD-PAP-MP-going-against-Govt-Policy-Don-t-know-Don-t-Care&goto=newpost).