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Pelosi calls on Singapore businesses to support LGBTQ groups
AUG 2, 2022 06:24 PM
THE US Congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked Singapore’s business groups to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community in the city-state, which is currently debating whether to strike down its colonial-era sodomy laws.
The call to leaders of the business community comes as more American businesses are setting up and adding offices in the country, according to a statement issued on Monday (Aug 1) by Pelosi’s press office. There are nearly 5,500 US companies there already.
The US is also Singapore’s biggest foreign direct investor, with US$315 billion of investments, more than its investments in China, India and South Korea combined, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said last year in a speech.
In recent weeks, calls to end Singapore’s prohibition on sex between men have gathered steam. Whatever happens, law and home affairs minister K Shanmugam has signalled that any easing wouldn’t include recognition of same-sex marriages.
