Gay professor work in NUS & bring his partner here
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Gay professor can bring his partner after NUS giving go ahead!!He is assured by MM Lee open but not specified assurance that
...MM Lee had said in an interview last year that while Singapore wanted to maintain its social norms, the Government should not pry on consenting adults.
'We must take cognisance of the contemporary world that has become more accommodating...
'Homosexuals are mostly born that way, and no public purpose is served by interfering in their private lives,' said Mr Lee in an interview published last July.
To Prof Sieh, who was on sabbatical at Nanyang Technological University here last year, this was enough to show that attitudes towards homosexuality here were changing.
'I'm no crusader, but I'm going to be myself,' he said.
Prof Sieh said the issue of whether he could take his partner with him was the first one he raised with NTU when the university approached him with an offer in October.
When NTU told him it had no objections, the 57-year-old said 'yes' to the job of founding director at NTU's Earth Observatory of Singapore....http://app.mfa.gov.sg/pr/read_content.asp?View,9681,
''MM's reassuring comments seal researcher's move here''
By Chang Ai-Lien ,Strait Times.March 29, 2008
2.SG has opened the door wider.
Read the reactions here:
http://sg.search.yahoo.com/search?p=Gay+Professor+%2B+earth+observatory&y=Singapore&fr=yfp-t-web&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8
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And your point is........?
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Thanks to PAP open door policies for gay FTs...
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why mfa.gov.sg wont get fine for promoting gay couple?
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Gay FT more important than local gay what....
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and sir, your point is?
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Whether it did appear in news or not... the problem is there... and that is not really a problem as they would not bother you... it is a lifestyle...
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Pls... his sexual orientation does not affect his ability to perform as a lecturer(no pun intended)....
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*me looks at watch*
After two days..... we still haven't heard what kind of point lionnoisy is trying to bring across?