From Singapore Briefing June 2005 of Economist.com

Though Singapore's ministers clamour for more tourists, it seems that this may not extend to gay visitors. Police have banned one of the region’s largest gay gatherings, the annual August beach party called “The Nation”, due in Singapore for a fifth year. A police statement explained that the event was expected to be a big gay party, which is “contrary to public interest”.

The decision to end this annual tradition comes three months after Balaji Sadasivan, the junior health minister, argued that such events could generate a rise in local HIV-infection rates. Stuart Koe, the organiser of The Nation, accused the government of discriminating against gays. The festival will now take place in Phuket, the Thai resort island.

在新加坡呆了4年,从来没有听说有the region's largest gay gathering...

想起来当时新加坡政府还鼓励gay进入政府机关,现在又干出这样的事情... 难道说最近才批准的casino过不了几年也会以"contrary to public interest"的罪名被取缔? 更不要说一直在倡导的open society了...