Cosmopolitan guide to sex ruled indecent

An edition of the glossy women's magazine, Cosmopolitan, has been ruled indecent for featuring a guide to better sex.

The Obscene Articles Tribunal ordered the publisher to enclose the magazine's July edition in a wrapper in a ruling published yesterday.

'There are no nude pictures,' editor Ruqiyah Law said.

'Just some illustrations.' Pointers on sexual techniques, positions and games are coupled with photographs of condom-covered vegetables and lists of aphrodisiacs.

The editorial director of the magazine, Josephine Chan Wai-man, said she was aware of a few complaints which led to the tribunal's ruling.

'Cosmopolitan in Europe and the US has always been talking about sex.