I disagree that the government is doing too much. As singapore is a multi-racial country, any movies that may threatens racial or religious harmony must be strictly prohibited.
And today, a child can easily exposed to nudity and violence material easily from the net. So it's very important for censorship to 'keep check', because the age group of viewers are ranging from kids to the elderly.
I make the same stand as David that the government is not doing too much.
Basically, Singapore is made up of mainly three races; Chinese, Malay an Indian and of course including a minority of people from other races. Freedom of Speech is not allowed in Singapore. Not too long ago, there are bloggers who talked about racial issue. The government treated this matter sternly. For example, he asked the bloggers apologize to the indians/malays to repent on what he did so as to bring the races closer. I believe what the government has done was not wrong. This could prevent misunderstandings which could lead to racial riots, like one racial riot which happened in Singapore is 1964.
Furthermore, some movies in Singapore require viewers over the age of sixteen, eighteen or even twenty one years of age in order to watch it. This is because some movies contain pornography and violence which would have negative impact on children especially if they were to watch it because they are not matured enough. Imagine flashing these scenes to them, I guess this is very harmful especially when they are at the stage of growing up.
I believe the government is not doing too much. Instead, they are doing what they think are the best for the Singaporeans and that young people of Singapore will not grow up to be influenced by poor moral values.
Personally, I disagree that the government is doing too much on the censorship in Singapore.
Singapore being a multi-racial and multi-religious society, it is very important to maintain a harmonious relationship with all the races and religions in Singapore.
For many years now, Singapore is able to enjoy racial and religious harmony and it is all thanks to the government unlike other countries where riots and strikes happen every now and then.
I feel that the government has our best interest at heart on choosing what needs to be censored. An example would be rating media content for different age group. The timing for each television program to be aired depends on their content. An adult related show for example would only be aired after 10 pm .
In conclusion, i feel that the government is not doing too much on the censorship in Singapore.
Censorship in Singapore has become a rising issue among people. Censorship by the government, in my opinion, has stepped across the line. We live in a Singapore which nowadays people have called a ‘fine’ city. Where the Government places strict rules and regulations, and have grieve punishments and fines. We know that the government placed these laws and regulations, but Singapore has lost much from the heavy Censorship in Singapore.
The arts scene in Singapore has been growing rapidly in recent years with the completion of the Esplanade Theater, The Arts House and Singapore Tyler Print Institute. An increasing number of events, both local and international, and an increasing number of tickets sold. The arts scene has grown and is still growing, and Singapore invests heavily in it. The Government is trying to create a Global Arts City, and if the censorship doesn’t change, we will definitely lose out.
Let’s start with something everyone is familiar with: Movies. Award winning director, Ang Lee Cried when 6 minutes of his newest movie “Lust, Caution” was censored off movies in some countries. To an artist, 6 minutes, of passion made the movie meaningful. To censor his art is to disrespect an artist.
Besides the arts, films and television shows are not allowed to contain political meaning. Heavy fines or jail terms can await the person who is involved making, distribution and exhibition of "party political films".
In 2001, the short documentary called A Vision of Persistence on opposition politician J. B. Jeyaretnam was also banned for being a "party political film". The makers of the documentary, all lecturers at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic, later submitted written apologies and withdrew the documentary from being screened at the 2001 Singapore International Film Festival in April, having been told they could be charged in court.
On the other hand, Channel NewsAsia's five-part documentary series on Singapore's PAP ministers in 2005 were not considered a party political film. The government response was that the programme was part of current affairs and thus does not contravene the Films Act.
What can we know about Singapore’s censorship so far? I feel that it is flawed. Yes it is good, it provides good moral values, but, it is flawed. Am I right?
Movies are one example. Television shows that do not have values or morals are also not allowed to be shown on television. chastised dramas such as Beyond the aXis of Truth 2 (police triller on the supernatural) and Wing of Desire (contemporary family-feud drama) for graphic violence, while giving credit to A Promise for Tomorrow, A New Life, A Child’s Hope, and so on, for the "positive messages" transmitted [7]. Hence, locally-produced dramas in recent decades are overwhelmingly family-based, with action-thrillers generally avoided.
On 30 June 2006, blogger Mr. Brown wrote an article, titled "TODAY: Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!", for his weekly opinion column in Today newspaper concerning the rising income gap and costs of living in Singapore. [7] Three days later, on July 3, an official from the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts published a response letter on the same newspaper calling Mr. Brown a "partisan player" whose views "distort the truth". On July 6, the newspaper suspended his column.
Singapore Censorship is in a dilemma. Yes, it is a good thing we have a government who censors all the bad things out of Singapore. But if Singapore wants to be a media hub or a arts city. Censorship must be amended. Not removed, Amended.
I disagree that the government is doing too much on censorship in Singapore.
Personally I feel that the level of censorship in Singapore is just fine. I feel that the current level of censorship is for the greater good of the general public especially children. Because sometimes teenagers do not have the cognitive skills to distinguish right from wrong. Compared to Australia, the censorship in Singapore is not strict at all as Singapore permits certain games which are quite gory or have too much violent content.
One of the government policy is transparency which opens views on censorship to the public. For example the film lust caution by lee ang was released in censored version in singapore and was given nc16 rating and newspapers started protesting and so did citizens.Because they wanted to see the full version and besides, not many children will be interested in the movie. So the government will release lust caution again this month in R21. From this, we can see that censorship is not solely the government's decision, it takes into considerations the people as well.
It is exactly due to the appropriate level of censorship that crime rates in singapore are not high. The govtment prevents highly sensitive programmes to be aired because we don't want racism to affect our economy. For example in today's straits times, mediacorp radio is fined $5000 for broadcasting a programme that was found unsuitable and morally incorrect by listeners.
6 comments:
David , DAC/1b/07
I disagree that the government is doing too much. As singapore is a multi-racial country, any movies that may threatens racial or religious harmony must be strictly prohibited.
And today, a child can easily exposed to nudity and violence material easily from the net. So it's very important for censorship to 'keep check', because the age group of viewers are ranging from kids to the elderly.
Regina Lim,
DAC 1B07
I make the same stand as David that the government is not doing too much.
Basically, Singapore is made up of mainly three races; Chinese, Malay an Indian and of course including a minority of people from other races. Freedom of Speech is not allowed in Singapore. Not too long ago, there are bloggers who talked about racial issue. The government treated this matter sternly. For example, he asked the bloggers apologize to the indians/malays to repent on what he did so as to bring the races closer. I believe what the government has done was not wrong. This could prevent misunderstandings which could lead to racial riots, like one racial riot which happened in Singapore is 1964.
Furthermore, some movies in Singapore require viewers over the age of sixteen, eighteen or even twenty one years of age in order to watch it. This is because some movies contain pornography and violence which would have negative impact on children especially if they were to watch it because they are not matured enough. Imagine flashing these scenes to them, I guess this is very harmful especially when they are at the stage of growing up.
I believe the government is not doing too much. Instead, they are doing what they think are the best for the Singaporeans and that young people of Singapore will not grow up to be influenced by poor moral values.
ariel DAC/1B/07
Personally, I disagree that the government is doing too much on the censorship in Singapore.
Singapore being a multi-racial and multi-religious society, it is very important to maintain a harmonious relationship with all the races and religions in Singapore.
For many years now, Singapore is able to enjoy racial and religious harmony and it is all thanks to the government unlike other countries where riots and strikes happen every now and then.
I feel that the government has our best interest at heart on choosing what needs to be censored. An example would be rating media content for different age group. The timing for each television program to be aired depends on their content. An adult related show for example would only be aired after 10 pm .
In conclusion, i feel that the government is not doing too much on the censorship in Singapore.
Nicholas Hui from DCP/1A/27
Censorship in Singapore has become a rising issue among people. Censorship by the government, in my opinion, has stepped across the line. We live in a Singapore which nowadays people have called a ‘fine’ city. Where the Government places strict rules and regulations, and have grieve punishments and fines. We know that the government placed these laws and regulations, but Singapore has lost much from the heavy Censorship in Singapore.
The arts scene in Singapore has been growing rapidly in recent years with the completion of the Esplanade Theater, The Arts House and Singapore Tyler Print Institute. An increasing number of events, both local and international, and an increasing number of tickets sold. The arts scene has grown and is still growing, and Singapore invests heavily in it. The Government is trying to create a Global Arts City, and if the censorship doesn’t change, we will definitely lose out.
Let’s start with something everyone is familiar with: Movies. Award winning director, Ang Lee Cried when 6 minutes of his newest movie “Lust, Caution” was censored off movies in some countries. To an artist, 6 minutes, of passion made the movie meaningful. To censor his art is to disrespect an artist.
Besides the arts, films and television shows are not allowed to contain political meaning. Heavy fines or jail terms can await the person who is involved making, distribution and exhibition of "party political films".
In 2001, the short documentary called A Vision of Persistence on opposition politician J. B. Jeyaretnam was also banned for being a "party political film". The makers of the documentary, all lecturers at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic, later submitted written apologies and withdrew the documentary from being screened at the 2001 Singapore International Film Festival in April, having been told they could be charged in court.
On the other hand, Channel NewsAsia's five-part documentary series on Singapore's PAP ministers in 2005 were not considered a party political film. The government response was that the programme was part of current affairs and thus does not contravene the Films Act.
What can we know about Singapore’s censorship so far? I feel that it is flawed. Yes it is good, it provides good moral values, but, it is flawed. Am I right?
Movies are one example. Television shows that do not have values or morals are also not allowed to be shown on television. chastised dramas such as Beyond the aXis of Truth 2 (police triller on the supernatural) and Wing of Desire (contemporary family-feud drama) for graphic violence, while giving credit to A Promise for Tomorrow, A New Life, A Child’s Hope, and so on, for the "positive messages" transmitted [7]. Hence, locally-produced dramas in recent decades are overwhelmingly family-based, with action-thrillers generally avoided.
On 30 June 2006, blogger Mr. Brown wrote an article, titled "TODAY: Singaporeans are fed, up with progress!", for his weekly opinion column in Today newspaper concerning the rising income gap and costs of living in Singapore. [7] Three days later, on July 3, an official from the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts published a response letter on the same newspaper calling Mr. Brown a "partisan player" whose views "distort the truth". On July 6, the newspaper suspended his column.
Singapore Censorship is in a dilemma. Yes, it is a good thing we have a government who censors all the bad things out of Singapore. But if Singapore wants to be a media hub or a arts city. Censorship must be amended. Not removed, Amended.
Bin Bin from DAC/1B/07
I disagree that the government is doing too much on censorship in Singapore.
Personally I feel that the level of censorship in Singapore is just fine. I feel that the current level of censorship is for the greater good of the general public especially children. Because sometimes teenagers do not have the cognitive skills to distinguish right from wrong. Compared to Australia, the censorship in Singapore is not strict at all as Singapore permits certain games which are quite gory or have too much violent content.
One of the government policy is transparency which opens views on censorship to the public. For example the film lust caution by lee ang was released in censored version in singapore and was given nc16 rating and newspapers started protesting and so did citizens.Because they wanted to see the full version and besides, not many children will be interested in the movie. So the government will release lust caution again this month in R21. From this, we can see that censorship is not solely the government's decision, it takes into considerations the people as well.
It is exactly due to the appropriate level of censorship that crime rates in singapore are not high. The govtment prevents highly sensitive programmes to be aired because we don't want racism to affect our economy. For example in today's straits times, mediacorp radio is fined $5000 for broadcasting a programme that was found unsuitable and morally incorrect by listeners.
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