.jpg "Make censorship history - say no to censorship and yes to regulation.")
If you believe in regulation – not censorship – of the arts in Singapore, pen your name down in support of this change.
Be sure to read the position paper or download it so that you are aware of all the issues involved in this process.
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Author - Laremy Lee
Anyone else remember this commercial from our youth? I used to sing along to it whenever it came on.
People too old for this commercial to have been screened during their youth are still welcome to reminisce about the good ol’ days.
People too young for this commercial – make whale sounds.
From this condition it is that none of the Malay rajas ever expose their Malay subjects to disgrace or shame; they never bind them, nor hang them, nor give them opprobrious language; for whenever a raja exposes his subjects to disgrace, it is the certain token of the destruction of his country; hence also it is, that none of the Malay race ever engage in rebellion, or turn their faces from their own rajas, even though their conduct be bad, and their proceedings tyrannical.
— Malay Annals: Translated from the Malay Language. Trans. John Leyden. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Ormg and Brown, 1821. 26 – 27.
How do we reconcile this with the Singaporean present, when we are so far removed from the past?