Therefore, any unrelated bystander caught filming a protest could be prosecuted. To me, this does not make sense. Citizen journalism is a useful counterpoint to the official mass media. Singaporeans should be informed of what is going on within our borders, whether legal or not. The Government has stated that it wants to seriously engage the online community. If that is so, it must allow the recording of events, whether held in accordance with the law or not, because such recordings are essential to the growth of the blogging community and independent news portals. Furthermore, these are mostly recordings of events that the mainstream media is not interested to cover.
NCMP and Workers’ Party chairman, Sylvia Lim, on changes to the Films Act
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It is a very sad day for me as a Singaporean.
The Asst Manpower Minister is saying that 70,000 citizens are unemployed. Many are professionals. That means that probably more than 120,000 people (citizens and foreigners) are unemployed. This is the highest unemployment in Singapore’s history. Is the government anticipating unrest? Are they thinking of quelling the unrest quietly?
The determination of legality is usually the preserve of the judiciary, not the film makers. Hence the new amendments to the Film Act shall effectively stifle the non-MSM coverage of political criticism and dissent.
This is clear evidence that the government does not respect the rights of the People.
Strange government. It allows its own mainstream media and media companies to report and show protest oversea whether the protest is legal or not legal, but yet don’t allow that to happen locally ?
What a double standard !
so complicated.
hope scholars can fine tune the things.
Beggining to feel some light touches?
After a few more months of touching, elections will come on – say around October 2009.
All those who bare their teeth on the web – get ready to put your money where your words are if you dare to be true to yourselves.
hope that i can vote at jurong grc and not walkover again.
hope bukit batok can be a smc.
hope tan kin lian can come to bukit batok to fight.
It makes us all feel like we are frogs in a pool of gradual boiling water. I think this nation is marching towards enforcing marshal laws in the guise of terrorism up surging. What’s next in line? Am I seeing a repeat of the 1949 revolution in the brewing? What a pity. This time round, it’s all white though. White uniforms, White notebook, White scarf, White hair, White-house? Oh well, why bother anymore. Time to move on to better pastures. Damn, it reminds of the Willy Nelson’s “On the Road again”.
Walkovers – As long as the People accept.
Films act – As long as the People accept.
And they seem to have for GRC system and Walkovers and they accept not able to vote when walkover.
This is one of the real reasons that is why the system still stands, imho.
I am left with skilled migration.
The government is slowly changing into authoritarian regime. Its a shame to call our own country “democratic”. And here we now, the regime has ban and disallow this and that. What a great day!