PAPee Sets Up Lan Cheow Censorship Committee!

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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>Published September 25, 2009

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>Goh Yew Lin named censorship panel head

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THE government has appointed Goh Yew Lin, chairman of Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music and deputy chairman of Singapore Symphonia Company, chairman of the Censorship Review Committee (CRC).

The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica) yesterday said that 16 others representing a cross-section of society have been appointed to the committee. They are drawn from the arts and media sector, the community and social sector, and various professions.
The independent CRC was set up to conduct a mid-term review of content issues across the spectrum of broadcast, films, videos, publications, audio materials, the arts and new media. It will focus largely on issues raised by industry players during their regular dialogue with the Media Development Authority.
These include the fine-tuning of current film and video classifications, sale and distribution of videos, and content issues related to entertainment and lifestyle publications.
The review will also examine how media convergence is testing traditional content regulation concepts, and whether new content codes are necessary to guide the emergence of new technologies and new media platforms.
It may also recommend ways to encourage industry players, community and artists to be involved in co-regulation of media content and classification.
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The committee aims to complete the review and submit its report and recommendations to the government by mid-2010.
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