Reuters, 22 Aug 2008, Kevin Lim
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will ease a 10-year-old ban on films that promote a politician or political party next year, the Straits Times reported on Saturday, citing a government minister.
Lee Boon Yang's remarks followed an announcement by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong this week that the government may relax a ban on both political films and demonstrations to keep up with the spread of video and other free expression on the Internet.
The government may allow films that are factual documentaries or recordings of live events that were "held in accordance with the law", the newspaper quoted Lee Boon Yang, who is in charge of Information, Communications and Arts, as saying in an email.
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