Yahoo! Singapore News, 17 Sep 2011The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) said on Friday that it stands by the law that regulates newspapers here.
The ministry was responding to questions following Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s announcement on Thursday that he would abolish measures curbing the media and review the country’s 1984 Printing Presses and Publications Act.
Singapore’s NPAA allows the government to grant annual licenses to publishing houses. The government has the authority to gazette foreign publications and restrict their circulation here. Full story
