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No nudity in magazines please, we are Singaporeans
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Singapore has drastically cut its blacklist of banned books and publications, finally allowing citizens to read an erotic novel first published in the 18th century, but a host of adult magazines remain proscribed.
It is no longer a crime to own a copy of the historic English text 鈥淔anny Hill鈥 or some anti-colonial and communist publications dating back to Singapore鈥檚 troubled early years as a republic in the 1960s.
Long ridiculed as a nanny state that controls what its people can read and watch, Singapore has cut an archaic list of prohibited books and publications from 257 to just 17, most of them adult magazines.
The 鈥渄e-gazetting鈥 of 240 titles took effect on Wednesday.
The Media Development Authority, that also oversees film, broadcasting and Internet standards, said yesterday that it 鈥渞outinely reviews prior classification decisions, in order to ensure that they keep pace with societal norms鈥.
The banned titles include those published by the Jehovah鈥檚 Witnesses sect whose members refuse to undergo military service, which is mandatory for all Singaporean men when they turn 18.
The rest are adult titles like Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler, Playgirl, Mayfair, Knave and Cheri.
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