BANNED FILMS (Particulars)

Parliament of Singapore · 20 March 1973 · 3rd Parliament

Official Report, 20 March 1973, Vol 32, Issue 19 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Sha'ari Bin TadinTeong Eng Siong
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Mr Teong Eng Siong asked the Minister for Culture how many films were banned from screening during the year ending 28th February, 1973, and the reasons therefor.

Encik Sha'ari Bin Tadin (for the Minister for Culture): Mr Speaker, Sir, 76 films were banned by the Board of Film Censors during the year ending 28th February, 1973. Cinematograph films may be banned for various reasons, such as the glorification of gangsterism, violence, crime, hippism, free love, promiscuity, homosexuality, lesbianism, incest, permissiveness, religious prejudice and racism. A few films were banned for political reasons.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 20 March 1973. Republished on SGParliament.