Originally posted by HyperFocal:loving this.
... they'd do better to ban the Internet if raunchiness is what they worry about ....
[b]MDA probes printer's raunchy calendars
THE Media Development Authority (MDA) is now in the midst of investigating how a raunchy calendar, featuring women in the nude and in suggestive poses, could have landed in the hands of some people here.
Earlier this month, calendars featuring naked or scantily-clad women were found in a taxi and now, another version of these calendars have also been given out to customers of a printing company.
Some of the recipients are angry and feel embarrassed that they have been given the items.
When contacted, senior assistant director of the MDA Mr A. R. Madeei said that publications, including calendars, are largely self-regulated by the industry.
He said: "While no prior approval is needed, publishers should ensure that the calendars do not offend good taste and decency as they are intended for public display".
A spokesman for the printing company told my paper that it had given out the calendars because its clients requested specifically for such raunchy images.
The company is usually engaged by engineering firms.
The spokesman, who declined to be named, said he obtained the calendars from an agent and merely added his company stamp to it.
Ms Tan Lay Ching, who received one such calendar from the company, was outraged, and she sent a picture of it to online news portal, Stomp.
She asked: "Why would the company want to do that? It's disgusting and uncomfortable".
The woman in the calendar's picture is topless, except for a string barely covering her nipples.
In another case involving a similarly raunchy calendar, two people found it in the back seat of the taxi they were in.
The company's spokesman said: "I thought there would be no problem in giving them if the manufacturer could sell such stuff openly".
He added that the company had given out fewer than 10 such calendars.
The calendar agent, from whom the printing company said it had obtained the calendars, denied having sold such calendars.
In 2005, modelling agency Jeffrey Chung Models raised a public outcry when it published a calendar with nearly nude photos of its models.
Under the Undesirable Publications Act, it is an offence to make, sell or distribute objectionable publications, including calendars.
Offenders can be fined up to $5,000, jailed up to one year, or both.
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I feel the sudden urge to join p member.Originally posted by FireIce:bid wat?
where to bid for the calenders?
me want to give out to premier members
can predict FI will post the "Be a P. Member" link..Originally posted by maurizio13:I feel the sudden urge to join p member.![]()
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... and this is likely why, Australia is Australia while Singapore gets cheekily referred locally as Sinkapore...Originally posted by phil30k:I think Australia handles this by having back rooms in bookshops where objectional materials may be displayed while respecting more conservative shoppers.
When can the P member get it.....Originally posted by FireIce:bid wat?
where to bid for the calenders?
me want to give out to premier members
Because we're weighed down by dead weights like you who claim patriotism but badmouth the motherland every single day?Originally posted by HyperFocal:... and this is likely why, Australia is Australia while Singapore gets cheekily referred locally as Sinkapore...
... why do we all have this sinking feeling of late?
... no, the heaviest dead weights are actually lording over this land...Originally posted by deathbait:Because we're weighed down by dead weights like you who claim patriotism but badmouth the motherland every single day?
Just a guess.
I don't get it, why are mags like FHM, Maxim and even Menshealth still allowed then? And japanese comic strips-- things like Naruto, aired freely to kids.Originally posted by HyperFocal:Under the Undesirable Publications Act, it is an offence to make, sell or distribute objectionable publications, including calendars.
Offenders can be fined up to $5,000, jailed up to one year, or both.
Just because there is a "blackmarket" alternative does not mean they shouldn't clamp down on law breakers whenever they have a chance.Originally posted by Lim Wei Ming:Those people nothing better to do is it? Almost naked picture only what. Or probably they never use the internet before.![]()