Talk:Singapore

An event mentioned in this article is an August 9 selected anniversary

Note that the link to the larger version of the panoramic image (bottom) is broken. Can someone fix this? —Steven G. Johnson

Works for me now. That's what I call a big picture, although you can see the joins between the original frames, which don't quite join smoothly. If some enterprising photo editor could fix that it would be appreciated. Lee M 01:55, 5 Oct 2003 (UTC)

"depiction of sex and nudity is restricted"

Hmm, yes, but Manga and Anime are on sale in Singapore, and they often depict sex and nudity. Or would that be considered acceptable in context? Lee M 01:49, 5 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Firstly, it is a misconception that anime and manga "often" depict sex and nudity. There are certainly nude images in many (not most!) manga, but explicit depiction of sex is rare. In addition, many manga artists tend to "self-censor" by the expedient of e.g. simply not drawing the offending body parts, or drawing them in outline (e.g. Ken Akamatsu).

Those manga and anime which contain explicit sexual content are basically illegal (although occasionally they slip through the cracks). As for nudity, there are some cases where the censorship board has (for whatever reason) failed to notice it. It's still technically illegal. (I won't give examples, though.)

You may notice that some anime VCDs released by Odex (Singapore distributor) have been cut to remove nudity, in order to comply with local laws. N2 21:08, 29 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

This article has a "Trivia" section. It just seems... unprofessional... unencyclopedic. - Mark 15:24, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)

"Sex deemed by the Government to be "against the order of nature", including oral sex and homosexual penetration, is illegal, and in some cases even punishable by death."

Is there any evidence that sex crimes are punishable by death? I'm removing it until there is evidence. I, for one, have never heard of such a law. ⇒ whkoh [talk][[]] 08:26, Mar 23, 2004 (UTC)

is expected to recover in 2002?

"The economy is expected to recover in 2002"

aren't we in year 2004 already?

History of Singapore

For those who havn't noticed, a substantial copyright violation was discovered in the History of Singapore article, it was listed on Wikipedia:Copyright problems. It therefore would face deletion unless the copyrighted text can be removed. An attempt to rewrite the article with this in mind is at History of Singapore/Temp. Help is encouraged. -- Infrogmation 16:09, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)