Singapore Herald Explained

The Singapore Herald was a tabloid newspaper in Singapore whose publishing license was suspended by the Singapore government on 28 May 1971. The government had accused the paper of being involved in "black operations", of being funded by questionable foreign sources, of working up agitation against national policies and institutions, and of "taking on the government".^{[1] [2]}

In 1974, the government strengthened press control through the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act. Its editors included M.G.G. Pillai and Adele Koh, who later became a political figure in South Australia.^[3]

See also

• Censorship in Singapore
• List of newspapers in Singapore

Sources

• Seow, Francis T. 1998. The Media Enthralled: Singapore Revisited. Boulder: Lynne Rienner.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 5 December 1998 . SW:The Singapore Herald saga . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19981205143834/http://www.singapore-window.org/herald.htm . 5 December 1998 . 20 January 2023.
2. Web site: Obituary: Cartoonist Morgan Chua . 20 January 2023 . The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong FCC . en-US.
3. News: Singaporeexpelling 3 Foreign Newsmen. The New York Times. 18 May 1971.