Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim said in Parliament yesterday that the Media Development Authority (MDA) is not expecting everyone to agree with their decisions, Channel NewsAsia reports.
In fact, Dr. Yaacob says disagreement from the public at either end of the spectrum of views is a good indication that the MDA has managed to strike a judicious balance between competing interests.
This was composed in a written reply to a question by MP for Choa Chu Kang GRC, Zaqy Mohamad.
Dr. Yaacob also pointed out that the current approach of ensuring content regulatory standards and policies are in line with social norms and keep up with their developments, has worked well.
It was announced that MDA will be launching a Content Standards Study — the last of which was conducted in 2010 — to assess whether the current set of regulations remains in line with community expectations.
