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The Political Opening Up—Is it for Real?

Source: http://catherinelim.sg/2008/09/20/the-political-opening-up%e2%80%94is-it-for-real/, retrieved 6 Apr 2009

Article by Catherine Lim

Consequently, despite the claims of an opening up, the government will continue to keep a vigilant eye on bloggers, producers of political videos, demonstrators at the Speakers’ Corner, etc. to make sure that they do not go beyond the famously unyielding out-of-bounds markers that have long governed the scope, content and tone of criticism. It will not hesitate to remind these dissenting voices that freedom must be exercised responsibly, by which it means staying within these markers.