[6] Nanyang Siang Pau though initially took an anti-communist line, all but to gain a foothold with the local population, would slowly write articles that were more friendly to the Chinese communists thoughts.
[4] The Singapore Herald was shut down within the year, and majority of its staff were absorbed into other media companies, hotels, and airlines.
[1] The authorised foreign funds may be in form of cash or any other valuable considerations, and must be returned to the sender if received.
[11] The Singapore National Union of Journalists pledged its support for the Act in its 1975 annual general meeting.
[17] SMAF was an unregistered party,[18] which the government had alleged of raising "certain sensitive religious issues pertaining to Muslim religion [sic] which could confuse the public and arouse racial feelings, if left unanswered.
[23] On 12 October 1976, authorities had revoked the permit for Singapore Polytechnic student-published Chinese magazine, Radiance, due to communist influences.
[24] In 1977, further amendments to the Act was introduced to "break the monopolistic hold of newspapers by a few families and small groups of people".
[26] This limitation could subsequently be waived with another amendment in 1981, in recognition to the fact that there may be situations that warrant a higher proportion of stake holding, such as establishing a new newspaper company.
[30] Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said the aim of the law was to prevent foreign newspapers from meddling with Singapore's domestic politics, under the guise of freedom of speech, thus increasing their sales.
[30] This amendment was soon used on the Time magazine after it refused to published corrections to an article which had stated some facts relating to a 1984 court case involving J.
B. Jeyaretnam, and Time's insistence of editing Prime Minister's Press Secretary, James Fu's letter before publishing.
[34] In response, the government amended the Act to allow gazetted publications to be reproduced by other parties for sale without profit.
[37] United States Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter published a 'letter of protest' in AWSJ that the amendment violated international copyright agreement.
[40] In 1990, an amendment was introduced to require certain foreign newspaper companies to post a bond in order to continue circulation in Singapore at the numbers they want.
[44][45][46] On 6 May 2021, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) in response to shareholder pressures, had proposed that it would restructure itself and transfer its media business into a company limited by guarantee (CLG), which will be privately managed.