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SINGAPORE: An Advisory Council has been formed to study the social, ethical, legal and regulatory implications of a rapidly growing Interactive and Digital Media (IDM) sector.
According to the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), the council will also recommend to the government how these issues should be managed while keeping pace with the development of the sector in Singapore.
The Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society is chaired by Mr Cheong Yip Seng, who recently retired as Editor-in-Chief of the English and Malay Newspaper Division at Singapore Press Holdings.
The council includes several key players of Singapore's media industry among them MediaCorp's CEO, Lucas Chow.
IDM, or new media as it is popularly known, is a new emerging industry that has been identified as a promising growth industry for Singapore.
The National Research Foundation has allocated S$500 million over the next five years to fund the development of a strategic IDM research programme.
- CNA/so
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