Good intentions, but is this law a step too far in the wrong direction? According to the Minister for Culture, Community, and Youth Lawrence Wong, the government has plans to introduce laws that will “protect the name and image” of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who unfortunately passed away on 23 March 2015. Source This is meant to protect the revered name of LKY from “commercial exploitation and misuse”. He also mentioned that many members of the public have raised such concerns. (Got meh?) Source Details of the potential law Lawrence Wong said that this law, if enacted, will not be a complete ban on the usage of the late Mr Lee’s name. Instead, it will be a situation where prior approval is required from the relevant authorities. Charitable usage of the name will probably be allowed, such as for tributes. Wong casually ‘suans’ BreadTalk “The first example that you can easily see was what happened with the company that tried to do the buns, right? So again at that time there was a lot of public reaction about how this was distasteful and it was commercially exploitative and it was probably bad and not the right thing to do.“ This comment […]
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