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In 2002, a second daily English-language newspaper, the News Express, lost a suit for slander and defamation brought against it by a law firm. The company that owned the newspaper declared bankruptcy and closed. The newspaper had featured a letters page where citizens and residents expressed their views and complaints, often about government services and, increasingly, about government policy. The newspapers' willingness to publish these expressions of opinion represented a modest extension of press freedom. Prior to its closure, the Immigration Department raided the newspaper on several occasions; and its management and several workers were subsequently convicted of a number of immigration and labor offenses. ... [Read More]
Brunei
A second daily English-language newspaper, the News Express, featured a letters page where citizens and residents expressed their views and complaints, often about government services and, increasingly, about government policy. The newspapers' willingness to publish these expressions of opinion represented a modest extension of press freedom. During the year, the newspaper was raided on several occasions by the Immigration Department and subsequently charged with a number of offenses. In September the News Express and three journalists were sued successfully for slander and defamation by a private legal firm, which was awarded substantial damages. The company that owned the newspaper declared bankruptcy and closed. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Some western publications are available, including Time and Newsweek. The ASEAN edition of Reader’s Digest is also available. Other U.S. magazines appear on the newsstands a few weeks late and at a price two or three times their U.S. price. Many outdated magazines are sold at newsstands. The two daily English-language newspapers are the Borneo Bulletin and News Express. International newspapers available include the Straits Times (Singapore), the New Straits Times (Malaysia), the Asian Wall Street Journal, and the International Herald Tribune. ... [Read More]
Brunei
The country's largest circulation daily newspaper, the Borneo Bulletin, practiced self-censorship in its choice of topics to avoid angering the Government. However, letters to the editor often included comments critical of the Government's handling of certain social, economic, and environmental issues. On occasion, the Government responded to public opinion on some issues concerning social or environmental problems. There was a Malay-language newspaper, the Media Permata, that circulated approximately 5,000 copies. There also were several Chinese‑language newspapers. ... [Read More]
2002
1111--11/18/02 Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs: Newspaper Interview with three Arab News Media ... [Read More]
2002
1111--03/21/02 Global Trends for the Coming Decade and the Formulation of U.S. Foreign Policy; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Remarks to the National Newspaper Association; Washington, DC ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: USTR Meeting with ASEAN Ministers Yields Key Trade Priorities
Q: [unintelligible] of the Hindu newspaper based here. Sir, as part of your strategic dialogue, which among the holdout countries are you really focusing on? ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Increased U.S.-Indonesian Ties Depend on Military Reform
Question: Don Graylace from the Australian newspaper. ... [Read More]
I) Southeast Asia and the Pacific
On the awareness side, the Ministry of Culture and Information is in charge of coordinating the effort to increase awareness among students, and claims to have distributed drug information to every school in Vietnam. Recognizing the close link between drug use and HIV/AIDS (the GVN estimates 70 percent of the 40,000 confirmed cases of HIV/AIDS are thus linked), in 2001, advertisements began to regularly appear in newspapers providing contact information for people to learn more about the connection between drugs and HIV/AIDS. The GVN continued its long-standing campaign of putting up counternarcotics posters all around Vietnam, and Vietnamese television and radio have increased the pace of counternarcotics and HIV/AIDS warnings through a new series of advertisements featuring popular singers and actors. ... [Read More]
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