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Newly permitted
books include "Fanny Hill", a British novel published in 1748
said to be the first erotic novel in English, and "The Long
March", a Chinese communist history.
A number of the de-gazetted publications were out of print or
were permissible under today's content standards, the Media
Development Authority said in an emailed statement explaining
the changes.
Adult magazines such as Playboy, Penthouse and Hustler remain
banned, as are publications by the Jehovah's Witnesses Church
produced by its Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and the
International Bible Students Association.
The church's publications sit in the banned list alongside
"hardcore pornographic publications" that "depict female models
in sexually suggestive poses and their genitals", the government
agency said.
Singapore deregistered the Jehovah’s Witnesses and banned its
publications in 1972 because the church objects to serving
National Service in the military or singing national anthems.
(Reporting By Aradhana Aravindan; Editing by Rodney Joyce)
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