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 The show's organizer, Mediacorp VizPro, removed the kiss
after being told by the state regulator, the Media Development
Authority (MDA), that it violated the show's "General" rating.
"The inclusion of this particular scene meant that the
performance had exceeded the 'General' rating issued," the MDA
said in a statement.
"Under our classification code, such a scene would fall under an
'Advisory' rating."
Mediacorp Vizpro chose to remove the kiss from the scene instead
of changing the rating for business reasons, a spokesman told
Reuters. An advisory rating means parents might prevent children
from watching the show.
The company said kiss was a "peck on the lips" during a comical
scene in the musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's 19th century
novel set in Paris.
"The kiss was intended to be comic," the head of Mediacorp
Vizpro, Moses Lye, said in a statement.
Singapore is a modern financial hub at the heart of Southeast
Asia developed over the half century since its founding by a
ruling party that has closely regulated politics and society at
large.
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Sex between two men is illegal in Singapore and punishable with up
to two years in prison, though the law is rarely enforced. The law,
based on English texts from the island's colonial period, makes no
mention of lesbians.
Last week, Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs warned that it would
take steps to prevent foreign firms from funding or supporting the
city's annual gay-pride event, Pink Dot.
This year's sponsors included Facebook, Google and Goldman Sachs.
(Reporting by Fathin Ungku; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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