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The Straits TimesThe Straits Times is an English-language broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore. It is owned by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). SPH's non-executive chairman, Lim Chin Beng, was also the chairman of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board from December 1985 to November 1989 and Singapore ambassador to Japan between July 1991 and November 1997. The Straits Times was first published on July 15, 1845 and is the dominant newspaper of the country, with a circulation of 400,000 daily. Currently, the newspaper publishes three weekly pull-outs ("Digital Life," "Mind Your Body," and "Urban," on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, respectively). All three pull-outs are published in tabloid format. The Straits Times is the only English-language newspaper with an active Internet forum in Singapore. A separate edition, The Sunday Times, is published on Sundays. The newsstand price of The Straits Times is 0.80 Singapore dollars. Criticisms Its circulation has been banned by the Malaysian government at one point during an international dispute over the sale of water (conversely, the rival Malaysian newspaper New Straits Times was banned in Singapore). Articles are selectively comprehensive and in-depth, especially those on the Asian and world region, but biased towards the right-wing ideology of the ruling People's Action Party (with whom Singapore Press Holdings has a long history of association—past chairmen have been government ministers.) Opposition figures are often given little or no press coverage, in terms of interviews or statements. Reporters Without Borders has ranked Singapore 147th out of 166 countries in its second annual World Press Freedom Ranking in 2004. The annual Country Human Rights Report for Singapore in 2004 report by the U.S. State Department has reported that the Singapore government's authoritarian style "fostered an atmosphere inimical to free speech and a free press," though it said that there was "limited progress towards greater openness during the year." http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41659.htm External links Straits Times, The Straits Times, The
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