Live-streaming House proceedings given go-ahead in principle

Singapore

THE government has agreed "in principle" to the live streaming of Parliamentary proceedings, but is still harbouring its earlier reservations to the idea.

Minister for Communications and Information S Iswaran, who announced the move on Friday, during Parliament's debate on the President's Address, said the government has noted the global and technological trends which have made online streaming commonplace; legislatures in other countries are already live-streaming proceedings.

He said: "My ministry will study the technical and implementation details. Our aim, as always, will be to achieve transparency, accountability and accessibility while preserving the integrity and dignity of Parliamentary pro…

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