CLA1102 Asia in the World
Assignment 2
Name & SID: Lam Sze Ching 54412073 ESSAY MODULE 6
1: What are the key aspects of the Singapore trade-off, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of the Singapore trade-off? Give examples from the film.
Singapore is under a rapid economic growth during the last half century, as Singaporean has given up their liberties. However, many things in Singapore is forbidden and under the government control, as the Singapore government wants to modify citizens in a good way. Such as freedom of speech is limited there, people who punish on the country’s solidarity or criticizing the government will be punished or arrested. There are also a restriction on the freedom of the press and also media. As the
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And this may also hinder the development of creative industry and hamper the city’s development, as there need to be highly obedience and strictly follow the regulations. Such as in the film, Terry’s mother Khoo represents the government, a domineering mother who plan almost everything and highly control the freedom of her children. And she mentioned “This is all for your own good” and"Do you know how lucky you are to have a good and responsible mother?", symbolise the effort of the government to persuade the citizens that the regulations and policies are planning the best for the country. While Terry embodiment the Singaporean citizens who always obedient and follow the …show more content…
It is a high school love story of the main character called shoutairo, who looked back at his first love during their high school period. About the Time Orientation, while the western people more emphasis on the future aspect, Asians prefer looking backward to the past. This movie can greatly demonstrate the flash-back manner. While the movie has the “High-low Context Culture” by using a lot of silent scenes which brings out the message that words didn’t play an important role to express the feeling. Japan used the high context culture on communication,which recognises the importance of group harmony and
That’s why the whole country is in chaos: drugs, violence, unemployment, and homelessness. The American society is the richest and most prosperous in the world but it is hardly safe and peaceful,” (Reyes 181). America shouldn’t have input on how Singapore acts
A now classic example of the atrocities possible when these liberties are lost is Nazi Germany. Joseph Goebbels ' Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda controlled all media, suppressing anti-government information while promoting propaganda. Journalists who crossed the Propaganda Ministry were routinely imprisoned or shot as traitors, and a network of police and spies kept speech, the press, and even movies in
In that sense, journalists lose their freedom to speak out. Also, the private school teachers lose their rights to freely educate their students free from governmental regulations. More specifically, people lose their rights of freedom with their daily lives and relationships with others. Assuming a situation of giving sincere present to one’s friend, he or she has to concern the price of the present. It may be unacceptable to him or her
In the film, the scene of catastrophe has not been repeated rendering. To some extent, the stereotype of disaster film is just a shell for attracting people’s attention. Because of the rapid earthquake, the film actually focuses on the aftershocks at the sight of what this incredible natural disaster has done to those survived people and how they retrieve the lost family in the long time after the earthquake. From this point of view, it should be considered as a family ethics movie revolving around perennial themes of life, forgiveness and coming-of-age (Wenzhong,
These tariffs and taxes impinge on rights of self-determination and freedom as suggested by The UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights respectively (Levin Institue, n.d. Human Rights). By limiting access to foreign media, the Canadian government prevented Canadian citizens from educating themselves on foreign issues, having access to information which may be pertinent to their lives or businesses, and possibly limited foreign business and investment opportunities to Canadians. This denied the citizens of Canada the ability to make informed decisions and opportunities to increase their personal wealth. The citizens had already demonstrated, by means of their purchases, what media they wished to consume. By promoting domestic magazines over foreign magazines, the Canadian government may have kept some businesses, which were naturally going to close, artificially alive potentially leading to long-term damaging effects as the businesses slowly closed or were slow to move to digital
The film known as American experimental epic drama, film and it chronicles the roots and meaning of life by means of a middle aged man’s childhood memories of his family living in 1950s Texas, interspersed with imagery of the pedigrees of the known universe and the origin of life on Earth. This story a Midwestern family in year 1950. It is about adopting life journey from eldest child, Jack , that over time while still small until grow by adult disheartening, when he tries to reconcile with his father, 'Brien O. Jack feels the soul is empty in a world that is modern every. At the same time, he attempts to seek answers and life mean, while at the same time, he also asks his faith. This film is telling us about the our life and we thought that related to the of human nature.
In the Constitution Freedom of the press protects the right to obtain and publish information or opinions without government censorship or fear of punishment. One regulation I thknk the government should have on freedom of press is if an article is deemed as slander or violates a federal law than I think the government should be in control. However, if we allow government to control this freedom completely than how would we know if the news was legitimate or just what the government wants us to hear. In totalitarian regimes to create rule, the government inevitably controls the information to which the public can access. This is a huge problem to because it allows the government to determine what is worthy of the news.
In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, being love for each character is the most important on their lives. The love could heart but it is a necessary component of life, and no matter what it takes to get there, it is completely worth it. The Fukú and the Zafa used in this book help to the reader understand the main and important theme. All have a beginning and an end, Trujillo a powerful man who made not only goo buildings to his country, but also he made them suffer.
Something allowed in the United States could easily be prohibited in Arabia or Pakistan, everything depends directly if the ideas are taken as disrespectful or insulting to a person, religion, among others, and are all control and regulated by each state government. The control in the media is, as any other government action, full of pros and cons about the reasons and results it gives. On one hand, it is important to put a limit on the kind of information, images, videos and others that can get to the population.
Malaysian has the right to freedom of speech which is guaranteed by Article 10 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Article 10 allows all citizens the absolute freedom as not restricted by the government. In Malaysia, Law such as Publications act and printing presses give the Malaysian authorities the control over all the media. Any act that against this law may lead to fines or in much extreme cases, prison sentence. Although Malaysia has the right to freedom of speech, the media are still being controlled by the government which restrict them to publish anything against the government.
The director Yasujiro Ozu is reputed in the film industry as one of the few who links the events of their work to the current way of life. This is no exception because it tells of the culture of children neglecting their parents and justifying these actions with their busy schedules. In the film, the contrast is clearly portrayed where the children neglect the parents due to their busy schedules in life and it takes the kindness of their widowed in-law to take care of them. This concept of connecting between normal life and the film is what has made the
The People’s Republic of China, governed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has arguably one of the most restrictive media systems in the world. The government censors all venues of media to maintain its monopoly on power and information while pushing ambitious economic modernization reforms. The media system in China is very different, but not totally different from the systems in all other countries in the world.
1.0 Introduction “Governments should play active roles in managing short-run instability in the economy caused by unemployment and inflation problems. ” I strongly agree with this statement as far as my own country is concerned. Singapore, although a very small island of about 700 square kilometres in the South East Asia, is an international business hub. The population is about 5.7 million as of July 2015 which consists of Chinese, Malays, Indians and other emigrants like Filipinos and Caucasians.
It is also a fact that their president sent out an order to switch computer to type writers in universities, because of security purposes. Another country that regulates their censorship is Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government has progressively intensified legal repression since the Arab Spring. The website, Committee to Protect Journalists (2015) mentioned the
The main motive of the song was to inspire all the students; who lose their heart very quickly and never do hard work, so by listening to this song, it gives the quotes that “never give up” in your life and live your life without taking tension. Like life is a gift, wake up every morning and realize that. This movie is always my favorite because it always motivates me that never give up as well as never lose heart; even in that situation who you can’t