Broadcast, Publications and Arts Appeal Committee

The Broadcast, Publications and Arts Appeal Committee (BPAAC) is an advisory committee appointed by the Minister for Communications and Information. When requested by Minister, the BPAAC provides its independent views on appeals which may be lodged with the Minister by parties aggrieved by decisions undertaken by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) or the Arts Entertainment Licensing Officer (AELO), as the case may be, in relation to content regulatory matters. Examples of matters on which appeals can be made include:

Decisions by MDA in relation to breaches of applicable legislation, content codes or guidelines, such as the Free-To-Air Television Programme Code and the Subscription Television Programme Code; and

Directions by the AELO to licensees in relation to the content of any arts entertainment.

=Committee Membe​rs=

The BPAAC is appointed for a term of three years and its members include experts from the arts and media fields, educationists and community representatives. The current committee (2015-2018) is led by Choo Thiam Siew, Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre.

Chairperson
Choo Thiam Siew

CEO, Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre

Vice-Chairs
Deputy Head
 * Hadijah Bte Rahmat

Asian Languages & Cultures, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
 * Belinda Charles

Academy Dean, Academy of Principals

Members
Principal Industrial Relationship Officer, National Trades Union Congress Founder/Artistic Director, Sri Warisan Som Said Performing Arts
 * Ong Sin Tiong
 * Som bte Mohammed Said
 * Venka Purushothaman

Vice President (Academic) & Provost, Faculty of Performing Arts, Lasalle College of the Arts Partner, Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP
 * Tan Seow Peer
 * Sabrina Goh

Consultant, Creating-me Consulting Pte Ltd
 * Dr. Carol Balhetchet

Clinical Psychologist & Senior Director, Youth Services,  Singapore Children's Society
 * Bala Reddy

District Judge, Civil Justice Division, State Courts
 * David Wong Cheong Fook

Chairman, Republic Polytechnic
 * Annette Chong

Homemaker
 * Liew Chin Choy

Project Coordinator, Community Arts & Cultural Division, People’s Association
 * Prof. Tan Hun Tong

University Professor/ Director, Centre for  Accounting  &  Auditing Research, NTU
 * Jim Lim Teck Hwee

Director & Principal Trainer, REAL Academy
 * Albert Tan

Assistant Manager,  School  of Engineering, Nanyang Polytechnic
 * Tan Yok Ching, Ruby

Principal, Jurong Secondary School
 * Tan Yap Kin

Principal, Ai Tong School

=See also=


 * Singapore gay censorship

=References=


 * Downloadable PDF of the Media Development Authority's Broadcast, Publications and Arts Appeal Committee:.