4 Mar 2008

After weeks of ogling nude pictures of our Canto-pop stars on the internet, we now face the very real possibility of payback time. Already, our self-proclaimed puritans are shouting from the...

9:17PM
9 Feb 2003

Security chiefs have pledged that a newly drafted Child Pornography Bill will, if enacted, better protect children from the twin evils of pornography and sex tourism.

9:21AM
10 Nov 2002

Eastweek magazine, which sparked a public outcry by publishing a semi-nude picture of an abducted actress, yesterday launched an appeal to reverse a ban on the edition.

9:58PM
31 Oct 2000

Officials planned to introduce 71 bills, including one covering election of the chief executive, to the legislature in the current session, members were told yesterday.

4:43AM
5 Feb 1999

Washington's attempts to protect children from Internet smut are being held hostage by a judiciary unwilling to compromise the constitution's guarantee of free speech.

4:38PM
29 Aug 1998

The Government is drawing up new legislation to crack down on child pornography. The maximum penalty for possessing child pornographic material would be five years' imprisonment.

9:31PM

Shanghai authorities have produced tentative regulations on penalties for party members involved in pornography or gambling.

5:15PM

International concern over the sexual exploitation of children focuses on the most notorious black-spots: the child-prostitutes of Southeast Asia and Latin America; the organised paedophile and...

11:27AM

A landmark litigation in defence of freedom of expression in cyberspace will come to a head this Friday, when a federal court in Philadelphia is to hear the concluding remarks from both the...

10:11PM

THE number of prosecutions involving pornographic articles has risen sharply this year, but the Government yesterday said excessive controls could infringe the Bill of Rights.

5:26PM

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