Section 5

to provide television and sound broadcasting services for disseminating information, education and entertainment;

to exercise licensing and regulatory functions in respect of the sale and use of television receivers and broadcasting receiving apparatus; and

to act internationally as the national authority or representative of Singapore in respect of matters relating to broadcasting.

to provide adequate and comprehensive programmes with a view to serving the best interests of the general public;

to ensure that the programmes broadcast by the Corporation maintain a high general standard in all respects, and in particular in respect of their content and quality and a proper balance and a wide range in their subject-matter, having regard both to the programmes as a whole and also to the days of the week on which, and the times of the day at which, such programmes are broadcast;

to ensure that nothing is included in the programmes broadcast by the Corporation which —

offends against good taste or decency;

offends any racial group or may promote ill-will between different races or different public groups;

offends the followers of any religious faith or order; or

may outrage public feeling in general; and

to ensure that a sufficient amount of time is given to news, news features and current affairs, and that all news, in whatever form, is presented impartially and with accuracy, and with due regard to the public interest.