LEADER: Change could hurt Singapore's lure

<p>Singapore's move to tighten state control over foreign media </p><p>broadcasts will no doubt rattle foreign satellite broadcasters which </p><p>flocked to the city in the mid-90s. They had been lured there by </p><p>incentives and promises of press freedom. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>It now appears that the city is about to rewrite some of the rules, with </p><p>a bill to amend the Broadcasting Authority Act. The government says it </p><p>is only bringing the rules for foreign broadcasters in line with </p><p>non-Singapore printed media - that is they will be penalised if they </p><p>interfere in domestic politics. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Time will tell if foreign broadcasters exercise second thoughts about </p><p>the merits of staying put in Singapore. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>