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KUALA LUMPUR: The movie Noah, directed by Darren Aronofsky, will not be allowed to be screened in Malaysia, according to the Film Censorship Board (LPF).
LPF chairman Datuk Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid said in a statement yesterday the ban was to protect the sensitivity and harmony of the multi-racial and multi-religious community in the country.
LPF has decided that any movie which shows an illustration or face of a prophet is in contravention of the Home Ministrys film censorship guidelines.
The decision is also in line with the censorship guidelines on broadcasting material of an Islamic nature issued by the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim), he said.
The film was presented to the LPF on March 7.
In the film, Russell Crowe acts as Noah and stars with, among others, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Anthony Hopkins and Douglas Booth.
The film was screened in North America from March 28. Bernama
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Clive Palmer says current cross media laws were drawn up before the internet era, but regional media rules don't need fixing. Photo: Eddie Jim
Clive Palmer says he would consider voting for the repeal of cross media ownership laws even though it could benefit Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which publishes newspapers that have been critical of the Palmer United Party (PUP) leader.
The PUP gained a third upper house seat in last weekend's re-run of the Western Australia Senate election. A voting alliance negotiated last October between the PUP and the Motoring Enthusiast Party means Mr Palmer will control a crucial bloc of four votes, which the Coalition will need to pass legislation opposed by the Labor Party.
News Corp owns The Australian, Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph newspapers, as well as half of pay television service Foxtel.
The Australian has run several articles questioning, among other things, Mr Palmer's treatment of employees at his Palmer Coolum Resort dinosaur park in Queensland, his business dealings, as well as a raft of legal cases he has initiated. Mr Palmer last year threatened to sue Mr Murdoch and accused his ex-wife Wendi Deng of being a Chinese spy.
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Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull is conducting a regulatory review of the media sector, including legislation that prevents a single entity owning more than two of either a newspaper, TV licence or radio licence in a metropolitan market, although the government is not expected to put forward any proposed changes to Parliament until September.
"You've got to put aside any animosity people may have and look at the issues in a professional way," Mr Palmer told Fairfax Media.
"You want independence. You don't want too much concentration of media ownership.
"However, when these laws were originally drawn up, we didn't have the internet and a lot of other things - we need to have a good look at it before we make a decision."
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Feature Article of Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Columnist: Braimah, Sulemana
By Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director, Media Foundation for West Africa.
The ECOWAS is about to roll out a major health sector intervention aimed at eliminating malaria from the region through the application of a substance called biolarvicides. Biolarvicdes, which is said to be very effective in killing malaria-bearing mosquitoes at their larvae development stage, is said to have been applied successfully to eliminate malaria in other parts of the world.
So far, very significant preparatory activities have been undertaken. The construction of three strategic factories in Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria, for the production of the anti-malarial substance is underway. The first of what is expected to be a series of region-wide sensitisation meetings to discuss strategies for implementing the programme, also took place in Abidjan on March 31, 2014.
The application of biolarvicides for the elimination of malaria across the West Africa region is scheduled to commence on May 28, a day celebrated annually as ECOWAS Day.
Even though there have been several malaria control and prevention programmes in the region over the years, two things make the impending campaign different, significant and promising. Firstly, it is arguably the first time there is going to be a region-wide anti-malaria programme led by the ECOWAS. Secondly, it is the first time, there is going to be such a broad anti-malaria programme through the application of biolarvicides.
Unfortunately, even though the date set for the commencement of the application of biolarvicdes is just a month away, there has been barely any public awareness of the entire programme. This is definitely not good for the programme.
For a major health programme such as the one under reference, public awareness, understanding and support is very crucial and this is where the media comes in.
Given that the media (both traditional and new media) remain the main sources of public information, and also the fact that they continue to wield enormous influence in setting public agenda, the malaria elimination programme will require massive support from the media in order to succeed.
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Why the ECOWAS Malaria Campaign Must Prioritise Media Involvement
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