PM Lee on ST's role as observer, reporter, influencer

As a newspaper tied intrinsically to Singapore, it always has to be pro-Singapore, he says at opening of ST exhibition

Lee U-Wen

Published Wed, Jul 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

EVEN as The Straits Times adapts and hunts for new ways to produce a high-quality and commercially successful product, it must remain conscious of the "important role" it has in Singapore today.

Making this point on Wednesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong stressed that the newspaper - the English flagship daily of Singapore Press Holdings - had to continue to maintain its hallmark of "credible, balanced and objective reporting".

He was speaking at the official launch of the new "Singapore STories: Then, Now, Tomorrow" exhibition at the Marina Bay Sands' ArtScience Museum; the exhibition is one of the highlights of…

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