SINGAPORE (Reuter) - Singapore unveiled Thursday measures to  
regulate political and religious content on the Internet, and 
keep its patch of cyberspace free of pornography. 
	 The guidelines, effective from July 15, are designed ``to  
safeguard the national interest,'' Singapore Broadcasting 
Authority (SBA) officials told a news conference. 
	 ``We must take a proactive approach to put some rules in  
place so that our young children will not be affected by 
objectionable material,'' said SBA Chief Executive Officer Goh 
Liang Kwang. 
	 Singapore, which already has tight controls over broadcast  
and print media, said in March that it intended to license all 
Internet service operators and local content providers under the 
SBA's wing. 
	 The measures unveiled Thursday sprang from the earlier  
announcement. 
	 Under the new rules, all operators -- from main providers to  
outlets such as cybercafes -- must register with the SBA. 
	 Organizations putting locally produced political and  
religious information on the Internet's World Wide Web pages 
must also register with the SBA. 
	 Goh said the new measures relied to a large extent upon  
self-policing, but added that operators might occasionally be 
required by the SBA to block out objectionable Web sites. 
	 Failure to abide by the guidelines would draw a fine of  
unspecified amount or cancellation of the license, Goh said. 
	 Contents deemed objectionable include those ``which tend to  
bring the government into hatred or contempt, or which excite 
disaffection against the government,'' an SBA statement said. 
	 Opposition politician Chee Soon Juan criticized the new  
guidelines. 
	 Chee, secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party,  
told Reuters: ``It's just another way that the government is 
trying to control the free flow of information in this 
country.'' 
	 There are about 100,000 Internet users in the city state of  
3 million people.