DVD's to Singapore

Posted by janetw (261 days ago)

We are moving to Singapore in May and I ahve just been given a list of content on DVD's that will be subject to censorship when we clear our things through customs.......and I am really worried I might loose my collection.

I dont have any porn etc but do have box sets of James Bond, Desperate Housewives, CSI, House, Absolutely Fabulous and general Hollywood movies. The Dutchess, Bourne Identity, Pulp Fiction etc etc.
So nothing controversial anywhere else.
HOWEVER the list I was givien by the shipping company really did rule out all the above.
Some extreame examples are movies containing...
Anti social themes - Vandalism, Crime, Hippyism (!)
Violence - repeated hitting/punching/Kicking _ Thats Quantum of Solace out !!
Sex - sexually ecstatic facial expressions......

Is this accurate ?? Has anyone else had problems with these items ??

How do I decide what I can bring and what I should just ship back to the UK ??? I will submit a full list of the DVD's i will bring so but don't want to loose them......I have a huge collection as we have been in Hong Kong for 3 years and the TV here is terribel so I have become Amazon's fave customer.....


Any advice is appreciated.

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Posted by anonfire (257 days ago)

But CSI and Desperate Housewife dvd collection is sold here as well. so how can it be in the list? i'm kinda confuse.

check out this website. may help you.
http://www.mda.gov.sg/wms.www/resources_result.aspx?search=&actor=&producer=&rating=&language=EN&decision=BAN

Posted by janetw (257 days ago)

Thank you for the link.... I was concerned because of the list of banned things the relocation guy gave me and there are sex scenes and violence in them. Have also heard that dvd's sold in Sing have already been edited.....

They are not on a specific list but they contain 'banned content'
.....

Posted by anonfire (257 days ago)

yeah no problem. i hope you don't have to leave you DVDs back in UK. it will be such a waste.

Posted by janetw (257 days ago)

well will probably send most of them there, as I am looking through the list of DVD that have been allowed and with cuts it is a bit of a joke. It is not worth me paying someone to edit my DVDs....... and the list of DVDs that have been banned........ am actually not sure about even moving to such somewhere so uptight....... I mean American Pie was banned...... Not my kind of movie but it is comedy....
anyway on with the list.

Posted by marypoppins (250 days ago)

We have recently moved to Sing from HK as well and we bought all our Dvd's. Had no problem. I think the concern is if they are fake or not. If not, shouldn't be a problem.