Although a journalist does not require a PAC to report news in Singapore, the PAC facilitates his/her job, especially in securing timely information from official sources.

Our relationship with the media is built on trust and good faith. When we sometimes issue media releases and speeches to the media in advance to give them lead time to prepare their stories, we expect them to reciprocate in the right spirit by:

• Observing the embargo instructions (if any) on the media release.
• Checking the speech against delivery.

We also expect the media to accord us the right of reply by carrying in full, our response to any reports/letters/op-eds that were published.