Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng was quoted in the Straits Times as saying there would be minimum control on activities at the open air forum.

The government would neither listen to the speakers nor record their speeches, Wong said.

"We are not supposed to be there and eavesdrop on what people say. We leave it to them to say what they wish to say," he said.

Although speakers are not required to divulge the subject of their speeches when they register, they are subject to a raft of restrictions.

Speeches of a religious nature are banned, as are those which "have the potential to cause feelings of enmity, hatred, ill-will or hostility between different racial or religious groups."

Only Singaporean citizens are allowed to speak and they must use one of the city-state's four official languages -- Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English.

The use of microphones and musical instruments is banned.

Wong has also warned speakers to "abide by the laws of Singapore, including the Sedition Act, the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act and the Penal Code."

By not listening in on speakers to ensure they played by the rules, the government also ruled out responding to any allegations made.

Since the speakers corner opened in Hong Lim park on September 1, many people have called for law changes, but Wong said parliament was "the right place to debate the serious issues."