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Fong Sip Chee
Andrew Fong Sip Chee, (; 28 June 1938 – 5 December 1992) was a Singaporean politician. A member of the People's Action Party (PAP), Fong served as the Minister of State for Culture from 1981 to 1985, the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Stamford Constituency from 1963 to 1976, and the MP representing Kampong Chai Chee Constituency from 1977 to 1988. Fong also served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture and to the Ministry of Labour from 1963 to 1971 and 1972, respectively, and the Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour from 1972 to 1981. Early life Fong was born on 28 June 1938 in the Straits Settlements and attended Beatty Secondary School. Before joining politics, Fong served as a housing expert. Career He made his political debut at the 1963 general election, contesting for Member of Parliament (MP) representing Stamford Constituency against Teo Hock Guan of Barisan Sosialis, Lim Chung Min of United People's Party, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet
The Sixth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet is the sixth Cabinet of Singapore. Formed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew Lee Kuan Yew (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean politician who ruled as the first Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. He is widely recognised ... on 6 January 1981 following the 1980 general election, it governed Singapore until its dissolution on 1 January 1985. Cabinet The Sixth Lee Kuan Yew Cabinet consisted of the following members. Notes Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries The following were appointed as Ministers of State and Parliamentary Secretaries. Senior Ministers of State Ministers of State Senior Parliamentary Secretaries Parliamentary Secretaries References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee Kwan Yew, 06 Executive branch of the government of Singapore Lists of political office-holders in Singapore Cabinets established in 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatty Secondary School
Beatty Secondary School is a co-educational government secondary school in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It was established in 1953 along Beatty Road and moved to its current site in Toa Payoh in 1982. It educates deaf students who must use sign language to communicate. History The school was originally opened on 6 July 1953 at a site along Beatty Road, with three classes. It was the fourth school established as part of the then-government's 10-year Education Plan. In 1957, the school's female student population was transferred to the then-new Cedar Girls' Secondary School. That same year, post-primary classes for students who were unable to get into secondary schools were started in the school. In 1982, the school moved to a new location in Toa Payoh North. The new building was constructed at a cost of , and featured administrative, science, and workshop blocks as well as 28 classrooms. The graduated cohort of 2008 presented the school with the best overall results in the GCE 'O' Level ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Singaporean General Election
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 9 – Van Halen releases their sixth studio album '' 1984'' (''MCMLXXXIV''), which debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and will go to sell over 10 million copies in the United States. * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. * January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh personal computer in the United States. *January 27 – American singer Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire during the making of the Pepsi commercial. February * February 3 ** John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Front (Singapore)
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a political party in Singapore. It was founded by former Workers' Party (WP) Assistant Secretary-General Seow Khee Leng in 1973. History and political development On 16 March 1973, Seow Khee Leng and other members of the WP broke away from the party and founded a new political party United Front (UF). On 5 March 1982, the party was renamed to Singapore United Front (SUF), to avoid confusion with the name of another party, United People's Front. During the campaigning in the 1984 general election, SUF chief Seow was sued by Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew and other members of People's Action Party for making defamatory remarks at two rally speeches that Lee and his cabinet were guilty of corruption. Seow was ordered to pay Lee and the PAP S$250,000 worth of damages and costs each. On 3 February 1989, Seow was declared bankrupt after being unable to keep up with the payments for the damages owned from two separate but similar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Singaporean General Election
General elections were held in Singapore on 23 December 1980. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won all 75 seats, the last of four consecutive elections in which they repeated the feat. Voter turnout was 95%, although this figure represents the turnout in the 38 constituencies to be contested, with PAP candidates earning walkovers in the other 37. 685,141 voters out of the total electorate of 1,290,426 went to vote on the elections. Background Prior to this election, a series of by-elections were held in 1977 Singaporean by-elections, 1977 and 1979 Singaporean by-elections, 1979 after two and seven MPs, respectively, were vacated; however, the ruling PAP won every seat, allowing nine new candidates, which include Devan Nair and Tony Tan (both would later go on to become President of Singapore, Presidents of Singapore) to enter Parliament. During the election, PAP also introduced a few other prominent members, such as future ministers Lee Yock Suan and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Singaporean General Election
The 1976 Singaporean general election was held on 23 December 1976 to elect all 69 members to the Parliament of Singapore. This marked the fifth general election since the introduction of self-government in 1959 and the third since Singapore's independence in 1965. The number of parliamentary seats increased from 65 to 69 due to changes in electoral boundaries and the increase in population. Out of the 69 constituencies, 53 were contested, while 16 were won uncontested by the People's Action Party (PAP). A total of 124 candidates participated in the election, including 122 from political parties and 2 independents. The ruling PAP, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, won all 69 seats in another landslide victory, marking its third consecutive clean sweep since 1966. The total electorate surpassed one million for the first time in Singapore's history, but only 857,297 were eligible to vote due to uncontested constituencies. The PAP secured 590,169 of the 796,572 valid votes cast, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Nation (Singapore)
The following is a list of newspapers in Singapore. In circulation Singapore's major daily newspapers Secondary newspaper Defunct papers The Singapore Tiger Standard, an English morning daily newspaper, was accused as "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam, and was closed in 1959 after the People's Action Party came to power. In 1971, the Government crackdown on newspapers perceived to be under foreign influence or with subversive tendencies; saw the closing of '' The Eastern Sun'' and ''The Singapore Herald''. Editorial executives of Nanyang Siang Pau, which was accused of propagating "Chinese ethnic chauvinism", had been ordered detained without trial for a period of two years, and publication of ''The Chinese Daily'' was briefly halted. English language *''Comrade'' (1946) *'' Daily Advertiser'' (1890–1894) *''Democrat'' (1946) *''Eastern Daily Mail'' (1905–1906) *'' Eastern News'' (1940 - 1941) *''Eastern Sun'' (closed in 1971 for allegation on receiving money from commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Party (Singapore)
The Workers' Party (WP) is a major Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Singapore, political party in Singapore and one of the two contemporary political parties represented in Parliament of Singapore, Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP). The WP sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum and is currently the largest and oldest opposition party in Parliament, having contested every parliamentary election since 1959 against the dominant PAP. Since the 2011 Singaporean general election, 2011 general election, the WP has been the only political party, other than the PAP, with elected Members of Parliament (MPs). The WP was founded in 1957 by David Marshall (Singaporean politician), David Marshall, having previously led the more left-wing Labour Front (LF) to victory in 1955 Singaporean general election, 1955, forming a minority government and becoming the first Chief Minister of Singapore. After the British initially rej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Singaporean General Election
The 1972 Singaporean general election was held on 2 September 1972 to elect all 65 members to the Parliament of Singapore. It was the fourth general election since Singapore attained self-governance in 1959 and the second since gaining independence in 1965. The election was contested in 57 constituencies, with the remaining eight seats won uncontested by the People's Action Party (PAP). A total of 137 candidates contested the election, comprising 135 from six political parties and two independents. The PAP, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, won all 65 seats in Parliament for the third consecutive general election. The PAP received 524,892 of the 745,239 valid votes cast, amounting to 70.43% of the popular vote. This represented a decline from the 86.72% share it achieved in the 1968 general election. The opposition parties, including the Barisan Sosialis (BS), Workers' Party (WP), United National Front (UNF), People's Front (PF) and Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Straits Budget
The following is a list of newspapers in Singapore. In circulation Singapore's major daily newspapers Secondary newspaper Defunct papers The Singapore Tiger Standard, an English morning daily newspaper, was accused as "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam, and was closed in 1959 after the People's Action Party came to power. In 1971, the Government crackdown on newspapers perceived to be under foreign influence or with subversive tendencies; saw the closing of '' The Eastern Sun'' and ''The Singapore Herald''. Editorial executives of Nanyang Siang Pau, which was accused of propagating "Chinese ethnic chauvinism", had been ordered detained without trial for a period of two years, and publication of ''The Chinese Daily'' was briefly halted. English language *''Comrade'' (1946) *'' Daily Advertiser'' (1890–1894) *''Democrat'' (1946) *''Eastern Daily Mail'' (1905–1906) *''Eastern News'' (1940 - 1941) *''Eastern Sun'' (closed in 1971 for allegation on receiving money from commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Singaporean General Election
The 1968 Singaporean general election was held on 13 April 1968 to elect all 58 members to the Parliament of Singapore. It was the first general election since Singapore became an independent sovereign state in 1965 following its separation from Malaysia. The ruling People's Action Party (PAP), led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, won a landslide victory, securing all 58 seats in Parliament. Of these, 51 were uncontested, as opposition parties either failed to field candidates or withdrew altogether. As a result, the outcome of the election was effectively determined before polling day. The political context of the election was shaped by a weakened and fragmented opposition. Barisan Sosialis (BS), the main opposition party formed by former PAP members, had boycotted Parliament after independence and subsequently withdrew from electoral politics altogether, citing concerns over political repression and the use of the Internal Security Act (ISA) against dissenting voices. Other mino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore Alliance Party
The Singapore Alliance Party (abbreviation: SAP), or simply the Singapore Alliance, was a political alliance in Singapore. It was formed on 2 June 1961 with the support of the ruling Alliance Party in Malaya along with the leader of the opposition Lim Yew Hock, who saw the merger with Malaya for Singapore to be a Malaysian state synonymous to Penang or Malacca. SAP consisted of the local branch of Malaya's United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), local chapters of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA), Malayan Indian Congress (MIC), and Lim's Singapore People's Alliance (SPA). It was notable for contesting the 1963 general election with a large number of candidates but was ultimately unpopular with voters, having failed to win any seats. History The alliance was formalised on 24 June 1963 as the Singaporean component of the ruling Alliance Party in Malaya. Its campaign policy during the 1963 general election was similar to what the UMNO had used during the federal ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
