People's Action Party
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- This article is about the People's Action Party of Singapore. For other groups with the same name, see People's Action Party (disambiguation).
- The acronym for PAP is commonly accepted as "Pay and Pay" and the garmen tried and worked hard to change that image (in 2005- pre-election year by collecting less and learning to share more)
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The People's Action Party (PAP) is a political party in Singapore. The party was formed in 1954 by English-educated middle-class men who had returned from Britain. On 21 November 1954, the People Action Party used the Victoria Memorial Hall for their inaugural meeting. PAP first contested the legislative elections (25 of 32 seats were allowed to be elected) of 1955, winning three seats, one by Lee Kuan Yew. PAP has controlled the Singapore government since the party won the first full general elections of 1959, winning all or vast majority seats of every general election.
Between 1963 and 1965, Singapore was a part of Malaysia and PAP functioned as a Malaysian party. However, the prospect that PAP might rule Malaysia upset PAP relations with UMNO and the Malay nationalist belief in the Tanah Melayu. The clash of personalities between Lee Kuan Yew and the Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman resulted in an ensuing crisis and led to Singapore's separation from Malaysia in 1965. Upon independence, PAP ceased operations outside of Singapore.
Because almost all professional politicians in Singapore are members of the People's Action Party, PAP has held the overwhelming majority of seats in Parliament since 1966, when the opposition Barisan Sosialis Party (Socialist Front), a left-wing group that split from PAP in 1961, resigned from Parliament, leaving PAP as the sole representative party. In the general elections of 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1980, PAP won all of the seats in an expanding parliament. After that, opposition parties could win at least 1 or 2 seats.
Adopting a traditionalist Leninist party organization together with a vanguard cadre from its communist-leaning faction the PAP Executive later expelled the leftist faction, bringing the ideological basis of the party into the centre, and later in the 60s, moving further to the right.
For many years the party was led by Lee Kuan Yew, who was prime minister from 1959 to 1990. The current prime minister, and secretary general of PAP, is Lee Hsien Loong who succeeded Goh Chok Tong on 12 August, 2004. Lee Hsien Loong is the eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew.
Even though PAP can be credited with the economic success of Singapore, it rules the country with authoritarianism. It suppress political opposition in ways such as sueing the opposition for libel and seeking high damages, requiring government permits to hold demonstrations, and controlling the press through state monopolies, and the imprisonment of opposition political leaders without trial.
One example of such oppression is all demonstrations against the 2003 Iraq war withered due to lack of demonstration permits registered by the demonstrators. The leading newspaper of Singapore, the Straits Times is often perceived as a propaganda newspaper because it rarely criticises of government policy, and covers little about the opposition. The PAP is alleged to commit gerrymandering, the redrawing of electoral districts before general elections to ensure that most of the districts elect PAP candidates. Both the Housing Development Board (in charge of public housing) and Land Transport Authority (in charge of public transit) have based the provision of their services on the voting of individual districts.
[edit] PAP's Election results
1955: won 3 of 25 elected seats, % NA.(PAP began in opposition with Lee Kuan Yew as opposition leader. The Labour Front won 13 seats and was the governing party.)
1959: won 43 of 51 seats, with 53% of the vote (since 1959, voting in Singapore has been compulsory).
1963: won 37 of 51 seats, with 47% of the vote (opposition votes were spilt between the Barisan Sosialis Party and the United People's Party).
1968: won all of the seats, with 84% of the vote.
1972: won all of the seats, with 69% of the vote.
1976: won all of the seats, with 72% of the vote.
1980: won all of the seats, with 77% of the vote.
1984: won all except 2 seats, with 65% of the vote.
1988: won 80 of 81 seats, with 63% of the vote.
1991: won 36 of 40 contested seats, with 61% of the vote.
1997: won 34 of 36 contested seats, with 65% of the vote.
2001: won 25 of 27 contested seats, with 75% of the vote.
2006 : won 45 of 47 contested seats, with 66.6 of the vote.
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id:Partai Aksi Rakyat ms:Parti Tindakan Rakyat ja:人民行動党 zh:新加坡人民行动党
[edit] quotables
- lightning - it comes, then it goes out pretty fast!
[edit] The story of Animal Farm repeated here?
Author:George Orwell. as copied from wikipedia The story Overview:The novel addresses not only the corruption of the revolution by its leaders but also how wickedness, indifference, ignorance, greed and myopia destroy any possibility of a Utopia. While this novel portrays corrupt leadership as the flaw in revolution (and not the act of revolution itself), it also shows how potential ignorance and indifference to problems within a revolution could allow horrors to happen if smooth transition to a people's government isn't satisfied. It suppress political opposition in ways such as sueing the opposition for libel and seeking high damages, requiring government permits to hold demonstrations, and controlling the press through state monopolies, and the imprisonment of opposition political leaders without trial. Conclusion: "All animals are equal, Some are more equal"
..Unless the Churches learnt to contextualise, she 'll eventuallly fossilises in a spiritually dead world..: Alien talk 09:33, 20 May 2007 (SGT)..
[edit] Hard work doesn't kill anyone?
In Spore among the poor ppl who had to work to pay and pay so many bills, it can kill, and it did to one Man reported who died from overwork. see[[1]]A 48 year old man, Mr Tan Ying Rong died from overwork last week when he fainted at home!There are many ppl like this who the garmen labelled them as ==clutch mentality== and with Billions in the GIC and so much surpluses, the garmen can stand by and do nothing to help out..at least he should be given rest once per week! But whois going to pay him?[[hehehe|]no joke here!]..Well just food for thot here!
(Note : Most ppl don't mind paying as long as there is enough to live on after those rental & costs deductions, however the greatest collector of All Income from small businesses are those who enjoy the total benefits <tell me> Are those rental owners of HDB shop houses the real owners or those who ran those shops?, BTW what portion? (by most of ,if not all) by the HDB shop-houses in the housing estates? The HDB is ran by Town councils or the garmen? Beat me to know better, please tell me!) I guess garmen dunno or don't wanna need to know.. a survey to find out..my guess is pay and pay collect more than 80 per cent of all shop-owners' total income..
- Who can compete with garmen, NTUC or even ...
[edit] Britain's bad joke: tiffin
Where Nowis the struggle of the forces:No joke!
How to get a concoction with a explosive force?
Answer: faithless Politics, religion, & bigotry plus every bully anger!
Why did those Liverpool fans ManUtd and other footballers' fan get thrown OUT from European Countries?
Football, no just anger Butts for wahtever reasons!
Take that anger into Politics with a favorite religious slang with/phraselogical issue, like "Christian Britain" and approved by the Hall of Fame at the BBC, then waht?
Best bet:rebel Nick Griffin & the BNP get total exposure - and likely gain More votes!
Let's see More
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Long ago, Christian Britain has include all British ppl and blended them into a naive & sensible-less Creed called shallow (mere) "Christianity" with C.S. Lewis wit and Roland's Saga and Rowell's punch! Plus the revised revoked KJV version to curry over. Bad tiffin, uneatable, So sorry...Lol
[edit] celebrate Deepavali
Deepavali a hit at Istana: CLOSE to 16,000 people thronged the Istana on Saturday to celebrate Deepavali
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May I take this opportunity to wish all Singaporeans & Malaysians who celebrate Deepavali a very happy Deepavali ..on coming Satursday..
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.. Why we pay and pay everytime?..
It's stupid? no! it's expensive Lol. can U afford the show at the kingaroo-courts!
- see what's about COEs...
[edit] Prevention better than cure
- washing your hands
- sleep well, eat well healthily
- stay home if you are sick, cough & sneeze thru a paper tissue covering your nose & mouth
- stayed indoor at home, or outdoors avoid crowds such as at crowded aircon places, cinemas or schools
- have some cold medicines handy, and use temperature thermometers to see your temp. normal temp is 36.8 °C ±0.7 °C, or 98.2 °F ±1.3 °F (anything above 38 C is sick..)
- visit the doctors when you don't understand why you are down with fever.
Liar!..You can fool some ppl some of the time, but you can never fool all people all times..
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[edit] petty crimes: S'poreans are seeing few crimes being reported , however we have so many bicycle stolen every day, wallets 2..etc.. and the Policemen at the NDP are thinking U don't need to report, it's so minor Lol!
[edit] Indonesia minister says immorality causes disasters
- High time someone speaks out clearly the morality issue..[[3]], maybe the next time another will blame God..
See: how foolish can we become foolishness..
[edit] Low or no morality among ppl
results>
[edit] abundance of pornography materials
- cheap on sale: Cassettes & VCDs fully displaying for sale to all pl and no action or disapproval from Public.
[edit] treating other human worse than animals
- unkindness
[edit] Stealing is fun: Ris Low
- oh yeah??..maybe U still havenot learn anything good..let the evil go on and see it's fun to be losing your SOUL in [[|torture|hell]]
NB.. she is probably the little devil incarnated! This little Liar is the mother of all liars, besides she isn't the One who start it? Yes, the father is still the devil! hehehe
All liars go to the lake of fire! ..it's confirmed by the Bible
Honesty is the not just the Best policy..for me honesty is my policy..
- Who don't ever lie..Yes we did, however that's poor excuse to continue..STOP!
repent, correct yourself, see if there's need of restitution or asking someone to ffor forgiveness!
- she did feel it was wrong?...
[edit] [[4]]
..as far genuinely repenting definitely no! ..she said stand TaLL after those happenings, and won't change!..
- an example of remorse..would she do it again..wait $ see Lol!
(suggestion: her intelligence is not b-Polar nor Low, she only take whenever the RISK is low)
[edit] What is the present policy of our Garmen?
Making money , money and MORE money Lol!
Just pay and pay Lol!
[edit] A policeman delimma:
[edit] whois to catch if the Garmen is always stealing from the ppl???
Answer: we have the Anti-corruption for the garmen? hehehehe
- they have not been doing a good job yet for months/years!
[edit] u mean..fewer..crimes right?
Well..taht's really deep for mis-understanding..
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Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth , for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. quote: Jesus said.
[edit] Visit the Nanda University be4?
As a kid I went during CNY
..a true place with a long sad story..it totally vanished!
[edit] goto read more..Snow
[edit] Flood survivors in Phillippines needed help
It is feared the death toll could increase significantly as rescue workers come to terms with the scale of the disaster, which happened when tropical storm Ketsana tore through the northern Philippines on Saturday. Teodoro estimated that 435,000 people had been displaced.
He told a press conference the official death toll excluded a reported 95 deaths in Antipolo City, east of Manila, and in Marikina City and Quezon City, two of the northern municipalities of metropolitan Manila.
Ketsana brought more than a month's worth of rain in 12 hours, swamping towns, starting landslides and leaving neighbourhoods in Manila under water.
[[5]]..sources
[edit] A new-born Big baby at 8.7 kilos
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Born in Sumatra, Indonesia..[[6]]
[edit] Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri is on 20 September 2009
20th is a Sunday, therefore it'll be a long weekend with Monday as the extra day {for Sunday) off. The JB-Spore causeway will be jammed with cars again! Try do less driving - a good time for celebrations except (bad) for many road accidents! Beware more careful, don't speed!
[edit] Canadian heritage fund
When I was in Alberta, I remembered the ppl of Alberta enjoyed the benefits of their national heritage, in that the suddenly oil wealth was used to evenly help the social needs of the people: like those retired seniors and struggling business concerns.
[edit] Our National heritage?
I wonder??? hehehe
[edit] Suicide pact
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The boys wrote words like 'goodbye' and 'last day on earth' (seen here) in their diaries. -- PHOTOS: SHIN MIN
A HOME-TRAINED, self-professed Taoist medium, all of 16 years old, convinced six teenagers including his brother to enter into a suicide pact.
- [[7]]
[edit] Life is good here in India
May not be true yet for the hundreds of millions, however for a few millions the effect of the stimulus pakages counts for a better living place here..[8]
Chatterjee is among millions of government employees in India who are enjoying a substantial hike in pay after the government last year approved a larger-than-expected wage hike.
"I am thinking this is the best time to buy a house, I never thought I will have this much of money," said Chatterjee, 51, an associate professor at Delhi University, after her monthly salary jumped by more than half after the wage revision.
Chatterjee and 4.5 million other government workers will receive about 180 billion rupees in backpay in October, the second instalment of a wage increase implemented last year.
[edit] Malaysia National Day (Hari Kebangsaan Malaysia)on August 31,2009
- [[9]]
[edit] Botak "Jones"
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The common Detroit (Michigan - Chicago) American born now-to-be S"porean! hehehe Shall we exchange location? ?
(I wanna sell my own receipe for spagetti too..see we compliment or compete? [[10]])
[edit] link[[11]]to Internet for info..[[12]]
also your British GP expert answers [[13]]..
[edit] Typhoon Morakot wreaks havoc across Asia
..sources from slides here> [[14]]
goto see..pay and pay
