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Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is an international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was a statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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Allen & Unwin
Allen & Unwin is an Australian independent publishing company, established in Australia in 1976 as a subsidiary of the British firm George Allen & Unwin Ltd., which was founded by Sir Stanley Unwin in August 1914 and went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century.
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.
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Andrew Kuan
Kuan Yoke Loon, commonly known as Andrew Kuan is the managing director of executive search firm Blue Arrow.
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Article 14 of the Constitution of Singapore
Article 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, specifically Article 14(1), guarantees to Singapore citizens the rights to freedom of speech and expression, peaceful assembly without arms, and association.
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Article 19
Article 19 (stylized ARTICLE 19) is a British human rights organization with a specific mandate and focus on the defense and promotion of freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide founded in 1987.
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AsiaOne
AsiaOne is a news and lifestyle aggregator of the Singapore Press Holdings, available on a variety of online platforms.
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BBC Monitoring
BBC Monitoring is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation which monitors, and reports on, mass media worldwide.
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Beverley McLachlin
Beverley McLachlin, (born September 7, 1943) was the 17th Chief Justice of Canada, the first woman to hold this position, and the longest serving Chief Justice of Canada in history.
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Bill (law)
A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature.
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Bill of Rights 1689
The Bill of Rights, also known as the English Bill of Rights, is an Act of the Parliament of England that deals with constitutional matters and sets out certain basic civil rights.
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By-elections in Singapore
By-elections in Singapore are elections held to fill seats in the Parliament of Singapore that fall vacant in between general elections, known as casual vacancies.
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Cabinet collective responsibility
Cabinet collective responsibility, also known as collective ministerial responsibility, is a constitutional convention in Parliamentary systems that members of the cabinet must publicly support all governmental decisions made in Cabinet, even if they do not privately agree with them.
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Cabinet of Singapore
The Cabinet of Singapore forms the Government (executive branch) of Singapore together with the President of Singapore.
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Channel NewsAsia
Channel NewsAsia (abbreviated CNA) is a 24-hour television news channel and news agency based in Singapore, broadcasting free-to-air domestically and by cable television and satellite television to 28 territories in Asia, the Middle East and Australia.
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Chat room
The term chat room, or chatroom, is primarily used to describe any form of synchronous conferencing, occasionally even asynchronous conferencing.
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Chee Soon Juan
Chee Soon Juan (born 20 July 1962) is a Singaporean politician and currently the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP).
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Chief Justice of Canada
The Chief Justice of Canada is the presiding judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Chief Justice of Singapore
The Chief Justice of Singapore is the highest post in the judicial system of Singapore.
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Civil law (common law)
Civil law is a branch of the law.
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Colonial Office
The Colonial Office was a government department of the Kingdom of Great Britain and later of the United Kingdom, first created to deal with the colonial affairs of British North America but needed also to oversee the increasing number of colonies of the British Empire.
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Commissioner of Police (Singapore)
The Commissioner of Police (abbreviation: CP) is the top-ranking police officer of the Singapore Police Force.
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Compulsory voting
Compulsory voting refers to laws which require eligible citizens to register and vote in national and/or local elections.
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Constituencies of Singapore
Constituencies in Singapore are electoral divisions which may be represented by single or multiple seats in the Parliament of Singapore.
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Constitution of Singapore
The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is the supreme law of Singapore.
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Constitution of the Republic of Singapore Tribunal
The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore Tribunal was established in 1994 pursuant to Article 100 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore.
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Contempt of court
Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the offense of being disobedient to or discourteous toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority, justice and dignity of the court.
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Counter-majoritarian difficulty
The counter-majoritarian difficulty (sometimes counter-majoritarian dilemma) is a perceived problem with judicial review of legislative (or popularly created) laws.
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Court of Appeal of Singapore
The Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore is the nation's highest court and its court of final appeal.
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Criminal procedure
Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law.
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Damages
In law, damages are an award, typically of money, to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury.
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Digital audio
Digital audio is audio, or simply sound, signal that has been recorded as or converted into digital form, where the sound wave of the audio signal is encoded as numerical samples in continuous sequence, typically at CD audio quality which is 16 bit sample depth over 44.1 thousand samples per second.
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Digital video
Digital video is an electronic representation of moving visual images (video) in the form of encoded digital data.
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Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm that has been owned by News Corp. since 2007.
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Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke (12 January 17309 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman born in Dublin, as well as an author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, who after moving to London in 1750 served as a member of parliament (MP) between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons with the Whig Party.
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Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages ("mail") between people using electronic devices.
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English law
English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures.
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Entrenched clause
An entrenched clause or entrenchment clause of a basic law or constitution is a provision that makes certain amendments either more difficult or impossible to pass, making such amendments inadmissible.
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Eric Barendt
Eric M. Barendt is the Goodman Professor of Media Law at University College London.
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European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR; Cour européenne des droits de l’homme) is a supranational or international court established by the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Executive (government)
The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.
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Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.
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First-past-the-post voting
A first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting method is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.
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Freedom of assembly
Freedom of assembly, sometimes used interchangeably with the freedom of association, is the individual right or ability of people to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue, and defend their collective or shared ideas.
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Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or sanction.
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Friedrich Naumann Foundation
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit) (FNF), is a German foundation for liberal politics, related to the Free Democratic Party.
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General elections in Singapore
General elections in Singapore must be held within three months after five years have elapsed from the date of the first sitting of a particular Parliament of Singapore.
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George William Rendel
Sir George William Rendel (23 February 1889 – 6 May 1979) was a British diplomat.
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George Yeo
George Yeo Yong-Boon (born 13 September 1954) is a Singaporean business executive and a former politician.
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Goh Chok Tong
Goh Chok Tong (born 20 May 1941;, Wade–Giles: Wu2-tso4-tung4) is a Singaporean politician.
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Government of Singapore
The Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore to mean the Executive branch of government, which is made up of the President and the Cabinet of Singapore.
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Grassroots
A grassroots movement (often referenced in the context of a left-wing political movement) is one which uses the people in a given district, region, or community as the basis for a political or economic movement.
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Group Representation Constituency
A Group Representation Constituency (GRC) is a type of electoral division or constituency in Singapore in which teams of candidates, instead of individual candidates, compete to be elected into Parliament as the Members of Parliament (MPs) for the constituency.
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Harvard Institute of Politics
The Harvard Institute of Politics (IOP) was created to serve as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy and inspire Harvard University undergraduates into careers in politics and public service, much as President Kennedy was inspired during his days as a student at Harvard.
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Head of government
A head of government (or chief of government) is a generic term used for either the highest or second highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, (commonly referred to as countries, nations or nation-states) who often presides over a cabinet, a group of ministers or secretaries who lead executive departments.
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Head of state
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona that officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state.
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High Court (Singapore)
The High Court of the Republic of Singapore is the lower division of the Supreme Court of Singapore, the upper being the Court of Appeal.
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High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia.
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Hong Lim Park
Hong Lim Park (Malay: Taman Hong Lim), formerly Hong Lim Green and Dunman's Green, is a heritage park in Singapore that is "the only venue in Singapore where public protests are allowed".
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Human Rights Quarterly
Human Rights Quarterly (HRQ) is a quarterly academic journal founded by Richard Pierre Claude in 1982 covering human rights.
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Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.
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Image hosting service
An image hosting service allows individuals to upload images to an Internet website.
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Impeachment
Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government.
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Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965
The Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965 was an agreement between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of Singapore that granted independence to Singapore with effect from 9 August 1965.
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Indian Singaporeans
Indian Singaporeans or Singaporean Indians (சிங்கப்பூர் இந்தியர்கள், Ciṅkappūr Intiyarkaḷ) – defined as persons of South Asian ancestry – constitute 7.4% of the country's citizens, making them the third largest ethnic group in Singapore.
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Instant messaging
Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of online chat that offers real-time text transmission over the Internet.
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Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore)
The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) is a Singaporean think-tank that studies and generates public policy ideas in Singapore.
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Internal Security Act (Singapore)
The Internal Security Act (ISA) of Singapore is a statute that grants the executive power to enforce preventive detention, prevent subversion, suppress organized violence against persons and property, and do other things incidental to the internal security of Singapore.
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International Bar Association
The International Bar Association (IBA), founded in 1947, is a bar association of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies.
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International Commission of Jurists
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is an international human rights non-governmental organization.
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International Institute for Management Development
International Institute for Management Development (IMD) is a business education school located in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Internet forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.
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J. B. Jeyaretnam
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam (5 January 1926 – 30 September 2008), more commonly known as J. B. Jeyaretnam or J.B.J., was a Singaporean politician and lawyer.
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Japanese occupation of Singapore
The Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II took place from 1942 to 1945, following the fall of the British colony on 15 February 1942.
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John Fearns Nicoll
Sir John Fearns Nicoll, (18991981) was a British colonial governor.
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John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill, also known as J.S. Mill, (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873) was a British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant.
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JTC Corporation
JTC Corporation (Abbreviation: JTC), formerly known as Jurong Town Corporation, is a Singaporean state owned real estate company and statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry headquartered in Jurong, Singapore.
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Judicial independence in Singapore
Judicial independence in Singapore is protected by the Constitution, statutes such as the State Courts Act and Supreme Court of Judicature Act, and the common law.
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Judicial system of Singapore
The full Judicial power in Singapore is vested in the Supreme Court as well as subordinate courts by the Constitution of Singapore.
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Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system or court system) is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state.
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K. Shanmugam
Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam SC, (Tamil: காசிவிஸ்வநாதன் சண்முகம்; born 26 March 1959), better known as K. Shanmugam, is a Singaporean politician and lawyer.
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Laurence Guillemard
Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard (7 June 1862 – 13 December 1951) was a British civil servant who served as high commissioner in Malaya when it was under the British Empire.
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Law of Singapore
The legal system of Singapore is based on the English common law system.
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Lee Hsien Loong
Lee Hsien Loong (Tamil: லீ சியன் லூங்; born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician serving as the third and current Prime Minister of Singapore since 2004.
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Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH SPMJ (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), commonly referred to by his initials LKY, was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for three decades.
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Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy is an autonomous postgraduate school of the National University of Singapore (NUS).
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Legislative Assembly of Singapore
The Legislative Assembly of the State of Singapore was the legislature of the government of Singapore from 1955 to 1965 and the predecessor of the Parliament of Singapore.
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Legislative Council of Singapore
The Legislative Council of the Colony of Singapore was a Legislative Council in Singapore that assisted the Governor in making laws in Singapore.
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Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements
The Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements was a legislature formed on April 1, 1867, when the Straits Settlements was made a Crown colony.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.
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LexisNexis
LexisNexis Group is a corporation providing computer-assisted legal research as well as business research and risk management services.
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List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
This is a list of the current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations at United Nations Headquarters, New York City.
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List of governors of the Straits Settlements
The Governor of the Straits Settlements was appointed by the British East India Company until 1867, when the Straits Settlements became a crown colony.
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List of Latin phrases (S)
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List of political parties in Singapore
This is a list of political parties in Singapore, including existing and historical ones.
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Longman
Longman, commonly known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC.
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Mainstream media
Mainstream media (MSM) is a term and abbreviation used to refer collectively to the various large mass news media that influence a large number of people, and both reflect and shape prevailing currents of thought.
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Majority rule
Majority rule is a decision rule that selects alternatives which have a majority, that is, more than half the votes.
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Malay Singaporeans
Malay Singaporeans or Singaporean Malays (Melayu Singapura; Jawi: ملايو سيڠاڤورا) are defined by the Government of Singapore and by intellectuals in the country using the broader concept of the Malay race, including ethnic Malays and related ethnic groups.
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893September 9, 1976), commonly known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.
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Media Development Authority
The Media Development Authority (Abbreviation: MDA) was a statutory board of the Singapore Government, under the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI).
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Microblogging
Microblogging is an online broadcast medium that exists as a specific form of blogging.
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Minister Mentor
Minister Mentor (abbreviation: MM) was a position in the Cabinet of Singapore.
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Ministry of Communications and Information
The Ministry of Communications and Information (Abbreviation: MCI; Kementerian Perhubungan dan Penerangan; Chinese: 通讯及新闻部) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore.
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Ministry of Defence (Singapore)
The Ministry of Defence (Abbreviation: MINDEF; Kementerian Pertahanan; Simplified Chinese: 新加坡国防部; தற்காப்பு அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore entrusted with overseeing the national defence needs of the Republic of Singapore.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Abbreviation: MFA; Kementerian Ehwal Luar Negeri; Chinese: 新加坡外交部) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for conducting and managing diplomatic relations between Singapore and other countries and regions.
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Ministry of Law (Singapore)
The Ministry of Law (Abbreviation: MinLaw; Kementerian Undang-Undang) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for ensuring that Singapore's legal infrastructure is clear, efficacious and transparent.
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Monash University
Monash University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia.
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Money bill
In the Westminster system (and, colloquially, in the United States), a money bill or supply bill is a bill that solely concerns taxation or government spending (also known as appropriation of money), as opposed to changes in public law.
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Motion (parliamentary procedure)
In parliamentary procedure as defined in Robert's Rules of Order, a motion is a formal proposal by a member of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take certain action.
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Motion of no confidence
A motion of no confidence (alternatively vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, or (unsuccessful) confidence motion) is a statement or vote which states that a person(s) in a position of responsibility (government, managerial, etc.) is no longer deemed fit to hold that position, perhaps because they are inadequate in some respect, are failing to carry out obligations, or are making decisions that other members feel are detrimental.
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Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national election, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coalition.
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Multimedia Messaging Service
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from a mobile phone over a cellular network.
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Multiracialism
Multiracialism is an ideology used by people who want to acknowledge that most societies are composed of people from more than one races or different cultural background, a diverse mix of people with differences in ethnicity, language, culture, religion, or traditions, but are seeking to avoid supporting the policies and ideology associated with Multiculturalism.
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National Registration Identity Card
The National Registration Identity Card (abbreviation: NRIC, or colloquially IC;; அடையாள அட்டை; Kad Pengenalan Pendaftaran Negara) is the identity document in use in:Singapore.
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National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is an autonomous research university in Singapore.
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National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
The National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (NUS Law) is Singapore's oldest and largest law school.
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Netizen
The term netizen is a portmanteau of the words Internet and citizen as in "citizen of the net".
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New media
New media are forms of media that are native to computers, computational and relying on computers for re-distribution.
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News aggregator
In computing, a news aggregator, also termed a feed aggregator, feed reader, news reader, RSS reader or simply aggregator, is client software or a web application which aggregates syndicated web content such as online newspapers, blogs, podcasts, and video blogs (vlogs) in one location for easy viewing.
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Nominated Member of Parliament
A Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) is a Member of the Parliament of Singapore who is appointed by the President.
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Non-constituency Member of Parliament
A Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) is a member of a Singaporean opposition political party who, according to the Constitution and Parliamentary Elections Act, is declared to have been elected a Member of the Parliament of Singapore despite having lost in a general election by virtue of having been one of the best-performing losers.
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Obiter dictum
Obiter dictum (usually used in the plural, obiter dicta) is Latin phrase meaning "by the way", that is, a remark in a judgment that is "said in passing".
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (commonly known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)) is a United Nations agency that works to promote and protect the human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.
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Ong Teng Cheong
Ong Teng Cheong (22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002), was a Singaporean politician and businessman who was President of Singapore from 1993 to 1999.
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Online video platform
An online video platform (OVP), provided by a video hosting service, enables users to upload, convert, store and play back video content on the Internet, often via a structured, large-scale system that can generate revenue.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
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Parliament of Singapore
The Parliament of the Republic of Singapore and the President jointly make up the legislature of Singapore, which is based on the Westminster system.
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Parliamentary system
A parliamentary system is a system of democratic governance of a state where the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the confidence of the legislative branch, typically a parliament, and is also held accountable to that parliament.
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Party line (politics)
In politics, the line or the party line is an idiom for a political party or social movement's canon agenda, as well as ideological elements specific to the organization's partisanship.
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Paulin Tay Straughan
Paulin Tay Straughan (born 8 April 1963) is a sociologist from Singapore who served as a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) from 2009 to 2012.
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People's Action Party
The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major right-wingPartido de Ação Popular political party in Singapore.
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Plurality voting
Plurality voting is an electoral system in which each voter is allowed to vote for only one candidate, and the candidate who polls the most among their counterparts (a plurality) is elected.
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Powers of the President of Singapore
The powers of the President of Singapore are divided into those which the largely ceremonial President may exercise at his own discretion, and those he must exercise in accordance with the advice of the Cabinet of Singapore or of a Minister acting under the general authority of the Cabinet.
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Pravda
Pravda (a, "Truth") is a Russian broadsheet newspaper, formerly the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when it was one of the most influential papers in the country with a circulation of 11 million.
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Precedent
In common law legal systems, a precedent, or authority, is a principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.
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President of Singapore
The President of the Republic of Singapore is the country's head of state.
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Presidential elections in Singapore
Presidential elections in Singapore, in which the President of Singapore is directly elected by popular vote, were introduced through amendments to the Constitution of Singapore in 1991.
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Prime Minister of Singapore
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (Perdana Menteri Republik Singapura; 新加坡共和國總理;, pinyin: Xīnjiāpō gònghéguó zǒnglǐ; சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசின் பிரதமர், Ciṅkappūr kuṭiyaraciṉ piratamar) is the head of the government of the Republic of Singapore, and the most powerful person in Singapore.
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of the United Kingdom government.
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Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)
The Prime Minister's Office (Abbreviation: PMO) is a ministerial level executive agency within the Government of Singapore that handles the ministries and other political matters that are of great importance to the nation, such as corruption and elections.
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Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University.
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Purposive approach
The purposive approach (sometimes referred to as purposivism, purposive construction, purposive interpretation, or the modern principle in construction) is an approach to statutory and constitutional interpretation under which common law courts interpret an enactment (a statute, part of a statute, or a clause of a constitution) within the context of the law's purpose.
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Racial quota
Racial quotas in employment and education are numerical requirements for hiring, promoting, admitting and/or graduating members of a particular racial group.
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Referendum
A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal.
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Representative democracy
Representative democracy (also indirect democracy, representative republic or psephocracy) is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.
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Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
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S. R. Nathan
Sellapan Ramanathan (3 July 1924 – 22 August 2016),.
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Select committee
A select committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy.
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Senior Minister
Senior Minister (abbreviation: SM) is a political office in the Cabinet of Singapore.
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Singapore Academy of Law
The Singapore Academy of Law (Abbreviation: SAL; Chinese: 新加坡法律协会) is a statutory body in Singapore.
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Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (abbrev: SCCCI; p) is a business chamber in Singapore.
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Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar (sign: S$; code: SGD) is the official currency of Singapore.
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Singapore in Malaysia
Singapore was one of the 14 states of Malaysia from 1963 to 1965.
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Singapore National Day Rally
The National Day Rally (Chinese: 国庆群众大会, Rapat Umum Hari Kebangsaan) is an annual address that the Prime Minister of Singapore makes to the entire nation, on the first or second Sunday after National Day on 9 August.
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Singapore Police Force
The Singapore Police Force (Abbreviation: SPF; Pasukan Polis Singapura;; சிங்கப்பூர் காவல் துறை) is the main government agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the island city-state.
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Singaporean general election, 2006
The 2006 Singaporean parliamentary general election was held on 6 May 2006.
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Singaporean general election, 2011
Singapore's general election to form its 12th Parliament was held on 7 May 2011.
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Singaporean nationality law
Singaporean nationality law is derived from the Constitution of Singapore and is based on jus sanguinis and a modified form of jus soli.
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Singaporean presidential election, 1999
The Singaporean presidential election of 1999 was held to elect the next President of Singapore after the end of president Ong Teng Cheong's term on 31 August.
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Singaporean presidential election, 2005
The Singaporean presidential election of 2005 was held to elect the next President of Singapore.
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Singaporean presidential election, 2011
The Singaporean presidential election of 2011 was the fourth Singaporean presidential election, held on 27 August 2011 after president S. R. Nathan term ended in September 2011.
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SMS
SMS (short message service) is a text messaging service component of most telephone, internet, and mobile-device systems.
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Social networking service
A social networking service (also social networking site, SNS or social media) is a web application that people use to build social networks or social relations with other people who share similar personal or career interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.
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Software widget
A software widget is a relatively simple and easy-to-use software application or component made for one or more different software platforms.
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Sojourn (journal)
Sojourn is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia.
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Speakers' Corner, Singapore
Speakers' Corner is an area located within Hong Lim Park, Singapore, where citizens and permanent residents of Singapore may demonstrate, hold exhibitions and performances, and speak freely on most topics after prior registration on a government website.
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State Courts of Singapore
The State Courts of Singapore (Formerly the Subordinate Courts) are one of the two tiers of the court system in Singapore, the other tier being the Supreme Court.
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State-owned enterprise
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business enterprise where the state has significant control through full, majority, or significant minority ownership.
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Statutory instrument (UK)
A statutory instrument (SI) is the principal form in which delegated legislation is made in Great Britain.
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Statutory interpretation
Statutory interpretation is the process by which courts interpret and apply legislation.
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Statutory rules and orders
Statutory rules and orders were the means by which delegated legislation used to be made in the United Kingdom between 1893 and 1974.
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Straits Settlements
The Straits Settlements (Negeri-negeri Selat, نݢري٢ سلت) were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia.
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Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).
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Supreme Court of Singapore
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore is one of the two tiers of the court system in Singapore, the other tier being the State Courts.
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Tan Jee Say
Tan Jee Say (born 12 February 1954) is a Singaporean investment adviser, politician and former civil servant.
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Tan Tarn How
Tan Tarn How) is a Singaporean playwright and senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore). His plays have been staged in Singapore and Hong Kong, and have won numerous awards. In 2011, Epigram Books published a collection of six of his plays.
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Tang Liang Hong
Tang Liang Hong (born 1935) is a politician and lawyer from Singapore.
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The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited at offices in London.
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The Straits Times
The Straits Times is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH).
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The Times
The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Wall Street Journal Asia
The Wall Street Journal Asia, a version of The Wall Street Journal, provides news and analysis of global business developments for an Asian audience.
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Thio Li-ann
Thio Li-ann (born 10 March 1968) is a Singaporean law professor at the National University of Singapore.
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Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies.
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Today (Singapore newspaper)
TODAY is a Singapore English-language digital news provider under MediaCorp Press.
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Tony Tan
Tony Tan Keng Yam was the seventh President of Singapore, holding office from 2011 to 2017 after winning the Singaporean presidential election, 2011.
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Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a United Nations programme with the mandate to protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people, and assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.
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United Nations Public Administration Network
The United Nations Public Administration Network mission statement is to promote the sharing of knowledge, experiences and best practices throughout the world in sound public policies, effective public administration and efficient civil services, through capacity-building and cooperation among the United Nations Member States, with emphasis on south-south cooperation and UNPAN's commitment to integrity and excellence.
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United Nations special rapporteur
The titles Special Rapporteur, Independent Expert, and Working Group Member are given to individuals working on behalf of the United Nations (UN) within the scope of "special procedure" mechanisms who have a specific country or thematic mandate from the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues.
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Universal suffrage
The concept of universal suffrage, also known as general suffrage or common suffrage, consists of the right to vote of all adult citizens, regardless of property ownership, income, race, or ethnicity, subject only to minor exceptions.
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University of Malaya
The University of Malaya (UM; Universiti Malaya) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform is a quarterly law review published by an independent student group at the University of Michigan Law School.
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University of Toronto Press
The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian scholarly publisher and book distributor founded in 1901.
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Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by the alias Lenin (22 April 1870According to the new style calendar (modern Gregorian), Lenin was born on 22 April 1870. According to the old style (Old Julian) calendar used in the Russian Empire at the time, it was 10 April 1870. Russia converted from the old to the new style calendar in 1918, under Lenin's administration. – 21 January 1924), was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist.
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Voting
Voting is a method for a group, such as, a meeting or an electorate to make a decision or express an opinion, usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns.
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Voting rights in Singapore
The right to vote in Singapore is not explicitly stated in Singapore's Constitution, but the Government has expressed the view that it may be inferred from the fact that Singapore is a representative democracy and from specific constitutional provisions, including Articles 65 and 66 which set out requirements for the prorogation and dissolution of Parliament and the holding of general elections.
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Washington International Law Journal
The Washington International Law Journal is a triannual law review published by the University of Washington School of Law.
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Web banner
A web banner or banner ad is a form of advertising on the World Wide Web delivered by an ad server.
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Web chat
A web chat is a system that allows users to communicate in real time using easily accessible web interfaces.
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Wee Chong Jin
Wee Chong Jin (黄宗仁; 28 September 1915 – 5 June 2005) was a Singaporean judge and the first Chief Justice of the country.
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Wesleyan University Press
Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
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Westminster system
The Westminster system is a parliamentary system of government developed in the United Kingdom.
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William Wade (legal scholar)
Sir Henry William Rawson Wade (16 January 1918 – 12 March 2004), known as William Wade, was a British academic lawyer, best known for his work on the law of real property and administrative law.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
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Wong Kan Seng
Wong Kan Seng (born 8 September 1946) is a Singaporean business executive and a former politician.
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Workers' Party (Singapore)
The Workers' Party (abbreviation: WP;; Parti Pekerja; பாட்டாளிக் கட்சி), is a centre-left opposition political party in Singapore.
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World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Swiss nonprofit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland.
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World Justice Project
The World Justice Project (WJP) is an American independent, multidisciplinary organization with the stated mission of "working to advance the rule of law around the world".
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy_in_Singapore