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Democratic Progressive Party (Singapore)

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The Democratic Progressive Party (abbrev: DPP; Chinese: 民主进步党; Malay: Parti Demokratik Progresif) is a political party in Singapore. [1]

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Abbreviation

An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase.

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Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency

Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 亞逸拉惹單選區; Simplified Chinese: 亚逸拉惹单选区) is a former single member constituency in Singapore that existed since 1980 by crafting this portion from the then Bukit Timah SMC; Ayer Rajah SMC was made up of Pandan Gardens estate, Teban Gardens estate, parts of Jurong East New Town and Clementi West New Town.

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Benjamin Pwee

Benjamin Pwee Yek Kwan (born 1968) is a Singaporean politician.

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Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency

Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (Kawasan Undi Perwakilan Berkumpulan Bishan-Toa Payoh; பீஷான்-தோ பாயோ குழுத்தொகுதி) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the central region of Singapore.

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Business Times (Singapore)

The Business Times is an English-language financial daily based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH).

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Central Provident Fund

In Singapore, the Central Provident Fund (CPF; Chinese: 公积金, Pinyin: Gōngjījīn) is a compulsory comprehensive savings plan for working Singaporeans and permanent residents primarily to fund their retirement, healthcare, and housing needs.

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Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency

Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 蔡厝港單選區;Simplified Chinese: 蔡厝港单选区) is a defunct Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the western region of Singapore.

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Defamation

Defamation, calumny, vilification, or traducement is the communication of a false statement that, depending on the law of the country, harms the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation.

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Democratic socialism

Democratic socialism is a political philosophy that advocates political democracy alongside social ownership of the means of production with an emphasis on self-management and/or democratic management of economic institutions within a market socialist, participatory or decentralized planned economy.

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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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Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency

Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency (Traditional Chinese: 如切單選區;Simplified Chinese: 如切单选区) is a defunct Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the eastern region of Singapore.

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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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MacPherson Single Member Constituency

MacPherson Single Member Constituency (Kawasan Undi Perseorangan MacPherson; மெக்பர்சன் தனித் தொகுதி) is a Single Member Constituency located in central area of Singapore.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu بهاس ملايو) is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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Master's degree

A master's degree (from Latin magister) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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Muslim

A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.

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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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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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Progressivism

Progressivism is the support for or advocacy of improvement of society by reform.

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Public administration

Public Administration is the implementation of government policy and also an academic discipline that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service.

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Ruling party

The ruling party or governing party in a democratic parliamentary system is the incumbent political party or coalition of the majority in parliament, that administers the affairs of state.

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Simplified Chinese characters

Simplified Chinese characters are standardized Chinese characters prescribed in the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters for use in mainland China.

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Singapore dollar

The Singapore dollar (sign: S$; code: SGD) is the official currency of Singapore.

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Singapore People's Party

The Singapore People's Party (abbrev: SPP) is a political party in Singapore.

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Singaporean by-elections, 1979

The by-election was held on 10 February 1979 while the nomination day was held on 31 January 1979.

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Singaporean general election, 1976

General elections were held in Singapore on 23 December 1976.

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Singaporean general election, 1980

General elections were held in Singapore on 23 December 1980.

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Singaporean general election, 1984

General elections were held in Singapore on 22 December 1984.

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Singaporean general election, 1988

General elections were held in Singapore on 3 September 1988.

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Singaporean general election, 1997

The 1997 Singaporean parliamentary election was an election in Singapore which was held on 2 January 1997.

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Singaporean general election, 2001

The Singaporean parliamentary general elections of 2001 were held on 3 November.

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Singaporean general election, 2015

The 2015 Singaporean general election was held on 11 September to form Singapore's Parliament.

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The Online Citizen

The Online Citizen (founded in December 2006) is a community blogging platform involved in political activism in Singapore.

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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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Today (Singapore newspaper)

TODAY is a Singapore English-language digital news provider under MediaCorp Press.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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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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Redirects here:

DPP (Singapore), Singapore United Front, Tan Lead Shake, United Front (Singapore).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party_(Singapore)

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