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2nd Legislative Assembly Of Singapore
The 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore was a meeting of the 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 is the predecessor of the Parliament of Singapore. The Rendel Constitution, proposed in 1953, sought to give the local ... from 1 July 1959 until 3 September 1963. Composition Members This is the list of members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Singapore elected in the 1959 general election. Changes in members By-elections Vacated seats Defections, suspensions and removal of whip Progression of government majority and party totals References {{Singapore Parliaments Singapore government policies Legislative branch of the Singapore Government Parliament of Singapore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lim Yew Hock
Lim Yew Hock ( zh, c=林有福, p=Lín Yǒufú; 15 October 1914 – 30 November 1984) was a Malaysian"Man who thumped the Reds" '''', 1 December 1984 politician and diplomat who served as between 1956 and 1959. He was the (MP) for |
Chan Choy Siong
Chan Choy Siong (; 1931 – 11 February 1981) was a Singaporean politician and women's rights activist. Chan was one of the first women to be elected to the Parliament. Biography Chan grew up in Chinatown. She attended Nanyang Girls' High School, but was unable to complete her studies due to financial constraints. Her father supported her pursuit of an education. At the age of 20, Chan joined the People's Action Party (PAP), and was committed to securing equal rights for women in Singapore, including equality in pay and for an end to legal polygamy. In 1956, along with Ho Puay Choo and Oh Siew Chen, Chan created the Women's League within the PAP. She was subsequently co-opted into the party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) in 1957. That same year, she was also elected to become a city councillor. Chan, and seven other women were elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1959. Chan served as Assemblywoman and later Member of Parliament between 1959 and 1970. She was one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Single Member Constituency
Delta Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988. It was originally part of Havelock Constituency Havelock Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1980. Member of Parliament Elections Elections in 1950s Elections in 1960s Historical maps File:Havelock 1955 Si .... Elections References1984 Parliamentary General Election result [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Michael Byrne
Kenneth Michael Byrne (13 May 1913 – 14 May 1990) was a Singaporean politician, diplomat and lawyer who served as Minister for Health between 1961 and 1963, Minister for Labour between 1959 and 1961 and Minister for Law between 1959 and 1963. Early life and education Byrne was born in Singapore on 13 May 1913. His parents, John and Lizzy Byrne, were both born in Singapore and he was the second child. He attended St Xavier's School in Penang where his father was working then and returned to Singapore with his family at the end of 1926. He continued his education at St. Joseph's Institution and Raffles Institution before enrolling into Raffles College in 1933 and graduating in 1936 with a Diploma in Arts with Class One honours. Career Colonial Civil Service Byrne joined the service in 1938 and was assigned to the Colonial Administrative Service in 1946. Byrne was appointed as the magistrate of the Fourth Police Court to replace R. E. Turnbull in 1939. Byrne was called to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford Single Member Constituency
Crawford Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1976, broke off from Rochore Constituency. Member of Parliament *Kenneth Michael Byrne Kenneth Michael Byrne (13 May 1913 – 14 May 1990) was a Singaporean politician, diplomat and lawyer who served as Minister for Health between 1961 and 1963, Minister for Labour between 1959 and 1961 and Minister for Law between 1959 and 1963. ... (1959 - 1963) * S.T. Bani (1963 - 1966) * Sellappa Ramaswamy (1966 - 1968) * Low Yong Nguan (1968 - 1972) * Ang Kok Peng (1972 - 1976) Elections Elections in 1950s Elections in 1960s References Singaporean electoral divisions {{Singapore-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ong Chang Sam , Vietnam (1967)
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Ong or ONG may refer to: Arts and media * Ong's Hat, a collaborative work of fiction * “Ong Ong”, a song by Blur from the album The Magic Whip Places * Ong, Nebraska, US, city * Ong's Hat, New Jersey, US, ghost town * Ong River, Odisha, India * Mornington Island Airport, IATA airport code "ONG" Other uses * Ong (surname), Chinese surname * Ong language * ONE Gas (Oklahoma Natural Gas), a component of ONEOK, Inc. * Non-governmental organization, abbreviated ONG in French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian and Portuguese (NGO in English) * ''Ipomoea aquatica'' or Ong choi, a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable See also * Battle of Ong Thanh The Battle of Ong Thanh was fought at the stream of that name (Ông Thành) on the morning of 17 October 1967, in Chơn Thành District, at the time part of Bình Dương Province, South Vietnam, today in Bình Phước Province. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency
Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency (SMC) located in the western region of Singapore. The constituency encompasses Choa Chu Kang New Town. It is one of the longest existing constituencies in Singapore, spanning 52 years from 1959 to 2011. Throughout its relatively long history, the ruling People's Action Party has won the constituency in every election, except the 1963 general election when it lost the seat to opposition party Barisan Sosialis. Chua Chu Kang SMC faced a four-cornered fight, including the ruling party itself in the 1997 general election and the PAP was challenged by Singapore Democratic Alliance's Steve Chia in the 2001 and 2006 general elections. In the 2011 general election, the SMC and Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency (GRC) were absorbed into Chua Chu Kang GRC The Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changi SMC
Changi Single Member Constituency was a single member constituency covering Changi and eastern outer islands such as Pulau Ubin, Singapore. Constituency changes Member of Parliament Elections Elections in 1950s Note 1: In 1957, Singapore Malay Union (SMU) was expelled by its alliance partners consisted of UMNO and MCA for fielding a candidate in that by-election which was the reason for the elections department of Singapore to view Fatimah as another independent candidate. Note 2: Lim Cher Kheng was the then incumbent seeking for another term. He represented the Democratic Party ''(Not to be confused with the Singapore Democratic Party, which was only formed after Singapore's independence.)'' which was dissolved by merging with Progressive Party (Singapore) as Liberal Socialist Party within a year from the 1955 General elections. With that consideration, the vote swing for both independent candidate Lim and Liberal Socialist Party candida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairnhill Single Member Constituency
Cairnhill Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a former single member constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1955 to 1988 as Cairnhill Constituency and was renamed as Cairnhill Single Member Constituency (SMC) as part of Singapore's political reforms. The SMC was merged into Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in 1991. Lim Kim San was the elected Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1980 and then Wong Kwei Cheong from 1980 to 1991. History The constituency was formed during the 1955 Singaporean general election, encompassing Balestier, Rochore and Tanglin wards. During the 1959 Singaporean general election General elections were held in Singapore on 30 May 1959. They were held under the new constitution and were the first in which all 51 seats in the Legislative Assembly were filled by election. This was the first election victory for the People ..., part of the constituency was split to form River Valley Constituency. In 1988, the constitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaacob Bin Mohamed
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, where he is described as the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham, Sarah, and Bethuel. According to the biblical account, he was the second-born of Isaac's children, the elder being Jacob's fraternal twin brother, Esau. Jacob is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Later in the narrative, following a severe drought in his homeland of Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph (who had become a confidant of the pharaoh), moved to Egypt where Jacob died at the age of 147. He is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob had twelve sons through four women, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
