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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. There are four divisions of the GRC: Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Gombak, Keat Hong and Brickland. Military installations constitute a large part of the constituency, including most of the SAFTI Live Firing Area, Ama Keng and Neo Tiew military training areas and Murai Urban training facility. The current MPs are Gan Kim Yong, Low Yen Ling, Don Wee and Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim from the People's Action Party (PAP). History Between 1988 and 2011, at the time Chua Chu Kang GRC was formerly called Hong Kah GRC, Chua Chu Kang SMC was one of the oldest surviving constituencies in Singapore and the only one to have both remained intact and existed before Singapore's independence, existed since 1959 when Singapore gained full self-governance from its colonial British Government. In 2001, Bukit Gombak SMC was absorbed into the former Hong Kah GRC with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Singapore
The Parliament of Singapore is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Singapore, which governs the country alongside the president of Singapore. Largely based upon the Westminster system, the Parliament is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs) who are elected, as well as Non-constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) and Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) who are appointed. Following the 2020 general election, 93 (currently 92) MPs and two NCMPs were elected to the 14th Parliament. Nine NMPs will usually be appointed by the president. The speaker of Parliament has overall charge of the administration of Parliament and its secretariat, and presides over parliamentary sittings. The leader of the house is an MP appointed by the prime minister to arrange government business and the legislative programme of Parliament, while the leader of the opposition is the MP who leads the largest political party not in the government. Some of Parliament's work is carried out b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kah North Single Member Constituency
The Hong Kah North Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) in the western part of Singapore. The Member of Parliament for the constituency is Amy Khor of the People's Action Party (PAP). Town Council Hong Kah North SMC, along with 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. There are four divisions of the GRC: Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Gombak, Keat Hong and Brickland. Military ..., is managed by Chua Chu Kang Town Council. Member of Parliament Electoral results Elections in 2010s Elections in 2020s References {{Coord missing, Singapore Singaporean electoral divisions Bukit Batok Tengah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Poa
Hazel Poa Koon Koon (; born 27 August 1970) is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman. A member of the opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP), she has been a Non-Constituency Member of the 14th Parliament of Singapore since 2020. Poa was a member of the Reform Party before joining the National Solidarity Party (NSP) in 2011. From June 2011 to September 2013, she served as the NSP's Secretary-General, before stepping down due to health concerns.NSP sec-gen Hazel Poa steps down , The Straits Times, 22 September 2013. In June 2015, following the resignation of Tan Lam Siong, the NSP appointed Poa as Acting Secretary-General, however she resigned from the party in August 2015 following a disagreement with the party's Central Executive Committee. Bio ...
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Sebastian Teo
Sebastian Teo Kway Huang (; born 1947) is a Singaporean politician and businessman. He was formerly the president of the National Solidarity Party (NSP). Education Teo holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from Nanyang University, a Master of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore and a master's degree in Strategic Marketing Management from the University of Southern Queensland. Career Teo began his career as an executive officer in the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF). He left MINDEF in 1975 and subsequently served as the executive director of Knight Royal Management International, the academy director for Strategy Academic Research, and as general manager of companies in China and Taiwan. He also worked extensively as a management consultant and was a part-time lecturer for the University of South Australia and the Asia Pacific International University, in addition to teaching stints with the NUS Business School and the Singapore Chinese C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Yam
Alex Yam Ziming ( zh, c=任梓铭, p=Rèn Zǐmíng; born 1981) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of North West District since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Yew Tee division of Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC since 2011. Education Yam was born in 1981 at Mount Alvernia Hospital to Yam Kah Heng and Lucy Yeo. He attended Maris Stella High School, Dunman High School and Victoria Junior College. He completed a master's degree in politics and international relations, concentrating on North Asian politics and communitarianism at the University of Kent in 2005. While he was at the University of Kent, he was elected to the Union Council, representing ethnic minorities and international students. He was also concurrently the co-president of the university chaplaincy. Early career In 2000, Yam was awarded the National Volunteers Award by the Life Insurance Association of Singapor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Yeo
Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai (; 28 March 1962 – 30 July 2022) was a Singaporean lawyer and politician. Education Yeo obtained his LLB from King's College London. Career Politics Yeo was a member of the People's Action Party. He served as Member of Parliament for Hong Kah GRC from 2006 to 2011, and for Chua Chu Kang GRC from 2011 to 2015. At the 2015 general elections, he retired from politics, with Yee Chia Hsing succeeding in his seat. Legal Yeo was called to the bar in 1988. In 1992, Yeo founded the law firm, WongPartnership alongside with Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara, Sundaresh Menon, and Wong Meng Meng. In 2000, Yeo was appointed as a senior counsel, making him the youngest lawyer to be named at that time. On 31 July 2017, a complaint of possible overcharging by Yeo was made by three Court of Appeal judges to the Law Society. The legal bill that was sent to a wealthy widow, who Yeo represented between November 2010 to June 2015 in series of legal proceedings was . The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Wee Boon Hong
Don Wee Boon Hong ( zh, s=黄文鸿, p=Huáng Wénhóng; born 1976) is a Singaporean politician and accountant. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Brickland division of Chua Chu Kang GRC since 2020. Education Wee attended Nan Hua High School and Ngee Ann Polytechnic. After completing his National Service, Wee completed a Bachelor of Accountancy degree as a part-time student. He subsequently went on to complete a Master of Business Administration degree at the Nanyang Technological University and a Master of Public Administration degree at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Wee had also taken an executive education programme at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a Chartered Accountant (Singapore), Fellow Certified Practising Accountant (CPA Australia) and ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant. He also completed the Chartered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Singaporean General Election
General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 10 July 2020 to elect 93 members to the Parliament of Singapore across 31 constituencies. Parliament was dissolved and the general election called by President Halimah Yacob on 23 June, on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. It elected members of parliament to the 14th Parliament of Singapore since Singapore's independence in 1965, using the first-past-the-post electoral system. Voting was mandatory for all Singaporeans who were aged 21 or above as of 1 March 2020. This election was the 18th general election in Singapore and the 13th since independence. The ruling People's Action Party secured its 15th consecutive term in government since 1959, setting the second-longest uninterrupted record among countries with universal suffrage of 66 years if the PAP finishes their full term of five years, behind Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party which held power for 71 consecutive years. The results saw the ruling P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Singaporean General Election
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Alex Yam Ziming
Alex Yam Ziming ( zh, c=任梓铭, p=Rèn Zǐmíng; born 1981) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of North West District since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Yew Tee division of Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC since 2011. Education Yam was born in 1981 at Mount Alvernia Hospital to Yam Kah Heng and Lucy Yeo. He attended Maris Stella High School, Dunman High School and Victoria Junior College. He completed a master's degree in politics and international relations, concentrating on North Asian politics and communitarianism at the University of Kent in 2005. While he was at the University of Kent, he was elected to the Union Council, representing ethnic minorities and international students. He was also concurrently the co-president of the university chaplaincy. Early career In 2000, Yam was awarded the National Volunteers Award by the Life Insurance Association of Singapor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai
Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai (; 28 March 1962 – 30 July 2022) was a Singaporean lawyer and politician. Education Yeo obtained his LLB from King's College London. Career Politics Yeo was a member of the People's Action Party. He served as Member of Parliament for Hong Kah GRC from 2006 to 2011, and for Chua Chu Kang GRC from 2011 to 2015. At the 2015 general elections, he retired from politics, with Yee Chia Hsing succeeding in his seat. Legal Yeo was called to the bar in 1988. In 1992, Yeo founded the law firm, WongPartnership alongside with Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara, Sundaresh Menon, and Wong Meng Meng. In 2000, Yeo was appointed as a senior counsel, making him the youngest lawyer to be named at that time. On 31 July 2017, a complaint of possible overcharging by Yeo was made by three Court of Appeal judges to the Law Society. The legal bill that was sent to a wealthy widow, who Yeo represented between November 2010 to June 2015 in series of legal proceedings was . The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaqy Mohamad
Zaqy bin Mohamad ( Jawi: زاقي محمد; born 1974) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Deputy Leader of the House, Senior Minister of State for Manpower and Senior Minister of State for Defence concurrently since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Marsiling division of Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC since 2020. Prior to entering politics, Zaqy had worked at Arthur Andersen, IBM Business Consulting Services, Avanade, Dimension Data and Ernst & Young. He made his political debut in the 2006 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Hong Kah GRC and won by an uncontested walkover. He contested in Chua Chu Kang GRC in the 2011 and 2015 general elections and retained his parliamentary seat in both elections. During the 2020 general election, he contested in Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC and won. He had served as Minister of State for National Development an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
