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Rural West Constituency
Rural West Constituency was a constituency represented in the Legislative Council of Singapore from 1948 until 1951. It elected one Legislative Council member. The constituency was formed in 1948 and cover the areas of Bajau, Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Timah, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Jurong, Kranji, Lim Chu Kang, Mandai, Pandan, Pasir Panjang, Peng Kang, Seletar, Sembawang, Tuas, Ulu Kalang, Ulu Pandan, Woodlands, Yishun. In 1951, the constituency was abolished and split into Bukit Timah Bukit Timah, often abbreviated as Bt Timah, is a planning area and residential estate located in the westernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. Bukit Timah lies roughly from the Central Business District, bordering the Central Wa ... and Seletar constituencies. Legislative Council member Elections Elections in the 1940s References Singaporean electoral divisions {{Singapore-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Council Of Singapore
The Legislative Council of the Colony of Singapore was the legislative council of Singapore that assisted the governor in making laws in the colony. It officially came into existence in 1946, when the Straits Settlements (Repeal) Act 1946 abolished the Straits Settlements, and made Singapore a Crown colony that would need its own legislative council. Based on existing systems already in place when the council operated under the Straits Settlements, it was partially opened for public voting in 1948, before being replaced by the Legislative Assembly in 1953. History Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements (1867–1942) The Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements was formed on 1 April 1867 when the Straits Settlements was made a Crown Colony that answered directly to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London, instead of the Calcutta government based in India. Letters patent granted a Colonial Constitution on 4 February, which allocated much power to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seletar
Seletar is an area located in the north-east of Singapore. Its name can also refer to the Seletar Planning Area (as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority), situated in the North-East Region of Singapore. The place name was derived from the Malay subgroup who were indigenous to the area, the ''Orang Seletar''. It shares boundaries with the planning areas of Sengkang to the south, Punggol to the east, Yishun and Simpang to the west, as well as the Straits of Johor to the north. Formerly Royal Air Force Station Seletar Royal Air Force military airfield site, the area now houses a new S$60 million Seletar Aerospace Park that spans 140 hectares. The aerospace park houses industries specialising in aircraft maintenance and repair services. There are future plans to transform Seletar into one of the Singapore's regional centres, along with Jurong East, Tampines and Woodlands. Once the transformation is complete, Seletar will be known as the only regional centre without a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arumugam Ponnu Rajah
Arumugam Ponnu Rajah (7 July 1911 – 28 September 1999), also known as A. P. Rajah, was a Singaporean judge, diplomat and politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1964 and 1966. Rajah also served as Singapore High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and later Singapore High Commissioner to Australia. He was Singapore's first Supreme Court judge to remain on the bench after turning 70. Education Rajah received his early education at St. Paul's Institution and Raffles Institution. In 1932, he attended University of Oxford where he received a law degree. He was later conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by the National University of Singapore (NUS) on 14 November 1984. Career In 1948, Rajah contested in the Legislative Council of Singapore for Rural West Constituency as a Progressive Party candidate but lose to independent candidate, Srish Chandra Goho (S C Goho). In 1949, Rajah was elected a city councillor. In 1953, Rajah repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balwant Singh Bajaj
Balwant is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Balwant Gargi (1916–2003), Punjabi dramatist, novelist, and short story writer *Balwant Singh of Bharatpur (1820–1853), the ruling Maharaja of princely state Bharatpur from 1825 *Dattatray Balwant Parasnis (1870–1926), historian from Maharashtra, India *Vasudeo Balwant Phadke (1845–1883), Indian revolutionary in the armed struggle for India's independence *Balwant Singh Rakkha (born 1941), Fiji Indian medical doctor and a member of the House of Representatives of Fiji *Balwant Singh Ramoowalia (born 1942), active politician and president of Lok Bhalai Party (LBP) See also *Balwant Rai Mehat Vidya Bhawan, co-educational high school in Lajpat Nagar in South Delhi *Balwant Rai Mehta Committee The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was a committee originally appointed by the Government of India on 16 January 1957 to examine the working of the Community Development Programme (2 October 1952) and the National Extension Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Singaporean General Election
General elections were held for the first time in Singapore on 20 March 1948, when six of the 22 seats on the Legislative Council became directly-elected. Voting was not compulsory and was restricted to British subjects, who constituted around 2% of the 940,000 population. Although various organisations called for a boycott of the elections, voter turnout was 63.1%. The Progressive Party (PP) was the only contesting party, winning three of the six elected seats. Background The election was announced on 1 February, and nominations were due by 16 February. The campaign period lasted for 31 days. Polling was scheduled on 20 March 1948 and the First Legislative Council had its first session on 1 April 1948. In this election there were 4 constituencies: Municipal North-East, Municipal South-West, Rural East and Rural West. Municipal North-East and Municipal South-West elected 2 members each. Singapore would not have multi-seat constituencies until 1988 and is the last time that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seletar Constituency
Seletar Constituency was a single-member constituency of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Singapore between 1951 and 1959. It covered the Seletar area in North-East Region. In 1951, the constituency was formed from Rural East and Rural West constituencies. The 1952 Seletar by-election remains the only occasion on which a candidate not from the People's Action Party won unopposed. In 1955, parts of the constituency were separated to form Bukit Panjang, Sembawang and Serangoon constituencies. Singapore Elections In 1959, the constituency was abolished and split into |
Bukit Timah Constituency
Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency (SMC) was a single member constituency in Bukit Timah, Singapore. It was formerly known as Bukit Timah Constituency before 1988. History In 1951, Rural West Constituency was broken up into Bukit Timah constituency and Seletar constituency . In 1955, the constituency was broken up to form various constituencies, Bukit Panjang, Pasir Panjang, Queenstown, Sembawang and Southern Islands SMC. In 1959, it was further broken up to form Jurong SMC. In 1972, the constituency was broken up to form Bukit Batok SMC, followed by in 1980 distributed to Ayer Rajah SMC, Clementi SMC and West Coast SMC with the growing development of Clementi, and in 1984 to Yuhua SMC and Hong Kah SMC with the growing development of Jurong East. In 1988, as part of Singapore's electoral reforms, the constituency was renamed as Bukit Timah Single Member Constituency. In 1997, it was absorbed into Bukit Timah GRC along with Bukit Batok SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yishun
Yishun, formerly known as Nee Soon, is a residential town located in the northeastern corner of the North Region of Singapore, bordering Simpang and Sembawang to the north, Mandai to the west, the Central Water Catchment to its southwest, Ang Mo Kio to its south, as well as Seletar and Sengkang to its east and southeast respectively. Etymology The name Yishun () is the Mandarin Chinese equivalent of "Nee Soon", the given name of Lim Nee Soon (Chinese: ), a prominent industrialist who made his fortune from the rubber and pineapple plantations he had in the area. Yishun planning area is divided into sub-zones namely Khatib, Lower Seletar, Nee Soon, North Land, Springleaf, Yishun Central, Yishun East, Yishun South and Yishun West. Springleaf and Nee Soon subzones are private housing estates in Yishun. Sub Planning Areas *Khatib *Lower Seletar *Northland *Nee Soon *Springleaf *Yishun Central *Yishun East *Yishun South *Yishun West *Yishun Link Amenities Shopping Malls *No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodlands, Singapore
Woodlands () is a planning area and residential town located in the North of Singapore. As of 2019, the town has a population of 254,733. It is the densest planning area and is the regional centre for the North Region of the country. The Woodlands planning area borders Sembawang to the east, Mandai to the south and Sungei Kadut to the west. Woodlands New Town, which was developed during the 1980s, is situated within the Woodlands planning area. Woodlands also serves as one of the two land border connections on the Singaporean side between the countries of Singapore and Malaysia, called the Johor–Singapore Causeway, the other being the Tuas Second Link at Tuas. History British administration The area consisting of modern-day Woodlands Town first witnessed the opening of the Johor-Singapore Causeway in 1923. Early Woodlands consisted of villages where residents made their living mostly as small-time shopkeepers and vegetable farmers in the Marsiling area, while rubber p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuas
Tuas is a planning area located within the West Region of Singapore. It is bounded by the Western Water Catchment to its north, Pioneer to its east and the Straits of Johor to its west. Tuas also shares a maritime boundary with the Western Islands planning area to its east. The Malaysia–Singapore Second Link that links Singapore to Malaysia is located in Tuas. Etymology The name Tuas is derived from a fishing method previously used by coastal Malays. Shade was created by using coconut fronds as a shelter with a net spread underneath the shade in the water. Once fish are drawn in by the shade, the net is pulled up by the Malay fisherman. Levering or hauling up in Malay is ''menuas'', without the noun-building prefix of me-, the Malay word is ''tuas''. History In Franklin and Jackson's 1830 map of Singapore, the Tuas area is marked with three different names ''Tg Kampong'', ''Tg Rawa'' and ''Tg Gull''. ''Tg'' is the abbreviation for ''tanjung'' or ''tanjong'' (Malay for cape). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
