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Queenstown, Singapore
Queenstown is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, satellite residential town situated on the south-westernmost fringe of the Central Region, Singapore, Central Region of Singapore. It borders Bukit Timah to the north, Tanglin to the northeast, Bukit Merah to the east and southeast, as well as Clementi, Singapore, Clementi to the northwest and west. Its southern and southwesternmost limits are bounded by the Pandan Strait. Developed by the Singapore Improvement Trust in the 1950s and subsequently by the Housing and Development Board in the 1960s, Queenstown was the first satellite town to be built in the country. Most apartments within the township consists of simple one, two, or three-room flats, typically in low-rise, walk-up blocks. Major development work was carried out during the first Five-Year Building Programme between 1960 and 1965. A total of 19,372 dwelling units were constructed between 1952 and 1968. The headquarters of Grab (com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South West Community Development Council
The South West Community Development Council is one of five Community Development Councils (CDCs) set up across the Republic of Singapore to aid in local administration of governmental policies and schemes. They are funded in part by the government although they are free to engage in fund-raising activities. The South West Community Development Council (CDC) was formed on 24 November 2001. Spanning the south-western region of Singapore, covering a third of its land area. The District has about 220,000 households with over 750,000 residents. The District has a characteristically high concentration of industrial estates, including the Jurong Islands and Tuas area. Constituencies As of May 2025, the South West district covers: Single Member Constituency (SMC) * Bukit Gombak SMC * Jurong Central SMC * Pioneer SMC Group Representation Constituency (GRC) *Chua Chu Kang GRC **Brickland **Tengah **Chua Chu Kang **Keat Hong * Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC **Bukit Batok East **Bukit Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Pereira
Joan Cheng Sim Pereira (born 1967) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Henderson–Dawson division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2015. Education Pereira was educated at the Convent of the Holy infant Jesus and Catholic Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Career Pereira had served as the assistant general manager at Temasek Cares, the philanthropic arm of Singaporean state-owned multinational investment firm Temasek Holdings. She was previously the director of Family Life and Active Ageing at the People's Association. Political career In 2015, the People's Action Party (PAP) announced that Pereira would contest in the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency during the 2015 general election. She now serves as the Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC. She was then appointed Deputy Chairp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Ong
Rachel Ong Sin Yen (; born 1972) is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Telok Blangah division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2025, and previously the Telok Blangah division of West Coast GRC between 2020 and 2025. Education Ong holds a Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD and Tsinghua University. Career Ong is the founder of ROHEI, a learning and consulting partner operating in Singapore. She is also patron of Trybe, a registered charity aimed at helping youths. In 2021, Ong began to chair The Purple Parade, Singapore's largest movement to support inclusion and celebrate abilities of Persons with Disabilities. Political career Ong made her political debut in the 2020 general election when she joined a five-member People's Action Party (PAP) team contesting in West Coast GRC. On 10 July 2020, the PAP team in West Coast GRC won with 51.6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Chun Sing
Chan Chun Sing ( zh, s=陈振声, p=Chén Zhènshēng, j=Can4 Zan3 Sing1, first=j; born 9 October 1969) is a Singaporean politician and former major-general who is serving as Minister for Defence in 2025 and Minister-in-charge of Public Service since 2018. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Buona Vista division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2011. A recipient of the President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship, Chan started his career in the Singapore Army under the Singapore Armed Forces in 1987 and held various staff and command positions, and attained the rank Major-General. He served as Chief of Army between 2010 and 2011. He left the Singapore Armed Forces to contest in the 2011 general election. During the 2011 general election, he contested as part of a five-member PAP team in Tanjong Pagar GRC and won, he was elected as a Member of Parliament. Before becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Chua
Eric Chua Swee Leong ( zh, s=蔡瑞隆, p=Cài Ruìlóng, first=poj; born 27 May 1979) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development concurrently since 2022. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Queenstown SMC since 2025, and previously the Queenstown division of Tanjong Pagar GRC between 2020 and 2025. Prior to entering politics, Chua served in the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and had been actively volunteering in grassroots activities with the People's Association (PA) in Tanjong Pagar GRC. He made his political debut in the 2020 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Tanjong Pagar GRC and won 63.13% of the vote. Education A recipient of the Public Service Commission Local Merit Scholarship, Chua completed a bachelor's degree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher De Souza
Christopher James de Souza (born 21 January 1976) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Ulu Pandan division of Holland–Bukit Timah GRC since 2006. A lawyer by profession, de Souza has been working at Lee & Lee since 2006 and had also worked at WongPartnership between 2011 and 2014. Prior to entering politics in the 2006 general election, he had worked in the Singapore Legal Service. Early life and education de Souza was educated at St. Michael's Primary School, St. Joseph's Institution and Raffles Junior College before graduating from King's College London in 2000 with a Bachelor of Laws with first class honours degree. He subsequently went on to complete a Bachelor of Civil Law with distinction degree at the University of Oxford in 2001 under a scholarship. He had also re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Yen Ling
Low Yen Ling ( zh, s=刘燕玲, p=Liú Yànlíng; born 17 August 1974) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of South West District since 2014, Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry concurrently since 2024. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Bukit Gombak SMC since 2025, and previously the Bukit Gombak division of Chua Chu Kang GRC between 2011 and 2025. Prior to entering politics, Low had worked at financial institutions, a start-up venture, and the Economic Development Board (EDB). She made her political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Chua Chu Kang GRC and won with 61.2% of the vote. Education Low was educated at Dunman High School and Temasek Junior College before graduating from the Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Business wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Yam
Alex Yam Ziming ( zh, s=任梓铭, t=任梓銘, p=Rén Zǐmíng; born 20 June 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 2015, having previously represented it as part of Chua Chu Kang GRC from 2011 to 2015. 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. Yam 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Phua
Denise Phua Lay Peng (;Denise Phua Lay Peng , Candidate Profiles, People's Action Party, Retrieved on 28 October 2008. born 9 December 1959) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Mayor of Central Singapore District since 2014. A member of the governing (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the |
Queenstown Single Member Constituency
Queenstown Single Member Constituency (SMC) is a single member constituency in Queenstown of Singapore. The current Member of Parliament is Eric Chua from the People's Action Party (PAP). History On 11 March 2025, the Elections Department Singapore updated the electoral divisions for the 2025 Singaporean general election and created Queenstown SMC which was carved out from Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central and Western Singapore. The five divisions consists: Buona Vista, Telok Blangah, Moulmein-Cairnhill, Tanjong Pagar- Tiong .... Member of Parliament Electoral results Elections in 2020s References {{Constituencies of Singapore Singaporean electoral divisions 2025 establishments in Singapore Constituencies established in 2025 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Coast-Jurong West Group Representation Constituency
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''vest'' in Romanian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maarav) 'west' from עֶרֶב (erev) 'evening'. West is sometimes abbreviated as W. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
