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The Workers' Party (abbreviation: WP) is a major social democratic political party in Singapore and one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and the other opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP). The WP sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum and ...
The WP team, led by He Ting Ru, won the GRC in the 2020 general election, marking only the second time the opposition won a GRC since the introduction of the GRC scheme in 1988. The WP team won with 52.12% against the People's Action Party (PAP) team, led by Ng Chee Meng , which garnered 47.88% of votes.
The West Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western as well as the central area of Singapore.The five divisions consists: Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang and Telok Blangah managed by West Coast Town Council.
The seat is located in the North-East Region of the country, with the closest train station being the namesake Hougang MRT station on the North East MRT line and the Cross Island MRT line (currently under construction), although the station itself is not located within the SMC but just outside it, in the adjacent Aljunied GRC – which is also represented by WP MPs.
One of the cases that is often cited as evidence for gerrymandering in Singapore is the case of the Cheng San Group Representation Constituency (GRC). In the 1997 Singaporean general election, the Cheng San GRC was contested by the PAP and the Workers' Party of Singapore (WP). The final results were close, with the PAP winning with 53,553 votes ...
Aljunied GRC was formed in 1988 and was won by the People's Action Party (PAP). The WP team, led by WP leader Low Thia Khiang left his stronghold at Hougang SMC, made a historic breakthrough when the WP team won the election for the GRC with 54.72% of the votes during the 2011 general election, making it the first GRC to be won by the opposition since the introduction of the GRC in 1988. [1]
xxxxxxx is a 7-digit serial number assigned to the document holder. Singapore citizens and permanent residents born on or after 1 January 1968 are issued NRIC numbers starting with their year of birth, e.g. S71xxxxx# for a person born in 1971 and T02xxxxx# for a person born in 2002.
Until 1985, subscribers' telephone numbers in Singapore were five and six digits. Five digits were introduced in 1960s, whereas 5-digit and 6-digit phone numbers were introduced in 1960s as fixed lines grew, but in that year, these changed to seven digits as the introduction of new towns arose (Tampines, Jurong East, Bukit Batok, Yishun and Hougang) and a large number of new numbers were required.