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The Progressive Party and Labour Party, both established in the late 1940s, were some of the pioneering local establishments, with the PP the only party to contest in the first elections in 1948, and the LP coming on board in 1951. By 1955, the fledgling British colony had seven parties contesting, and reached a pinnacle of 13 parties in 1959.
The party won one seat in the 1950 elections. The party contested the 1951 general elections, receiving 30% of the vote and winning two of the nine elected seats. [3] In the local elections later in the year, the party won three seats. However, the party saw several splits in the early 1950s, leading to the formation of the Labour Front.
The Labour Front was founded to contest the 1955 legislative elections by David Saul Marshall, Singapore's first chief minister and Lim Yew Hock, Singapore's second chief minister. A centre-left grouping, the Labour Front won 10 out of 25 elected seats in the legislative council and formed the first elected government of Singapore, which at ...
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These are color templates used in various Singapore politics-related tables and templates. When transcluded, the template returns a hex code for a color representing the party.
As much as 74 cents of every dollar given to charity comes back to the donor in the form of tax breaks, according to calculations by Colinvaux and Madoff, with the highest-earning donors getting ...
The Singapore Labour Foundation (SLF) was established on 12 December 1977 and is a statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower. [ 1 ] Its aims are to improve the welfare of union members and to further the development of trade unions in Singapore .