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The NTUC was first established in 1961 when the Singapore Trades Union Congress (STUC), which had backed the People's Action Party (PAP) in its successful drive for self-government back in 1959, split into the pro-PAP NTUC and the non-affiliated and more leftist Singapore Association of Trade Unions (SATU).
Deputy Director, NTUC's Youth Development and Executive Secretary, Union of Security Employees, Nephew of former MP Choo Wee Khiang: PAP: Hougang SMC: Foo Mee Har: 45: Banker, Standard Chartered Bank: PAP: West Coast GRC: Gan Thiam Poh: 48: Banker, DBS: PAP: Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC: Gerald Giam Yean Song: 33: Senior IT Consultant: WP: East ...
This is by far the most common category in Singapore, including PAP ("People's Action Party") and PIE ("Pan-Island Expressway"), which are pronounced / ˌ p iː ˌ eɪ ˈ p iː / and / ˌ p iː ˌ aɪ ˈ iː / respectively and never */ˈpæp/ and */ˈpaɪ/.
Ng Chee Meng PJG PPA(E) PPA(G) PBS (Chinese: 黄志明; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Chì-bêng; pinyin: Huáng Zhìmíng; born 8 August 1968) [1] is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former lieutenant-general who is a member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and has been serving as Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) since 2018.
As of the recent 2020 election, while Hougang has proved to be the most difficult opposition ward to reclaim, Potong Pasir has successfully returned to PAP fold in 2011 despite winning by an inferior margin of 0.72%, and would hold for another term when PAP improved their margin to 32.82% in the 2015 elections.
NTUC's support for the new law led to a massive inflow of foreign investments thus resulting in a rapid expansion of Singapore's economy. [5] Changes in the labour scene brought unsettling effects on workers in the unionized sector, causing membership to drop. In response, NTUC held a seminar to discuss ways to modernize the labour movement.
In 1983, Ong succeeded Lim Chee Onn as Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). Historically, the non-communist trade unions, led by the NTUC, have had a "uniquely cosy relationship" with the PAP government in "a tripartite system" and were key political allies to the PAP's securing of power in the 1960s.
Zainal bin Sapari (Jawi:زاينل ساڤري; born 30 November 1965) is a Singaporean former politician.A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Pasir Ris East division of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC between 2011 and 2020.