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2 April – Joseph Schooling, who won Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medal, retires from swimming at 28. [25]15 April – Lee Hsien Loong announces his resignation as the Prime Minister of Singapore effective on 15 May 2024, paving the way for the assumption of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong as the next Prime Minister of Singapore.
The 14th Parliament of Singapore is the current Parliament of Singapore. It opened on 24 August 2020. [ 1 ] The membership was set by the 2020 Singapore General Election on 10 July 2020.
The Parliament of Singapore is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Singapore, which governs the country alongside the president of Singapore.Largely based upon the Westminster system, the Parliament is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs) who are elected, as well as Non-constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) and Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) who are appointed.
The Legislative Assembly of the State of Singapore was the legislature of the Government of Singapore from 1955 to 1965 and is the predecessor of the Parliament of Singapore. [1] The Rendel Constitution , proposed in 1953, sought to give the local population more self-governance as the Merdeka independence movement grew.
Parliament of Singapore (1965–present) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Legislature of Singapore .
6 March – Sengkang Grand Mall which is located outside Buangkok MRT station is officially opened. Buangkok Integrated Transport Hub will be opened in 2024. [20]8 March – CP: A White Paper on Singapore's Response to COVID-19 is released, setting out seven recommendations to boost preparedness for a future pandemic.
The space constraints faced by the Old Parliament House were felt since the early 1980s, when the members of parliament grew from 51 in 1963 to 75 in 1983, a point made by then Leader of the House, Edmund William Barker during a parliamentary debate on 16 March 1983.
As of the recent CEC change on 30 June 2024, Low remains listed as a party's CEC member, so were the re-elections of secretary-general Singh and chairwoman Lim; among the new members were Ang Boon Yaw, Nathaniel Koh and Tan Kong Soon, while former Hougang SMC MP Png Eng Huat stepped down in 2022, [65] and former MP of the defunct Punggol East ...