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The PAP has governed Singapore since its general election victory in 1959. Since the NTUC's inception, relations between the PAP and NTUC are very close, and have often resulted in members concurrently holding office in both organisations. The NTUC's founder, Devan Nair, was a PAP stalwart and later served as President of Singapore.
The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major conservative [9] [10] political party of the centre-right [11] in Singapore.It is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in the Parliament of Singapore, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and the Progress Singapore Party (PSP).
However, the grassroots leaders in the unions had become increasingly worried about their marginalisation in Singapore politics. Peter Vincent, President of the NTUC from 1980 to 1984, stated that PAP technocrats should "remain in advisory positions [in the NTUC] until they have gained the respect of the union movement".
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the PAP, which has ruled Singapore since 1959, had "taken a hit" over a spate of scandals including a graft probe and senior lawmakers ...
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.
A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is currently a mayor of the North East District of Singapore. Choo stood as a candidate for Singapore's governing People's Action Party (PAP) at the 2011 general election in Hougang SMC, where he was defeated by the Workers' Party by 35.2% of the valid votes. [7]
The PAP team won with 64.15% of the vote against the Singapore Democratic Alliance and Peoples Voice, and Tan was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the Pasir Ris Central ward of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC. On 27 July 2020, he was appointed Minister of State for Home Affairs and Minister of State for Sustainability and the ...
Lim Boon Heng (Chinese: 林文兴; pinyin: Lín Wénxīng; born 18 November 1947) is a Singaporean trade unionist and former politician.A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was a Member of Parliament (MP) between 1980 and 2011, and had served in the Cabinet between 2001 and 2011.