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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.
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.
Lim himself had been preceded by Devan Nair, founder of the NTUC and a well-known democratic socialist member of the PAP's Old Guards, and Phey Yew Kok, [17] a powerful union leader who was instrumental in convincing Chinese unions to join the NTUC during the 1970s, but had been forced to resign in 1980 and fled the country in a corruption scandal.
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.
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/.
The PAP symbol, which is a red thunderbolt and blue circle on white, stands for action inside multicultural unity. It also appears on party flags on parades. PAP members at party rallies have customarily worn a uniform of white shirts and white trousers which symbolises incorruptibility and purity of the party's ideologies of the government. [100]
Melvin Yong Yik Chye (Chinese: 杨益财; pinyin: Yáng Yìcái; born 19 February 1972) [1] is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former police officer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Radin Mas SMC since 2020 and previously the Moulmein–Cairnhill division of Tanjong Pagar GRC between 2015 and 2020.
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 ...