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GOVERNMENT
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Country
Name:
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conventional
long form: Republic of Singapore conventional short form:
Singapore |
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Government
Type:
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republic
within Commonwealth |
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Capital:
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Singapore |
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Administrative
Divisions:
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none
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Independence:
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9
August 1965 (from Malaysia) |
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National
Holiday:
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National
Day, 9 August (1965) |
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Constitution:
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3
June 1959, amended 1965 (based on preindependence State of Singapore
Constitution) |
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Legal
System :
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based
on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
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Suffrage:
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20
years of age; universal and compulsory |
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Executive
Branch:
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chief
of state: President ONG Teng Cheong (since 1 September 1993)
head of government: Prime Minister GOH Chok Tong (since
28 November 1990) and Deputy Prime Ministers LEE Hsien Loong (since
28 November 1990) and Tony TAN Keng Yam (since 1 August 1995)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president, responsible
to Parliament
elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year
term; election last held 28 August 1993 (next to be held NA August
1999); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority
party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually appointed
prime minister by the president; deputy prime ministers appointed
by the president
election results: ONG Teng Cheong elected president in
the country's first popular election for president; percent of
vote?ONG Teng Cheong 59%, CHUA Kim Yeow 41% |
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Legislative
Branch:
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unicameral
Parliament (83 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve
five-year terms)
elections: last held 2 January 1997 (next to be held by 2002)
election results: percent of vote by party?PAP 65% (in
contested constituencies), other 35%; seats by party?PAP 81, WP
1, SPP 1 |
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Judicial
Branch:
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Supreme
Court, chief justice is appointed by the president with the advice
of the prime minister, other judges are appointed by the president
with the advice of the chief justice; Court of Appeals |
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Political
Parties and Leaders:
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government:
People's Action Party or PAP [GOH Chok Tong, secretary general]
opposition: Singapore Democratic Party or SDP [CHEE Soon
Juan]; Workers' Party or WP [J. B. JEYARETNAM]; National Solidarity
Party or NSP [C. K. TAN]; Singapore People's Party or SPP [CHIAM
See Tong]; Democratic Action Party [LIM Kit Siang, secretary general]
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International
Organization Participation:
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APEC,
AsDB, ASEAN, Australia Group (observer), BIS, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP,
G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OPCW,
PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNIKOM, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO |
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Flag
Description:
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two
equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near the hoist
side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent (closed
portion is toward the hoist side) partially enclosing five white
five-pointed stars arranged in a circle |
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