Parliament of Singapore

DESCRIBE THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE A. Type The Sovereign Republic of Singapore, an island country located in the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia has a parliamentary government with a legal system based on the English common law. The President Tony Tan Keng Yam is the chief of state and the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is the head of the government. Singapore adopted its constitution in 1965, which exercises the concept of original jurisdiction. This means cases can be presented

have specific governing roles. An active citizen is someone who takes a pro-active role in the community such as by raising awareness about social or political issues and offering solutions to these problems. I disagree to a small extent that Singapore can only benefit from a more active citizenry. Although it is undeniable that active citizenry indeed has several advantages, it also brings disadvantages which result from undesirable side effects of these benefits. One of the benefits of active

Malays in Singapore are marginalised to the extent that they have no status at all? This is done deliberately by Singapore. There is no other country that does it like them”, as well as in 2011, “Singapore Malays are being marginalised until the end of the world” (Berita Harian, 20 January 2011). There are two polarising opinions on the issue of Malay marginality, and it is essential to delve into their political motivations in order to determine which is more reliable. On the Singapore government’s

social causes. The following analysis would be based on the Singapore context. 2. PESTEL Analysis 2.1 Political The political situation is stable and the political

today. This company was established in Singapore in 1956 and the first stall was located along Mackenzie Road. 30 Years later, the company had a new start. Mr. Han Keen Juan, the Executive Chairman of Old Chang Kee, transformed and re-engineered the way his company produced curry puffs to achieve his goal to be a successful business company. They have achieved their goal. They have won a few prestigious awards. One of the awards they received was the Singapore Prestige Brand Award (SPBA). On May 2013

Laboratories and Gilead Sciences Inc. (Stock Analysis On Net, 2016) From my background knowledge, under the consumer health products, J&J have strong competitors such as Unilever and,Procter and Gamble. Due to the large size of J&J, we will focus on Singapore for PESTEL and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry for Porter’s 5 forces. 2 PESTEL Analysis

Civil Liberties Singapore suffers from several constraints regarding freedom of speech, which directly impacts the atmosphere of the country’s political and civil systems. Freedom House scores their civil liberties at a 32 out of 60. Domestic newspapers, radio stations and television channels are owner by companies linked to the government and it is rare that a newspaper publish critical content involving the government due to general support of state policies (FreedomHouse, 2015). Although the

over government. The People’s Action Party (PAP) has dominated the political playing field since 1965 and this resulted in Singapore being known as a model of ‘soft authoritarianism’ with limited democracy (Yeo. L.H, 2010). Although Singapore has seen an increase in the number of opposition parties, these parties appear to be ineffective to compete against the PAP. Singapore employs a unique multi-party parliamentary system (Wikipedia). The President is the head of state while the Prime Minister

2. Is there democracy in Singapore? What is Democracy? Singapore has been recognized as a representative democratic state since August 1965. However, to examine if Singapore is in fact democratic, we need to first define the word “democracy” and its parameters. The word originated from M.Fr democratis in the 1570s, with ‘demo’ referring to common people and ‘cratie’ to rule of strength. Therefore, by definition, Singapore can be classified as a democratic country due to the fair elections which

Social Organization of Singapore Kenneth Cline ANT 101 Jo Macek November 7, 2010 My research will be based on Political, Economic, and Social Organization of Singapore—an industrialist city-state.  Even though Singapore 's history dates from the 11th century, the island was little known to the West until the 19th century. Singapore is one of the World 's largest ports, because the city of Singapore has become a major port, with trade exceeding that of Malaya 's, Malacca and Penang combined