Prime Minister of Singapore

The Republic of Singapore Before narrowing down the topic, it is useful to start with the Singapore history to describe its fundamental identity as a multiracial city state without a plenty of natural resources. At the beginning of 19th century, Sir Stamford Raffles who worked at the East India Company found the tiny island where only few indigenous Malay fishermen and Chinese peasants live in, at the tip of the Malay Peninsula. This island had quickly grown into the centre of trades in Southeast

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 is the head of government. Presidential and parliamentary elections

Mason Vargas January 13, 2017 Period 3 History Essay Singapore History Essay Singapore is a very interesting place. For quite a while people did not even know what to call it, a city, a country or just a territory. It is currently called an island city state. It is located off of the coast of Malaysia and Singapore is a very large center of global finance. Its currency is the Singapore dollar, its GDP is 55,182 United States dollar. And, its official languages are English, Tamil, Malay and standard

Straits Settlements in 1862. Harry Lee Kuan Yew was born on 16 September 1923, at 92 Kampong Java Road in Singapore, a large and airy bungalow. Mr Lee was the eldest child of Lee Chin Koon and Chua Jim Neo. Mr Lee had three other brothers, Lee Suan Yew, Dennis Lee and Freddy Lee and a sister; Monica Lee Kim Mon. Mr Lee belonged to a Peranakan family but as they grew up in British Singapore, he was strongly influenced by British culture. His grandfather, Lee Hoon Leong, had given his sons an English

IS Essay Introduction This essay seeks to compare and contrast the political and economic leadership styles adopted by Lee Kuan Yew and Sukarno. PM Lee Kuan Yew was the first prime minister of Singapore and had turned Singapore from a poor fishing village into a bustling first world country, with world renowned airports and hotels, all through his clear vision as well as his economic policies during his governance from 1959-1990. On the other hand, Sukarno was the first president of Indonesia from

The Japanese imperial expansion was a major cause of the battle in Singapore. In 1940, Japan allied itself with the Axis powers and by 1941, Japan had effectively been engaged in a 10-year campaign of expansion in East Asia in the quest for much needed resources, especially oil. Before expanding further into South-East Asia, Japan wanted to remove the threat of the US Navy based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This surprise attack was the beginning of war in the Pacific on the 7th of December 1941. In just

headlines and investigations surrounding the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and 1MDB. These include alleged fraud and the damage to the perception of Malaysia. What have been the direct costs and how will it effect the future Malaysian economy and political system. Will it bring an end to the ruling party United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) which has been in power since independence. Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, the Prime Minister of Malaysia has regressed (returned to a former or less

create a military base on prime agricultural land. Yet, it is the media who are the real villains in this story, as they continue to simplify the issue and to overlook the long term impacts of

action or fact of forming a United whole". Hence, once you combine both words social cohesion is essentially a interconnecting net that moves as a one body. With the definition of Social Cohesion defined as above us now tackle the Question: "Singapore restricts its citizens’ freedom of speech on race and religion as it can cause divisions in society. Recently, some segments in society have called for this to be relaxed. Do you think Singaporeans should be allowed to speak as they wish on race

lawyers to maintain these principles and a level of excellence in our work to protect the justice system, and ensure that people do not resort to extremes, such as taking justice in their own hands. The code of conduct for practicing lawyers in Singapore is also similar to that of the UK. It is written into the statute itself, highlighting the importance of the way lawyers conduct their practice. It focuses on three central qualities: honesty, competence and diligence, as stated in section 5 of the