People's Action Party

People's Action Party
Malay name	Parti Tindakan Rakyat
Chinese name	人民行动党 Rénmín Xíngdòng Dǎng
Tamil name	மக்களின் செயல் கட்சி Makkaḷin Ceyal Kaṭci
Abbreviation	PAP
Chairman	Heng Swee Keat
Secretary-General	Lee Hsien Loong
Vice Chairman	Masagos Zulkifli
Deputy Secretary-General	Lawrence Wong
Assistant Secretaries-General	Chan Chun Sing Desmond Lee
Founders	Lee Kuan Yew Goh Keng Swee Toh Chin Chye S. Rajaratnam Lim Chin Siong ... and others
Founded	21 November 1954; 70 years ago (1954-11-21)
Preceded by	Malayan Forum
Succeeded by	Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)
Headquarters	Block 57B New Upper Changi Road #01-1402 Singapore 463057
Youth wing	Young PAP
Ideology	Conservatism[1][2] Social conservatism[3] Economic liberalism[4] Civic nationalism[5][6] Secularism[7]
Political position	Centre-right[8]
Colours	White, red, blue
Slogan	Our Lives, Our Jobs, Our Future
Governing body	Central Executive Committee
Parliament	79 / 103
Website
www.pap.org.sg

The People's Action Party (PAP) is a large centre-right political party in Singapore.^[8] It is one of two main parties in the Parliament of Singapore, with the other being the Workers' Party.^[9][10] It was started in 1954 and supported Singapore being independent from Malaysia. It has been in charge of Singapore since the 1959 general election.^[11]

1. ↑ Goldblatt, David (2005). Governance in the Asia-Pacific. Routledge. p. 293.
2. ↑ Berger, Mark (2014). Rethinking the Third World. Macmillan. p. 98.
3. ↑ Tan, Kenneth Paul (2016). Governing Global-City Singapore. Taylor & Francis. p. 91.
4. ↑ Kuah-Pearce, Khun Eng (2010). Rebuilding the Ancestral Village. Hong Kong University Press. p. 37.
5. ↑ Lim, Benny (18 January 2017). "Nation building reboot needed". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. ↑ Singh, Bilveer (2017). Understanding Singapore Politics. World Scientific Publishing Company. p. 36.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Diane K. Mauzy and R.S. Milne (2002). Singapore Politics Under the People's Action Party. Routledge. p. 147. ISBN 0-415-24653-9.
9. ↑ Rodan, Gary. "The Internet and Political Control in Singapore" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
10. ↑ Reyes, Sebastian (29 September 2015). "Singapore's Stubborn Authoritarianism | Harvard Political Review". Harvard Political Review. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
11. ↑ "A History of Singapore: Lion City, Asian Tiger". Discovery Channel. 2005.