Asia
Insights : Singapore
Facts
and background
Population
: 4.2 m
Surface area: 620.0
Population growth: 1.0
Life expectancy (2003): 79
Population below national poverty line : .. 0
GNI per capita: 21.230.0
GDP : 106,8 billion US$
Source: World
Development Indicators Database
Head
of State:
President:
S.R. Nathan
Prime
Minister: LEE Hsieen Loong
Source:
Governments
on the Web
Election
6 May 2006:
Singapore's government
has announced snap elections for May 6, one year ahead of the June
2007 schedule. The president has dissolved parliament and set April
27 as Nomination Day, leaving nine days for campaigning. The ruling
People's Action Party (PAP), in power since Singapore gained independence
from Malaysia in 1965, currently holds 82 out of 84 parliamentary
seats. Analysts believe early elections were called to take advantage
of the country's strong economy in order to attract votes.
August 2005:
Singapore: Incumbent
S.R. Nathan was declared President by election officials last week
and will serve a second 6-year term. The decision came 10 days before
the August 27 scheduled presidential ballot. After 3 other would-be
candidates had been disqualified by the Presidential Election Committee,
Nathan was the only candidate listed as of the nomination deadline
of August 17; he became president effective at noon that day.
Politics
and society
Chiefs
of State and Cabinet Members
Political
Leaders
World
Statesmen
Political
Resources on the Net
The
Political Reference Almanac
Reliefweb
situation reports
Country
profile (CIA)
Statistics
Singapore
Government
sites
Governments
on the WWW
Office
of the President
Parliament
Government
Constitution
of Singapore
This site contains the full text of
the Singapore Constitution which is made freely available in English
by International Constitutional Law (ICL) at the University of Bern
in Switzerland.
Republic
of Singapore Government Gazette
eCitizen:
Gateway to Government Services ( Singapore )
This is the electronic government portal
of Singapore . It provides citizens with direct links to news updates,
forms and public services online. These cover all aspects of the
economic, social and political policy of Singapore . The site is
particularly good at highlighting and providing links to the most
recent government publications
Political
parties
Workers'
Party (WP)
National
Solidarity Party (NSP) 's
Action Party (Constitution)
Young
People's Action Party
Singapore
Democratic Party
Socratic
Circle
Elections
Singapore
Elections
Elections
in Singapore
News
Business
Times Singapore
Far
Eastern Economic Review (FEER)
Financial
Interactive Services Hub (Fish)
Go
Asia Pacific
Lianhe
Zaobao Shipping
Times, Singapore
South
China Morning Post
yBerita
Kiosken
Singapore
News
from foreign sources
CNN
Reuters
and AP (Yahoo)
Human
rights news (Amnesty)
IMF
country news
Research
Institutions and Networks
National
University of Singapore
NUS
Library
Institute
of Policy Studies (IPS), Singapore
The
Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) is a public policy think-tank
which promotes interest in and studies of issues which are of major
concern to Singapore and acts as a bridge between the government,
the business community, scholars, journalists and other opinion-makers
in Singapore
Institute
of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
The
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as
an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional research centre
for scholars and other specialists concerned with modern Southeast
Asia and its wider geostrategic and socio-economic environment.
Singapore
Institute of International Affairs (SIIA)
The
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), founded in
1961, is Singapore's oldest think-tank. The SIIA informs its members
and public about international affairs.
Development
organisations / agencies
Asian
Development Bank data
IMF
country profile
Agricultural
statistics
Health
(WHO)
Education
(UNESCO)
Human
rights record (Amnesty)
Environmental
profile (UNEP) Environmental
profile (WRI/WBank)
Other
resources
Industrial
profile (UNIDO)
Trade
policy review (WTO)
Imports
(UNCTAD)
Exports
(UNCTAD)
Trade
policy review (WTO)
Industrial
(UNIDO)
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