Lee Kuan Yew,often referred to by his initials LKY,was a Singaporean barrister and statesman who served as the founding Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1990,and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party between 1954 and 1992. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong Pagar from 1955 until his death in 2015. Lee is widely recognised as the founding father of the modern Singaporean state,and for his leadership in turning the island from a third-world to a first-world country.
The People's Action Party is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament,alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and Progress Singapore Party (PSP).
Lee Siew Choh was a Singaporean politician and physician. A former member of the opposition Worker's Party (WP),he was the Member of Parliament for Queenstown from 1959 to 1963 and served as the NCMP from September 1988 to August 1991 of the 7th Parliament of Singapore.
Barisan Sosialis was a political party in Singapore. It was formed on 29 July 1961 and officially registered on 13 August 1961 by left-wing members of the People's Action Party (PAP) who had been expelled from the PAP. The prominent founding members of the Barisan were Lee Siew Choh and Lim Chin Siong. It became the biggest opposition party in Singapore in the 1960s and the 1980s.
Chiam See Tong is a Singaporean retired politician and lawyer who served as the Secretary-General of Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) between 1980 and 1993 and Secretary-General of Singapore People's Party (SPP) between 2011 and 2019 and the chairman of Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) between 2001 and 2011. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Potong Pasir SMC between 1984 and 2011.
Lim Chin Siong was a Singaporean politician and union leader active in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the founders of the governing People's Action Party (PAP),which has governed the country continuously since independence. Lim also used his popularity to galvanise many trade unions in support of the PAP.
Operation Coldstore was the code name for a covert security operation executed in Singapore on 2 February 1963 which led to the arrest of 113 people,who were detained without trial pursuant to the Preservation of Public Service Security Ordinance (PSSO). In official accounts,the operation was a security operation "aimed at crippling the Communist open front organisation," which threatened Singapore's internal security. The operation was authorised by the Internal Security Council which was composed of representatives from the British government,Singaporean government,and the Malayan Federal government.
The Internal Security Department (ISD) is the domestic counter-intelligence and security agency of Singapore under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),tasked to confront and address security threats,including both domestic and international terrorism,and foreign subversion and espionage. The ISD has the utmost right to detain without trial individuals suspected to be a threat to national security.
Vijaya Kumar Rajah,better known as V. K. Rajah,is a Singaporean lawyer who served as the eighth attorney-general of Singapore between 2014 and 2017. Prior to his appointment as attorney-general,he served as a judge of the Court of Appeal of Singapore between 2007 and 2014,and a judge of the High Court of Singapore between 2004 and 2007.
Indranee Thurai Rajah is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance since 2018,Second Minister for National Development and Leader of the House since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP),she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tanjong Pagar–Tiong Bahru division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2015.
Singapore,officially the State of Singapore,was one of the 14 states of Malaysia from 1963 to 1965. Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963 by the merger of the Federation of Malaya with the former British colonies of North Borneo,Sarawak and Singapore. This marked the end of the 144-year British rule in Singapore which began with the founding of modern Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819. At the time of merger,it was the smallest state in the country by land area,but the largest by population.
Rajah &Tann Singapore LLP is a law firm headquartered in Singapore,with affiliate offices in Cambodia,China,Indonesia,Laos,Malaysia,Myanmar,Philippines,Thailand and Vietnam. Founded in 1976,it is a member firm of Rajah &Tann Asia,a network of law firms in Southeast Asia with over 800 fee earners.
Lim Hock Siew was a Singaporean politician,political prisoner and medical doctor.
Chew Swee Kee was a Singaporean politician. A member of the political party,the Labour Front,Chew served as Minister of Education from 1955 to 1959.
Sir Han Hoe Lim was a Singaporean physician and politician.
Lim Tean is a Singaporean lawyer and politician. He is the founder of the political party Peoples Voice. He previously served as secretary-general of the National Solidarity Party from 30 August 2015 to 18 May 2017.
Phey Yew Kok is a former Singaporean politician and union leader. He was the Member of Parliament for Boon Teck constituency from 1972 to 1980 and the President of the National Trades Union Congress from 1970 to 1980. He was convicted in 2016 for charges of misuse of union funds laid against him in 1979. He was on the run for 35 years before surrendering to Singapore authorities in 2015.
Tang Guan Seng is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP),he was a Member of the Parliament representing Khe Bong SMC from 1984 to 1988,Hougang SMC from 1988 to 1991 and Ang Mo Kio GRC representing Ang Mo Kio division from 1997 to 2001.
Fong Swee Suan was a trade unionist,founding member of the People's Action Party (PAP) and a Barisan Sosialis leader.
