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Country
name:
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conventional
long form: Republic
of Singapore
conventional
short form: Singapore
local long
form: Republic
of Singapore
local short
form: Singapore
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Government
type:
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parliamentary
republic
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Capital:
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name: Singapore
geographic
coordinates: 1
17 N, 103 51 E
time
difference: UTC+8
(13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
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Administrative
divisions:
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none
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Independence:
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9 August
1965 (from Malaysian Federation)
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National
holiday:
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National
Day, 9 August (1965)
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Constitution:
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3 June
1959; amended 1965 (based on pre-independence
State of Singapore Constitution)
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Legal
system:
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English
common law
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International
law organization participation:
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has not
submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration;
non-party state to the ICCt
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Suffrage:
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21 years of
age; universal and compulsory
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Executive
branch:
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chief of
state: President
Tony TAN Keng Yam (since 1 September 2011)
head of
government: Prime
Minister LEE Hsien Loong (since 12 August
2004); Deputy Prime Minister TEO Chee Hean
(since 1 April 2009) and Deputy Prime Minister
THARMAN Shanmugaratnam (since 21 May 2011);
Senior Minister HENG Chee How (since 21 May
2011)
cabinet: appointed
by president, responsible to parliament
elections: president
elected by popular vote for six-year term;
election last held on 27 August 2011 (next
election to be held by August 2017); following
legislative elections, leader of majority
party or leader of majority coalition usually
appointed prime minister by president; deputy
prime ministers appointed by president
election
results: Tony
TAN Keng Yam elected president from a field of
four candidates with 35.2% of the votes cast
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Legislative
branch:
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unicameral
Parliament (87 seats; members elected by
popular vote to serve five-year terms); note -
in addition, there are up to nine nominated
members; up to three losing opposition
candidates who came closest to winning seats
may be appointed as "nonconstituency"
members
elections: last
held on 7 May 2011 (next to be held in May
2016)
election
results: percent
of vote by party - PAP 60.1%, WP 12.8%, NSP
12.1%, others 15%; seats by party - PAP 81, WP
6
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Judicial
branch:
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Supreme
Court (chief justice is appointed by the
president with the advice of the prime
minister, other judges are appointed by the
president with the advice of the chief
justice); Court of Appeals
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Political
parties and leaders:
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National
Solidarity Party or NSP [GOH Meng Seng];
People's Action Party or PAP [LEE Hsien Loong];
Reform Party [NG Teck Siong]; Singapore
Democratic Alliance or SDA [CHIAM See Tong];
Singapore Democratic Party or SDP [CHEE Soon
Juan]; Workers' Party or WP [Sylvia LIM Swee
Lian]
note:
SDA
includes Singapore Justice Party or SJP,
Singapore National Malay Organization or PKMS,
Singapore People's Party or SPP
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Political
pressure groups and leaders:
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none
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International
organization participation:
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ADB, AOSIS,
APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, C, CP, EAS, FATF, G-77,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS,
IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU,
ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA,
UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNMIT, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic
representation in the US:
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chief of
mission: Ambassador
CHAN Heng Chee
chancery: 3501
International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1]
(202) 537-3100
FAX: [1]
(202) 537-0876
consulate(s)
general: San
Francisco
consulate(s):
New
York
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Diplomatic
representation from the US:
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chief of
mission: Ambassador
David I. ADELMAN
embassy: 27
Napier Road, Singapore 258508
mailing
address: FPO
AP 96507-0001
telephone: [65]
6476-9100
FAX: [65]
6476-9340
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Flag
description:
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two equal
horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near
the hoist side of the red band, there is a
vertical, white crescent (closed portion is
toward the hoist side) partially enclosing
five white five-pointed stars arranged in a
circle; red denotes brotherhood and equality;
white signifies purity and virtue; the waxing
crescent moon symbolizes a young nation on the
ascendancy; the five stars represent the
nation's ideals of democracy, peace, progress,
justice, and equality
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National
symbol(s):
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lion
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National
anthem:
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name: "Majulah
Singapura" (Onward Singapore)
lyrics/music:
ZUBIR
Said
note:
adopted
1965; the anthem, which was first performed in
1958 at the Victoria Theatre, is sung only in
Malay
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