| Title: | Singapore: World Investment Service |
| Price: | $575.00 |
| Publication Date: | May 17, 2008 |
| Source: | World Investment Data and Forecast |
| Brief Excerpt: | ...Singapore is a parliamentary democracy led by the People's Action Party (PAP). Formerly aBritish colony, Singapore briefly became part of the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak andBorneo (Sabah) in ####, but achieved full independence in ####. Since then the PAP, guided by the ideas of Lee Kuan Yew, prime minister from #### to ####, has dominated politics inthe country. The success of the PAP has been founded on a combination of sustainedeconomic growth and an ability to restrict any expansion in support for the weak and divided opposition parties. Extra-parliamentary protest is also tightly controlled. In #### Mr Lee wasreplaced as prime minister by Goh Chok Tong. Mr Goh was initially seen simply as a short-term appointment, as a placeholder for Mr Lee's eldest son, Lee Hsien Loong, but stayed inoffice for almost ## years. In August #### he finally handed over the leadership to Lee Hsien Loong, but remains in the cabinet as senior minister. The most recent general election washeld on May #th... |
| Word Count: | 20312 |
| Length: | 46 Pages |
| Country: | Singapore |
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