Singapore People's Party
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Singapore People's Party
新加坡人民党 Parti Rakyat Singapura |
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| Chairman | Lina Chiam |
| Secretary-General | Chiam See Tong |
| Founded | 21 November 1994 |
| Headquarters | 1 Siang Kuang Ave Singapore 347919 |
| Ideology |
Liberalism, Social liberalism, Liberal democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | White, red |
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| http://www.spp.org.sg/ | |
The Singapore People's Party (abbrev: SPP; simplified Chinese: 新加坡人民党; traditional Chinese: 新加坡人民黨) is a liberal political party in Singapore. The party's leader is opposition veteran Chiam See Tong who previously founded the Singapore Democratic Party.
The SPP was founded on 21 November 1994 by Sin Kek Tong, who led a pro-Chiam See Tong faction out of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). For two years, Sin was the stand-in pro-tem leader of the party, until Chiam joined the party and became its leader in December 1996, after Parliament was dissolved ahead of the 1997 general election. Chiam then became the party's first Member of Parliament (MP) when he won the constituency of Potong Pasir at the election (he had previously represented the same constituency as an SDP MP).
In 2001, the SPP became a founding member of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), along with the National Solidarity Party (NSP), the Singapore Justice Party (SJP) and the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS). Chiam became the founding Chairman of SDA, which aimed to provide a common grouping under which different opposition parties could stand as a political coalition in elections against the ruling People's Action Party (PAP).
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