Singapore is a unitaryparliamentary democracybased on the Westminster model. The president is head of state; until 1991 the largely ceremonial post of president was filled by parliamentary election, but in that year the constitution wasamendedto allow for the direct popular election of the president...
Continued criticism of the high salaries, however, prompted the government in 2012 to cut the pay of ministers (including the prime minister) by about one-third and that of Singapore’s president by half. In November 2023 Lee announced his intention to step down before the 2025 general ...
This photo taken on May 28, 2023 shows a C919, China’s self-developed large passenger aircraft, getting ready for its first commercial flight in east China’s Shanghai. C919 kicked off its first commercial flight from Shanghai to Beijing on Sunday, marking its official entry into the civil...
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therefore surprised by the relatively strong showing by opposition parties in the 2011 parliamentary elections, in which the parties won six seats outright. Later that year, Tony Tan, the PAP-backed candidate for the largely ceremonial office of president, barely won election over his three ...