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1976 in Singapore. The following lists events that happened during 1976 in Singapore . Incumbents. President: Benjamin Henry Sheares. Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew. Events. April. 1 April – The Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE) is formed to help ex-offenders find employment.
General elections were held in Singapore on 23 December 1976. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won all 69 seats, the third of four consecutive elections in which they repeated the feat.
ConstituencyElectoratePartyParty17,36717,367Edward Chua Boon Eng17,46117,461Lim Kang Chew- 70.43%, 65 seats
- PAP
- Lee Kuan Yew
- 69
The PAP repeated its success once again in the 1976 general election held on 23 December when it won all 53 seats it contested, thus sweeping all 69 parliamentary seats. The party’s share of the popular vote increased to 72.4 percent.29.
00:22:06 - Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew first official visit to China from 10-23 May 1976 and on 12 May 1976 together with his wife, his daughter, S. Rajaratnam, Hon Sui Sen and Lee Khoon Choy had a meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing's Zhongnanhai, a residential enclave for China's leaders.
Tilman and Jo H. Tilman. THE YEAR 1976 was filled with challenges for both. Malaysia and Singapore, and, particularly in Malaysia, the changes that took place were numerous and significant. Both felt the continu- ing effects of the worldwide recession, but each weathered the economic storm.
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An imaginary dialogue on the pros and cons of democracy in Singapore between Lee Kuan Yew and a Western democrat.
