Singapore Sets May 7 Election as PAP Seeks to Extend 46-Year Hold on Power

Bloomberg, 19 Apr 2011
Singapore will hold general elections on May 7, as the party that has ruled the city-state since independence in 1965 takes advantage of record economic growth to seek a new mandate.
President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the government said today in an e-mailed statement.
Inflation, immigration and rising property prices are among issues that are expected to be addressed during campaigning and at rallies around the island of 5.1 million people, of which more than a third are foreigners. Full story

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