18-519: Mountbatten SMC Marine Parade is a planning area and residential estate located on the eastern fringe of the Central Region of Singapore . Straddling the tip of the southeastern coast of Pulau Ujong , Marine Parade serves as a buffer between the Central and East regions of the country. Bordering it are the planning areas of Geylang to the north, Kallang to the northwest, Bedok to
36-498: A rule of five. GRCs operate with a plurality voting system , voting by party slate, meaning that the party with a majority of votes combined from all divisions regardless of how many divisions voted for a majority will wins the allocated seats by block for the GRC. Until 2011, all Singaporean GRCs have had a PAP base. The official justification for GRCs is to allow minority representation. Former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong argued that
54-529: A type of electoral constituency unique to Singaporean politics. GRCs are multi-member constituencies which are contested by teams of candidates from one party - or from independents. In each GRC, at least one candidate or Member of Parliament must be from a minority race : either a Malay , Indian or Other. In 1988, the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) amended the Parliamentary Elections Act to create GRCs. The current Act enables
72-526: Is S$ 13,500). This means that contesting a GRC is very costly for opposition parties. The presence of Cabinet Ministers in GRCs is often believed to give the PAP a considerable advantage in the contesting of a GRC. The PAP has used this tactic to its advantage on several occasions. Rather than stand in an uncontested GRC, in 1997, then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong shifted his attention to campaigning for candidates where
90-571: Is bisected by the arterial Still Road South that provides access to the major highway, East Coast Parkway , leading to the city area and to Singapore Changi Airport . Marine Parade is served by two Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations on the Thomson–East Coast line , namely Marine Parade and Marine Terrace . The Marine Parade Community Building was completed in 2000. It houses the Marine Parade Community Club and
108-722: Is the Member of Parliament who represents the Marine Parade division since the formation until his retirement in 2020, where Minister Tan See Leng succeeded Goh as the MP. Planning Areas of Singapore Planning areas , also known as DGP areas or DGP zones , are the main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore delineated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority . There are 55 of these areas, organised into five regions . A Development Guide Plan
126-569: Is then drawn up for each planning area, providing detailed planning guidelines for every plot of land throughout the country. The planning areas were first introduced in the early 1990s after the release of the 1991 Concept Plan. Since implementing these boundaries, other government ministries and departments have increasingly adopted them for administrative purposes. For example, the Statistics Department of Singapore published its 2000 census data based on planning area boundaries for
144-549: The Marine Parade Public Library . Other facilities within the three-storey complex include a 263-seater theatrette, a glass-walled gymnasium, a covered basketball court on the rooftop, an air-conditioned and a sports hall. The building has since been demolished, and is receiving a major upgrade. Marine Parade, like other towns in Singapore, is served by a town centre. Dubbed Marine Parade Promenade,
162-653: The President , acting on the advice of the Prime Minister , to create a GRC from three to six electoral wards. In creating GRCs the President is advised by the Elections Department . The initial maximum size for GRCs was three candidates, but this has subsequently been increased, to four in 1991, and between 1997 and 2020, six. Since the 2020 elections, the number of candidates in a GRC decreased to
180-545: The Elections Department, which is under the control of the Prime Minister's Office. Electoral boundaries are generally announced close to elections, usually a few days before the election itself is announced. There have been accusations of gerrymandering regarding the redrawing of electoral boundaries and the dissolving of constituencies that return a high percentage of votes for parties other than
198-654: The Malay language. Constituencies of Singapore [REDACTED] Constituencies in Singapore are electoral divisions which may be represented by single or multiple seats in the Parliament of Singapore . Constituencies are classified as either Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) or Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs). SMCs are single-seat constituencies but GRCs have between four and five seats in Parliament. Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) are
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#1732779519240216-666: The PAP believed they were most vulnerable, which was the Cheng San GRC. The opposition has charged the government with gerrymandering due to the changing of GRC boundaries at very short notice (see below section on electoral boundaries). Critics have noted that Joshua Benjamin Jeyaratnam won the 1981 Anson by-election in a Chinese-majority constituency, and that since the GRC system was implemented, minority representation in Parliament has actually declined. The boundaries of electoral constituencies in Singapore are decided by
234-752: The centre itself consists of several neighbourhood shops, Parkway Centre and a commercial complex, Parkway Parade , that houses offices and a shopping mall. As Marine Parade is primarily either recreational or residential, it is also a host to a variety of schools. Marine Parade is a component division of the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency , which also includes the Braddell Heights, Geylang Serai , Kembangan - Chai Chee and Joo Chiat divisions and elects five members to Singapore's Parliament . Singapore's former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
252-535: The first time, compared to using census divisions based on electoral boundaries for previous exercises. The Singapore Police Force 's (SPF) neighbourhood police centres have jurisdiction boundaries based on planning area boundaries when they were officially gazetted in 1999, as opposed to electoral divisions under the previous neighbourhood Police Post system. Planning areas are further subdivided into 332 subzones for statistical purposes. * = Place names attested to be of Malay origin and referred to similarly in
270-428: The introduction of GRCs was necessary to ensure that Singapore's Parliament would continue to be multiracial in its composition and representation. Opposition parties have criticised GRCs as making it even more difficult for non-PAP candidates to be elected to Parliament. The money required to contest a GRC is considerable as each candidate is required to pay a deposit ranging from S$ 4,000 to S$ 16,000 (the recent election
288-531: The northeast, Marina East to the southwest and the Singapore Straits to the south. Marine Parade's early history can be associated with the precinct of Katong . Throughout the early to mid 20th century, the area was a haven for the wealthy Peranakan community of Singapore. Katong witnessed a growth in Straits Chinese culture, developing a distinctive architecture style and even becoming
306-432: The place of origin for the renowned Katong Laksa dish. Marine Parade, as it is known today, mainly consists of HDB (Housing Development Board) flats along the southernmost points of the estate. These were built in the 1970s after the reclamation of the island's east coast. Today, many private condominiums are also being built in the area. The main public housing estate comprises 58 blocks of HDB flats . The public estate
324-735: The ruling PAP. One of the cases that is often cited as evidence for gerrymandering in Singapore is the case of the Cheng San Group Representation Constituency (GRC). In the 1997 Singaporean general election , the Cheng San GRC was contested by the PAP and the Workers' Party of Singapore (WP). The final results were close, with the PAP winning with 53,553 votes (54.8%) to the WP's 44,132 votes (45.2%). Cheng San GRC had since dissolved thereafter following
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