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Stands for Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. The ministry was revamped to become Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth MCCY and Ministry of Social and Family Development MSF that were formed on 1 November 2012.

MEWR

the old Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. Refer to MSE for name change.

MHA

Stands for Ministry of Home Affairs, consists of MHA Headquarters and 10 Departments, and is known collectively as the Home Team. It has departments such as Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Internal Security Department (ISD), Singapore Police Force (SPF), etc. In addition, the (ROS) also comes under MHA, in addition to various Statutory Boards and Committees/Councils. Refer to Ministry of Home Affairs for details.

Minister of State

An appointment made by the President which ranks below a Minister and above a Parliamentary Secretary. The Minister of State is generally appointed to assist the Minister in his work.

MOH

Stands for Ministry of Health. Not to be confused with MOH Holdings (MOHH), which is the holding company of Singapore's public healthcare institutions including National Healthcare Group, National University Health System and Singapore Health Services and oversees the distribution of medical resources. Refer to Ministry of Health for details.

MOHH

Refer to MOH.

MP

Stands for an elected Member of Parliament. See Member of Parliament for the differences between elected MP, Non-constituency MP (NCMP) and Nominated MP (NMP).

MSE

Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment. Used to be ENV (set up in September 1972) which was renamed Sep 2004 to Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources ( MEWR). MEWR renamed MSE on 27 July 2020.

Has 3 Statutory Boards
- NEA
- PUB
- SFA

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NCMP

Stands for Non-Constituency Member of Parliament. The current Constitution allows for up to 12 NCMPs and these are candidates who had contested in a General Election, were not voted in but had received the highest percentage of votes amongst the unelected candidates. See also #MP and #NMP.

NJC

Stands for National Junior College, the first public junior college in Singapore. Established in 1969, it offered two-year pre-university course. Officially opened by the then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on 14 May 1970.

NMP

Stands for Nominated Member of Parliament, who is a non-elected Member appointed by the President. See article on Nominated Member of Parliament for more details.

NTUC

Stands for National Trades Union Congress. First established on 6 September 1961 as union for workers. After dissolution of STUC, split

SATU (Barisan Sosialis)
NTUC (PAP)

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POFMA

Abbreviation of the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019 which came into force on 2 Oct 2019. Managed by the POFMA Office, under the Infocomm Media Development Authority IMDA, which is a statutory board under the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI).

The POFMA Office
- issues Directions/Notices upon the instruction of Ministers
- monitors and enforces compliance with the Directions/Notices
- administers monitors and enforces compliance with the Codes of Practice

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RI

Short for Raffles Institution, well-known prestigious school which counts these politicians among its graduates: ex-PM Lee Kuan Yew, Tommy Koh, Subhas Anandan, ex-PM Goh Chok Tong, Heng Swee Keat, Lim Hng Kiang, K Shanmugam, Tan Cheng Bock etc. Prominent non-PAP affiliated alumni include Tan Kin Lian, Png Eng Huat, Benjamin Pwee and Leong Mun Wai.

Registry of Societies

A unit under the Ministry of Home Affairs, the ROS administers the Societies Act and Regulations which oversees the registration of any society and ensures societies which have "unlawful purposes, pose a threat to safety and security", or whose activities are contrary to the national interests" are curtailed or not approved. Also governs proper accounting/audits and fund-raising activities. All political parties must register with them.

ROS

Refers to Registry of Societies

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STUC

Singapore Trades Union Congress (STUC), established on 13 June 1951. Precursor to the SATU & NTUC.

Speaker of Parliament

Presiding officer of the Parliament of Singapore and second in the presidential line of succession.

Duties involve:
- presides over the sittings of Parliament
- enforces rules for the orderly conduct of parliamentary business
- enforces the rules of debate
- decide who has the right to speak, put the question for Parliament to debate on and vote
- unlike other countries which practice strictly non-partisan Speaker, SG Speaker can remain partisan
- cannot debate, but as MP, can vote

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URA

Stands for Urban Redevelopment Authority. Pending details.

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-|def=Stands for Nominated Member of Parliament, who is a non-elected Member appointed by the President for a term of 2.5 years. The NMP's term does not follow the Parliament term, which averages 5 years per term. Nominees can be proposed by the general public as well as the 7 Functional Groups. The 7 Functional Groups are currently represented by the following organizations:
+|def=Stands for Nominated Member of Parliament, who is a non-elected Member appointed by the President. See article on [[Nominated Member of Parliament]] for more details.
-* Business and Industry as represented by the Singapore Business Federation
-* Labour as represented by the [[National Trades Union Congress]] ([[#NTUC |NTUC]])
-* Professions as represented by the Academy of Medicine
-* Social Service Organisations as represented by the National Council of Social Service
-* Civic and People Sector as represented by the People's Association
-* Tertiary Education Institutions as represented by the National University of Singapore (NUS)
-* Media, Arts and Sports Organisations as represented by the National Arts Council
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