r, two deputy prime
ministers, Cabinet

_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament

_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court

_#_Leaders:

Chief of State--President WEE Kim Wee (since 3 September 1985);

Head of Government--Prime Minister GOH Chok Tong (since 28 November
1990); Deputy Prime Minister LEE Hsien Loong (since 28 November 1990);
Deputy Prime Minister ONG Teng Cheong (since 2 January 1985)

_#_Political parties and leaders:

government--People's Action Party (PAP), LEE Kuan Yew, secretary
general;

opposition--Workers' Party (WP), J. B. JEYARETNAM;
Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), CHIAM See Tong;
National Solidarity Party (NSP), SOON Kia Seng;
United People's Front (UPF), Harbans SINGH;
Barisan Sosialis (BS, Socialist Front), leader NA

_#_Suffrage: universal and compulsory at age 20

_#_Elections:

President--last held 31 August 1989 (next to be held August 1993);
results--President WEE Kim Wee was reelected by Parliament without
opposition;

Parliament--last held 3 September 1988 (next to be held 31
August 1991);
results--PAP 61.8%, WP 18.4%, SDP 11.5%, NSP 3.7%, UPF 1.3%, other 3.3%;
seats--(81 total) PAP 80, SDP 1; note--BS has 1 nonvoting seat

_#_Communists: 200-500; Barisan Sosialis infiltrated by Communists;
note--Communist party illegal

_#_Member of: APEC, AsDB, ASEAN, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, G-77, GATT, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,
IOC, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, UN, UNCTAD, UPU, WHO, WMO

_#_Diplomatic representation: Ambassador S. R. NATHAN;
Chancery at 1824 R Street NW, Washington DC 20009; telephone (202)
667-7555;

US--Ambassador Robert D. ORR; Embassy at 30 Hill Street,
Singapore 0617 (mailing address is FPO San Francisco 96699); telephone
[65] 338-0251

_#_Flag: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near
the hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent
(closed portion is toward the hoist side) partially enclosing five white
five-pointed stars arranged in a circle

_*_Economy
_#_Overview: Singapore has an open entrepreneurial economy with strong
service and manufacturing sectors and excellent international trading
links derived from its entrepot history. During the 1970s and early
1980s, the economy expanded rapidly, achieving an average annual growth
rate of 9%. Per capita GDP is among the highest in Asia. In 1985 the
economy registered its first drop in 20 years and achieve