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Map of Greater Indonesia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and East Timor. Greater Indonesia (in Indonesian: Indonesia Raya) was an irredentist political concept that sought to bring the so-called Malay race together, by uniting the territories of the Dutch East Indies (and Portuguese Timor) with British Malaya and British Borneo. [1]
The origins of Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (PKMS) were rooted in the Singapore Malay Union (KMS), which was founded in 1926 [1] by Mohamed Eunos bin Abdullah to represent Malay interests. [2] Following the Second World War, the KMS opposed the proposed Malayan Union and merged into the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), which ...
Malaysian Islamic Party. 1. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar. 2. Mohd Amar Abdullah. 3. Idris Ahmad. The Malaysian Islamic Party, also known as the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ( Malay: Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; Jawi: ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا) or its Jawi -based acronym PAS, is an Islamist political party in Malaysia.
Singapore is a republic. While the country has a multi-party system, the dominant political party have often been the People's Action Party since 1965, along with the main opposition party, the Workers' Party. Minority governments are uncommon, as elections have not resulted in a hung parliament since independence.
Communist parties. The Malayan Communist Party ( MCP ), officially the Communist Party of Malaya ( CPM ), was a Marxist–Leninist and anti-imperialist communist party which was active in British Malaya and later, the modern states of Malaysia and Singapore from 1930 to 1989.
1. Red and white have been used since before independence. The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu; Jawi: ڤرتوبوهن كبڠساءن ملايو برساتو ); abbreviated UMNO ( / ˈʌmnoʊ /) or less commonly PEKEMBAR, is a nationalist right-wing [7] political party in Malaysia. As the ...
With government restrictions on forming a pan-Malayan labour party, the Pan-Malayan Labour Party was formed as a confederation of labour parties from Penang, Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Singapore. With the loosening of regulations, it eventually centralised its organisation to form the Labour Party of Malaya in 1954. [16]
v. t. e. General elections were held in Singapore on 30 May 1959. They were held under the new constitution and were the first in which all 51 seats in the Legislative Assembly were filled by election. This was the first election victory for the People's Action Party (PAP), as they won a landslide victory with 43 seats.