Brickworks Group Representation Constituency
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Brickworks Group Representation Constituency (Traditional Chinese
: 磚廠集選區; Simplified Chinese
: 砖厂集选区) is a defunct Group Representation Constituency
in Bukit Merah
, Singapore
from 1988 to 1997.
(Alexandra
) areas and hence the name. One of the notable place in that area includes the ABC Brickworks Hawker Centre where it has different delicates to offer, located in Jalan Bukit Merah.
Traditional Chinese character
Traditional Chinese characters refers to Chinese characters in any character set which does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946. It most commonly refers to characters in the standardized character sets of Taiwan, of Hong Kong, or in the Kangxi...
: 磚廠集選區; Simplified Chinese
Simplified Chinese character
Simplified Chinese characters are standardized Chinese characters prescribed in the Xiandai Hanyu Tongyong Zibiao for use in Mainland China. Along with traditional Chinese characters, it is one of many standard character sets of the contemporary Chinese written language...
: 砖厂集选区) is a defunct Group Representation Constituency
Group Representation Constituency
A Group Representation Constituency is a type of electoral division or constituency in Singapore, the Members of Parliament of which are voted into Parliament as a group...
in Bukit Merah
Bukit Merah
Bukit Merah is a hill in Singapore. Previously, it was a much larger hill that was situated at the present site of Henderson housing estate, which lies opposite the Delta Sports Complex. There was a Chinese cemetery on the reverse side of the hill. The present Bukit Merah Secondary School and...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
from 1988 to 1997.
Etymology
In the early days of Singapore, there was a brick factory in the Bukit MerahBukit Merah
Bukit Merah is a hill in Singapore. Previously, it was a much larger hill that was situated at the present site of Henderson housing estate, which lies opposite the Delta Sports Complex. There was a Chinese cemetery on the reverse side of the hill. The present Bukit Merah Secondary School and...
(Alexandra
Alexandra, Singapore
Alexandra is the area along the arterial road Alexandra Road, which links Pasir Panjang to Queenstown, Bukit Merah, Tanglin and Tiong Bahru.-References:1.http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_741_2005-01-20.html...
) areas and hence the name. One of the notable place in that area includes the ABC Brickworks Hawker Centre where it has different delicates to offer, located in Jalan Bukit Merah.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Alexandra Alexandra, Singapore Alexandra is the area along the arterial road Alexandra Road, which links Pasir Panjang to Queenstown, Bukit Merah, Tanglin and Tiong Bahru.-References:1.http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_741_2005-01-20.html... |
Brickworks Brickworks A brickworks also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock often with a quarry for clay on site.... |
Queenstown Queenstown, Singapore Queenstown1 is one of the early housing estates in Singapore, built before Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio, and was a test bed for much of Singapore's public housing... |
Clementi Clementi, Singapore Clementi is a town in Singapore, located in the west between Jurong and Dover, and commonly refers to the Housing and Development Board's housing estate of Clementi New Town. The town was named after the Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner Sir Cecil Clementi Smith. The... |
West Coast West Coast, Singapore West Coast is a town located south of Clementi and west of Pasir Panjang in the Southwest Singapore. The area currently lies in the West Coast GRC.-History:... |
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| 1984 Singaporean general election, 1984 General elections were held in Singapore on 22 December 1984. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won 77 of the 79 seats, marking the first time since 1963 that they had not won every seat... |
Alexandra SMC |
Brickworks SMC |
Queenstown SMC |
Clementi SMC |
West Coast SMC |
| Formation | |||||
| 1988 Singaporean general election, 1988 General elections were held in Singapore on 3 September 1988. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won 80 of the 81 seats... |
Tan Soo Khoon Tan Soo Khoon Tan Soo Khoon , is a former Member of the Parliament of Singapore, and a member of the current ruling party, the People's Action Party. He was first elected in 1976, and stepped down in April 2006 after seven terms as the PAP began fielding new candidates for the nation's 12th General Elections.... |
Ahmad bin Mohammad Mattar | Chay Wai Chuen Chay Wai Chuen Chay Wai Chuen is a former Member of Parliament in Singapore. He is a former member of the People's Action Party , representing the [Brickworks] and Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency, and is now the High Commissioner of Singapore to Sri Lanka.-Early life:Chay attended Saint Joseph's... |
Pasir Panjang GRC |
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| 1991 Singaporean general election, 1991 General elections were held in Singapore on 31 August 1991. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which won 77 of the 81 seats... |
Absorbed into Queenstown Queenstown, Singapore Queenstown1 is one of the early housing estates in Singapore, built before Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio, and was a test bed for much of Singapore's public housing... |
Bernard Chen | Wan Soon Bee | ||
| Dissolution | |||||
| 1997 | Absorbed into Queenstown Queenstown, Singapore Queenstown1 is one of the early housing estates in Singapore, built before Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio, and was a test bed for much of Singapore's public housing... Tanjong Pagar GRC |
Tanjong Pagar GRC | West Coast GRC | ||