Publication Type
News Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
11-2016
Abstract
Given that about 80 per cent of Singaporeans live in public housing estates, town councils are an integral part of Singapore life. Last month, the Ministry of National Development (MND) initiated a public consultation on the proposed amendments to the Town Councils Act (TCA), which was first enacted in 1988 to empower elected Members of Parliament and unelected town councillors to run public housing estates
Discipline
Asian Studies | Models and Methods | Political Science
Research Areas
Public International Law, Regional and Trade Law
Publication
Today
First Page
1
Last Page
4
ISSN
7237-4163
Publisher
Singapore Mediacorp Press
Citation
EUGENE, Tan K. B..
Getting town councils to raise their game. (2016). Today. 1-4.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3857
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