Singapore
People’s Action Party
Technocratic conservatism
Has governed Singapore continuously since 1959. Combines open markets and low taxes with extensive state ownership of land and housing, compulsory savings for health and retirement, and tight limits on speech and assembly.
- Founded
- 1954
- Positions as of
- 2025 general election manifesto
- Last verified
What does it believe?
The state in the economy
Free trade and low corporate tax alongside state ownership of most land, over three-quarters of housing, and large sovereign investment holdings.
Wealth and inequality
Redistribution runs through compulsory individual savings accounts rather than universal transfers, on a stated principle of avoiding welfare dependency.
Crime and punishment
Retains capital punishment for drug trafficking and murder, and judicial corporal punishment.
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
Evidence: Well documented
Tradition and change
Evidence: Documented
Nation and the world
Evidence: Well documented
Religion and the state
Evidence: Documented
Power and its limits
Evidence: Well documented
Environment and growth
Evidence: Documented
Crime and punishment
Evidence: Well documented
Sources
Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.
- PAP Manifesto: Our Lives, Our Jobs, Our Future · People’s Action Party · 2025
- Constitution of the People’s Action Party · People’s Action Party
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