Young PAP

The Young PAP (YP) is the youth-wing of Singapore's governing People's Action Party (PAP), and serves as a youth organisation for young adults and students in Singapore who support the PAP and have an interest in politics.[2]

Young PAP (YP)
Young PAP
AbbreviationYP
Formation1986
Location
Chairman
Janil Puthucheary
AffiliationsPeople's Action Party[1]
Websitewww.pap.org.sg/young-pap

The Chairman of the group is Janil Puthucheary.[3] Past leaders include the incumbent Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, former Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo, Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say, Member of Parliament Teo Ser Luck and Minister in Prime Minister's Office Chan Chun Sing.[4][5]

Overview

The YP's predecessor, the PAP Youth Committee was established in 1986, under the chairmanship of Lee Hsien Loong, then a Singapore Armed Forces brigadier general. All PAP members under the age of 35 were grouped under the Youth Committee. In 1993, the Youth Committee was renamed the Young PAP. The then-chairman of the committee, George Yeo, in an effort to attract members, said that people joining the YP could take positions different from central party leadership. The age limit was raised from 35 to 40.[6] Memberships are issued through the PAP branches under each constituency in Singapore.[7] In 2010, then vice-chairman Zaqy Mohamad said the YP attracts over 1200 new members that year, an increase on the 1000 in 2009.[8]

Structure

The Young PAP comes with the following appointments,[9] with the current chairman as Janil Puthucheary:[10]

Appointment Incumbent
Chairman Janil Puthucheary
Vice-Chairman Amrin Amin
Vice-Chairman Tin Pei Ling
Organising Secretary Cynthia Mark
Treasurer Chow Kin Fai William

Activities

Volunteers from Young PAP do community work with the affiliated grassroots groups in their constituencies. They also conduct house visits and follow-ups during election campaigns.[11] Young PAP is also in charge of several online websites since 1995 to create an online presence for the party, under the urging of then-Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo.[12] Young PAP activists have been noted to have organized teams to work both publicly and anonymously to counter criticism of party and government in cyberspace.[13][14][2] After popular forum Sintercom was shut down in 2001, the Young PAP offered their own forum for moderated discussions.[15] They have since set up various blogs and social media accounts with multimedia content to engage the masses.[16][17][18]

Notable former members

References
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  7. "Getting out of apathy zone". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  8. "More joining Young PAP: Zaqy". TODAY. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  9. "Young PAP to have more stringent checks on members". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  10. "Ong Ye Kung among four co-opted into PAP top-decision making body". TODAYonline. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  11. "The Big Read: In PAP's fight for votes, a formidable weapon – Boots on the ground". TODAYonline. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  12. Chen, Tommi (14 March 1995). "Internet world watches as Young PAP enters cyberspace". The Straits Times.
  13. Rodan, Garry (1 March 1998). "The Internet and Political Control in Singapore". Political Science Quarterly. 113 (1): 63–89. doi:10.2307/2657651. ISSN 1538-165X. JSTOR 2657651.
  14. Tay, Elaine Gueh Swan. "Unpicking the semes: power, resistance, and the Internet". ResearchGate. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  15. "Want to talk politics?". TODAY. 24 August 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  16. Chang, Rachel (18 March 2010). "YP to close 2 Facebook pages". The Straits Times. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  17. "See you on Facebook". TODAY. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  18. Au-Yong, Rachel (14 May 2014). "PAP responds to criticisms of viral video by its youth wing". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  19. "Improving the system for selecting NMPs". TODAYonline. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  20. Tan, Sylvia (20 November 2009). "Loretta Chen". Gay News Asia. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  21. "YP rejuvenates PAP". People's Action Party. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  22. hermes (30 August 2015). "New PAP faces". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 September 2017.


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