total) PAP 77, SDP 3, WP 1

Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders:
government: People's Action Party (PAP), GOH Chok Tong, secretary
general
opposition: Workers' Party (WP), J. B. JEYARETNAM; Singapore
Democratic Party (SDP), CHEE Soon Juan; National Solidarity Party
(NSP), leader NA; Barisan Sosialis (BS, Socialist Front), leader NA;
Singapore People's Party (SPP), SIN Kek Tong

Member of: APEC, AsDB, ASEAN, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, G-77, GATT, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT,
INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNIKOM, UPU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Sellapan Rama NATHAN
chancery: 3501 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 537-3100
FAX: [1] (202) 537-0876

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Timothy A. CHORBA
embassy: 30 Hill Street, Singapore 0617
mailing address: FPO AP 96534
telephone: [65] 3380251
FAX: [65] 3384550

Flag: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near the
hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent
(closed portion is toward the hoist side) partially enclosing five
white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle

@Singapore:Economy

Overview: Singapore has an open entrepreneurial economy with strong
service and manufacturing sectors and excellent international trading
links derived from its entrepot history. The economy registered 10.1%
growth in 1994, with prospects for 7.5%-8.5% growth in 1995. In 1994,
the manufacturing and financial and business services sectors have led
economic growth. Exports boomed, led by the electronics sector,
particularly US demand for disk drives. Rising labor costs continue to
be a threat to Singapore's competitiveness, but there are indications
that productivity is keeping up. In applied technology, per capita
output, investment, and labor discipline, Singapore has key attributes
of a developed country.

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $57 billion (1994
est.)

National product real growth rate: 10.1% (1994)

National product per capita: $19,940 (1994 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.6% (1994)

Unemployment rate: 2.6% (1994)

Budget:
revenues: $11.9 billion
expenditures: $10.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.9
billion (FY93/94 est.)

Exports: $96.