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Did you know ... that Singapore is said to espouse a "green-light" approach towards administrative law – that good government should be sought through the political process – given the government's focus on efficiency?
Did you know ... that mandatory, prohibiting and quashing orders, and the order for review of detention, which are remedies available in Singapore administrative law, derive from ancient British prerogative writs?
Did you know ... that in a 1998 case the Singapore Court of Appeal held the Internal Security Act contained no precedent facts as Parliament clearly intended that detention decisions were to be made by the Government?
Did you know ... that the right to vote is not expressly stated in Singapore's Constitution?
Did you know ... that Tan Boon Teik was the longest-serving Attorney-General of post-independence Singapore, having held office for just over 25 years?
Did you know ... that the Singapore High Court once held that, by refusing berths to a company running gambling cruises, the port authority had not fettered its discretion – a form of illegality in administrative law?
Did you know .... that at a 1999 Singapore Parliament debate, opposition MP J.B. Jeyaretnam's motion that the Government should comply fully with the rule of law was amended to commend the Government for doing so?
Did you know ... that in Shadrake v. Attorney-General, where a British journalist was charged with scandalizing the Singapore courts, the Court of Appeal declined to apply the American "clear and present danger" test?
Did you know ... that in the 1994 case Chan Hiang Leng Colin v. Public Prosecutor the Singapore High Court held that a ban on Jehovah's Witnesses and their publications did not violate their freedom of religion?
Did you know ... that in the 1980 case Ong Ah Chuan v. Public Prosecutor, the Privy Council held that fundamental liberties in the Singapore Constitution should be given a "generous interpretation"?
Did you know... that some of the breakdowns in the 2011 Singapore MRT disruptions were the worst in its operator SMRT's 24-year history?
Did you know ... that former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said that the Non-constituency Member of Parliament scheme should be introduced to show younger voters how destructive an opposition can be?
Did you know ... that the Singaporean army comedy Ah Boys to Men is meant to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Singapore's National Service?
Parliament House, Singapore, in October 2002
Parliament House, Singapore, in October 2002
Did you know ... that the Singapore Government believes representative democracy is better understood as focusing on the electorate choosing political parties than individual Members of Parliament (Parliament House pictured)?