People's Association

People's Association

Current headquarters located in Lavender, Singapore
Agency overview
Formed1 July 1960 (1960-07-01)
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters9 King George's Avenue, Singapore 208581
Employees2,784 (2018)
Annual budgetS$588 million (2019)
Agency executives
Parent agencyMinistry of Culture, Community and Youth
Websitewww.pa.gov.sg
Agency IDT08GB0041E

The People's Association (PA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) of the Government of Singapore that oversees neighbourhood communities and social organisations.[1] Established in 1960, it was part of a nation-building programme to promote social cohesion and multiracialism.

The former headquarters of the People's Association at the Old Kallang Airport.

According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the People's Association (PA) had its origins as a national building programme 'designed to wean pro-Communist voters away from the opposition'. Besides serving as a communication channel between the government and governing party at the top and the people below, it was also intended for the PA to blur the boundaries between the government and the party, such that 'the people tended to praise the party for activities undertaken by the government'.[2]

  1. ^ "人民协会". www.languagecouncils.sg.
  2. ^ Kimball, Walter B. "Singapore's People's Association", CIA Historical Review Programme, 22 September 1993, accessed 16 May 2011.

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