 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
.svg) | |
 Current headquarters located in Lavender, Singapore | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1 July 1960 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
| Headquarters | 9 King George's Avenue, Singapore 208581 |
| Employees | 2,784 (2018) |
| Annual budget | S$588 million (2019) |
| Agency executives |
|
| Parent agency | Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth |
| Website | www |
| Agency ID | T08GB0041E |
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.
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]
- ^ "人民协会". www.languagecouncils.sg.
- ^ Kimball, Walter B. "Singapore's People's Association", CIA Historical Review Programme, 22 September 1993, accessed 16 May 2011.