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2012

• Administrative law in Singapore (Did you know, mentioned 7 January 2012).

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?

• Group Representation Constituency (rated a good article on 15 January 2012).
• Article 14 of the Constitution of Singapore (rated a good article on 24 January 2012).
• Remedies in Singapore administrative law (Did you know, mentioned 3 February 2012).

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?

• Precedent fact errors in Singapore law (Did you know, 10 February 2012).

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?

• Article 9 of the Constitution of Singapore (rated a good article on 8 March 2012).
• Article 12 of the Constitution of Singapore (rated a good article on 8 March 2012).
• Article 15 of the Constitution of Singapore (rated a good article on 14 March 2012).
• Right to vote in Singapore law (Did you know, 17 March 2012).

Did you know ... that the right to vote is not expressly stated in Singapore's Constitution?

• Tan Boon Teik (Did you know, 18 March 2012).

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?

• Fandi Ahmad (rated a good article on 1 April 2012).
• Illegality in Singapore administrative law (Did you know, 4 April 2012).

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?

• Chng Suan Tze v. Minister for Home Affairs (rated a good article on 4 April 2012).
• Walter Woon (rated a good article on 20 April 2012).
• Speakers' Corner, Singapore (rated a good article on 22 April 2012).
• Eng Foong Ho v. Attorney-General (rated a good article on 1 May 2012).
• Constitution of the Republic of Singapore Tribunal (rated a good article on 2 May 2012).
• Public Prosecutor v. Taw Cheng Kong (rated a good article on 3 May 2012).
• Legitimate expectation in Singapore law (rated a good article on 6 May 2012).
• Singapore strategy (rated a featured article on 6 May 2012).
• Presidential Council for Minority Rights (rated a good article on 14 May 2012).
• Rule of law doctrine in Singapore (Did you know, 16 May 2012)

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?

• Presidential elections in Singapore (rated a good article on 17 May 2012).
• HMS Prince of Wales (53) (rated a good article on 31 May 2012).
• Coat of arms of Singapore (rated a good article on 29 June 2012).
• Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (rated a good article on 3 July 2012).
• Lyo and Merly (rated a good article on 12 August 2012).
• Marine Parade Community Building (rated a good article on 3 September 2012).
• Hwa Chong Institution (rated a good article on 5 September 2012).
• Shadrake v. Attorney-General (Did you know, 14 October 2012)

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?

• Chan Hiang Leng Colin v. Public Prosecutor (Did you know, 7 November 2012)

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?

• Ong Ah Chuan v. Public Prosecutor (Did you know, 11 November 2012)

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"?

• 2011 Singapore MRT disruptions (Did you know, 12 November 2012)

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?

• Non-constituency Member of Parliament (Did you know, 15 November 2012)

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?

• Ya Kun Kaya Toast (rated a good article on 28 November 2012).
• Lee Choon Seng (rated a good article on 4 December 2012).
• Ah Boys to Men (Did you know, 7 December 2012)

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

• Representative democracy in Singapore (Did you know, 18 December 2012)

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)?