Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Chiam See Tong (Chinese: 詹时中; pinyin: Zhān Shízhōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiam Sî-tiong; born 12 March 1935) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He is Singapore's longest-serving Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) in a Single Member Constituency (SMC), having represented the constituency of Potong Pasir in Parliament from 1984 to 2011.Chiam was founding leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) up to December 1996, when he left the party to join the Singapore People's Party (SPP) prior to the 1997 general election. He subsequently spearheaded the formation of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), and was its chairman and de facto leader from 2001 to 2011. However, in March 2011 he announced that he was withdrawing the SPP from the SDA grouping, and would contest the next general election under the SPP banner. At the 2011 general election, Chiam decided not to seek re-election in his Potong Pasir constituency and instead stood as a member of the SPP's team in the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency. However the SPP was defeated by the PAP's team in Bishan-Toa Payoh. His wife Lina Chiam narrowly lost the election in Potong Pasir and accepted a seat as a Non Constituency Member of Parliament."@en }
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- Chiam_See_Tong abstract "Chiam See Tong (Chinese: 詹时中; pinyin: Zhān Shízhōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiam Sî-tiong; born 12 March 1935) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He is Singapore's longest-serving Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) in a Single Member Constituency (SMC), having represented the constituency of Potong Pasir in Parliament from 1984 to 2011.Chiam was founding leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) up to December 1996, when he left the party to join the Singapore People's Party (SPP) prior to the 1997 general election. He subsequently spearheaded the formation of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), and was its chairman and de facto leader from 2001 to 2011. However, in March 2011 he announced that he was withdrawing the SPP from the SDA grouping, and would contest the next general election under the SPP banner. At the 2011 general election, Chiam decided not to seek re-election in his Potong Pasir constituency and instead stood as a member of the SPP's team in the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency. However the SPP was defeated by the PAP's team in Bishan-Toa Payoh. His wife Lina Chiam narrowly lost the election in Potong Pasir and accepted a seat as a Non Constituency Member of Parliament.".
- Q1071599 abstract "Chiam See Tong (Chinese: 詹时中; pinyin: Zhān Shízhōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiam Sî-tiong; born 12 March 1935) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He is Singapore's longest-serving Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) in a Single Member Constituency (SMC), having represented the constituency of Potong Pasir in Parliament from 1984 to 2011.Chiam was founding leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) up to December 1996, when he left the party to join the Singapore People's Party (SPP) prior to the 1997 general election. He subsequently spearheaded the formation of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), and was its chairman and de facto leader from 2001 to 2011. However, in March 2011 he announced that he was withdrawing the SPP from the SDA grouping, and would contest the next general election under the SPP banner. At the 2011 general election, Chiam decided not to seek re-election in his Potong Pasir constituency and instead stood as a member of the SPP's team in the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency. However the SPP was defeated by the PAP's team in Bishan-Toa Payoh. His wife Lina Chiam narrowly lost the election in Potong Pasir and accepted a seat as a Non Constituency Member of Parliament.".