Democratic Progressive Party (Singapore)

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The Democratic Progressive Party (abbrev: DPP; Chinese: 民主进步党) is a political party in Singapore.

Although officially registered as a party on 16 March 1973, it has been regarded as a father and son combination of Mr Tan Soo Phuan and his son Tan Lead Shake, a IT network administrator. The party contested the general elections of 1997 and 2001 but failed to win a seat. Furthermore, in the 1997 General Elections, Mr Tan Soo Phuan lost S$6,000 of his election deposit as he failed to win 1/8 of the votes in the constituency that he contested. In the 2001 General Elections, it was his son's turn to lose the election deposit of S$13,000 (increased due to pay rises of each member of parliament) in Ayer Rajah SMC where he contested.

The party's Chairman is Mansor Rahman. [1]

In 1997, the junior Tan earned the nickname "Slipper Man" for appearing at the nomination centre at Victoria School in slippers. [2]

Mr Tan Lead Shake, express his intention to be part of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) team in Singapore General Elections 2006.

Said Mr Tan: "As a small party, we (at DPP) are very limited in manpower and resources. So we think it would be good to cooperate with other parties to contest."

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The party is not related to the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan.