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, an 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, was part of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) team in Singapore General Elections 2006 that contested in Tampines GRC.

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, led by current chairman, Tsai Ing-wen in Taiwan.

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