Former presidential hopeful Tan Cheng Bock registered ‘Progress Singapore Party’

The political party started by former presidential hopeful Tan Cheng Bock has received in-principle approval from the Registry of Societies, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Tuesday (March 19).

SINGAPORE, Mar 19, 2019, TODAYonline. The political party started by former presidential hopeful Tan Cheng Bock has received in-principle approval from the Registry of Societies, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Tuesday (March 19), reported the TODAYonline.

In January, the former People’s Action Party (PAP) Member of Parliament, who is 78, announced that he and 11 others had applied to start the Progress Singapore Party.

“The application to register the ‘Progress Singapore Party’ has received in-principle approval from the Registry of Societies (ROS), subject to the acceptance of its Constitution and payment of the registration fee,” MHA said.

On Saturday, Dr Tan had said on Facebook that the in-principle approval from ROS was subject to the party accepting some amendments made by the ROS to its constitution.

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