The People’s Association (PA) was established on 1 July 1960, a year after Singapore attained self-government, to foster racial harmony and social cohesion. Trace the development of our history through photos, videos and stories of people who helped shaped the PA, and contributed to building a better home for all.
PA turns 50! Join us as we reflect on the past and continue to do our part to build and to bridge communities in achieving one people, one Singapore.
If you did not have the PA, Singapore would look quite different. The civic pride will be different, the cleanliness, the orderliness, the crime level will be different. Having created this environment, how do you continue to [bring people together] with a very different society? How do you get them together and interact? That is a big challenge.
- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, August 2009
CCCs form Constituency SARS Task Forces to tackle the SARS crisis in 2003. At the end of the SARS crisis, the task forces were transformed into Emergency Preparedness Groups to prepare the community for emergencies.
