Talk:Administrative divisions of Singapore

I've removed the wikilink for Pioneer, as it links to a disambig page. If this division is notable, feel free to add a stub with a unique name (and to link it to the Pioneer disambig.) --MikeJ9919 06:29, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Are members of the CDCs elected? Why isn't there any election? What is the purpose to have divisions within GRCs? --Qaka 23:13, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

• Historically, these subdivisions have been based on postal districts, especially during the colonial era.

• When local elections necessitated the setting up of electoral districts, however, it began to supplement postal districts as an alternative form of local governance, since each electoral district is headed by a member of parliament who represents and speaks for the respective electorates.

• In the 1990s, the Urban Redevelopment Authority carved up the country into 55 planning areas. These boundaries became increasingly accepted as an alternative method of subdividing the country, made all the more popular as the boundaries do not change compared to the more fluid nature of electoral boundaries.
  • Sources - ^[1][2]

Hmm, I cannot find references to support "increasingly accepted" though. The CLGF only states that it is an alternative method. The other link supports the NPP/NCC. CIA factbook on the other hand states that Singapore has no administrative subdivisions. I'll look up more. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 12:26, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

"Whilst it has no local government, Singapore does use two concurrent sets of sub-divisions". It is not an alternative method. -- MageLam (talk) 12:45, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Ah yes. This site (UNECE) gives the subdivisions as "Districts" though (which I assume are CDCs) and says information comes from the Singapore embassy at Paris. Parent page. As this info is based on ISO 3166-2, I checked it as well and they define the principal subdivisions as "districts" --Lemongirl942 (talk) 13:40, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

If I'm not wrong, the Singapore Constitution still dosen't mandate any permenant local administrative subdivisions (like provinces and states). This is de-jure. However, ISO 3166-2 does identify and recognize the CDC districts as the main administrative subdivisions, although such recognition may be de-facto. -- MageLam (talk) 14:18, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

• The Singapore Department of Statistics adopted these boundaries for the latest 2000 nationwide population census, and
  • Source - ^[3]

• the Singapore Police Force uses them as an approximate guide when demarcating boundaries for its Neighbourhood Police Centres, as opposed to the former Neighbourhood Police Post system which was also based on electoral divisions.
  • Source - ^[1]

• Postal districts were numbered from 01 to 83 under the new system implemented on 1 September 1995. Census data and most forms of internal boundaries had been based on postal districts until the introduction of new planning boundaries in the 1990s.