The subsequent elections confirmed the predominant role of PAP:-
- January 1997 election, PAP won 81 seats out of 83 seats
- 2001 election, PAP won 82 seats out of 83 seats
Opposition parties are Workers Party and Singapore's People Party
In 1982 , out of concerns about moral quality of population, especially youth, the government introduced religious courses in the schools because of increasing materialism and erosion of moral value: - emphasizing Confucian ethics.