Hong Kong and Singapore are city states that have none or little
             political participation, instead political decisions were left to a
             small group of leaders. Hong Kong's history of colonial rule and the
             strength of the People's Action Party in Singapore acted to keep limit
             Hong Kong after World War Two remained a colony of England and
             it's government remained under colonial rule. The government of Hong
             Kong was govern and run by the English Foreign service officers that
             came to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong it really was the English that ruled not
             In Singapore following the end of World War Two a single
             political party came into power in Singapore, the People's Action Party
             which was a anti-colonial left wing party was a made up of communists
             and more socialists parties. The PAP so dominated politics that no
             other political party emerged in Singapore as a strong force. In the
             democratically held elections in Singapore the PAP always won by large
             majorities. The greatest lost came to the PAP in 1984 when the
             opposition won two seats in the 79 seat legislature in Singapore. This
             was due to a recession during the period and disapproval with the
             governments economic policies. Because of this in Singapore, politics
             disappeared and was replaced by an administrative state run by a system
             of official. Following the election of 1984 the PAP brought new policies
             to increase its support. First, the party step up its recruitment of
             young members. Second, the administration agreed to discuss the National
             Agenda and formation of the PAP party with the people of Singapore
             starting in 1987. Third, the government of Singapore started televising
             deliberations of the national legislative council. These three
             initiatives stimulated a new interest in government that had been absent
             from Singapore for years. The public finally felt that it could
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