1967 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1967 in Singapore.
- National Service was first introduced in Singapore by Defence Minister, Goh Keng Swee
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 27 January – The Chartered Industries of Singapore is established to produce ammunition for the Singapore Armed Forces.
February
[edit]- 15 February – The Civilian War Memorial is unveiled at the War Memorial Park.[1]
- 24 February – 1967 by-elections: Nomination day is held for the by-elections. After nominations closed, People's Action Party (PAP) candidates Teo Hup Teck (Jalan Kayu), Chew Chin Han (Tampines), Patma Salvadurai (Bukit Panjang) and Lim Soo Peng (Havelock) win their seats via a walkover. However, there is a contest for the Thomson seat, where PAP's Ang Nam Piau campaigned against two independent candidates, M. P. D. Nair and Chan Yoke Kwong.[2]
March
[edit]- 7 March – The 1967 by-election is held in the Thomson constituency only. After polling closed, PAP's Ang Nam Piau won by a huge majority of 9,407 votes against M. P. D. Nair and Chan Yoke Kwong, who had garnered 1,310 and 537 votes respectively. The by-election resulted in the PAP having all the seats in Parliament until the 1981 Anson by-election, where J. B. Jeyaretnam from the Workers' Party wins the by-election.[2]
- 14 March – The National Service bill is passed by the parliament.[3]
- 18 March – Shin Min Daily News is launched.
- 28 March – Registrations for National Service begin at the Central Manpower Base.
- 30 March – The SEACOM cable is launched. The cable went in operation until its decommissioning in 1986.[4]
April
[edit]- 7 April – The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (present day Monetary Authority of Singapore) is established with the power to issue Singapore currency.[5]
May
[edit]- 5 May – The Republic of Singapore Navy is formed.
- 11 May – The Garden City vision was introduced to make Singapore a clean and green city, with the planting of trees.[6]
June
[edit]- 12 June – The first currency notes, known as the Orchid series were issued, as well as the Marine Series.[7]
July
[edit]- July – The first batch of the army is drafted for National Service.
August
[edit]- 8 August – Singapore is one of the founding members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).[8]
October
[edit]- 30 October - The Science Council of Singapore is formed to develop Singapore's capabilities in science and technology.[9]
Births
[edit]- 1 July – Kym Ng, actress.[10]
- 13 April – Jimmy Nah, actor and comedian. (d. 2008)
- 6 October – Terence Cao, actor.[11]
- 30 October – Murali Pillai, politician.[12]
- 31 October – Mardan Mamat, golf player.
- 21 November – Benedict Tan, former national sailor.[13]
- Claire Tham – author.[14]
Deaths
[edit]- 2 June – Lee Kong Chian – Businessman, philanthropist (b. 1893).[15]
- 14 June – Yeo Chan Boon – Teochew community leader (b. 1881).[16]
- 6 November – Ng Keng Siang – architect (b. 1908).[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Civilian War Memorial". NLB. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ a b "March 1967 Parliamentary By-election". NLB. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "National Service becomes compulsory". NLB. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Toh launches Seacom phone, cable link-up". The Straits Times (Archived from NLB). 31 March 1967. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore is established". NLB. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "'Garden city' vision is introduced". NLB. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Singapore issues its first currency". NLB. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "The Asean Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) Bangkok, 8 August 1967". ASEAN. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)". NLB. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Style Evolution: Kym Ng". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Insta-Buzz: What The Stars Were Up To This Week". 8days. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Murali Pillai" (PDF). People's Action Party. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Benedict Tan". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Claire Tham". NLB. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Lee Kong Chian". NLB. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "A Glimpse of his Past: Yeo Chan Boon (1881–1967)". biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "He created landmarks of S'pore". The Straits Times. 7 November 1967. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024 – via NewspaperSG.
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