1967 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1967 in Singapore.

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Incumbents

Events

January

February
  • 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
  • 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 begins at the Central Manpower Base.
  • 30 March - The SEACOM cable is launched. The cable went in operation until its decommissioning in 1986.[4]

April

May
  • 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
  • 12 June - The first notes, known as the Orchid series are issued, as well as the Marine Series.[7]

July

August
  • 8 August - Singapore is one of the founding members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).[8]

Births
  • 21 November - Benedict Tan - Former national sailor.[9]
  • Claire Tham - Author.[10]

Deaths
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References
  1. "Civilian War Memorial". NLB. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. "March 1967 Parliamentary By-election". NLB. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. "National Service becomes compulsory". NLB. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. "Toh launches Seacom phone, cable link-up". The Straits Times (Archived from NLB). 31 March 1967. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. "Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore is established". NLB. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. "'Garden city' vision is introduced". NLB. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  7. "Singapore issues its first currency". NLB. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  8. "The Asean Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) Bangkok, 8 August 1967". ASEAN. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  9. "Benedict Tan". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  10. "Claire Tham". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  11. "Lee Kong Chian". NLB. Retrieved 7 August 2019.


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