1970 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1970 in Singapore.

← 1969 1968 1967 1970 in Singapore → 1971 1972 1973
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1970 Timeline of Singaporean history

Incumbents

• President: Yusof Ishak (until 23 November), Yeoh Ghim Seng (Acting) (23 November to 2 January 1971)
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

Events

May

• 2 May - The Queenstown Branch Library (now Queenstown Community Library) is opened to the public, making it Singapore's first branch library.[1]
• 14 May - National Junior College, Singapore's first junior college, opens.[2]

July

• 8 July - Singapore's first kidney transplant is performed on 29-year-old Doreen Tan at the Outram Park General Hospital (present day Singapore General Hospital), led by Chan Kong Thoe. The operation is declared a success.[3]

August

• 4 August - The Ministry of Health announced more hawker centres to be built within five years to resettle all street hawkers, resulting in greater hygiene and better facilities. For a start, three such hawker centres will be built this year.[4]

September

• September - Singapore is admitted into the Non-Aligned Movement.

October

• 1 October - The first shopping mall in Singapore, the People's Park Complex, is opened.[5]

November

• 23 November - Singapore's first President Yusof Ishak dies while in office.[6] Speaker of Parliament Yeoh Ghim Seng temporarily serves as acting President during that time.

Births

• 22 August - Gwee Li Sui - Poet, graphic artist, critic.[7]
• Dave Chua - Author of Gone Case.[8]
• Paul Tan - Poet, winner of 1993 and 1997 Singapore Literature Prize.[9]

Deaths

• 23 November – Yusof bin Ishak, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910).[6]

References

1. "Queenstown Community Library". NLB. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
2. "Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew talking with students at …". nas.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
3. "First kidney transplant". NLB. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
4. "Balloting of stalls at Block 89, Hawker Centre, Pipit Road" (PDF). NAS. 4 August 1970. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
5. "Online project highlights key days of our lives". The New Paper. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
6. "Cabinet pays last respects". The Straits Times, (Retrieved from NewspaperSG). 24 November 1970. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
7. "Gwee Li Sui". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
8. "Dave Chua". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
9. "Paul Tan". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.