1971 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1971 in Singapore.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Yeoh Ghim Seng (Acting) (23 November 1970 to 2 January), Benjamin Henry Sheares (starting 2 January)
- Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January – The Monetary Authority of Singapore was established to regulate the financial sector and as Singapore's central bank.[1]
- 2 January – Dr Benjamin Henry Sheares becomes the second President of Singapore.[2]
- 3 January – Jurong Bird Park opens to the public.[3]
- 14–22 January - Singapore hosts the 18th Conference of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
- 29 January – The Preservation of Monuments Board was established to identify and safeguard buildings of great historical value and recommend as national monuments.[4]
February
[edit]- 1 February – The National Sports Promotion Board is formed to promote and develop sports in Singapore.[5]
March
[edit]- 15 March – The Staff Training Institute (now the Civil Service College) is established to train civil servants.[6]
April
[edit]- 15–16 April – Singapore, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand sign the Five Power Defence Arrangements. The agreement comes into effect on 1 November the same year.[7]
- 23 April –
- The Shangri-La Hotel Singapore is opened.
- The first Concept Plan is unveiled, which proposes a 'Ring Plan'.[8]
May
[edit]- 11 May – Local newspapers Eastern Sun and the Singapore Herald were accused by then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of having been involved in "black operations".[9] They later shut down on 18 May and 28 May respectively.[9][10]
July
[edit]- 14 July – The Jurong Drive-in Cinema is opened as Singapore's first and only open-air drive-in cinema. The cinema operated for 15 years until its closure on 30 September 1985.[11]
- 30 July – Singapore's first sex reassignment surgery is performed on a 24-year-old who becomes a woman after the surgery, led by Dr S. S. Ratnam. The surgery is declared a success.[12]
October
[edit]- 23 October – The Sentosa Satellite Earth Station is officially launched, making it Singapore's first Satellite Earth Station.[13]
- 31 October – The last British military forces withdraws from Singapore.[14]
November
[edit]- 2 November – The Central Narcotics Bureau is set up to tackle the problem of drugs in Singapore.
- 7 November – The first Tree Planting Day is launched by Dr Goh Keng Swee in Mount Faber.[15]
December
[edit]- 1 December – The Singapore Traction Company ceases operations.
- 2 December – The Clean Air Act is passed to deal with pollution caused by early industrialisation.[16]
- 29 December – The Gold Bars triple murders saw a gold merchant and his two employees robbed and killed by a group of 10 men. Seven of the 10 men were sentenced to death for the crime; the remaining three were indefinitely detained for lengthy periods before their release.[17]
Date unknown
[edit]- Tower 1 of Mandarin Orchard Singapore is opened.
Births
[edit]- 27 January – Fann Wong, actress.
- 30 January – Bryan Wong, actor.
- 23 July – Christopher Lee, Malaysia-born Singaporean actor.
- Daren Shiau, writer, lawyer, and environmental activist.[18]
- Selena Tan, producer, director, writer, and actress.
Deaths
[edit]- 7 February – Chen Yoh Shoo, former chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (b. 1900).[citation needed]
- 26 June – Goh Chew Chua, former assemblyman for Tampines Constituency (b. 1897).[19]
- 21 September – Tan Chor Lam, Chinese businessman and first chairman of the Nanyang Branch of the Tongmenghui (b. 1884).[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Establishment of the Monetary Authority of Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Benjamin Sheares becomes second president of Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Goh Opens Park". The Straits Times. 4 January 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 1 June 2016 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Preservation of Monuments Board is established". NLB. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "National Sports Promotion Board is established". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Staff Training Institute (Civil Service College) opens". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "The Five Power Defence Arrangement comes into force". NLB. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Singapore's first concept plan is completed". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ a b Cheng Tong, Yap (17 May 1971). "Walk-out at the Sun". The Straits Times. p. 1. Retrieved 26 October 2023 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Opposition Paper in Singapore Is Closed on Government Order". The New York Times. 29 May 1971. p. 5.
- ^ "Opening of Jurong Drive-in Cinema". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "First sex reassignment surgery". NLB. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Connecting Singapore to the World - From Submarine Cables To Satellite Earth Stations". NAS. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Ceremonial parades for British military withdrawal are held". NLB. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Tree Planting Day". NLB. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Clean Air Act of 1971". NLB. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Gold Bar Murders". NLB. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Daren Shiau". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "NewspaperSG". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Tan Chor Lam". reference.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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