1968 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1968 in Singapore.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 17 January – Britain announces its intention to withdraw its armed forces from Singapore by 1971.[1]
- 30 January – The Ellenborough Market is destroyed in a fire, causing S$253,000 in damages and affecting about 1000 hawkers and stall-holders. The market is demolished a few years later.[2]
April
- 13 April – The PAP wins the 1968 General Election.
May
- 1 May – The Hindu Endowments Board is formed.[3]
- 23 May – Singapore Pools is formed as a state-owned lottery firm to combat triads and illegal syndicates.[4]
June
- 1 June – Jurong Town Corporation is formed to develop Singapore's industries, taking over this role from the Economic Development Board.[5]
- 7 June – Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) is established as a think-tank to research on trends and politics in Southeast Asia and beyond.
July
- 1 July – The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (known as MUIS) is established.[6]
September
- 1 September -
- The Development Bank of Singapore (now DBS) commences operations.[7]
- Keppel Shipyard is established to take over PSA's ship-repair and shipbuilding services.[8]
- The Singapore Air Defence Command is formed.
- 17 September – The first A&W store opens at MSA Building, making it Singapore's first fast food restaurant. This went on until 2003, when A&W decided to leave Singapore.[9] It made a return in 2019 to Jewel Changi Airport.
October
- 1 October – The Keep Singapore Clean campaign is launched.[10]
- 17 October – The two marines were hanged for their roles in the MacDonald House bombing.
November
- 5 November – Intraco Ltd is formed to promote Singapore goods overseas.[11]
December
- 17 December – Sembawang Shipyard was handed back to Singapore.[12]
- 30 December – Neptune Orient Lines is formed as Singapore's national shipping line.[13]
Births
- 10 January – Zoe Tay, actress.
- 8 June – Teo Ser Luck, former politician.
- 16 June – Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, politician.
- 8 July – Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information.
- 14 July – Michael Palmer, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore.
- 8 August – Ng Chee Meng, Former Minister in Prime Minister's Office.
- 10 August – Kumar, comedian.[14]
- 16 October – Mark Lee, comedian.
- 27 December – Lim Wee Kiak, politician and ophthalmologist.
Dates unknown
- Lau Siew Mei, writer.[15]
- Benjamin Pwee, politician, business development strategist and consultant.
Deaths
- 19 July – Emily Sadka, historian (b. 1920).[16]
- 9 August – Lee Poh Neo, daughter of famous Straits Chinese businessman and philanthropist Lee Choon Guan (b. 1901).[17]
- 8 September – Haji Hashim, founder of Singapore's first Malay bookshop, Haji Hashim Bookstore (b. 1900).[18][19]
- 6 October – Goh Tong Liang, former Progressive Party legislative assemblyman for Bukit Panjang Constituency (b. 1894).[20]
- 27 October – Sir George Oehlers, 1st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore (b. 1908).[21]
- 2 November – Richard Lim Chuan Hoe, barrister and former Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore (b. 1904).[22][23]
- 7 November – A. J. Braga, 1st Minister for Health and former Labour Front legislative assemblyman for Katong Constituency (b. 1900).[24]
- 6 December – Lim Keng Lian, tea merchant and Chinese community leader (b. 1893).[25][26]
References
- ↑ "All out by 1971". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ↑ "Ellenborough Market". NLB. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ↑ "Hindu Endowments Board lends a helping hand". Asiaone. Tabla!. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ↑ "Awards & Milestones". Singapore Pools. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ↑ "Jurong Town Corporation is established". NLB. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ↑ "Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura". NLB. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ↑ "Establishment of the Development Bank of Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ↑ "Keppel Shipyard is incorporated". NLB. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ↑ "Online project highlights key days of our lives". The New Paper. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ "Keep Singapore Clean campaign". NLB. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ↑ "Intraco Ltd. is incorporated". NLB. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ↑ "Ceremony for Transfer of HM Dockyard Singapore to Singapore Government". NAS. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ↑ "Neptune Orient Lines is incorporated". NLB. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ↑ "Kumar". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ↑ "Lau Siew Mei". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ↑ Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
- ↑ "STA chairman's mother dies". NewspaperSG. 9 August 1968. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ Mohd Bakhit, Mohamad Tauhid. "Hashim bin Abdullah (Haji Hashim)". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ↑ "Haji Hashim saudagar buku Melayu meninggal". NewspaperSG. 9 September 1968. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ↑ "Former voice of rural folk dies at 75". NewspaperSG. 8 October 1968. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ↑ "Sir George dies". NewspaperSG. 28 October 1968. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ "Singapore War Crimes Trials". www.singaporewarcrimestrials.com. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ "林泉和律師昨日殯葬". NewspaperSG. 4 November 1968. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ↑ "EX-MINISTER BRAGA DIES". NewspaperSG. 7 November 1968. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ 陈煜. "闽籍侨领的宗乡网络——林庆年与林金泰茶庄". Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ↑ "WELL-KNOWN COMMUNITY LEADER DIES AT 75". NewspaperSG. 10 December 1968. Retrieved 18 February 2026.