1967 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1967 in Singapore.

• National Service was first introduced in Singapore by Defence Minister, Goh Keng Swee

Incumbents

• President: Yusof Ishak
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

Events

January

• 27 January – The Chartered Industries of Singapore is established to produce ammunition for the Singapore Armed Forces.

February

• 15 February – The Civilian War Memorial is unveiled at the War Memorial Park.
• 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), Pathmanaban Selvadurai (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.

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.
• 14 March – The National Service bill is passed by the parliament.
• 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.

April

• 7 April – The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (present day Monetary Authority of Singapore) is established with the power to issue Singapore currency.

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.

June

• 12 June – The first currency notes, known as the Orchid series were issued, as well as the Marine Series.

July

• July – The first batch of the army is drafted for National Service.

August

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

October

• 30 October - The Science Council of Singapore is formed to develop Singapore's capabilities in science and technology.

Births

• 1 July – Kym Ng, actress.
• 31 March – Ang Wei Neng, politician and business leader.
• 13 April – Jimmy Nah, actor and comedian. (d. 2008)
• 12 June – Penny Low, former PAP MP for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC.
• 6 October – Terence Cao, actor.
• 30 October – Murali Pillai, PAP MP for Bukit Batok SMC and Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC.
• 31 October – Mardan Mamat, golf player.
• 21 November – Benedict Tan, former national sailor.
• Claire Tham, author.
• Joan Pereira, PAP MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC.
• Desmond Lim, 2nd Chairman of the Singapore Democratic Alliance.

Deaths

• 5 January – Xing Ying, writer and editor of literary supplements (b. 1911).
• 19 May – Chew Hock Leong, former Chairman of the Public Service Commission and former General Manager of OCBC (b. 1897).
• 2 June – Lee Kong Chian, businessman, philanthropist and Chinese community leader (b. 1893).
• 14 June – Yeo Chan Boon, Teochew community leader (b. 1881).
• 6 November – Ng Keng Siang, architect (b. 1908).

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