1960 in Singapore

← 1959 1958 1957 1960 in Singapore → 1961 1962 1963
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1960 Timeline of Singaporean history

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Singapore.

Table	1960	1961	1962
Births	61770	59930	58977
Deaths	10210	10027	10178

Statistics

Births

There were 61770 recorded births

Deaths

There were 10210 recorded deaths. ^[1]

Incumbents

• Yang di-Pertuan Negara – Yusof Ishak
• Prime Minister – Lee Kuan Yew

Events

February

• 1 February – The Housing and Development Board is set up by Lim Kim San, replacing the Singapore Improvement Trust. ^[2]

July

• 1 July – The People's Association is formed. ^[3]

September

• 6 September – The National Library launches a new mobile library service. ^[4]
• 8 September – Tan Howe Liang wins a silver medal during the 1960 Summer Olympics.

November

• 12 November – The Old National Library Building (demolished in 2004) was opened. ^[5]

Date unknown

– Far East Organization, a property developer was founded. ^[6]

Births

• Jack Neo, film director. ^[7]
• Isa Kamari, author. ^[8]
• 7 January – Hong Huifang, actress
• 17 March – Ruth Langsford, presenter in the United Kingdom
• 29 March – Paddy Chew, actor (d. 1999)
• 20 June – Jeremy Monteiro, singer
• 19 August – Wee Siew Kim, former politician

See also

• List of years in Singapore

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
2. "History – Housing & Development Board (HDB)".
3. "The People's Association is formed". NLB. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
4. "Good start for mobile library". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 6 September 1960. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
5. "Cultural awakening". The Straits Times. 13 November 1960. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
6. "Far East Organization". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
7. "Jack Neo". NLB. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
8. "Isa Kamari". NLB. Retrieved 26 July 2019.