1967 in Singapore

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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. ^[1]
• 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. ^[2]

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. ^[2]
• 14 March – The National Service bill is passed by the parliament. ^[3]
• 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. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

June

• 12 June – The first currency notes, known as the Orchid series were issued, as well as the Marine Series. ^[7]

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). ^[8]

October

• 30 October - The Science Council of Singapore is formed to develop Singapore's capabilities in science and technology. ^[9]

Births

• 1 July – Kym Ng, actress. ^[10]
• 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. ^[11]
• 30 October – Murali Pillai, PAP MP for Bukit Batok SMC and Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC. ^[12]
• 31 October – Mardan Mamat, golf player.
• 21 November – Benedict Tan, former national sailor. ^[13]
• Claire Tham, author. ^[14]
• 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). ^{[15] [16]}
• 19 May – Chew Hock Leong, former Chairman of the Public Service Commission and former General Manager of OCBC (b. 1897). ^[17]
• 2 June – Lee Kong Chian, businessman, philanthropist and Chinese community leader (b. 1893). ^{[18] [19]}
• 14 June – Yeo Chan Boon, Teochew community leader (b. 1881). ^[20]
• 6 November – Ng Keng Siang, architect (b. 1908). ^[21]

References

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2. "March 1967 Parliamentary By-election". NLB. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
3. "National Service becomes compulsory". NLB. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
4. "Toh launches Seacom phone, cable link-up". The Straits Times (Archived from NLB). 31 March 1967. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
5. "Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore is established". NLB. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
6. "'Garden city' vision is introduced". NLB. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
7. "Singapore issues its first currency". NLB. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
8. "The Asean Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) Bangkok, 8 August 1967". ASEAN. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
9. "Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)". NLB. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
10. "Style Evolution: Kym Ng". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
11. "Insta-Buzz: What The Stars Were Up To This Week". 8days. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
12. "Murali Pillai" (PDF). People's Action Party. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
13. "Benedict Tan". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
14. "Claire Tham". NLB. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
15. "Xing Ying (杏影)". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
16. "杏影先生逝世20周年纪念专号". NewspaperSG . 5 January 1987. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
17. "Former chairman of S'pore PSC dies, 71". NewspaperSG . 20 May 1967. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
18. "Lee Kong Chian". NLB. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
19. "Lee Kong Chian dies at 75". NewspaperSG . 3 June 1967. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
20. "A Glimpse of his Past: Yeo Chan Boon (1881–1967)". biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
21. "He created landmarks of S'pore". The Straits Times . 7 November 1967. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024– via NewspaperSG.