1969 in Singapore

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See also:	Other events of 1969 Timeline of Singaporean history

The following lists events that happened during 1969 in Singapore.

Incumbents

• President: Yusuf bin Ishak
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

Events

March

• 26 March – The Sentosa Satellite Earth Station is announced, which will take a year to set up. ^[1]

May

• 13 May – Ethnic riots break out in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which later spill over to Singapore.
• 19 May – The Singapore Petroleum Company is formed. ^[2]

July

• 1 July – The first SAF Day was commemorated. ^[3]
• 18 July – Radio Television Singapore launches its fifth radio station, the "FM Stereo Service" on 92.4 and 790 kHz. ^[4]

December

• 10 December – Floods hit Singapore after heavy rain, leaving five fatalities. ^[5]

Births

• 10 January – Tan Chuan-Jin, former politician and former speaker.
• 10 February – Poh Lip Meng, national sport shooter (d. 2021).
• 7 March - Huang Biren, actress.
• 9 April - M Ravi, human rights lawyer and activist (d. 2025).
• 14 May – Lim Tong Hai, national football player.
• 17 June – James Lye, former actor.
• 10 July – Hossan Leong, television personality. ^[6]
• 12 August – Edwin Tong, lawyer and politician.
• 1 September – Lam Pin Min, former doctor and former politician.
• 9 October – Chan Chun Sing, former army general and politician.
• 15 November – Ong Ye Kung, former civil servant and politician.
• Date unknown - Douglas Foo, Founder of Apex-Pal International Ltd (which owns Sakae Sushi), former Nominated Member of Parliament. ^[7]

Deaths

• 15 March – Percival Frank Aroozoo, former principal of Gan Eng Seng School (b. 1900). ^[8]
• 8 July – Robert Lim, medical doctor and eldest son of Lim Boon Keng (b. 1897). ^[9]
• 5 October – John Davies, 1st Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of Singapore (b. 1898). ^[10]

References

1. "Blakang Mati site for earth satellite station". The Straits Times (Retrieved from NLB). 27 March 1969. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
2. "About SPC". SPC. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
3. "Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Day". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
4. "Regular FM service on Radio S'pura". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 17 July 1969. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
5. "Major floods in Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
6. "Hossan Leong". NLB. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
7. "Douglas Foo". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
8. "Percival Frank Aroozoo". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
9. "SJSU Virtual Museum". www-archiv.fdm.uni-hamburg.de. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
10. "Davies, Sir (Edward) John, (20 Feb. 1898–5 Oct. 1969), Chief Justice of Tanganyika, 1955–60, retired". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U48270 . Retrieved 27 December 2024.