Kim Seng Constituency Kim Seng Constituency was located in the Bukit Merah area, within Singapore’s Central Region. It was named after Tan ...

Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (originally GSIC, now known as GIC) is a private investment company ...

Land Acquisition Act 1966 The Land Acquisition Act was introduced on 17 June 1967 to provide the government with the legal framework to acquire ...

Singapore-Malaysia water agreements Singapore and Malaysia have signed four water agreements regarding the supply of water from across the Causeway. The ...

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport. Set up on 1 September ...

Stanley Toft Stewart Stanley Toft Stewart (b. 13 June 1910, Penang–d. 9 February 1992, Singapore) was a long-serving public official in Malaya ...

Singapore’s first town councils Ang Mo Kio West, East and South are Singapore’s first town councils. They were set up on 1 September 1986 as a pilot ...

Singapore Improvement Trust Formally established in 1927, the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) was initially tasked with improving the infrastructure ...

Rose Chan Rose Chan (b. 1925, Soo Chow [present-day Suzhou], China d. 1987, Penang, Malaysia) was born Chan Wai Chang into a family ...

Robinson's Department Store fire at Raffles Place The Robinson’s Department Store building at Raffles Place was destroyed by a fire that broke out at around 9.55 am on ...

Area Licensing Scheme The Area Licensing Scheme (ALS) was launched on 2 June 1975. Designed to reduce traffic congestion in the Central Business ...

Toa Payoh New Town On 20 June 1966, tenants moved into the first blocks of flats in the new Toa Payoh satellite township. The Toa Payoh ...

CYC Shanghai Shirt Company CYC is a clothing firm best known for its custom-made shirts and corporate wear. Founded as CYC Shanghai Shirt Company ...

Ahmad Mattar Ahmad bin Mohamed Mattar (Dr) (b. 13 August 1940, Singapore–), better known as Ahmad Mattar, is a former academic and ...

Pulau Bukom fire (2011) On 28 September 2011, a fire broke out at an oil refinery owned by Royal Dutch Shell on Pulau Bukom. The blaze began ...

Factories Ordinance, 1958 The Factories Ordinance, 1958 (Ord. 41 of 1958), was a piece of legislation that sought to set minimum standards for ...

Jurong Town Corporation The Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) was set up on 1 June 1968 under the Jurong Town Corporation Act to take over from ...

Singapore’s first National Day celebrations In 1966, Singapore celebrated its 9 August National Day for the first time. It was a week-long string of festivities ...

Sikh community The Sikh community is one of the smallest ethnic groups in Singapore and is usually considered part of the larger North ...

Herman Ronald Hochstadt Herman Ronald Hochstadt (b. 1933, Singapore–) is a former top civil servant who worked in various ministries. He was ...

Spyros accident The explosion and fire on board Greek oil tanker S. T. Spyros on 12 October 1978 was described as Singapore’s “worst ...

Sim Kee Boon Sim Kee Boon (b. 5 September 1929, Singapore–d. 9 November 2007, Singapore) had an illustrious career in the civil service ...

Lee Lim Lee Lim (b. 1931, China–d. 12 January 1989, Singapore), was an icon in the field of artistic photography, both locally ...

Hock Lee bus strike and riot Dismissed workers of the Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Company went on strike from 25 April 1955. Joined by supporters and ...

Jek Yeun Thong Jek Yeun Thong (b. 1930, Singapore–d. 2018, Singapore) was a former politician who held the ministerial portfolios of ...

Cholera outbreak of 1873 A cholera epidemic occurred in Singapore in July 1873 and lasted till September the same year, resulting in 857 reported ...

Flor Contemplacion Flor Contemplacion (b. 1953 - d. 17 March 1995, Singapore) was a Filipino domestic worker convicted of murdering another ...

Benedict Tan Benedict Tan Chi’ Loong (Dr) (b. 21 November 1967, Singapore–) is a former national sailor who has won gold medals at ...

National service: Early years National service (NS) was introduced in post-independence Singapore when the National Service (Amendment) Act came into ...

Richard Eu Yee Ming Richard Eu Yee Ming (b. 29 October 1947, Hong Kong–) is the chairman of Eu Yan Sang International Ltd., a healthcare ...

Singapore’s first television station The first television station in Singapore, Television Singapura, was launched on 15 February 1963. It merged with Radio ...

Franklin Charles Gimson Franklin Charles Gimson (Sir) (b. 10 September 1890, Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, England–d. 13 February 1975, ...

Internal Security Act The Internal Security Act (ISA) is a law that enables the government to swiftly act against what it deems to be threats ...

Aljunied Situated on the eastern fringe of the city centre, Aljunied broadly refers to the areas surrounding Aljunied Road, which ...

Industrial Relations Ordinance and Industrial Arbitration Court The Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1960, was a piece of legislation that sought to regulate relations between employers ...

National Theatre The National Theatre was a public theatre used for performances, concerts and conferences that was situated at the corner ...

Bishan Bishan is an urban planning area located in the central region of Singapore. It covers an area of 743 ha bounded by ...

Goh Keng Swee Goh Keng Swee (Dr) (b. 6 October 1918, Malacca–d. 14 May 2010, Singapore) has often been called the “economic architect” ...

Khoo Oon Teik Khoo Oon Teik (Dr) (b. 30 March 1921, Penang, Malaysia–5 March 2012, Singapore) was a doctor and the founder of the ...

Vigilante Corps The Vigilante Corps (VC) was originally a network of volunteers set up by the government in April 1964 to guard key ...

First crash at Kallang Airport A Qantas-BOAC Constellation G-ALAM airliner named Able Mike crashed during its landing at the now-defunct Kallang Airport ...

Pulau Merlimau refinery fire Pulau Merlimau was one of Singapore’s southern islands off the coast of Jurong before it became part of Jurong Island. ...

Part-time branch libraries Part-time branch libraries were started by the Raffles Library (renamed the National Library in 1960) to bring library ...

Montague William Pett Montague William Pett (b. September 1880, Kent, England–d. 10 November 1940, Exeter, England) was the first professional ...

Economic Development Board The Economic Development Board (EDB) is a statutory board established on 1 August 1961 to spearhead Singapore’s industrialisation ...

Communal riots of 1964 The communal riots of 1964 refer to two separate series of race riots involving clashes between Malays and Chinese that ...

Pulau Sudong Located off Singapore’s south coast, Pulau Sudong was classified as one of the Western Islands in the Urban Redevelopment ...

Kartar Singh Thakral Kartar Singh Thakral (b. 22 September 1933, Bangkok, Thailand–) is the chairman of Thakral Group of Companies and executive ...

Sepoys Sepoys were Indian soldiers employed within European military garrisons to provide the much-needed manpower for the ...

Lim Kim San Lim Kim San (b. 30 November 1916, Singapore–d. 20 July 2006, Singapore) was a former politician best known for his contributions ...