1963 in Singapore

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Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1963 Timeline of Singaporean history

The following lists events that happened during 1963 in Singapore.

• Singapore was a 14th State of Malaysia beginning 16 September 1963.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 16 February at 18:00 SST - Singapore national free-to-air terrestrial television channel's "Television Singapore (Chinese: 新加坡電視)" by the Singapore's first pilot television broadcast service for maninly English television broadcast and Malay television programme at the time of daily transmissions of 1-hour monochrome service of test transmissions on daily at 18:00 until 19:00 SST a subsidiary of Radio Television Singapore (RTS, Chinese: 新加坡廣播電視).
• 2 April at 19:00 SST - Singapore officially formally inauguration regular television broadcast service began on first national free-to-air terrestrial television channel's Television Singapore - Channel 1 was officially known as "Saluran 5 Television Singapore (Chinese: 新加坡電視英文台)" was officially opening ceremonies by the President of the Republic of Singapore's Father Yusof bin Ishak for mainly English television broadcast and Malay television programme at the time of daily transmissions of 4-hour broadcasts on daily at 19:00 until 23:00 SST a subsidiary of Radio Television Singapore (RTS, Chinese: 新加坡廣播電視).
• 9 July - The Malaysia Agreement is signed between leaders of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak.
• 31 August - On this Malaysia Solidarity Day it was officially inaugurated by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore's Father Lee Kuan Yew declares the independence for Singapore from the British.
• 16 September - Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore. Indonesia carries out its konfrontasi campaign.
• 21 September - The PAP wins the 1963 State Elections, defeating the Barisan Sosialis and UMNO.
• 23 November at 19:00 SST - Singapore officially formally inauguration regular television broadcast service began on second national free-to-air terrestrial television channel's Television Singapore - Channel 2 was officially known as "Saluran 8 Television Singapore (Chinese: 新加坡電視中文台)" was launched for mainly Chinese television broadcast and Tamil television programme at the time of daily transmissions of 3-hour broadcasts on daily at 19:00 until 22:00 SST a subsidiary of Radio Television Singapore (RTS, Chinese: 新加坡廣播電視).

1963 Malaysian and Singaporean events by month

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