1969 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1969 in Singapore.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]March
[edit]- 26 March – The Sentosa Satellite Earth Station is announced, which will take a year to set up.[1]
May
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 10 December – Floods hit Singapore after heavy rain, leaving five fatalities.[5]
Births
[edit]- 10 January – Tan Chuan-Jin, Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore.
- 10 February – Poh Lip Meng, national sport shooter (d. 2021).
- 7 March - Huang Biren actress.
- 14 May – Lim Tong Hai, national football player.
- 17 June – James Lye, former actor.
- 10 July – Hossan Leong, media personality.[6]
- 12 August – Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth.
- 1 September – Lam Pin Min, former politician.
- 9 October – Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Education.
- 15 November – Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Health.
- Douglas Foo, Founder of Apex-Pal International Ltd (which owns Sakae Sushi), former Nominated Member of Parliament.[7]
Deaths
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Blakang Mati site for earth satellite station". The Straits Times (Retrieved from NLB). 27 March 1969. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "About SPC". SPC. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Day". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Regular FM service on Radio S'pura". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 17 July 1969. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Major floods in Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Hossan Leong". NLB. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Douglas Foo". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Percival Frank Aroozoo". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "SJSU Virtual Museum". www-archiv.fdm.uni-hamburg.de. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "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/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-48270. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
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