1963 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1963 in Singapore.
- State of Malaysiabeginning 16 September 1963.
Incumbents
- Yang di-Pertuan Negara – Yusof Ishak
- Prime Minister – Lee Kuan Yew
Events
January
- 6 January – The OG factory is officially opened.[1]
- 20 January – Confrontation was announced.[2]
February
- 2 February – Operation Coldstore was mounted to stop communist influence, resulting in 113 people being arrested.[3]
- 15 February – At 6:00pm television programme in Singapore was a 15-minute documentary produced by TV Singapura called TV Looks at Singapore. It was followed by two cartoons, a news report and newsreel, a comedy show and a local variety show. At the time, it was estimated that only one in 58 persons in Singapore owned a TV set, and the pilot service offered only 1-hour and 40-minutes of broadcasting per day on Channel 5.[4]
March
- 13 March – The Civilian War Memorial will be built at Beach Road.[5]
April
- 2 April - At 7:15pm Yusof Ishak officially inaugurated the regular television service as "TV Singapura Channel 5" with expanded its broadcast day to four hours per-night daily broadcasts from 7:15pm until 11:15pm SGT before gradually brought forward to 6:30pm SGT in September showing programmes in Singapore's four official languages.[6]
- 22 April – City Hall riot.[7]
May
- 1 May – The Public Utilities Board is formed to manage electricity, water and gas.[8]
- 25 May – The Ngee Ann College is officially opened, changing name from Ngee Ann Technical College and finally present-day Ngee Ann Polytechnic.[9]
June
- 16 June – The first tree in Singapore is planted in Farrer Circus by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, which is a mempat tree.[10]
July
- 9 July – The 20-point agreement, submitted by North Borneo, was signed by the UK government and representatives of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore in the run-up to the creation of the Federation of Malaysia.[11][12]
- 12 July - Pulau Senang prison riot.[13]
August
- 8 August – The National Theatre is opened.[14]
- 25 August – A rally was held in City Hall.[15]
- 28 August – A report to improve education was released.[16]
- 31 August – Yusof bin Ishak as the head of state (Yang di-Pertuan Negara) and Lee Kuan Yew as prime minister; sixteen days later, Singapore would join the Federation of Malaysia, but would declare independence again on 9 August 1965. On the same day, the 1963 State Constitution is adopted.[17][18][19]
September
- 7 September – City Developments Limited is formed as a property group.[20]
- 16 September – Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore.[21][22]
- 21 September – The PAP wins the
November
- 13 November – The Singapore Association of Trade Unions (SATU) is refused registration for being prejudicial to Singapore's national security, leading to its eventual dissolution.[25][26]
- 23 November – TV Singapura Channel 8 was officially formal full launched at 7:40pm SGT as Singapore's second television channel with 1 hour and 25 minute daily broadcasts from 7:40pm until 10:05pm SGT.[27]
Births
- 12 April – Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
- 16 April – Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health.
- 20 September – Ivan Heng, Stage actor, director, founder of W!LD RICE.[28]
- Koh Buck Song – Writer, journalist.[29]
- Heng Siok Tian – Art educator.[30]
- Yang Lina - Actress (d. 2010).[31]
Deaths
- 14 February – Lim Hak Tai – Pioneer artist, art educator (b. 1893).[32]
- 18 August – Carl Alexander Gibson-Hill – Last British director of Raffles Museum (present day National Museum of Singapore) (b. 1911).[33]
- Haji Ambo Sooloh – Businessman of Bugis descent (b. 1891).[34]
References
- ^ "Goh to open factory". The Straits Times. 5 January 1963. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Indonesia announces Konfrontasi (Confrontation)". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Special Branch mounts Operation Coldstore". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (14 February 1963). "PROGRAMME FOR TV PILOT SERVICE". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Civilian War Memorial". NLB. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (2 April 1963). "Television Singapura The Straits Times". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "SEVEN CHARGES". The Straits Times. 24 April 1963. p. 1.
- ^ "Public Utilities Board is formed". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Ngee Ann College opens". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ Lam, Lydia (20 May 2015). "On the trail of Mr Lee's trees". Asiaone. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ISBN 978-981-230-317-2.
- ^ "Signing of the Malaysia Agreement". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "ALL THAT HAVOC EN 40 mins: SEOW". The Straits Times. 19 November 1963. p. 6.
- ^ "National Theatre". NLB. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ ""Blood debt" rally is held at City Hall". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Final report of the Commission of Inquiry into Education". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-134-00332-7.
- ^ "Lee Kuan Yew declares de facto independence for Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "1963 State of Singapore Constitution is adopted". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "City Developments Limited is formed". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Portal Rasmi Arkib Negara Malaysia". www.arkib.gov.my. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "Singapore becomes part of Malaysia". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ISBN 978-981-210-265-2.
- ^ "1963 Legislative Assembly General Election". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Singapore Association of Trade Unions". NLB. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Govt. says 'no' to Satu bid for federation". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 14 November 1963. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (23 November 1963). "Television Singapura Channel 8 The Straits Times". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Ivan Heng". NLB. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Koh Buck Song". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Heng Siok Tian". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ Fang, Joy (21 March 2010). "Former Mediacorp actress Yang Lina dies of cancer". AsiaOne. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Lim Hak Tai". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Carl Alexander Gibson-Hill". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Haji Ambo Sooloh". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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