1973 in Singapore

none March 2020 September 2020 1973 The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Singapore. Incumbents President: Benjamin Henry Sheares Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew Events February 4 February – The first Chingay Parade is held in Singapore.6 February 1973 Colourful Chingay parade delights the crowds 7 The Straits Times https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19730206-1.2.21 25 September 2023 NewspaperSG 16 February – The Misuse of Drugs Act is passed to deal with the problem of drug abuse more effectively.Misuse of Drugs Act https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/MDA1973?ProvIds=xv-#xv- AGC 10 August 2019 March 30 March – RTS partitions its two channels among language lines, after ten years of television broadcasts in all four languages on the same channel. Channel 5 was used to broadcast in English and Malay and Channel 8, Chinese and Tamil.27 March 1973 NEW TIMES FOR TV SCREENING FROM FRIDAY https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730327-1.2.46?qt=rts,%20%22channel%205%22,%20tamil&q=%22RTS%22%20%22Channel%205%22%20%22Tamil%22 14 August 2023 The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB) April 1 April – The Institute of Education is established, taking over the role of the Teachers' Training College which started in 1950. This will boost teaching standards in Singapore.The Institute of Education is established http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/events/d2fbf3b0-fd69-4465-999f-323f94f46a1b#7 NLB 27 August 2019 6 April – The Singapore Red Cross Society is incorporated. 22 April – The final Singapore Grand Prix is held before the event is discontinued as a result of safety concerns. It was brought back in 2008 as a round of the Formula One World Championship.Solomon Eli Snakes & Devils: A History of the Singapore Grand Prix (Hard cover) Singapore Marshall Cavendish 2008 978-981-261-584-8 June 2 June – The CPF Building starts construction, housing the new headquarters of the Central Provident Fund.Foundation stone laying ceremony for the new CPF Building http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/PressR19730602a.pdf NAS 27 August 2019 2 June 1973 The building was completed in 1976, standing for 41 years until its redevelopment in 2017 by Ascendas-Singbridge (now CapitaLand).https://www.theedgeproperty.com.sg/content/ascendas-singbridge-redevelop-cpf-building-1-bil Ascendas-Singbridge to redevelop CPF Building for $1 bil The Edge Property Singapore 2017-07-15 en-SG 13 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170313013145/http://www.theedgeproperty.com.sg/content/ascendas-singbridge-redevelop-cpf-building-1-bil dead 27 June – Singapore Zoo opens to the public.Singapore Zoo http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_403_2005-01-19.html NLB 7 September 2019Catharine E. Bell Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos https://books.google.com/books?id=8DT4xOpIzS0C&pg=PA1155 January 2001 Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers Chicago 978-1-57958-174-9 1155 July thumb|300px|Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore 1 July - SBS Transit (Previously known as Singapore Bus Services) was formed in the merger of 3 different private bus companies (United Bus Company, Associated Bus Service, and Amalgamated Bus Company) 6 July – St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, is gazetted as a national monument. 21 July – The National Stadium, in Kallang, is officially opened by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew."A tribute to the Old Lady of Kallang", The Straits Times, 31 May 2007 22 July – The first NTUC Welcome (now NTUC FairPrice) opens its first outlet in Toa Payoh to fight inflation caused by the oil crisis.Opening of the Consumer Co-operative (Welcome) in Toa Payoh http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/lky19730722.pdf NAS 19 August 2019 22 July 1973 27 July – For the first time in Singapore, the government executed its first female death row inmate in the country since its independence eight years back. 34-year-old Mimi Wong was earlier sentenced to death by the High Court for the 1970 murder of Ayako Watanabe, and has lost her appeals since. Wong's 40-year-old husband Sim Wor Kum, who assisted her to commit the murder, was also executed on the same day as Wong.https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19730727-1.2.11?ST=1&AT=advanced&DF=&DT=&NPT=&L=&CTA=&k=mimi+wong+sim+woh+kum%26ka%3dmimi+wong+sim+woh+kum&P=2&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=mimi,wong,sim,woh,kum&oref=article Mimi Wong and husband hanged New Nation 27 July 1973 1 June 2021 September 1–8 September - Singapore hosts the 7th South East Asian Peninsular Games for the first time. It clinched the second place, accumulating a total of 140 medals.https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2014-05-16_132924.html?s=south%20east%20asia%20games The 7th SEAP Games Sharon Teng Lim Tin Seng 15 May 2014 26 May 2020 NLB 12–14 September - Singapore participates in its first General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) event in Tokyo.Singapore accedes to the GATT http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/events/c290cadb-54f9-45b1-bc95-7c25186e4a93 NLB 5 October 2019 October 1 October – The Singapore Sports Council is formed from the merger of National Sports Promotion Board and the National Stadium Corporation. It aims to encourage a healthy lifestyle through sports.Establishment of the Singapore Sports Council http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/events/d0072ea4-1667-4aaa-bfca-8df9b591700d#1 NLB 10 September 2019 Date unknown Tower 2 of Mandarin Orchard Singapore is opened. The People's Park Centre, People's Park Complex and Golden Mile Complex are completed. The UIC Building is completed, standing for 39 years until its redevelopment as V on Shenton (Five on Shenton) in 2012, a residential tower completed in 2017. UOB Plaza Two is completed as United Overseas Bank's headquarters. The Sentosa Musical Fountain opens alongside the Fountain Gardens in Sentosa. Births 16 July – Ivy Lee, actress. 22 July – Vernetta Lopez, radio presenter, actress. 24 August – Mike Kasem, radio presenter. 29 October – Saktiandi Supaat, politician and economist. 4 November – Chee Hong Tat, current Minister of National Development. Justin Dominic Misson, actor and moderator. Deaths 4 January – Chuang Chu Lin, former Vice Chancellor of Nanyang University and founder of Chung Cheng High School (b. 1900).Chuang Chu Lin https://reference.nlb.gov.sg/guides/singapore/people/chuang-chu-lin/ 2025-06-29 reference.nlb.gov.sg en5 January 1973 Former Nantah head Dr. Chuang dies, aged 73 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730105-1.2.70 30 June 2025 NewspaperSG 12 May – Frank Caulfield James, former Progressive Party municipal commissioner for East Constituency (b. 1902).Kwee Masie 15 May 1973 James ('father confessor to his boys') dies https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730515-1.2.103 9 July 2026 NewspaperSG 22 June – S. Thiruchelvam, director of the Singapore Toto Pools and former Deputy Secretary to the Ministry of Finance (b. 1926).23 June 1973 Toto chief dies https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19730623-1.2.34?qt=former,%20singapore,%20dies&q=%22former%22%20%22Singapore%22%20%22dies%22 9 July 2026 NewspaperSG 9 July – Lien Shih Sheng, former Chief Editor of Nanyang Siang Pau (b. 1907).Lien Shih Sheng https://reference.nlb.gov.sg/guides/singapore/people/lien-shih-sheng/ 2025-06-29 reference.nlb.gov.sg en10 July 1973 Nanyang's former editor dies https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19730710-1.2.19?qt=%22lien%20shih%20sheng%22&q=%22Lien%20Shih%20sheng%22 30 June 2025 NewspaperSG 12 July – Ong Poh Heng, off-duty police officer. Ong stopped to intervene in an argument between a bus driver and a gunman along Still Road. The gunman shot him twice, killing him instantly (b. 1945).The Straits Times 13 July 1973 Detective shot dead at pointblank: Hunt for cool killer 2 September – Mohammed Sanusi Bin Siraj, police officer, killed by a runaway vehicle at the Paya Lebar Police Station.The Straits Times 3 December 1973 PC dies after bid to stop bus References 1973 Singapore Category:Years in Singapore