1958 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1958 in Colony of Singapore.
Incumbents[]
- Governor: Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode
- Chief Secretary: Edgeworth Beresford David (starting 29 January 1958)[1]
Events[]
March[]
- 30 March - Nanyang University, a private university using the Chinese language (Singaporean Mandarin) is officially opened. It eventually merged with the University of Singapore to form the National University of Singapore.[2][3]
April[]
- 3 April - Times House is officially opened, serving as the operation headquarters of Singapore's newspapers.[4]
May[]
- 13 May - The third Merdeka Talks took place, which concluded with the same agreement from 1957.[5]
July[]
- 1 July - The Legal Aid Bureau is created to assist the need with legal matters.[6]
August[]
- 1 August - The State of Singapore Act 1958 passed, granting Singapore self-rule.[7]
- 8 August - The Master Plan, which was intended to guide Singapore's development over a two-decade period, is approved by the Singapore government and comes into force.[8]
- 9 August - The first air-conditioned supermarket, Fitzpatrick's Supermarket is officially opened. Since then, the area has been taken over by The Paragon.[9][10]
November[]
- 22 November - The Shaw House, a 10-storey office block, is officially opened by then Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock.[11]
- 24 November - The Syariah Court is established to tighten divorce processes and safeguard marriages.[12]
Births[]
- 13 October - Sam Tan, former politician
- 10 December - Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Defence
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Last Chief Secretary". Singapore Standard. 30 January 1958. p. 4.
- ^ "Nanyang University". NLB. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Nanyang University opens". NLB. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Times House". NLB. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Merdeka talks - Third all-party mission to London is held". NLB. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Legal Aid Bureau is created". NLB. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "State of Singapore Act is Passed". NLB. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Master Plan gets approval of Govt". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 August 1958. p. 7. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "1st air-con supermart". The Straits Times. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Fitzpatrick's Supermarket at Orchard Road, between 1958 and 1963". NLB. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Shaw House (Lido)". NLB. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Syariah Court is established". NLB. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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