1972 in Singapore

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1972
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Singapore

Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
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The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Singapore.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

January[]

February[]

  • 7 February – The National Wages Council is set up to ensure sustainable wages. This comes after wages have risen quickly the previous year.[2][3]

April[]

  • 1 April – The Telephone Department is converted into a statutory board called the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore.[4]
  • 2 April – The Singapore Grand Prix is won by Max Stewart.[5]

May[]

  • 12 May – The is formed to encourage productivity.[6]

June[]

  • 15 June – The SAF Act comes into effect, allowing for effective management of the Singapore Armed Forces. The Act merges the air, sea and land vocations and establishes the Armed Forces Council.[7]

July[]

August[]

September[]

October[]

  • 1 October – Singapore Airlines starts its first flights.
  • 13 October – Heavy fog, an environmental phenomenon that had built up since the beginning of the month, causes gridlock and other problems throughout Singapore.[14]
  • 24 October – Disincentives are announced to nudge families into having only two children, taking effect on 1 August 1973. Among them are progressive reduction of income tax relief to the first three children; increase in childbirth fees depending on births; reduction of paid maternity leave from three to two confinements; and lowering priority of HDB flats allocations for large families (more than two children).[15]

November[]

  • 21 November – A fire engulfs the Robinson's Department Store, causing 9 deaths. In addition, the impact of the fire damaged the roof of the Overseas Union Bank building and forced the Stock Exchange to stop trading for the day. As a result, this makes the fire one of the worst in Singapore's history.[16][17]

December[]

  • 15 December -
    • OCBC acquires Four Seas Communications Bank.[18]
    • SATS Ltd is established as a separate company from Singapore Airlines to manage ground operations and inflight catering services.

Date unknown[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 4 April – Lionel Chan - racing driver, 28 (injuries sustained in a crash during the Singapore Grand Prix)[25]
  • 5 May – Chen Su Lan - one of Singapore's first local medical graduates, philanthropist, social reformer (b. 1885).[26]
  • 5 September – - founder of (b. 1898).[27]

References[]

  1. ^ "Post Office Savings Bank becomes a statutory board". NLB. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. ^ "National Wages Council is established". NLB. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Wages council set up". NLB. 8 February 1972. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Singapore Telecom goes public". NLB. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Grand Prix 1972". National Archives of Singapore. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  6. ^ "National Productivity Board is established". NLB. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Singapore Armed Forces Act comes into effect". NLB. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  8. ^ "National Family Planning Campaign is launched". NLB. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Two-child policy". NLB. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Sentosa Development Corporation is formed". NLB. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  11. ^ "1972 Parliamentary General Election". NLB. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Mouth of the Singapore River". NLB. 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  13. ^ "10 Epic Unsolved Crimes In Singapore's History From As Early As 1972 Fit For A CSI Remake". The Smart Local. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Haze in Singapore: A problem dating back 40 years". The Straits Times. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  15. ^ "It's dearer after two". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 25 October 1972. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  16. ^ "Nine feared dead". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 22 November 1972. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Robinson's Department Store fire at Raffles Place". NLB. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  18. ^ "OCBC takes over Four Seas". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 16 December 1972. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Opening of the OG Building". NLB. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Three Rifles Holdings is established". NLB. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  21. ^ "Guardian Health & Beauty Looking for Community Pharmacists". Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  22. ^ "Dasmond Koh On Why He Didn't Expect To Be An All-Time Fave & Why He Has Never Won A Hosting Award". TODAYonline. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  23. ^ "Kit Chan : first Youth Ambassador". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  24. ^ "Alvin Pang". NLB. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  25. ^ "Driver dies after racing crash". The Times. 5 April 1972. p. 6.
  26. ^ "Chen Su Lan". NLB. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  27. ^ "Bashir Ahmad Mallal". NLB. Retrieved 12 August 2019.


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