1973 in Singapore

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The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Singapore.

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Events[]

February[]

  • 4 February – The first Chingay Parade is held in Singapore.[1]
  • 16 February – The Misuse of Drugs Act is passed to deal with the problem of drug abuse more effectively.[2]

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.[3]
  • 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.[4]

June[]

  • 2 June – The CPF Building starts construction, housing the new headquarters of Central Provident Fund.[5] The building is completed in 1976, standing for 41 years until its redevelopment in 2017 by Ascendas-Singbridge (now CapitaLand).[6]
  • 27 June – Singapore Zoo opens to the public.[7][8]

July[]

  • 21 July – The National Stadium, in Kallang, is officially opened by prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.[9]
  • 22 July – The first NTUC Welcome (now NTUC FairPrice) opens its first outlet in Toa Payoh to fight inflation caused by the oil crisis.[10]
  • 27 July – For the first time ever 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.[11]

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.[12]
  • 12–14 September - Singapore participates in its first General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) event in Tokyo.[13]

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.[14]

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Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 12 July – Ong Poh Heng, off-duty police officer, 28. Ong stopped to intervene in an argument between a bus driver and a gunman along . The gunman shot him twice, killing him instantly.[15]
  • 2 September – Mohammed Sanusi Bin Siraj, police officer, killed by a runaway vehicle at the .[16]

References[]

  1. ^ Henedick Chng (30 January 2017). "Here's what S'pore's inaugural Chingay procession looked like in 1973". Mothership. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Misuse of Drugs Act". AGC. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. ^ "The Institute of Education is established". NLB. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ^ Solomon, Eli (2008). Snakes & Devils: A History of the Singapore Grand Prix (Hard cover). Singapore: Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 978-981-261-584-8.
  5. ^ "Foundation stone laying ceremony for the new CPF Building" (PDF). NAS. 2 June 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Ascendas-Singbridge to redevelop CPF Building for $1 bil". The Edge Property Singapore. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Singapore Zoo". NLB. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  8. ^ Catharine E. Bell (January 2001). Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. p. 1155. ISBN 978-1-57958-174-9.
  9. ^ "A tribute to the Old Lady of Kallang", The Straits Times, 31 May 2007
  10. ^ "Opening of the Consumer Co-operative (Welcome) in Toa Payoh" (PDF). NAS. 22 July 1973. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Mimi Wong and husband hanged". New Nation. 27 July 1973. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  12. ^ Sharon Teng; Lim Tin Seng (15 May 2014). "The 7th SEAP Games". NLB. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Singapore accedes to the GATT". NLB. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Establishment of the Singapore Sports Council". NLB. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Detective shot dead at pointblank: Hunt for cool killer". The Straits Times. 13 July 1973.
  16. ^ "PC dies after bid to stop bus". The Straits Times. 3 December 1973.


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