The following lists events that happened during 1971 in Singapore.

Incumbents

Yeoh Ghim Seng Yeoh Ghim Seng ( zh, s=杨锦成, poj=Iôⁿ Gím-sêng, p=Yáng Jǐnchéng, first=s,poj,p) was a Singaporean politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1970 and 1989. He is one of the longest-serving speakers o ...

(Acting) (23 November 1970 to 2 January),

Benjamin Henry Sheares Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean politician, physician and academic who served as the second president of Singapore from 1971 until his death in 1981. Sheares retired in 1960 and was in private pract ...

(starting 2 January) * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

Events

January

* 1 January – The Monetary Authority of Singapore was established to regulate the financial sector and as Singapore's central bank. * 2 January – Dr

becomes the second President of Singapore. * 3 January – Jurong Bird Park opens to the public. * 14–22 January - Singapore hosts the 18th Conference of the

Commonwealth A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with "republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the ...

Heads of Government Meeting. * 29 January – The

Preservation of Monuments Board Preservation may refer to: Heritage and conservation * Preservation (library and archival science), activities aimed at prolonging the life of a record while making as few changes as possible * ''Preservation'' (magazine), published by the Nat ...

was established to identify and safeguard buildings of great historical value and recommend as national monuments.

February

* 1 February – The National Sports Promotion Board is formed to promote and develop sports in Singapore.

March

* 15 March – The Staff Training Institute (now the

Civil Service College The National School of Government (previously known as the Civil Service College and the Centre for Management and Policy Studies, or CMPS) was the part of the Cabinet Office that ran training, organisational development and consultancy courses f ...

) is established to train civil servants.

April

* 15–16 April - Singapore, United Kingdom, Malaysia,

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

and New Zealand sign the

Five Power Defence Arrangements The Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) are a series of bilateral defence relationships established by a series of multi-lateral agreements between Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, all of which are Commonwe ...

. The agreement comes into effect on 1 November the same year. * 23 April - **The Shangri-La Hotel Singapore is opened. **The first Concept Plan is unveiled, which proposes a 'Ring Plan'.

July

* 14 July – The Jurong Drive-in Cinema is opened as Singapore's first and only open-air drive-in cinema. The cinema operated for 15 years until its closure on 30 September 1985. * 30 July – Singapore's first sex reassignment surgery is performed on a 24-year-old who becomes a woman after the surgery, led by Dr S. S. Ratnam. The surgery is declared a success.

October

* 23 October – The

Sentosa Satellite Earth Station The Sentosa Satellite Earth Station (; ) is Singapore's first satellite earth station. The station is located at Sentosa Island Sentosa Island, known mononymously as Sentosa, and formerly ''Pulau Belakang Mati'', is an island located off the ...

is officially launched, making it Singapore's first Satellite Earth Station. * 31 October – The last British military forces withdraws from Singapore.

November

* 2 November – The Central Narcotics Bureau is set up to tackle the problem of drugs in Singapore. * 7 November – The first Tree Planting Day is launched by Dr Goh Keng Swee in Mount Faber.

December

* 1 December – The Singapore Traction Company ceases operations. * 2 December – The Clean Air Act is passed to deal with pollution caused by early industrialisation. * 29 December – The Gold Bars Triple Murders saw a gold merchant and his two employees robbed and killed by a group of 10 men. Seven of the 10 men were sentenced to death for the crime; the remaining three were indefinitely detained for lengthy periods before their release.

Date unknown

* Tower 1 of

Mandarin Orchard Singapore The Hilton Singapore Orchard is a 1080-room five-star hotel located at 333 Orchard Road in Singapore. History The hotel opened in 1971 as The Mandarin Singapore, occupying a single 36-storey block facing Orchard Road. Designed by Cyrus Casper ...

is opened.

Births

* 27 January - Fann Wong - Actress. * 30 January - Bryan Wong - Actor * 23 July -

Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimat ...

- Malaysia-born Singaporean actor. * Daren Shiau - Writer, lawyer, environmental activist. *

Selena Tan Selena Tan (born 1971) is a Singaporean executive producer, director, writer and actress. She is best known as one of the cabaret trio, the Dim Sum Dollies. In 2000, Selena founded Dream Academy, which produced a variety of performance shows. E ...

- Producer, director, writer and actress.

References

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