The Municipal Commission of Singapore was a body created in 1887 by the British colonial government to replace the Municipal Committee that was created in June 1848.
The role of the commission was to manage key services for the
Town of Singapore, such as utilities, water services and urban planning.
The body had commission board members internally elected but ceased from 1913 until 1949, after which it acted like a quasi-municipal government until the
City Council of Singapore The City Council of Singapore was the administrative council of the City of Singapore responsible for the provision of water, electricity, gas, roads and bridges and street lighting.
It was dissolved in 1959 when Singapore attained self-governanc ...
was created in 1951.
Background
The commission elections took place in 1949 and 1950 with six divisions:
* City
* East
* North
* Rochore
* South
* West
References
History of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
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