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The following lists events that happened during 1957 in Colony of Singapore.
Incumbents
- Governor:
- until 9 December: Sir Robert Brown Black
- starting 9 December: Sir William Goode
- Chief Minister: Lim Yew Hock
- Chief Secretary:
- until 9 December: Sir William Goode
Events
March
April
June
- 29 June - By-elections in two constituencies were held, with Lee Kuan Yew winning his seat and Soh Ghee Soon from the Liberal Socialist Party winning the other.[4]
July
- 1 July - The Berita Harian is launched.
November
- 1 November - The Citizenship Ordinance in 1957 commenced with registration of Singapore citizenship.[5]
- 3 November - The Workers' Party is launched.[6]
December
- 21 December - The City Council elections was held, with the People's Action Party winning a majority of the seats.[7]
- 24 December - Ong Eng Guan is sworn in as the first Mayor of Singapore.[8]
Births
- 14 January - V. K. Rajah, former Attorney-General of Singapore.
- 25 February - Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singaporean politician and 9th President of Singapore.
- 1 August - Davinder Singh, lawyer.
- 24 September - Lee Hsien Yang, business executive.
- George Quek, founder of BreadTalk.[9]
Deaths
- 1 January - Lim Boon Keng - Doctor, reformer (b. 1869).[10]
References
- ↑ "Merdeka talks - Second all-party mission to London is held". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "Singapore Industrial Promotion Board is formed". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "Pontianak - a pioneer horror film series". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "June 1957 Legislative Assembly By-election". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "Singapore Citizenship Ordinance is passed". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "Inauguration of the Workers' Party". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "City Council Election is held". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "Ong Eng Guan is appointed Mayor of Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "George Quek". NLB. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ↑ "Lim Boon Keng". NLB. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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