1969 in Singapore

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* Timeline of Singaporean history

The following lists events that happened during 1969 in Singapore.

## Incumbents

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* President: Yusuf bin Ishak
* Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

## Events

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### March

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* 26 March – The Sentosa Satellite Earth Station is announced, which will take a year to set up.[1]

### May

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* 13 May – Ethnic riots break out in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which later spill over to Singapore.
* 19 May – The Singapore Petroleum Company is formed.[2]

### July

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* 1 July – The first SAF Day was commemorated.[3]
* 18 July – Radio Television Singapore launches its fifth radio station, the "FM Stereo Service" on 92.4 and 790 kHz.[4]

### December

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* 10 December – Floods hit Singapore after heavy rain, leaving five fatalities.[5]

## Births

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* 10 January – Tan Chuan-Jin, Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore.
* 10 February – Poh Lip Meng, national sport shooter (d. 2021).
* 7 March - Huang Biren actress.
* 14 May – Lim Tong Hai, national football player.
* 17 June – James Lye, former actor.
* 10 July – Hossan Leong, media personality.[6]
* 12 August – Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth.
* 1 September – Lam Pin Min, former politician.
* 9 October – Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Education.
* 15 November – Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Health.
* Douglas Foo, Founder of Apex-Pal International Ltd (which owns Sakae Sushi), former Nominated Member of Parliament.[7]

## Deaths

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* 15 March – Percival Frank Aroozoo, former principal of Gan Eng Seng School (b. 1900).[8]
* 8 July – Robert Lim, medical doctor and eldest son of Lim Boon Keng (b. 1897).[9]
* 5 October – John Davies, 1st Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of Singapore (b. 1898).[10]

## References

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1. ^ "Blakang Mati site for earth satellite station". The Straits Times (Retrieved from NLB). 27 March 1969. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
2. ^ "About SPC". SPC. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
3. ^ "Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Day". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
4. ^ "Regular FM service on Radio S'pura". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 17 July 1969. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
5. ^ "Major floods in Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
6. ^ "Hossan Leong". NLB. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
7. ^ "Douglas Foo". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
8. ^ "Percival Frank Aroozoo". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
9. ^ "SJSU Virtual Museum". www-archiv.fdm.uni-hamburg.de. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
10. ^ "Davies, Sir (Edward) John, (20 Feb. 1898–5 Oct. 1969), Chief Justice of Tanganyika, 1955–60, retired". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U48270. Retrieved 27 December 2024.

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* Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
* Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
* Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
* Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
* Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
*   *   *   * Palestine
*   * Taiwan
* Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
*   * Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
* Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

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*   * British Indian Ocean Territory
*   * Brunei
* Christmas Island
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