The following lists events that happened during 1968 in Singapore. President: Yusof Ishak Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew 17 January – Britain announces...
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held in Singapore on 13 April 1968, the first as a sovereign country after its independence three years prior. The People's Action Party (PAP) won in a landslide...
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Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one...
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allowed to run lotteries in Singapore. Singapore Pools was incorporated on 23 May 1968 to curb illegal gambling in Singapore. It provided Singaporeans...
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The 1968 Singapore Open, also known as the 1968 Singapore Open Badminton Championships, took place from 18 to 21 October 1968 at the Singapore Badminton...
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Singapore competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, for the first time as a fully independent country. Four competitors, all men, took...
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Kumar (Singaporean entertainer) (category 1968 births)
Kumarason Chinnadurai (born 10 August 1968, in Singapore), popularly known as Kumar, is a Singaporean Indian comedian and television host, actor, and drag...
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1968 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1968. 1968 (MCMLXVIII)...
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Capital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three...
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3rd and 4th Battalions, Singapore Infantry Regiment (3 SIR and 4 SIR) were formed in August 1967. In November 1968, the Singapore Army's first armoured...
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and Navy. It was established in 1968 as the Singapore Air Defence Command (SADC) before renaming to its current name in 1975. As one of the larger and...
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DBS Bank (redirect from Development Bank of Singapore)
Exchange, DBS was officially incorporated by the Government of Singapore on 16 July 1968 to take over the industrial financing responsibilities of the...
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The history of the modern state of Singapore dates back to its founding in the early 19th century; however, evidence suggests that a significant trading...
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schedule of 11 public holidays in Singapore which are gazetted and recognized since the establishment of Singapore's 1998 Holidays Act. There are generally...
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parliament in Singapore: 1st Parliament of Singapore § Members, 1965 2nd Parliament of Singapore § Members, 1968 3rd Parliament of Singapore § Members...
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Toto (lottery) (category Gambling in Singapore)
(est. in 1968 and stylised as TOTO) is a legalised form of lottery sold in Singapore, known by different names elsewhere. It is held by Singapore Pools...
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Islam constitutes the third largest religion in Singapore, with Muslims accounting for approximately 15.6% of the population, as indicated by the 2020...
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Religion in Singapore is characterised by a wide variety of religious beliefs and practices due to its diverse ethnic mix of people originating from various...
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flight attendants since 1968. Subsequently, political acrimony between Singapore and Malaysia led to the split of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines. MSA ceased...
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missionaries arrived in March 1968. On October 12 of the same year, the church established its first congregation in Singapore with John McSweeney as...
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The reclamation of land from surrounding waters is used in Singapore to expand the city-state's limited area of usable, natural land. Land reclamation...
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கால்பந்து அணி) represents Singapore in the senior men's international football. It is organised by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), the governing...
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a political party in Singapore, formed by the former People's Action Party (PAP) leader Ong Eng Guan in 1961. After it won a seat in the Legislative Assembly...
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Toh Chin Chye (category Members of the Parliament of Singapore)
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1968. Toh is widely recognised as one of the founding fathers of Singapore. He was also one of the...
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military hardware including tanks and missiles. In 1968, an Israeli trade office was established in Singapore and was subsequently upgraded to embassy status...
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Singapore is a parliamentary representative democratic republic in which the president of Singapore is the head of state, the prime minister of Singapore...
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The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) is the church that Methodists in Singapore belong to. The Church has 46 churches island-wide with around 42,000...
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of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the workforce in Singapore. The Ministry oversees...
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of Singapore is the head of government of Singapore. The president appoints the prime minister on the advice and consent of the Cabinet of Singapore. The...
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Laird Hunt (category 1968 births)
(born April 3, 1968) is a Singapore-born American writer, translator, and academic. Laird Hunt was born on April 3, 1968, in Singapore. His father was...
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