12 years. Both the Benjamin Sheares Bridge and Sheares Hall at the National University of Singapore are named after him. Sheares was born on 12 August...

the west coast. Benjamin Sheares Bridge is the setting for the annual SAFRA Singapore Bay Run & Army Half Marathon (formerly the Sheares Bridge Run). It...

expressway. The ECP connects Changi Airport in the east through the Benjamin Sheares Bridge to the Marina Bay and Central Business District areas in the...

December 1970). "SHEARES TO BE PRESIDENT". The Straits Times. p. 1. Retrieved 27 September 2024 – via NewspaperSG. "All 'ayes' for Sheares". The Straits...

election while nine members were absent. Benjamin Sheares was re-elected by the Parliament of Singapore. Sheares was sworn in for his third term as president...

Yew nominated Benjamin Sheares for a second term as president. Sheares was unanimously re-elected by Parliament as president. Sheares was sworn in for...

longest bridge in Singapore Constance Sheares (born 1941), Singaporean arts administrator, curator, and writer Sheares brothers, Henry (1753–98) and John...

Constance Sheares (born 4 October 1941) is a Singaporean arts administrator, curator, and writer. Sheares helped establish the National Museum Art Gallery...

died on 23 November 1970 due to heart failure. He was succeeded by Benjamin Sheares on 2 January 1971. Serving as Singapore's Head of State for close to...

Lee Kuan Yew nominated Benjamin Sheares as president. The Parliament unanimously voted to elect Sheares as president. Sheares was sworn in for his first...

two full terms. In January 2010, Nathan surpassed his predecessor Benjamin Sheares to become Singapore's longest-serving President. In August of that...

after Thailand, Burma and Malaysia. The games was opened and closed by Benjamin Sheares, the President of Singapore at the Singapore National Stadium. The...

including a set of chinaware made in France and presented to President Benjamin Sheares which is displayed in a bulletproof glass case. The West Sitting Room...

Singapore Flyer. A temporary road leads from the pit area and under the Benjamin Sheares Bridge to Republic Boulevard and turns onto Raffles Boulevard. It then...

1984 President Benjamin Sheares Devan Nair Singapore Ambassador to Japan In office September 1980 – April 1984 President Benjamin Sheares Devan Nair Singapore...

Singapore on 23 October 1981, after the death of the incumbent president Benjamin Sheares. During the election, 58 members of Parliament were present while 14...

Some famous bridges found in Kallang include the Merdeka Bridge, Benjamin Sheares Bridge (Singapore's tallest and longest bridge; reaches its highest...

Sentosa Island. It was opened on 23 October 1971 by then-President Benjamin Sheares. The second antenna was built two years later in 1972 as the amount...

Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong, as well as former Presidents Yusof Ishak, Benjamin Sheares and Wee Kim Wee. RI has one of the highest admission rates to the elite...

Yusof Ishak on 23 November 1970 and the inauguration of President Benjamin Sheares on 2 January 1971. Yeoh was born on 22 June 1918 in Ipoh. He received...

marriages and mixed offspring. Independent Singapore's second President, Benjamin Sheares, was a Eurasian of English lineage. E. W. Barker, the former Law Minister...

– Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker (b. 1956) 1981 – Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean professor and politician, second President of Singapore...

Mountbatten Fire Post, Katong Community Centre, Singapore Swimming Club, the Benjamin Sheares Bridge and Dunman High School, one of Singapore's leading educational...

Saigon Bridge (1890) Anderson Bridge (1910) Clemenceau Bridge (1940) Benjamin Sheares Bridge (1981) East West MRT line and North South MRT line between City...

Minister for Defence Vivian Balakrishnan – Minister for Foreign Affairs Benjamin Sheares – 2nd President of Singapore Lam Pin Min – former Senior Minister of...

October 1981 – 28 March 1985 Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew Preceded by Benjamin Sheares Succeeded by Wee Kim Wee Secretary-General of the National Trades Union...

Boulevard. Landmarks along the park include the Merdeka Bridge, the Benjamin Sheares Bridge, the Singapore Flyer and the Helix Bridge. Marina Promenade...

appeals to the Court of Appeal and pleas for clemency to President Benjamin Sheares were rejected. On the morning of 27 July 1973, they were hanged in...

opened. Hong Kah Drive - Jalan Anak Bukit 18 April 1981 Opening of the Benjamin Sheares Bridge on the East Coast Parkway (ECP) and the completion of the ECP...

programme now only airs in English. In May 1981, on the day President Benjamin Sheares was pronounced dead, SBC's television channels cancelled their regular...