• The following lists events that happened during 1978 in Singapore. President: Benjamin Henry Sheares Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew 25 April – Police national...
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  • major crimes in Singapore Lists of people who disappeared "5 social escorts missing after ship party". The Straits Times. 27 August 1978. Retrieved 28...
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    1978 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1978. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII)...
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  • The Singapore Grip is a novel by J. G. Farrell. It was published in 1978, a year before his death. In 2015, The Straits Times' Akshita Nanda selected...
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  • Indirect presidential elections were held in Singapore on 29 December 1978. A total of 59 members of Parliament were present at the election while nine...
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    open in the world, the joint 4th-least corrupt, and the most pro-business. Singapore has low tax-rates and the second highest per-capita GDP in the world...
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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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    Spyros disaster was a major industrial disaster that occurred in Singapore on 12 October 1978, where the Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong Shipyard...
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  • The 1978 Singapore flood was one of the worst floods in Singapore's history. As much as 512 millimetres (20.2 in) of rain fell in just 24 hours from 2...
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  • dubbed in Hindi as Love in Singapore in 1983. The soundtrack of this film is recorded using Dolby Stereophonic technology for the first time in Tamil cinema...
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    state-owned public media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television...
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    Singapore is a city-state and island country in maritime Southeast Asia, located at the end of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia as...
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  • 1978; SP is now based at Dover, Singapore, and is currently the largest Polytechnic in Singapore. The idea of establishing a polytechnic in Singapore...
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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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    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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  • The 9th Singapore Division (9 DIV) is a combined arms division of the Singapore Army. It shares the same command as the Infantry formation of the Army...
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  • Stories of Singapore is a collection of seventeen short stories by Singapore author Catherine Lim. It was first published in 1978 in Singapore by Heinemann...
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  • Authority of Singapore (MAS) issues the banknotes and coins of the Singapore dollar. As of 2022, the Singapore dollar is the 10th most-traded currency in the world...
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  • Singapore Airlines operates a predominantly widebody fleet, until the second re-introduction of the Boeing 737 in March 2021 following the merger with...
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  • Kapoor is a television presenter in Singapore. She was born in Mumbai, India but has been living in Singapore since 1978. Anita has hosted shows on Discovery...
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    Tourism in Singapore is a major industry and contributor to the Singaporean economy. In 2019, 19,114,002 tourists visited the country, which was the highest...
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    Singapore maintains an active conscription system in accordance with the regulations set by the Government of Singapore, known as National Service (NS)...
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  • The Singapore Grip is an ITV six-part television drama series. It is an adaptation of Booker Prize winner J.G. Farrell's 1978 novel The Singapore Grip...
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    Latter-day Saints in Singapore refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Singapore. In May 1963, Gordon...
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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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    Public buses form a significant part of public transport in Singapore, with over 3.6 million rides taken per day on average as of December 2021. There...
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    occupation of Singapore has been depicted in media and popular culture, including films, television series and books: Books The Singapore Grip (1978), a comic-dramatic...
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  • renamed 1st Battalion, Singapore Guards (1 Guards) on 1 July 1977. On 1 April 1978, 8 SIR became the 2nd Battalion, Singapore Guards (2 Guards). 7 SIB...
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  • the Singapore Army, comprising six active battalions—the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 9th Battalions, Singapore Infantry Regiment (SIR)—based in Clementi...
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  • 2521) were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games...
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