1957 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1957 in Colony of Singapore.

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Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

March
  • 11 March - The second Merdeka Talks took place.[1]
  • 21 March - The Singapore Industrial Promotion Board was formed to develop various industries in colonial Singapore.[2]

April
  • 27 April - The first Pontianak film was released, establishing the horror genre in the local film industry.[3]

June

July

November
  • 1 November - The Citizenship Ordinance in 1957 commenced with registration of Singapore citizenship.[5]
  • 3 November - The Workers' Party is launched.[6]

December

Births

Deaths

References
  1. "Merdeka talks - Second all-party mission to London is held". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. "Singapore Industrial Promotion Board is formed". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. "Pontianak - a pioneer horror film series". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  4. "June 1957 Legislative Assembly By-election". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. "Singapore Citizenship Ordinance is passed". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  6. "Inauguration of the Workers' Party". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  7. "City Council Election is held". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  8. "Ong Eng Guan is appointed Mayor of Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  9. "George Quek". NLB. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  10. "Lim Boon Keng". NLB. Retrieved 12 August 2019.


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