1973 in Singapore

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1973
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Singapore

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The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Singapore.

Incumbents

Events

February

April

  • 1 April - The Institute of Education is established, taking over the role of the Teachers’ Training College which started in 1950. This will boost teaching standards in Singapore.[3]
  • 22 April - The final Singapore Grand Prix is held before the event is discontinued as a result of safety concerns. It was brought back in 2008 as a round of the Formula One World Championship.[4]

June

July

September

October

  • 1 October - The Singapore Sports Council is formed from the merger of National Sports Promotion Board and the National Stadium Corporation. It aims to encourage a healthy lifestyle through sports.[12]

Date unknown

Deaths

  • 12 July – Ong Poh Heng, off-duty police officer, 28. Ong stopped to intervene in an argument between a bus driver and a gunman along Still Road. The gunman shot him twice, killing him instantly.[13]
  • 2 September – Mohammed Sanusi Bin Siraj, police officer, killed by a runaway vehicle at the Paya Lebar Police Station.[14]

References

  1. ^ Henedick Chng (30 January 2017). "Here's what S'pore's inaugural Chingay procession looked like in 1973". Mothership. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Misuse of Drugs Act". AGC. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. ^ "The Institute of Education is established". NLB. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ^ Solomon, Eli (2008). Snakes & Devils: A History of the Singapore Grand Prix (Hard cover). Singapore: Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 978-981-261-584-8.
  5. ^ "Foundation stone laying ceremony for the new CPF Building" (PDF). NAS. 2 June 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Ascendas-Singbridge to redevelop CPF Building for $1 bil". The Edge Property Singapore. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Singapore Zoo". NLB. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  8. ^ Catharine E. Bell (January 2001). Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos. Taylor & Francis. p. 1155. ISBN 978-1-57958-174-9.
  9. ^ "A tribute to the Old Lady of Kallang", The Straits Times, 31 May 2007
  10. ^ "Opening of the Consumer Co-operative (Welcome) in Toa Payoh" (PDF). NAS. 22 July 1973. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Singapore accedes to the GATT". NLB. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Establishment of the Singapore Sports Council". NLB. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Detective shot dead at pointblank: Hunt for cool killer". The Straits Times. 13 July 1973.
  14. ^ "PC dies after bid to stop bus". The Straits Times. 3 December 1973.




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