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In the dining room of the Singapore Club on 21 May 1946, to reinstate the Tanglin Club, an institution founded seventy-five years earlier as a premier establishment. The club reopened on 1 September 1946, with 182 Ordinary Members, including 127 pre-war registered members, 23 lady members and provision for up to 300 service members.
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A year later, in 1956, women were admitted as members for the first time. At a meeting on 11 February 1963, club president Sir George Oehlers proposed to open full membership to people of all communities in Singapore. This was agreed by a majority of members. As such the vision that SRC "will be an inter-racial club in Singapore" was fulfilled.
SBF was formed on 1 April 2002 [9] as the successor to the Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, [5] which had consisted of five business chambers and associations in Singapore. [10] SBF has compulsory membership, [4] [5] [11] unlike its predecessor which had struggled financially as a result of voluntary membership. [4]
Singapore Aquatics (SAQ) is the national governing body for competitive swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, water polo and open water swimming in Singapore.SAQ is also charged with selecting the Singapore Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent Singapore, as well as the overall organisation and operation of the sport within the country.
In 1967, the Malayan Christian Council was renamed the Council of Churches of Malaysia and Singapore. In 1973, years after the expulsion of Singapore from Malaysia , due to administrative and sovereignty issues, the Council decided to split into separate Councils of Churches for each nation, the Council of Churches of Malaysia and the National ...
Singapore politics, however, followed a different path. While Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) initially sought to merge with Malaya in a political federation, this eventual union proved to be unviable, resulting in the ejection of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965, when the former became and independent republic. However, even ...