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Before 1951, the City Council was known as the Municipal Commission. [1] The rest of the crown colony was under the authority of the Singapore Rural Board. The city served as the capital of Colony of Singapore, and the State of Singapore from 1951 until its abolishment in 1965. [1] [2]
The Former City Hall building in Singapore is a national monument gazetted on 14 February 1992. It can be found in front of the historical Padang and adjacent to the Former Supreme Court of Singapore , it was designed and built by the architects of the Singapore Municipal Commission , A. Gordans and F. D. Meadows from 1926 to 1929.
The year 2015 also saw Singapore celebrate its Golden Jubilee of 50 years of independence. An extra day of the holiday, 7 August 2015, was declared to celebrate Singapore's Golden Jubilee. Fun packs, which are usually given to people who attend the National Day Parade were given to every Singaporean and PR household.
Plan of the Town of Singapore, more commonly known as the Jackson Plan or Raffles Town Plan. The Jackson Plan or Raffles Town Plan, [1] an urban plan of 1822 titled "Plan of the Town of Singapore", is a proposed scheme for Singapore drawn up to maintain some order in the urban development of the fledgling but thriving colony founded just three years earlier.
Singapore celebrates the 200th Anniversary of the foundation of modern Singapore by Stamford Raffles. 17 April: Jewel Changi Airport opens after a week-long preview. 2020: 23 January: The first COVID-19 case in Singapore was confirmed involving a 66-year-old Chinese national from Wuhan. 10 July: The PAP wins 83 of 93 seats in the 2020 General ...
The establishment of a British trading post in Singapore in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles led to its founding as a British colony in 1824. This event has generally been understood to mark the founding of colonial Singapore, [1] a break from its status as a port in ancient times during the Srivijaya and Majapahit eras, and later, as part of the Sultanate of Malacca and the Johor Sultanate.
A view of a model of the land use in the Singapore city centre. Singapore's planning framework comprises three tiers, a long-term plan, the Master Plan, and detailed plans. [18] The long-term plan, formerly called the Concept Plan, [19] plots out Singapore's developmental direction over at least five decades. Intended to ensure optimal land use ...
However, historians saw 1959 as the year Singapore achieved self-governance as a result of the new government, even though the Constitution had been amended in 1958. On the afternoon of 5 June, Lee Kuan Yew was sworn in as the first Prime Minister at City Hall by Yang di Pertuan Negara William Goode along with members of his cabinet.