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Statue of Stamford Raffles, the first British governor of Singapore. This is a timeline of Singaporean history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Singapore and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Singapore. See also the list of years in Singapore
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Singapore Changi Airport was opened in 1981 and Singapore Airlines was developed to become a major airline. [99] The Port of Singapore became one of the world's busiest ports and the service and tourism industries also grew immensely during this period.
The history of the Republic of Singapore began when Singapore was expelled from Malaysia and became an independent republic on 9 August 1965. [1] After the separation, the fledgling nation had to become self-sufficient, however was faced with problems including mass unemployment, housing shortages and lack of land and natural resources such as petroleum.
Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; ... This is a list of years in Singapore. See also Timeline of Singaporean history. 19th century. 1800s 1800 1801 ...
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.
The days observed as general public holidays in Singapore are declared in the schedule to the Holidays Act. [9] According to the Ministry of Manpower, which issues a yearly list of the dates on which public holidays fall, the holidays were "chosen and agreed upon after close consultation with different community and religious leaders in ...
← 1974 1973 1972 1975 in Singapore → 1976 1977 1978 Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s See also: Other events of 1975 Timeline of Singaporean history The following lists events that happened during 1975 in Singapore. Incumbents President: Benjamin Henry Sheares Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew Events January 1 January – The Singapore Maritime Museum is opened in Sentosa, albeit still ...