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The Chinese population figure of Singapore has stayed at over 70% of the total since, reaching 77.8% in 1947. After dropping from a peak of 60% in the early years of Singapore, the Malay population settled within the range of 11 and 16% in the first half of the 20th century, while Indians hovered between 7 and just over 9% in the same period. [60]
In 2020, the annual total population growth rate in Singapore was −0.3%, and its resident total fertility rate (TFR) was 1.10, below the replacement rate of 2.1. In 2023, it further declined to 0.97. The first phase started with the launch of the Singapore Family Planning and Population Board in 1966 to aggressively promote family planning ...
Scholars have identified two phases in the development of the Indian community after Singaporean independence in 1965. [28] The first phase, from 1965 to the early 1990s, saw a decline in the proportion of the community from 9% in 1957 to a low of 6.4% in 1980.
Singapore's population rose by about 1.1% each year over the past decade, the slowest rate since independence in 1965, the latest census showed on Wednesday, with locals having fewer children and ...
The Parliament of Malaysia voted 126-0, with all Singaporean MPs boycotting the vote, in favour of the expulsion on 9 August 1965. On that day, a tearful Lee Kuan Yew announced on a televised press conference that Singapore was a sovereign, independent nation. In a widely remembered quote, he uttered that: "For me, it would be a moment of ...
[57] [58] The immigrant Chinese population in Singapore donated generously to Tongmenghui, which organised the 1911 Xinhai Revolution that led to the establishment of the Republic of China. A busy Victoria Dock, Tanjong Pagar, in the 1890s. World War I (1914–1918) did not deeply affect Singapore: the conflict did not spread to Southeast Asia.
1969: 20 January: The National Junior College, Singapore's first junior college was established. 31 May: The 1969 race riots of Singapore broke out after growing tension of the 13 May incident in Malaysia spilled over to Singapore. 1970: 23 November: Encik Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore died while in office. [54] 1971: 2 January
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]