The following lists events that happened during 1978 in Singapore.
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Incumbents
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editApril
edit- 25 April – Police national serviceman Lee Kim Lai was murdered for his revolver by Ong Chin Hock, Yeo Ching Boon and Ong Hwee Kuan. En route to kidnapping him from his sentry post at Mount Vernon, they also killed the taxi driver, Chew Theng Hin.[1]
October
edit- 12 October – The Spyros disaster occurred at Jurong Shipyard, resulting in 76 fatalities.[2]
November
edit- 10–11 November – Floods occurred in Singapore, leaving 2 fatalities.[3]
- 12–14 November – Then Senior Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China Deng Xiaoping visits Singapore, setting the foundation for China–Singapore relations before being formally established on 3 October 1990. The governments discussed regional security and Deng visited the HDB.[4]
December
edit- 2–3 December – Another flood hit Singapore after about 512 millimetres (20.2 in) of rain fell in just 24 hours, causing 7 fatalities.[5]
- 6–10 December – Evangelist Billy Graham visits Singapore for a crusade.[6][7]
Births
edit- 23 July – Stefanie Sun, singer.
- 24 September – Jean Danker, radio DJ.
- 4 October – Amrin Amin, politician.
- 3 November – Shaun Chen, actor.
- Desmond Choo – politician.
Deaths
edit- 27 February – Tan Teck Neo, philanthropist and socialite (b. 1877).[8]
- 23 April – Teo Soon Kim, first woman admitted to the Straits Settlements bar (b. 1904).[9]
- 4 June – P. Govindaswamy, MP for Anson Constituency (b. 1911).[10][11]
- 13 December – Thio Chan Bee, educationist and politician (b. 1904).[12]
References
edit- ^ "Suspect held even before police knew of murders". The Straits Times. 26 April 1978.
- ^ "Spyros accident". NLB. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Major floods in Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Chinese Senior Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping visits Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Singapore's worst floods". NLB. 1999. Archived from the original on 22 January 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "SBS plans three services for Graham crusade". New Nation (Retrieved from NLB). 5 December 1978. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ Zaccheus, Melody (23 February 2018). "Christians in Singapore pay tribute to Billy Graham (premium article)". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Grand Old Lady of Singapore dies at 100". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 28 February 1978. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Teo Soon Kim". NLB. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "LATEST MP for Anson dies". NewspaperSG. 5 June 1978. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "P. GOVINDASWAMY". NewspaperSG. 6 June 1978. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Thio Chan Bee". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 11 December 2024.