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(Top) 1 Statistics 1.1 Births 1.2 Deaths 2 Incumbents 3 Events 3.1 February 3.2 July 3.3 September 3.4 November 3.5 Date unknown 4 Births 5 See also 6 References

1960 in Singapore

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Decades:

Table	1960	1961	1962
Births	61770	59930	58977
Deaths	10210	10027	10178

Statistics[edit]

Births[edit]

There were 61770 recorded births

Deaths[edit]

There were 10210 recorded deaths.^[1]

Incumbents[edit]

Yang di-Pertuan Negara – Yusof Ishak
Prime Minister – Lee Kuan Yew

Events[edit]

February[edit]

1 February – The Housing and Development Board is set up by Lim Kim San, replacing the Singapore Improvement Trust. The Planning Authority takes over SIT's functions of land use in Singapore.^[2]^[3]^[4]

July[edit]

1 July – The People's Association is formed.^[5]

September[edit]

6 September – The National Library launches a new mobile library service.^[6]
8 September – Tan Howe Liang wins a silver medal during the 1960 Summer Olympics.

November[edit]

12 November – The Old National Library Building (demolished in 2004) was opened.^[7]

Date unknown[edit]

– Far East Organization, a property developer was founded.^[8]

Births[edit]

7 January – Hong Huifang, actress.
24 January – Jack Neo, film director.^[9]
17 March – Ruth Langsford, presenter in the United Kingdom.
29 March – Paddy Chew, actor (d. 1999).
20 June – Jeremy Monteiro, singer.
19 August – Wee Siew Kim, former politician.
24 November – Shirley Ng, sports shooter.^[10]
Isa Kamari, author.^[11]

References[edit]

^ "Statistics Singapore - Number of Births and Deaths". Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

^ "History – Housing & Development Board (HDB)".

^ "PM TO HEAD NEW PLANNING BODY". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 17 January 1960. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

^ "2 NEW BOARDS TAKE OVER FROM THE S.I.T." The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 1 February 1960. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

^ "The People's Association is formed". NLB. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

^ "Good start for mobile library". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 6 September 1960. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

^ "Cultural awakening". The Straits Times. 13 November 1960. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

^ "Far East Organization". NLB. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

^ "Jack Neo". NLB. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shirley Ng Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

^ "Isa Kamari". NLB. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

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