1951 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1951 in the Colony of Singapore.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]April
[edit]- 10 April – The 1951 Singaporean general election is held.[1]
September
[edit]- 22 September – Singapore is proclaimed a City of the British Commonwealth by a royal charter issued by King George VI.[2]
December
[edit]- 1 December – The 1951 Singapore City Council election is held.[3]
Births
[edit]- 2 August – Chin Tet Yung, former PAP MP for Sembawang GRC.
- 22 August – Moses Lee Kim Poo, former civil servant.
- Cheo Chai Chen, former SDP Member of Parliament for Nee Soon Central SMC (d. 2024).
Deaths
[edit]- 8 January – Pang Cheng Yean, director of the United Chinese Bank Ltd and Batu Pahat Bank Ltd and father-in-law of Lim Kim San (b. 1889).[4]
- 9 February – Harold Wolskel, former Municipal Commissioner of the Singapore Municipal Commission (b. 1871).[5]
- 14 July – Andrew Caldecott, 17th Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements (b. 1884).[6]
- 11 October – William G. Stirling, former Assistant Protector of the Chinese in Singapore (b. 1887).[7]
- 13 December – Laurence Guillemard, 18th Governor of the Straits Settlements (b. 1862).[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Singapore Legislative Council General Election 1951". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ↑ "Singapore is conferred city status". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ↑ "Singapore City Council Election 1951". sg-elections.com. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ↑ "DEATH". NewspaperSG. 9 January 1951. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ↑ "Death Of Mr. H. Wolskel". NewspaperSG. 13 February 1951. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ↑ "SIR ANDREW CALDECOTT DIES". NewspaperSG. 15 July 1951. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ↑ "W.G. Stirling". www.bobforrestweb.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ↑ "Laurence Nunns Guillemard". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
