1957 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1957 in Colony of Singapore.

← 1956 1955 1954 1957 in Singapore → 1958 1959 1960
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1957 Timeline of Singaporean history

Incumbents

• Governor:
  • until 9 December: Sir Robert Brown Black
  • starting 9 December: Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode

Events

March

• 11 March - The second Merdeka Talks took place.[1]
• 21 March - The Singapore Industrial Promotion Board was formed to develop various industries in colonial Singapore.[2]

April

• 27 April - The first Pontianak film was released, establishing the horror genre in the local film industry.[3]

June

• 29 June - By-elections in two constituencies were held, with Lee Kuan Yew winning his seat and Soh Ghee Soon from the Liberal Socialist Party winning the other.[4]

July

• 1 July - The Berita Harian is launched.

November

• 1 November - The Citizenship Ordinance in 1957 commenced with registration of Singapore citizenship.[5]
• 3 November - The Workers' Party is launched.[6]

December

• 21 December - The City Council elections was held, with the People's Action Party winning a majority of the seats.[7]
• 24 December - Ong Eng Guan is sworn-in as the first Mayor of Singapore.[8]

Births

• 14 January - V. K. Rajah, former Attorney-General of Singapore
• 25 February - Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of Singapore
• George Quek, founder of BreadTalk.[9]

Deaths

• 1 January - Lim Boon Keng - Doctor, reformer (b. 1869).[10]

References

1. "Merdeka talks - Second all-party mission to London is held". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
2. "Singapore Industrial Promotion Board is formed". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
3. "Pontianak - a pioneer horror film series". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
4. "June 1957 Legislative Assembly By-election". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
5. "Singapore Citizenship Ordinance is passed". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
6. "Inauguration of the Workers' Party". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
7. "City Council Election is held". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
8. "Ong Eng Guan is appointed Mayor of Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
9. "George Quek". NLB. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
10. "Lim Boon Keng". NLB. Retrieved 12 August 2019.