1958 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1958 in Colony of Singapore.

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Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

March

April
  • 3 April - Times House is officially opened, serving as the operation headquarters of Singapore's newspapers.[3]

May
  • 13 May - The third Merdeka Talks took place, which concluded with the same agreement from 1957.[4]

July
  • 1 July - The Legal Aid Bureau is created to assist the need with legal matters.[5]

August
  • 1 August - The State of Singapore Act 1958 passed, granting Singapore self-rule.[6]
  • 9 August - The first air-conditioned supermarket, Fitzpatrick's Supermarket is officially opened. Since then, the area has been taken over by The Paragon.[7][8]

November
  • 22 November - The Shaw House, a 10-storey office block, is officially opened by then Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock.[9]
  • 24 November - The Syariah Court is established to tighten divorce processes and safeguard marriages.[10]

Births

References
  1. "Nanyang University". NLB. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. "Nanyang University opens". NLB. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. "Times House". NLB. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  4. "Merdeka talks - Third all-party mission to London is held". NLB. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  5. "Legal Aid Bureau is created". NLB. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  6. "State of Singapore Act is Passed". NLB. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  7. "1st air-con supermart". The Straits Times. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  8. "Fitzpatrick's Supermarket at Orchard Road, between 1958 and 1963". NLB. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. "Shaw House (Lido)". NLB. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  10. "Syariah Court is established". NLB. Retrieved 3 February 2021.


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