The following lists events that happened during 1978 in Singapore.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Benjamin Henry Sheares Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean physician and academic who served as the second president of Singapore between 1971 until his death in 1981. Of Eurasian descent, Sheares was born in Singapore under ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Lee Kuan Yew Lee Kuan Yew (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean politician who ruled as the first Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. He is widely recognised ...

Events

April

*25 April – Police national serviceman

Lee Kim Lai On 25 April 1978, Lee Kim Lai (), a Singaporean police officer, was robbed and murdered by three men for his service revolver. A serving Police National Serviceman, he was performing sentry duty at the Police Reserve Unit 1 base of the Singapor ...

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

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, they also killed the taxi driver, Chew Theng Hin.

October

*12 October – The Spyros disaster occurred at Jurong Shipyard, resulting in 76 fatalities.

November

*10–11 November – Floods occurred in Singapore, leaving 2 fatalities. *12–14 November – Then Senior Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping also Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Teng Hsiao-p'ing; born Xiansheng (). (22 August 190419 February 1997) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's R ...

visits Singapore, setting the foundation for

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before being formally established on 3 October 1990. The governments discussed regional security and Deng visited the HDB.

December

*2–3 December – Another

flood A flood is an overflow of water (list of non-water floods, or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant con ...

hit Singapore after about of rain fell in just 24 hours, causing 7 fatalities. *6–10 December –

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Billy Graham William Franklin Graham Jr. (; November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American Evangelism, evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister, and Civil rights movement, civil rights advocate, whose broadcasts and world tours featuring liv ...

visits Singapore for a

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Births

* 13 February –

Desmond Choo Desmond Choo Pey Ching (; born 13 February 1978) is a Singaporean politician and former police officer who has been serving as Assistant Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) since 2015 and Ministry of Defence (Singapo ...

, politician. * 23 July –

Stefanie Sun Stefanie Sun Yanzi (; born Sng Ee Tze; 23 July 1978) is a Singaporean singer and songwriter. Known for her Ballad, ballads and girl next door image, Sun made her debut with the album ''Yan Zi (album), Yan Zi'' in 2000. Featuring the single "Cl ...

, singer. * 24 September – Jean Danker, radio DJ. * 4 October –

Amrin Amin Mohamed Amrin bin Mohamed Amin (born 5 October 1978) is a Singaporean solicitor, lawyer and politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Woodlands ward of Sembawang G ...

, politician. * 3 November –

Shaun Chen Shaun Chen (born 3 November 1978) is a Malaysian actor and former national badminton player who is based in Singapore. He started as a host for the variety show ''City Beat'' alongside Sharon Au, Jeff Wang and Fiona Xie. In 2003, he made hi ...

, actor.

Deaths

*27 February – Tan Teck Neo, philanthropist and socialite (b. 1877). *26 March – Chan Hock Wah, political detainee (b. 1932). *16 April –

Abdul Hamid Jumat Tengku Abdul Hamid bin Tengku Jumat (; 12 April 1917 – 16 April 1978) was a Malaysian politician and diplomat who served as Deputy Chief Minister of Singapore between 1956 and 1959. Prior to his appointment as Deputy Chief Minister, he served ...

, former Deputy Chief Minister of Singapore (b. 1917). *23 April – Teo Soon Kim, first woman admitted to the Straits Settlements bar (b. 1904). *4 June –

Perumal Govindaswamy Perumal Govindaswamy (1911 – 4 June 1978) was a Singaporean trade unionist, politician, and a founding member of the People's Action Party, serving as Member of Legislative Assembly and later Member of Parliament for Anson from 1963 till h ...

, MP for

Anson Constituency Anson Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. It used to exist from 1959 to 1988. A huge portion was merged into Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency while another small portion was merged into Tanjong Pagar SMC in 1988. Hist ...

(b. 1911). *1 July – Lee Teck Him, former legislative assemblyman for

Tiong Bahru Constituency Tiong Bahru Constituency was a constituency in Singapore. The constituency was formed in 1955 and was abolished in 1988. History In 1955, the Tiong Bahru Constituency was formed. In 1988, the constituency was abolished following the establis ...

(b. 1906). *13 December – Thio Chan Bee, educationist and politician (b. 1904).

References

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

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