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Shots were also fired at the police boat, hitting PC 3776 six times. He fell overboard, but was pulled back into the police boat as it sped off to summon for help. PC 3776 died in hospital a day later, [12] while PC 1315 escaped unhurt. 5 June 1947: PC 3776: Attan Bin Haji Siraj: 30 28 October 1947: SC 5221: Teo Kim Swan: 23 —
Nathan left the Civil Service in 1982 to take up the executive chairmanship of the Straits Times Press; he also held directorships in other companies. Between 1988 and 1996 he served as Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia and Ambassador to the United States , before his 12-year term as President of the Republic from 1999 to 2011.
Alan Fook Cheong Choe (Chinese: 曹福昌; Jyutping: co 4 fuk 1 coeng 1; 6 March 1931 – 27 May 2024) was a Singaporean architect and urban planner.He was a city planner with the Housing and Development Board and a founding member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority.
Sim was born into a Zhao'an Hokkien family in the Colony of Singapore. He attended Bukit Panjang Government High School, [4] before graduating from Ngee Ann Technical College (now Ngee Ann Polytechnic) in 1975. [5] After completing his mandatory National Service, Sim worked in the private engineering sector for a year. [6]
Seow was born in 1928 in Singapore [1] and educated at Saint Joseph's Institution before he read law at the Middle Temple and became a qualified lawyer. He joined the Singapore Legal Service in 1956 as a prosecutor and rose through the ranks to become the Solicitor-General in 1969, a position he held until 1971.
Singapore maintains an active conscription system in accordance with the regulations set by the Government of Singapore, known as National Service (NS). [1] This requires all qualified male Singaporean citizens and second-generation permanent residents to serve a period of active duty military service in the uniformed services, in either the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore Civil ...
The National Library Board and Singapore Press Holdings signed an agreement in 2007 to make digitised articles of The Straits Times available for public access at NLB libraries. NewspaperSG was launched on 28 January 2010.
Singapore was invited to the 12-nation Merdeka Tournament in August. The team defeated Hong Kong 2–1 [92] [93] and achieved a shock 1–0 win over pre-tournament favourites and 1970 Asian Games champions Burma. [94] [95] Singapore failed to make the semi-finals after a 4–4 draw with the Philippines. [96] Choo later resigned in December due ...