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The first Freemason lodge in Southeast Asia was established in the British Bencoolen (now Bengkulu, Indonesia) in 1765.The first lodge in Singapore, Zetland in the East Lodge No. 508 E. C., was established on 8 December 1845 at Armenian Street, later relocating to a newly constructed Masonic Hall at Coleman Street in 1879.
In the dining room of the Singapore Club on 21 May 1946, to reinstate the Tanglin Club, an institution founded seventy-five years earlier as a premier establishment. The club reopened on 1 September 1946, with 182 Ordinary Members, including 127 pre-war registered members, 23 lady members and provision for up to 300 service members.
The building's foundation stone was laid on 14 April 1879. It was consecrated on 27 December. The Masonic Club, which was occupied the ground floor, was inaugurated on 2 July 1888. The building was designed by Thomas A. Cargill, a municipal engineer and a Freemason. A basement was excavated from 1953 to 1956 and housed the Masonic Library.
The Nordisk Defence Club (Norwegian: Nordisk Skibsrederforening) is the world’s largest independent FD&D club, and is operating worldwide. It was established in Copenhagen in 1889 and moved to Oslo in 1891. The invitation to Nordisk's founding meeting in Copenhagen said the purpose of the association would be “to work in the interest of the ...
North P&I Club opened branch offices in Hong Kong in 1995, Greece in 2000, Singapore in 2007 and Japan in 2012. The tradition of two managing directors, which first started in 1885, continued with the appointment of the joint management team of Peter Crichton and Rodney Eccleston in 1988 and by their successors Alan Wilson and Paul Jennings in ...
In 1955, ordinary membership was opened to people of all communities. A year later, in 1956, women were admitted as members for the first time. At a meeting on 11 February 1963, club president Sir George Oehlers proposed to open full membership to people of all communities in Singapore. This was agreed by a majority of members.
Co-founded in 1895 by Lim Nee Soon, Gan Eng Seng and Lim Boon Keng, [2] the three-storey high Ee Hoe Hean Club was originally located on Duxton Hill but moved to 38 Club Street in 1911. [3] It subsequently moved to Bukit Pasoh Road in 1925. The club was a social-cum-business club where like-minded Chinese businessmen could mingle and exchange ...
In 1970, when approximately 100 Latter-day Saints lived in Singapore, government officials restricted preaching and visas for missionaries. Progress continued through the efforts of local members and the Singapore Mission was created in 1974, with G. Carlos Smith as the mission president. By 1976, church membership in Singapore totaled 309.