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In 1954, Lee was born and he grew up in Bukit Timah, Singapore. [1] His father, Tan Sri Lee Siow Mong (1915 – 31 August 1989), was a senior civil servant who served in both Singapore and Malaysia, and his mother, Puan Sri Grace Lee (née Tan Gek Eng; 1917 – 4 February 2007), was a housewife.
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 —
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.
Rajaratnam returned to Singapore in 1948 when he joined the Malayan Tribune and stopped writing short stories. In 1950, he joined Singapore Tiger Standard that was founded by Aw Boon Haw. [6]: 119 In 1954, he joined The Straits Times as a journalist. He was bold in writing about the way Singapore was governed by the British. [7]
Marc Tay Tze-Hsin (1959/1960 – 15 August 2023) was a Singaporean competitive swimmer and ophthalmologist.He broke the national under-17 100-metre freestyle record in April 1977 and was named Sportsboy of the Year by the Singapore Sports Council.
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.
The Straits Times (also known informally by its abbreviation ST) is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust. [2] [3] [4] Established on 15 July 1845, it is the most-widely circulated newspaper in the country and has a significant regional audience.
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]