1957 in Singapore

Incumbents

• Governor:
• * until 9 December: Sir Robert Brown Black
• * starting 9 December: Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode

  Events

March

• 11 March - The second Merdeka Talks took place.
• 21 March - The Singapore Industrial Promotion Board was formed to develop various industries in colonial Singapore.

  April

• 27 April - The first Pontianak film was released, establishing the horror genre in the local film industry.

  June

• 29 June - By-elections in two constituencies were held, with Lee Kuan Yew winning his seat and Soh Ghee Soon from the Liberal Socialist Party winning the other.

  July

• 1 July - The Berita Harian is launched.

  November

• 1 November - The Citizenship Ordinance in 1957 commenced with registration of Singapore citizenship.
• 3 November - The Workers' Party is launched.

  December

• 21 December - The City Council elections was held, with the People's Action Party winning a majority of the seats.
• 24 December - Ong Eng Guan is sworn-in as the first Mayor of Singapore.

  Births

• 14 January - V. K. Rajah, former Attorney-General of Singapore
• 25 February - Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of Singapore
• George Quek, founder of BreadTalk.

  Deaths

• 1 January - Lim Boon Keng - Doctor, reformer.