1962 in Singapore

Incumbents

• Yang di-Pertuan Negara - Yusof Ishak
• Prime Minister - Lee Kuan Yew

  Events

April

• 10 April - The SEACOM cable is announced.

  September

• 1 September - A referendum is held in Singapore to vote on merger with Malaysia. In the end, 70 percent of votes chose merger in accordance with the terms of the 1961 White Paper.

  Births

• 6 February - Eleanor Wong - Lawyer, playwright.
• 29 May - Fandi Ahmad - Former football player.
• 14 June - S. Iswaran - Minister of Communications and Information
• 27 October - Ang Peng Siong - Former swimmer.
• Olivia Lum - Hyflux CEO.
• Jennifer Tham Sow Ying - Conductor of Singapore Youth Choir.
• K. F. Seetoh - Food personality, creator of Makansutra.
• Madeleine Lee - Investment manager, poet.

  Deaths

• 21 August - Ahmad bin Ibrahim, Member of Parliament.