1971 in Singapore

Incumbents

• President: Yeoh Ghim Seng , Benjamin Henry Sheares
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

  Events

January

• 1 January - The Monetary Authority of Singapore was established to regulate the financial sector and as Singapore's central bank.
• 2 January - Dr Benjamin Henry Sheares becomes the second President of Singapore.
• 3 January - Jurong Bird Park opens to the public.
• 14–22 January - Singapore hosts the 18th Conference of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
• 29 January - The Preservation of Monuments Board was established to identify and safeguard buildings of great historical value and recommend as national monuments.

  February

• 1 February - The National Sports Promotion Board is formed to promote and develop sports in Singapore.

  March

• 15 March - The Staff Training Institute is established to train civil servants.

  April

• 15–16 April - Singapore, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand sign the Five Power Defence Arrangements. The agreement comes into effect on 1 November the same year.
• 23 April -
• *The Shangri-La Hotel Singapore is opened.
• *The first Concept Plan is unveiled, which proposes a 'Ring Plan'.

  July

• 14 July - The Jurong Drive-in Cinema is opened as Singapore's first and only open-air drive-in cinema. The cinema operated for 15 years until its closure on 30 September 1985.
• 30 July - Singapore's first sex reassignment surgery is performed on a 24-year-old who becomes a woman after the surgery, led by Dr S. S. Ratnam. The surgery is declared a success.

  October

• 23 October - The Sentosa Satellite Earth Station is officially launched, making it Singapore's first Satellite Earth Station.
• 31 October - The last British military forces withdraws from Singapore.

  November

• November - The Central Narcotics Bureau is set up to tackle the problem of drugs in Singapore.
• 7 November - The first Tree Planting Day is launched by Dr Goh Keng Swee in Mount Faber.

  December

• 1 December - The Singapore Traction Company ceases operations.
• 2 December - The Clean Air Act is passed to deal with pollution caused by early industrialisation.
• 29 December - The Gold Bars Triple Murders saw a gold merchant and his two employees robbed and killed by a group of 10 men. Seven of the 10 men were sentenced to death for the crime; the remaining three were indefinitely detained for lengthy periods before their release.

  Date unknown

• Tower 1 of Mandarin Orchard Singapore is opened.

  Births

• Daren Shiau - Writer, lawyer, environmental activist.

  Deaths