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1976 in Singapore
The following lists
events
that happened during
1976
in
Singapore
.
Incumbents
President:
Benjamin Henry Sheares
Prime Minister:
Lee Kuan Yew
Events
April
1 April - The
Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises
is formed to
help
ex-offenders find
employment
.
June
June - The
Pearl Bank Apartments
is completed, making it Singapore's tallest and densest
residential building
in Singapore at that time.
The Apartments
will soon be
demolished
after being sold to
CapitaLand
in an
en-bloc
sale in 2018, which will be redeveloped into One Pearl Bank by 2023.
October
1 October -
*The
OCBC Centre
is officially opened.
*The
Business Times
is launched.
December
23 December - The PAP wins all sixty-nine seats in the
1976 General Election
.
Date unknown
- The
Queensway Shopping Centre
is opened as a sports mall.
The mall
also hosts Singapore's first public escalators.
Births
15 July -
Desmond Lee
,
Minister for Social and Family Development
.
Deaths
4 October -
Chua Boon Lay
, footballer.