1967 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1967 in Singapore.

National Service was first introduced in Singapore by Defence Minister, Goh Keng Swee

Incumbents

27 January – The Chartered Industries of Singapore is established to produce ammunition for the Singapore Armed Forces.

15 February – The Civilian War Memorial is unveiled at the War Memorial Park.
24 February – 1967 by-elections: Nomination day is held for the by-elections. After nominations closed, People's Action Party (PAP) candidates Teo Hup Teck (Jalan Kayu), Chew Chin Han (Tampines), Pathmanaban Selvadurai (Bukit Panjang) and Lim Soo Peng (Havelock) win their seats via a walkover. However, there is a contest for the Thomson seat, where PAP's Ang Nam Piau campaigned against two independent candidates, M. P. D. Nair and Chan Yoke Kwong.

7 March – The 1967 by-election is held in the Thomson constituency only. After polling closed, PAP's Ang Nam Piau won by a huge majority of 9,407 votes against M. P. D. Nair and Chan Yoke Kwong, who had garnered 1,310 and 537 votes respectively. The by-election resulted in the PAP having all the seats in Parliament until the 1981 Anson by-election, where J. B. Jeyaretnam from the Workers' Party wins the by-election.
18 March – Shin Min Daily News is launched.
28 March – Registrations for National Service begin at the Central Manpower Base.
30 March – The SEACOM cable is launched. The cable went in operation until its decommissioning in 1986.

7 April – The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (present day Monetary Authority of Singapore) is established with the power to issue Singapore currency.

5 May – The Republic of Singapore Navy is formed.
11 May – The Garden City vision was introduced to make Singapore a clean and green city, with the planting of trees.

12 June – The first currency notes, known as the Orchid series were issued, as well as the Marine Series.

8 August – Singapore is one of the founding members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

30 October - The Science Council of Singapore is formed to develop Singapore's capabilities in science and technology.

1 July – Kym Ng, actress.
31 March – Ang Wei Neng, politician and business leader.
13 April – Jimmy Nah, actor and comedian. (d. 2008)
12 June – Penny Low, former PAP MP for Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC.
6 October – Terence Cao, actor.
30 October – Murali Pillai, PAP MP for Bukit Batok SMC and Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC.
31 October – Mardan Mamat, golf player.
21 November – Benedict Tan, former national sailor.
Claire Tham, author.
Joan Pereira, PAP MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC.
Desmond Lim, 2nd Chairman of the Singapore Democratic Alliance.

5 January – Xing Ying, writer and editor of literary supplements (b. 1911).
19 May – Chew Hock Leong, former Chairman of the Public Service Commission and former General Manager of OCBC (b. 1897).
2 June – Lee Kong Chian, businessman, philanthropist and Chinese community leader (b. 1893).
14 June – Yeo Chan Boon, Teochew community leader (b. 1881).
6 November – Ng Keng Siang, architect (b. 1908).