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Singapore-related events during 1962 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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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.

December

16 December - Trolleybus services in Singapore cease operations.

Births

6 February – Eleanor Wong – Lawyer, playwright.
28 March – Alvin Yeo – Lawyer and former politician (d. 2022)
29 May – Fandi Ahmad – Former football player.
14 June – S. Iswaran – Minister of Transport.
27 October – Ang Peng Siong – Former swimmer.
Olivia Lum – Hyflux CEO.
Jennifer Tham – Conductor of Singapore Youth Choir.
K. F. Seetoh – Food personality, creator of Makansutra.
Madeleine Lee – Investment manager, poet.
Charis Eng - Clinical geneticist (d. 2024)

Deaths

21 August – Ahmad Ibrahim, Member of Parliament (b. 1927).

References

"Plans for SEACOM cable link to go ahead". The Straits Times (Retrieved from NLB). 10 April 1962. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
Singapore, 1 September 1962: Integration with Malaya Direct Democracy (in German)
"Singapore votes in the referendum on merger". NLB. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
"Off for good: Spore trolley buses". The Straits Times. Singapore. 16 December 1962. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
"Eleanor Wong". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
"Fandi Ahmad". NLB. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
"Ang Peng Siong". NLB. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
"Olivia Lum". NLB. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
"Jennifer Tham Sow Ying". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
"K. F. Seetoh". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
"Madeleine Lee". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
Cleveland Clinic mourns the loss of Dr. Charis Eng
"Ahmad bin Ibrahim". NLB. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

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