The following lists events that happened during 1967 in Singapore.
National Service was first introduced in Singapore by Defence Minister, Goh Keng Swee
Incumbents President: Yusof Ishak Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew
Events January 27 January – The Chartered Industries of Singapore is established to produce ammunition for the Singapore Armed Forces.
February 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.
March 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. 14 March – The National Service bill is passed by the parliament. 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.
April 7 April – The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (present day Monetary Authority of Singapore) is established with the power to issue Singapore currency.
May 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.
June 12 June – The first currency notes, known as the Orchid series were issued, as well as the Marine Series.
July July – The first batch of the army is drafted for National Service.
August 8 August – Singapore is one of the founding members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
October 30 October - The Science Council of Singapore is formed to develop Singapore's capabilities in science and technology.
Births 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.
Deaths 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).
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