1975 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1975 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: Benjamin Henry Sheares
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * 1 January – The Singapore Maritime Museum is opened in Sentosa, albeit still under construction.

February

 * 19 February – The first SAFRA clubhouse is opened in Toa Payoh.

April

 * 1 April – The Singapore Air Defence Command is renamed to the Republic of Singapore Air Force.
 * 30 April – The new Royal Sporting House outlet officially opens.

June

 * 2 June –
 * The Area Licensing Scheme (ALS) was launched in a bid to control traffic into the city, the world's first area licensing scheme.
 * The Jurong Town Hall is officially opened. It served as the headquarters of the Jurong Town Corporation (now JTC Corporation) until 2000, spearheading Singapore's economy.

July

 * 30 July – The World Trade Centre will be ready by 1977.

September

 * 15 September – The Subordinate Courts Building (present day State Courts) starts operations, centralising various courts which were scattered around the city at that time including the Criminal District and Magistrates' Court; the Traffic Courts; and the Civil District Courts.
 * 24 September – The last British warship, HMS Mermaid, left Sembawang Naval Basin.

November

 * 20 November – Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act were passed to introduce the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking cases.

Date unknown

 * The Kranji Reservoir and Pandan Reservoir are completed.
 * DBS Building Tower One is completed.
 * 3S Transport Pte Ltd starts operations as Singapore's second private charter bus company after Woodlands Transport the previous year.

Births

 * 20 January – Emma Yong, actress, member of Dim Sum Dollies (d. 2012).
 * 28 January – Tanya Chua, singer.
 * 19 September – Michelle Chia, actress.
 * 24 September – Calvin Cheng, former Nominated Member of Parliament.
 * 6 December – Vincent Ng, martial artist, actor.
 * 27 December – Daniel Ong, artiste and radio DJ, co-founder of Twelve Cupcakes.
 * Tan Wu Meng – politician.
 * Kam Ning – violinist.

Deaths

 * 14 January – Foo Chee Fong – Chinese businessman and Hainanese community leader (b. 1898).
 * 13 February – Franklin Gimson – Singapore's first postwar Governor and commander-in-chief from 1946 to 1952 (b. 1890).
 * 20 June – Alan Rose – 1st Chief Justice of the State of Singapore (b. 1899).
 * 6 November – Wilfred Lawson Blythe – 2nd Colonial Secretary of Singapore (b. 1896).
 * 13 November – Neo Ao Tiew – Chinese businessman, philanthropist and a pioneer of Lim Chu Kang (b. 1884).