The British military presence in Singapore ended at the end of October 1971. Singapore pursued a vigorous economic growth policy based primarily on the export of goods and services. The private sector created new jobs. By providing subsidized housing, education, health care, and transportation, the government created new jobs in the public sector. The Central Provident Fund, the country’s comprehensive social security system supported by compulsory contributions from employers and employees, provided crucial capital for government projects and financial security for the country’s elderly workers.
The government began shifting its focus from labor-intensive manufacturing to skill- and technology-intensive, high-value-added industries by the late 1970s. Singapore’s expansion focused on information technology, and in 1989 it became the world’s largest producer of disk drives and disk drive parts. By the mid-1970s, Singapore had become the third-largest oil refining center globally, attracting big oil companies like Shell and Esso. In an effort to develop a skilled workforce, the government also invested heavily in an education system that emphasized English as the language of instruction and practical training.
#1 Left to right) Miss Victoria, Gloria Krope, Miss Singapore Charity Princess, Rugayah Dalair, Miss Singapore Charity Queen, Florence Leong, and Miss South Australia, in Singapore, 1977
#2 Singapur Strasse in China Town, Singapore, 1977.
#3 Kleidermarkt in China Town, Singapore, 1977
#4 China Town und Skyline, Singapore, 1977.
#5 China Town and Skyline, Singapore, 1977
#6 Boats in the port of Singapore, 1975.
#7 The Singapore Police Academy, 1974
#8 ICF’ in Singapore, 1975
#9 Cycle taxi on a street in Singapore, July 1974.
#10 Cycle taxi on a street in Singapore, July 1974.
#11 Mr. Rajinder Singh from Singapore, who watched the march at Elizabeth Street today, 1973
#12 British television host Eric Morley meets some of the contestants in the Miss World 1972 beauty pageant in London.
#13 The Australian Navy Oberon Class submarine HMAS Ovens returned to Sydney today from a 5 months tour of duty with the ANZUK forces in Singapore, 1972
#14 The Raffles Hotel in Singapore has refused to fade away with the empire it epitomized back, 1970s
#15 The cars for the Grace Bros Race Team.
#16 The bar of the celebrated Raffles Hotel at Singapore, home of the Singapore, 1972
#17 The steamship France in the port of Singapore, 1972
#18 A French sailor takes two ladies from the Singapore Tourist Office on a jaunt around Paris in a trishaw, 1971
#19 The Raffles, formerly the No. 1 hotel in Singapore and famous as birthplace of the Singapore gin sling, has lost ground to a flock of new hostelries, 1971
#20 Typical of the deluxe hotels springing up in Singapore is the new Singapore Hilton, 1971
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used to go have their rhum & raison icecream & expresso coffee at heir coffee shop & on saturday nights go dancing at the rooftop bar!
