This article is about the former city within the British Crown Colony of Singapore. For the modern republic, see Singapore. For the present-day city-centre, see Central Area, Singapore.
The City of Singapore existed between 1951 and 1965 in the Colony of Singapore, a British Crown colony and later in the State of Singapore within Malaysia, with the City Council as the governing authority. Before 1951, the City Council was known as the Municipal Commission.[1] The rest of the crown colony was under the authority of the Singapore Rural Board.
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From top left to right: South Bridge Road, Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall, Empress Place Building, Raffles Hotel, City Hall and the Singapore River in the 1960s.
In the 1948 and 1951 general elections in Singapore, constituencies were drawn along the boundary of the Municipal Commission and the Rural Board, each area was subdivided into a number of constituencies.[2][3]
The municipality was then conferred with city status by a Royal charter from King George VI on 22 September 1951, when Singapore was then a Crown colony.[1] The original Municipal Commission was therefore renamed as the City Council, and the Municipal Building was renamed City Hall.
After the PAP gained power following the 1959 general election and formed the first government after self-government was granted to the Crown colony, the city was phased out, with powers transferred to statutory boards.[4]
In 1965, upon Singapore's expulsion from Malaysia, the Republic of Singapore Independence Act 1965 provided the following clause which empowered the President to abolish the City Council and the Rural Board, with the powers of the local authorities assumed by the Government.
President may by order make such modifications in any written law as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the abolition of the City Council and of the Rural Board and of the assumption of the powers of the local authorities by the Government.
Legacy
Today, the Central Area, which sits in the south-eastern corner of Singapore, mostly corresponds with what was once the City of Singapore.
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