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1973 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1973 in Singapore.

Incumbents

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

February

 * 4 February – The first Chingay Parade is held in Singapore.
 * 16 February – The Misuse of Drugs Act is passed to deal with the problem of drug abuse more effectively.

April

 * 1 April – The Institute of Education is established, taking over the role of the Teachers' Training College which started in 1950. This will boost teaching standards in Singapore.
 * 6 April – The Singapore Red Cross Society is incorporated.
 * 22 April – The final Singapore Grand Prix is held before the event is discontinued as a result of safety concerns. It was brought back in 2008 as a round of the Formula One World Championship.

June

 * 2 June – The CPF Building starts construction, housing the new headquarters of the Central Provident Fund. The building was completed in 1976, standing for 41 years until its redevelopment in 2017 by Ascendas-Singbridge (now CapitaLand).
 * 27 June – Singapore Zoo opens to the public.

July

 * 1 July - SBS Transit (Previously known as Singapore Bus Services) was formed in the merger of 3 different private bus companies (United Bus Company, Associated Bus Service, and Amalgamated Bus Company)
 * 6 July – St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, is gazetted as a national monument.
 * 21 July – The National Stadium, in Kallang, is officially opened by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
 * 22 July – The first NTUC Welcome (now NTUC FairPrice) opens its first outlet in Toa Payoh to fight inflation caused by the oil crisis.
 * 27 July – For the first time in Singapore, the government executed its first female death row inmate in the country since its independence eight years back. 34-year-old Mimi Wong was earlier sentenced to death by the High Court for the 1970 murder of Ayako Watanabe, and has lost her appeals since. Wong's 40-year-old husband Sim Wor Kum, who assisted her to commit the murder, was also executed on the same day as Wong.

September

 * 1–8 September - Singapore hosts the 7th South East Asian Peninsular Games for the first time. It clinched the second place, accumulating a total of 140 medals.
 * 12–14 September - Singapore participates in its first General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) event in Tokyo.

October

 * 1 October – The Singapore Sports Council is formed from the merger of National Sports Promotion Board and the National Stadium Corporation. It aims to encourage a healthy lifestyle through sports.

Date unknown

 * Tower 2 of Mandarin Orchard Singapore is opened.
 * The People's Park Centre, People's Park Complex and Golden Mile Complex are completed.
 * The UIC Building is completed, standing for 39 years until its redevelopment as V on Shenton (Five on Shenton) in 2012, a residential tower completed in 2017.
 * UOB Plaza Two is completed as United Overseas Bank's headquarters.
 * The Sentosa Musical Fountain opens alongside the Fountain Gardens in Sentosa.

Births

 * 16 July – Ivy Lee, actress.
 * 22 July – Vernetta Lopez, radio presenter, actress.
 * 24 August – Mike Kasem, radio presenter.
 * Justin Dominic Misson, actor and moderator.

Deaths

 * 12 July – Ong Poh Heng, off-duty police officer, 28. Ong stopped to intervene in an argument between a bus driver and a gunman along Still Road. The gunman shot him twice, killing him instantly.
 * 2 September – Mohammed Sanusi Bin Siraj, police officer, killed by a runaway vehicle at the Paya Lebar Police Station.

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1972 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Singapore.

Incumbents

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

January

 * 1 January – The Post Office Savings Bank is turned into a statutory board. This allows the bank more freedom to run its operations.

February

 * 7 February – The National Wages Council is set up to ensure sustainable wages. This comes after wages have risen quickly the previous year.

April

 * 1 April – The Telephone Department is converted into a statutory board called the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore.
 * 2 April – The Singapore Grand Prix is won by Max Stewart.

May

 * 12 May – The National Productivity Board is formed to encourage productivity.

June

 * 15 June – The SAF Act comes into effect, allowing for effective management of the Singapore Armed Forces. The Act merges the air, sea and land vocations and establishes the Armed Forces Council.

July

 * 2 July – Singapore Armed Forces Reservist Association is officially launched.
 * 20 July – The Stop at Two policy is unveiled to encourage people to have smaller families.

August

 * 17 August – Work starts on the Brani Naval Base.

September

 * 1 September – The Sentosa Development Corporation is formed to manage Sentosa and the outlying islands to attract tourists.
 * 2 September – The People's Action Party wins the 1972 General Election.
 * 15 September – The first Merlion Park is officially opened.
 * 17 September – 22-year-old Cheng Li Zhen is shot dead while walking through Queenstown; the crime remains unsolved.

October

 * 1 October – Singapore Airlines starts its first flights.
 * 13 October – Heavy fog, an environmental phenomenon that had built up since the beginning of the month, causes gridlock and other problems throughout Singapore.
 * 24 October – Disincentives are announced to nudge families into having only two children, taking effect on 1 August 1973. Among them are progressive reduction of income tax relief to the first three children; increase in childbirth fees depending on births; reduction of paid maternity leave from three to two confinements; and lowering priority of HDB flats allocations for large families (more than two children).

November

 * 21 November – A fire engulfs the Robinson's Department Store, causing 9 deaths. In addition, the impact of the fire damaged the roof of the Overseas Union Bank building and forced the Stock Exchange to stop trading for the day. As a result, this makes the fire one of the worst in Singapore's history.

December

 * 15 December -
 * OCBC acquires Four Seas Communications Bank.
 * SATS Ltd is established as a separate company from Singapore Airlines to manage ground operations and inflight catering services.

Date unknown

 * The OG building is officially opened.
 * Three Rifles Holdings is founded, becoming a company selling clothes.
 * Specialists' Shopping Centre is opened in Orchard Road. It has since been demolished.
 * The first Guardian store is opened by Cold Storage.
 * Shaw Centre is opened.

Births

 * 22 February – Dasmond Koh, actor.
 * 26 April – Diana Ser, journalist, media personality.
 * 15 September – Kit Chan, singer.
 * 30 September – Darren Lim, actor.
 * 6 November – Janil Puthucheary, politician.
 * 18 December – Lawrence Wong, Prime Minister.
 * Alvin Pang - Singaporean poet.

Deaths

 * 4 April – Lionel Chan – racing driver, 28 (injuries sustained in a crash during the Singapore Grand Prix)
 * 5 May – Chen Su Lan – one of Singapore's first local medical graduates, philanthropist, social reformer (b. 1885).
 * 5 September – Bashir Ahmad Mallal – founder of Malayan Law Journal (b. 1898).
 * 11 September – Tan Lark Sye – former Chairman of the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan and founder of the Nanyang University (b. 1897).

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Bully (disambiguation)

A bully is someone responsible for bullying, using aggression to intimidate or dominate others.

Bully may also refer to:

Animals

 * American Bully, a breed of dog
 * Bull Terrier or bully, a breed of dog
 * Gobiomorphus or bully, an Australian and New Zealand genus of fish

Film

 * The Bully, a 1918 film produced by Ebony Film Corporation
 * Bullies (film), a 1986 Canadian film
 * Bully (2001 film), an American film by Larry Clark
 * Bully (2011 film), an American documentary about bullying
 * Bully (2017 film), an American musical featurette

Television

 * "Bully" (The Brak Show), a 2002 episode
 * "Bully" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), a 2011 episode
 * "Bully" (New Girl), a 2012 episode
 * "Bully", an episode of the TV series Heartstopper
 * "Bullies" (The Newsroom), a 2012 episode
 * "The Bully" (Kate & Allie), a 1986 episode
 * "The Bully" (SpongeBob SquarePants), a 2001 episode
 * Bully, the mascot of the British game show Bullseye

Music

 * Bully (band), an American rock band
 * Bully, an album by Sugarbomb, 2001

Songs

 * "Bully" (song), by Shinedown, 2012
 * "Bully", by Eminem from Straight from the Lab, 2003
 * "Bully", by Gob from Foot in Mouth Disease, 2003
 * "Bully", by Judie Tzuke from Secret Agent, 1998
 * "Bully", by Three Days Grace from Life Starts Now, 2009
 * "The Bully", by Sia from Colour the Small One, 2004
 * "Bullies", by Baby Keem from Die for My Bitch, 2019

People with the nickname

 * Wally Bullington (1931–2018), American college football player and coach
 * Big Bully Busick (1954–2018), American police officer turned professional wrestler
 * Bully Dawson (fl. 17th century), English gambler
 * Bully Gilstrap (fl. mid-20th century), American college athlete and coach
 * Bully Hayes (1827/9–1877), American slaver and sea captain
 * Michael Herbig (born 1968), German film director, actor and author
 * Gray Maynard (born 1979), American mixed martial artist
 * William T. Van de Graaff (1895–1977), American college football player and coach
 * Robert Waterman (sea captain) (1808–1884), American merchant sea captain

Places

 * Bully, Loire, France
 * Bully, Rhône, France
 * Bully, Seine-Maritime, France
 * Bully-les-Mines, France
 * Bully Creek (Malheur River tributary), Oregon, US

Sports

 * Bully (mascot), mascot of the Mississippi State University Bulldogs athletics teams
 * Columbus Bullies, a professional American football team 1938–1942
 * Jacksonville Bullies, a professional indoor lacrosse team 2012

Surname

 * Alwin Bully (1948–2023), Dominican cultural administrator, playwright, designer of national flag

Other uses

 * Bully (video game), a 2006 action-adventure game
 * The Bully: A Discussion and Activity Story, a 2003 children's book by Rita Y. Toews
 * The Bully, a 2002 novel in The Bluford Series
 * Bully beef, a type of salt-cured beef product
 * Sideroxylon, or bully trees
 * Volkswagen Type 2, a panel van nicknamed "Bully"

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Inhumanoids

Inhumanoids is the title of an animated series and the name of a Hasbro toy property that were both released in 1986. In the tradition of other Hasbro properties such as Transformers, and G.I. Joe, the show was produced by Sunbow Entertainment and Marvel Productions and animated in Japan by Toei Animation. Inhumanoids tells the story of the scientist-superhero group, Earth Corps, as they battle a trio of subterranean monsters called the Inhumanoids with the aid of elemental beings, the Mutores.

Inhumanoids: The Movie
The Inhumanoids series did not begin as a conventional 22-minute cartoon, but rather as a slate of six-to-seven-minute shorts that aired as part of the collective Super Sunday half-hour block alongside other Marvel/Sunbow series, Jem and the Holograms, Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines and Robotix. Although Bigfoot had only nine episodes, the other shows ran to 15 episodes, telling a complete story across their numerous installments, which were later edited together to form "movies" that were released on video. Out of the four, Jem proved to be the most popular, and was eventually made into an ongoing series that lasted for 65 episodes.

Summary
The story begins with the discovery of a monstrous creature encased in an amber monolith buried in Big Sur national park, that is recovered by Earth Corps, a government-funded geological sciences research team. The finding spurs Blackthorne Shore, a corrupt industrialist, to clandestinely uncover and release a second monster buried elsewhere—a giant vine-like creature called Tendril, who attacks the amber block's public unveiling in San Francisco to release the macabre colossus trapped within, D'Compose. They rampage through city streets before fleeing into the watery darkness of the bay.

The Earth Corps member code-named Liquidator returns to Big Sur in search of further clues to the origin of these monsters, whereupon he discovers a race of sentient tree-beings, the Redwoods, who explain that they are part of a race of subterranean creatures known as Mutores and that their kind sealed the evil Inhumanoids Tendril and D'Compose beneath the Earth ages ago. The malevolent Inhumanoid leader, Metlar, remains imprisoned below the surface, paralyzed by the magnetic field of a Mutore duo named Magnokor.

A nocturnal assault by Tendril demolishes the Earth Corps base, prompting a chase into the depths of the Earth, but even with the help of another Mutore species, the rock-bodied Granites, they are forced to retreat to the surface. When their budget is summarily cut by Senator Masterson, a crooked politician in Blackthorne Shore's shady pocket, they are approached by Sandra Shore, Blackthorne's sister, who has learned of her brother's sinister plot to liberate Metlar. Funded by Sandra, the team constructs new vehicles and embarks back below the Earth's surface, tracking D'Compose and Tendril to the city of the Granites, where an ensuing battle frees Metlar from Magnokor's hold. Having pilfered the Earth Corps's engineering schematics via his ties to Masterson, Blackthorne joins the fray, now equipped with his own battle suit whose magnetic powers he wields against Metlar, only to be derailed by Tendril's interference while Sandra falls victim to the mutative touch of D'Compose.

Earth Corps manages to escape and forms an alliance with the Granites. Herc accompanies them to D'Compose's domain of Skellweb while Auger and Liquidator venture into Metlar's kingdom of Infernac and Bright convinces the Redwoods to help defend the surface world against attempts by the Inhumanoids to acquire sources of power. Herc and the Granites are able to defeat D'Compose's reanimated soldiers and restore Sandra to normal. Blackthorne pursues Auger and Liquidator to Infernac and tries to use his magnetic powers on Metlar once again but is foiled by Magnokor and taken captive by Metlar.

Acting on information forced from Blackthorne, the Inhumanoids raid a Soviet airbase, stealing a handful of nuclear missiles. A seemingly repentant Blackthorne warns Earth Corps that the missiles are intended to shatter the divide between the Earth's crust and mantle, but upon traveling into the Earth to preclude this catastrophe, the team discovers that Blackthorne has set them up and that the missiles are actually meant to detonate the planet's core. Earth Corps is able to convince D'Compose to allow them access to Infernac — a deal made easier by the fact that the Inhumanoid already fears for his survival in the face of Metlar's insane plan — and they manage to defuse enough of the missiles to thwart the explosive scheme.

Following a climactic battle, D'Compose is re-sealed in amber casing, and Tendril is imprisoned by the Granites. Finally, Magnokor succeeds in neutralizing Metlar even as Blackthorne is arrested by Earth Corps. Senator Masterson provides the Earth Corps team with a new headquarters facility, but a tissue sample secured from Tendril during their first encounter with the monster has mysteriously gone missing.

The series
Inhumanoids and Jem surpassed their fellow "Super Sunday" offerings by going on to be expanded into independent full-length shows. Jem achieved the greater success, eventually running to 65 episodes spanning several seasons, while Inhumanoids lasted only one season. In both cases, to begin the series, the introductory "movies" were cut into five separate 22-minute episodes composed of three shorts apiece. Inhumanoids was thereafter given the series subtitle, The Evil That Lies Within, a phrase which was included in the lyrics of the opening credits of the show in every episode. A further eight 22-minute episodes were then produced to yield the standard 13-episode TV season.

The series proved unusual among children's cartoons of its time by the strong narrative flow that linked episodes in sequence with continuing storylines and suspenseful threading of subplots. Visually, the show was distinctive for its application of heavy shadow, use of split screens, and sometimes brow-raising for its graphic content, such as monstrous amputations or writhing deaths by toxic waste, which would be hard-pressed to sneak their way into contemporary "children's hour" programming.

The Earth Corps

 * Dr. Herman "Herc" Armstrong, codename 'Hooker', is the leader of Earth Corps, decisive and outspoken. His exosuit sports a powerful grappling hook mounted in an arm gauntlet, which he uses to scale vertical extremes in his spelunking adventures. He was voiced by Neil Ross.
 * Dr. Derek Ericson Bright, codename 'Digger', is the maverick engineer responsible for designing Earth Corps' vehicles and other high-tech equipment.
 * Dr. Edward "The Fist" Augutter, codename 'Auger', is the bald member of the team, a distinguished archaeologist and Earth Corps' resident mechanic, constructing the team's protective exosuits and weaponry.
 * Mr. Marcus Capello, codename 'Captain Action', is a master Policeman. He was voiced by John Aniston.
 * Dr. Johnathon Martin Slattery, codename 'Liquidator', is a master chemist. He was voiced by William Callaway.
 * Sandra Shore, codename 'Ms. Navigator', the only female Earth Corps member. She was voiced by Susan Silo.
 * Colonel Anatoly Kiev, codename 'Tankmaster' is a veteran member of the Soviet army and world-famous chess master. He was also voiced by Neil Ross.
 * Bradley Joseph Armbruster, codename 'Sabre Jet', is a pilot in the U.S. Air Force.

Inhumanoids

 * Metlar, the leader of the Inhumanoids
 * D'Compose, a gigantic undead monster
 * Tendril, a plant monster

Cast

 * Charles Adler - George Landisburg ("Primal Passions")
 * Michael Bell - Auger, Blackthorne Shore
 * William Callaway - Jonathan M. Slattery/Liquidator, Nightcrawler/Dr. Herman Manglar (from "Cypheroid" to "Cult of Darkness")
 * Fred Collins - General Kursakov
 * Brad Crandel - Narrator
 * Ron Feinberg - Nightcrawler (from "Negative Polarity" onwards)
 * Dick Gautier - Magnakor/Pyre/Crygen, Senator Masterson ("Cypheroid"), George Landisburg ("The Masterson Team" and "Auger... For President?")
 * Ed Gilbert - Metlar, Senator Masterson
 * Chris Latta - D'Compose, Tendril, Granahue
 * Neil Ross - Herc Armstrong, Tank, Ssslither, Sabre Jet, Hector Ramirez
 * Richard Sanders - Derek Bright
 * Stanley Ralph Ross - Redlen, Redsun, Joe Abdullah
 * Susan Silo - Sandra Shore, Stella Blaze, Statue of Liberty, Female Statue Warriors, Barbara Walker
 * John Stephenson - Granok, General Granitary

Action figures
A series of action figures based on the cartoon was produced by Hasbro and designed by David McDonald (now VP of Product Development/Design at Spin Master LTD) in 1986. The scientist figures each had an action power and all figures had "glow in the light" features. Metlar, Tendril, and D'Compose were 14" figures and are the most sought after.

The original series of Mutors had a variety of toy figures: Redlen (dark redwood), Redsun (light redwood), Redwood Race (grey redwood), Granok (grey granite), and Granite Race (beige granite).

A second series of Inhumanoids figures was in the works at the time of the line's cancellation. The only character confirmed to reach the prototype stage by an ex-Hasbro employee was Sslither (although the animated designs of Tank, Sabre Jet, Nightcrawler, and Blackthorne's second suit all strongly indicate that they were based on intended toys).

Marvel Comics (1987)
Marvel Comics produced a short-lived Inhumanoids comic book under its Star Comics imprint in 1987, adapting the storyline of "The Evil That Lies Within". The series ended after only 4 issues and left readers with the cliffhanger of Metlar's escape from captivity and Sandra Shore's transformation into an undead minion of D'Compose. Within the Marvel Comics multiverse, the Inhumanoids reality is designated as Earth-87119.

2009 cancelled series
In 2009, Kevin Smith was rumored to be writing a reboot for the Inhumanoids comic series, with George Pratt doing art. In 2010, Smith said via Facebook that he was not penning a script for Inhumanoids, but told that "it was a killer series back in the day, [it's] a shame it didn't last longer, had some really gruesome shit that I wouldn't mind tackling someday". Nothing has been mentioned since after his statement.

IDW Publishing (2020)
The 2020 miniseries Rom: Dire Wraiths by IDW Publishing set in the Hasbro Comic Book Universe features characters and references to Inhumanoids; for example, the Earth Corps are renamed as the Adventure-One Team.

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1971 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1971 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: Yeoh Ghim Seng (Acting) (23 November 1970 to 2 January), Benjamin Henry Sheares (starting 2 January)
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * 1 January – The Monetary Authority of Singapore was established to regulate the financial sector and as Singapore's central bank.
 * 2 January – Dr Benjamin Henry Sheares becomes the second President of Singapore.
 * 3 January – Jurong Bird Park opens to the public.
 * 14–22 January - Singapore hosts the 18th Conference of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
 * 29 January – The Preservation of Monuments Board was established to identify and safeguard buildings of great historical value and recommend as national monuments.

February

 * 1 February – The National Sports Promotion Board is formed to promote and develop sports in Singapore.

March

 * 15 March – The Staff Training Institute (now the Civil Service College) is established to train civil servants.

April

 * 15–16 April – Singapore, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand sign the Five Power Defence Arrangements. The agreement comes into effect on 1 November the same year.
 * 23 April –
 * The Shangri-La Hotel Singapore is opened.
 * The first Concept Plan is unveiled, which proposes a 'Ring Plan'.

May

 * 11 May – Local newspapers Eastern Sun and the Singapore Herald were accused by then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of having been involved in "black operations". They later shut down on 18 May and 28 May respectively.

July

 * 14 July – The Jurong Drive-in Cinema is opened as Singapore's first and only open-air drive-in cinema. The cinema operated for 15 years until its closure on 30 September 1985.
 * 30 July – Singapore's first sex reassignment surgery is performed on a 24-year-old who becomes a woman after the surgery, led by Dr S. S. Ratnam. The surgery is declared a success.

October

 * 23 October – The Sentosa Satellite Earth Station is officially launched, making it Singapore's first Satellite Earth Station.
 * 31 October – The last British military forces withdraws from Singapore.

November

 * 2 November – The Central Narcotics Bureau is set up to tackle the problem of drugs in Singapore.
 * 7 November – The first Tree Planting Day is launched by Dr Goh Keng Swee in Mount Faber.

December

 * 1 December – The Singapore Traction Company ceases operations.
 * 2 December – The Clean Air Act is passed to deal with pollution caused by early industrialisation.
 * 29 December – The Gold Bars triple murders saw a gold merchant and his two employees robbed and killed by a group of 10 men. Seven of the 10 men were sentenced to death for the crime; the remaining three were indefinitely detained for lengthy periods before their release.

Date unknown

 * Tower 1 of Mandarin Orchard Singapore is opened.

Births

 * 27 January – Fann Wong, actress.
 * 30 January – Bryan Wong, actor.
 * 23 July – Christopher Lee, Malaysia-born Singaporean actor.
 * Daren Shiau, writer, lawyer, and environmental activist.
 * Selena Tan, producer, director, writer, and actress.

Deaths

 * 7 February – Chen Yoh Shoo, former Chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (b. 1900).
 * 26 June – Goh Chew Chua, former Assemblyman for Tampines Constituency (b. 1897).
 * 21 September – Tan Chor Lam, Chinese businessman and first chairman of the Nanyang Branch of the Tongmenghui (b. 1884).

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Destructor (computer programming)

In object-oriented programming, a destructor (sometimes abbreviated dtor ) is a method which is invoked mechanically just before the memory of the object is released. It can happen when its lifetime is bound to scope and the execution leaves the scope, when it is embedded in another object whose lifetime ends, or when it was allocated dynamically and is released explicitly. Its main purpose is to free the resources (memory allocations, open files or sockets, database connections, resource locks, etc.) which were acquired by the object during its life and/or deregister from other entities which may keep references to it. Use of destructors is needed for the process of Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII).

With most kinds of automatic garbage collection algorithms, the releasing of memory may happen a long time after the object becomes unreachable, making destructors (called finalizers in this case) unsuitable for most purposes. In such languages, the freeing of resources is done either through a lexical construct (such as try..finally, Python's "with" or Java's "try-with-resources"), which is the equivalent to RAII, or explicitly by calling a function (equivalent to explicit deletion); in particular, many object-oriented languages use the Dispose pattern.

Destructor syntax

 * C++: destructors have the same name as the class with which they are associated, but with a tilde (~) prefix.
 * D: destructors are declared with name  (whereas constructors are declared with  ).
 * Object Pascal: destructors have the keyword  and can have user-defined names, but are mostly named.
 * Objective-C: the destructor method has the name.
 * Perl: the destructor method has the name ; in the Moose object system extension, it is named.
 * PHP: In PHP 5+, the destructor method has the name . There were no destructors in prior versions of PHP.
 * Python: there are   methods called destructors by the Python 2 language guide, but they are actually finalizers as acknowledged in Python 3.
 * Rust: the destructor method for rust has the name.
 * Swift: the destructor method has the name.

In C++
The destructor has the same name as the class, but with a tilde (~) before it. For example, a class called foo will have the destructor. Additionally, destructors have neither parameters nor return types. As stated above, a destructor for an object is called whenever the object's lifetime ends. If the object was created as an automatic variable, its lifetime ends and the destructor is called automatically when the object goes out of scope. Because C++ does not have garbage collection, if the object was created with a new statement (dynamically on the heap), then its destructor is called when the delete operator is applied to a pointer to the object. Usually that operation occurs within another destructor, typically the destructor of a smart pointer object.

In inheritance hierarchies, the declaration of a virtual destructor in the base class ensures that the destructors of derived classes are invoked properly when an object is deleted through a pointer-to-base-class. Objects that may be deleted in this way need to inherit a virtual destructor.

A destructor should never throw an exception.

Non-class scalar types have what's called a which can be accessed by using   or template arguments. This construct makes it possible to write code without having to know if a destructor exists for a given type.

In older versions of the standard, pseudo-destructors were specified to have no effect, however that was changed in a defect report to make them end the lifetime of the object they are called on.

Example
Objects which cannot be safely copied and/or assigned should be disabled from such semantics by declaring their corresponding functions as deleted within a public encapsulation level. A detailed description of this method can be found in Scott Meyers' popular book, Effective Modern C++ (Item 11: "Prefer deleted functions to private undefined ones." ).

In C with GCC extensions
The GNU Compiler Collection's C compiler comes with 2 extensions that allow implementing destructors:
 * The  function attribute allows defining global prioritized destructor functions: when   returns, these functions are called in priority order before the process terminates. See also: Hacking the art of exploitation.
 * The cleanup variable attribute allows attaching a destructor function to a variable: the function is called when the variable goes out of scope.

Xojo
Destructors in Xojo (REALbasic) can be in one of two forms. Each form uses a regular method declaration with a special name (with no parameters and no return value). The older form uses the same name as the Class with a ~ (tilde) prefix. The newer form uses the name. The newer form is preferred because it makes refactoring the class easier.

Class Foobar // Old form Sub ~Foobar End Sub // New form Sub Destructor End Sub End Class

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1970 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1970 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: Yusof Ishak (until 23 November), Yeoh Ghim Seng (Acting) (23 November to 2 January 1971)
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

May

 * 2 May – The Queenstown Branch Library (now Queenstown Community Library) is opened to the public, making it Singapore's first branch library.
 * 14 May – The National Junior College opens as Singapore's first junior college. 6 to 8 more junior colleges are announced over the next few years as part of a new education plan, along with more ASEAN students and scholarships, a new hostel in Outram by September and the St John's School to be run by a trust.

July

 * 8 July – Singapore's first kidney transplant is performed on 29-year-old Doreen Tan at the Outram Park General Hospital (present day Singapore General Hospital), led by Chan Kong Thoe. The operation is declared a success.

August

 * 4 August – The Ministry of Health announced more hawker centres to be built within five years to resettle all street hawkers, resulting in greater hygiene and better facilities. For a start, three such hawker centres will be built this year.
 * 11 August The Ministry of Interior and Defence splits, forming the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Home Affairs to better cater for defence and homeland security functions.

September

 * September - Singapore is admitted into the Non-Aligned Movement.

October

 * 1 October – The first shopping mall in Singapore, the People's Park Complex, is opened.

November

 * 23 November – Singapore's first President Yusof Ishak dies while in office. Speaker of Parliament Yeoh Ghim Seng temporarily serves as acting president during that time.

Births

 * 22 June – Glenn Ong – radio DJ.
 * 22 August – Gwee Li Sui – Poet, graphic artist, critic.
 * 31 August – Baey Yam Keng – Politician.
 * 10 November – Tay Ping Hui – Actor, director.
 * Dave Chua – Author of Gone Case.
 * Paul Tan – Poet, winner of 1993 and 1997 Singapore Literature Prize.

Deaths

 * 23 November – Yusof bin Ishak, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910).

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Philiphaugh

Philiphaugh is a village by the Yarrow Water, on the outskirts of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders.

Places nearby include Bowhill, Broadmeadows, the Ettrick Water, Ettrickbridge, Lindean, Salenside, Yarrowford and the Yair Forest.

Originally referred to as the land owned as part of Philiphaugh Estate, the name is today more commonly used to describe the most southern parts of Selkirk. Philiphaugh rugby ground is the home of Selkirk Rugby Club. Selkirk Cricket Club is the site of the Battle of Philiphaugh, fought on 13 September 1645 at the height of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

The grave of Tibbie Tamson (died 1790), a suicide from Selkirk buried in unconsecrated ground, is located at an isolated spot near Harehead Hill at the boundary between the Philiphaugh and Bowhill estates. The grave is maintained by way of an apology.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Totes

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 07:44, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The page was completely overhauled by the end of the time period, making the vote invalid. -- Francs2000 | Talk [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px| ]] 22:53, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Totes
Dicdef, if that. --Tagishsimon (talk)
 * Delete - neologism, dicdef. --TheMidnighters 18:52, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Wasn't there a company called Totes that made socks? Even if there was, delete this rubbish. -- Francs2000 | Talk [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|  ]] 22:16, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Google Totes. The first result is "the world's largest marketer of umbrellas, gloves, raincoats, rubber overshoes...".  (Thought so.  I think I have one of their umbrellas...)  Totes + umbrellas gets 197,000 Google hits; Totes + socks gets 171,000 (with a few matches for the sock company in the first 2 pages).  So delete this Urban Dictionary slang dicdef and convert the page into a disambig for the umbrella company and the sock company. --Idont Havaname 23:19, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete neologism. JamesBurns 09:06, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * STRONG STRONG KEEP Totes is a large company that makes gloves, wallets, umbrellas, etc. Why should it be deleted?
 * All that content was added since I placed my vote: before hand it was some rubbish about a word used in chat forums. Keep in its current format. -- Francs2000 | Talk [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|  ]] 02:21, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.

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User:Jzemel2

Zingiber officinale (Ginger) Ginger is from the zingiberaceae family.

Ginger is an herbaceous perennial with narrow medium green leaves and vertical stems all set in two lines on each stem. The plant gets about 4 ft (1.2 m) tall with leaves about 3/4 in (1.9 cm) wide and 7 (17.8 cm) long. Ginger grows from an underground stem. It was first grown in India, but due to its popular organic taste,it spread to Brazil and America mostly in central and south Florida. It grows best in muddy or sandy soil and needs full exposure to the sun. It may also be grown as backyard plant or garden plant if the soil can accommodate the plant.

The tuberous root is bulky with a white inside. This is where the sweet sensational smell comes from. The root is edible as well but is not often eaten whole. One may peel the ginger root to get to the inside and taste its true flavor. In America Ginger has developed into a universal kitchen/household name. It is an aid to many popular editable items such as Gingerbread, and cookies. The Asians for over 2,500 years have used it in many off there common everyday dishes. “The name Ginger comes from the Sanskrit word "sinabera" meaning "shaped like a horn" because of its resemblance to an antler. In the 19th century it was popular to keep a shaker of Ginger on the counter in English pubs so the patrons could shake some into their drinks. This practice was the origin of ginger ale.” Ginger is also a remedy for many digestion problems such as bloating, nausea food poisoning and other elements.

Ginger is an extremely versatile and has many uses beyond an appealing appearance. Ginger contains a number of active ingredients within it. Distilling a ginger stem will produce a powdered ginger as well as oil made of pure ginger. The overall outcome contains high percentage of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, predominantly zingiberene. Ginger is healthy and contains many nutrients such as “Amino acids, calcium, essential fatty acids, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin B-1, vitamin B-2, vitamin B-3, vitamin B-6, vitamin C, and zinc.”

Many cultures, mainly Asian, use ginger to decorate a plate or make a cuisine “sushi” look more appealing. The Asian culture finds cooking with ginger an art form and they take pride in their ability to use this plant for both a decorative and edible effect. Ginger seems to be best when used fresh, either crushed, or sliced. Fresh ginger can be kept for about two months if kept in a solid bag or container. Dried ginger is said to be bruised. This occurs when one beats it to open to get to the fibers. When the root is sliced extremely thin one may use the ginger in a salad to add a sweet taste and add a little more taste to the salad. Not only is Ginger a healthy and appetizing food product but it smells and looks great as well!

http://www.nutritionalcenter.com/site/en/reference/nutrients/view/246 http://www.amsar.com/p9.htm http://www.floridata.com/ref/Z/zing_off.cfm

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1969 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1969 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: Yusuf bin Ishak
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

March

 * 26 March – The Sentosa Satellite Earth Station is announced, which will take a year to set up.

May

 * 13 May – Ethnic riots break out in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which later spill over to Singapore.
 * 19 May – The Singapore Petroleum Company is formed.

July

 * 1 July – The first SAF Day was commemorated.
 * 18 July – Radio Television Singapore launches its fifth radio station, the "FM Stereo Service" on 92.4 and 790 kHz.

December

 * 10 December – Floods hit Singapore after heavy rain, leaving five fatalities.

Births

 * 10 January – Tan Chuan-Jin, Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore.
 * 10 February – Poh Lip Meng, national sport shooter (d. 2021).
 * 7 March - Huang Biren actress.
 * 14 May – Lim Tong Hai, national football player.
 * 17 June – James Lye, former actor.
 * 10 July – Hossan Leong, media personality.
 * 12 August – Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth.
 * 1 September – Lam Pin Min, former politician.
 * 9 October – Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Education.
 * 15 November – Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Health.
 * Douglas Foo, Founder of Apex-Pal International Ltd (which owns Sakae Sushi), former Nominated Member of Parliament.

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1968 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1968 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: Yusof Ishak
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January

 * 17 January – Britain announces its intention to withdraw its armed forces from Singapore by 1971.
 * 30 January – The Ellenborough Market is destroyed in a fire, causing S$253,000 in damages and affecting about 1000 hawkers and stall-holders. The market is demolished a few years later.

April

 * 13 April – The PAP wins the 1968 General Election.

May

 * 1 May – The Hindu Endowments Board is formed.
 * 23 May – Singapore Pools is formed as a state-owned lottery firm to combat triads and illegal syndicates.

June

 * 1 June – Jurong Town Corporation is formed to develop Singapore's industries, taking over this role from the Economic Development Board.
 * 7 June – Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) is established as a think-tank to research on trends and politics in Southeast Asia and beyond.

July

 * 1 July – The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (known as MUIS) is established.

September

 * 1 September -
 * The Development Bank of Singapore (now DBS) commences operations.
 * Keppel Shipyard is established to take over PSA's ship-repair and shipbuilding services.
 * The Singapore Air Defence Command is formed.
 * 17 September – The first A&W store opens at MSA Building, making it Singapore's first fast food restaurant. This went on until 2003, when A&W decided to leave Singapore. It made a return in 2019 to Jewel Changi Airport.

October

 * 1 October – The Keep Singapore Clean campaign is launched.
 * 17 October – The two marines were hanged for their roles in the MacDonald House bombing.

November

 * 5 November – Intraco Ltd is formed to promote Singapore goods overseas.

December

 * 17 December – Sembawang Shipyard was handed back to Singapore.
 * 30 December – Neptune Orient Lines is formed as Singapore's national shipping line.

Births

 * 10 January – Zoe Tay, actress.
 * 8 July – Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information.
 * 8 August – Ng Chee Meng, Former Minister in Prime Minister's Office.
 * 10 August – Kumar, comedian.
 * 16 October – Mark Lee, comedian.
 * Lau Siew Mei, writer.

Deaths

 * 27 October – Sir George Oehlers, 1st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore from 1955 to 1963 (b. 1908).

Unknown date

 * A. J. Braga, Minister for Health and Member of Parliament of Katong (b. 1900).

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User talk:Cburnett/Users

=July 17, 2005 archive start=

Tea and Empathy
Salve, Cburnett! Thanks for the cleanup on the Julia Stiles article. I am delighted it is now a WP:FA, the second one I can claim. (Credit is due also to User:Niteowlneils and User:Rossrs for their contributions.) I was away and missed the revert dispute between yourself and Zen-master on dates but I can empathize. I had this same discussion with him a month ago (it's still on Talk:Julia Stiles) and despite my citations to the stylebook on this and other issues he raised the dates question once more. Previously, when I added a bibliography on the Stiles article he objected to the whole idea (notwithstanding the "cite your sources" message that comes up when editing articles) and just deleted it. I looked at his talk page and those on articles he's been active (e.g. here and here) and there's a pattern. So we're not alone. If you would, please reply to my talk page. Ave atque vale! PedanticallySpeaking 15:40, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC).

Hello
Hello, fellow Tau Bate. Thanks for the addition to the article, especially the picture. I'm Kentucky Beta '03. Just out of curiosity, did you go to the national convention in Lubbock in 2003? (BTW: I'd prefer if you replied on my talk page). Cheers. CryptoDerk 01:03, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * I presume by year of initiation (or should it be induction?) and the current fields in the list now you meant when they became chapters. You might need to have an asterisk by some schools for those that merged from Sigma Tau.  When they merged, the national office gave the chapters a year or two to move over.  Don't quote me on this, but I believe the last chapter that switched did so in 1976 or 1977.  In this case you'll either want to have an asterisk or, preferrably, both dates.  Now, as far as the actual dates for all the chapters, I'm almost positive you'll find this in the yearly info booklet that the national chapter sends out to the chapter advisors/president.  If your chapter is like my chapter, they always send a billion of them, so there should be no shortage.  You should be able to check the minutes of the conventions posted online for the most recent chapters.  Two got in at the national convention in 2003, and at that convention there were proposals for some more for the following year, so I presume there were some chapters approved in 2004.  Hope this helps.  CryptoDerk 03:17, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)

Old_Right "left-wing" celebrities vandalism
Hey Cburnett, did you intentionally put messages intended for Old_Right on my talk page rather than his? Though I agree with your assessment. zen master   T  08:29, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, since there was already a conversation going on there (at least so says my watch list). :) Feel free to move or delete as you see fit as I'm in the middle of removing all his vandalism. Cburnett 08:30, Apr 5, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thx for being the one to clean up the mess Old_Right made. zen master   T  08:54, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

My Vandalism
I just wanted to say thanks for catching the vandalism on my page. Good luck on your Admin nod. --The Grza 18:30, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)

Ugh?
In a recent edit, your statement read: "Ugh, condensing to semi-colon delimited paragraphs is very hard to read." For someone who's posted so much, I would figure you'd realize that the attitude in comments is really unnecessary. All you need to say is the "Expanding number since" and the condensing part. There've been many times where I've wanted to say such things in comments, but I always resist the urge, because it achieves nothing but making the other person look dumb and create an unfavorable environment for editing. Alas, this happens a lot on Wikipedia, and now I remember why I stopped editing in the first place. Baryonyx 20:09, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

Request for assistance
I was wondering if you might check out a dispute I'm having with the Central College article.

Currently there is some information about what I feel is a relatively minor racism issue on the campus. You can see some of my reasoning on the article's discussion page. Perhaps I can summarize:
 * Reads like a news report (What_Wikipedia_is_not, #5)
 * Skews the article in favor of one minor topic
 * Is written in a weird non-encyclopedic way
 * Slightly confusing to those not familiar with the incident

If the information is retained, I'd like to see it trimmed down a lot. But I'm relatively new here, maybe you will have more insight into this. Please respond on either the article's discussion page and/or on my talk page. Thanks for the help. Adm58 01:22, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

 * Just wanted to alert you that I'm responding on my talk page. Thanks.  Adm58 02:15, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

help out Rich Warren?
Hi - do you think you might be able to help out user:Rich Wannen? He seems to be a film buff kind of guy, but is having a real hard time getting into the swing of things here. I'm not sure how to help him out, but it seems like knowing there's another film buff around might help him. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:58, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Before doing anything, I suggest you look over his edit history and his anonymous edits as User:12.73.195.116. Also, read through the discussion at the village pump.  Good luck. -- Samuel Wantman 20:32, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Help out Rich ?Warren
Howdy, Thanks for your friendly note. At this point, what I need most from Wikipedia is the freedom to learn my way about and make a contribution in the process. Unfortunately, people like Mother Wantman seem more interested in just criticizing style and getting real fretful when someone doesn't immediately conform, and from people like Splash in ringing up bonus points for # of "contributions" by scurrying about deleting things without so much as an effort to contact the affected contributor (in this case, me).

 * Indeed. I've been at ISU for more than 12 semesters now and averaged 18 credits/hours of class work per semester for my undergrad degrees in engineering.  I fully understand learning through mistakes.  I've come to realize that self-taught is the #1 way to learn something; #2 is from your mistakes; and #3 is from other people (university is so focused on teaching via #3 that I can no longer stand being in a class room and doing what profs should say I should do to learn, but I digress).

 * Honestly, I didn't sift through your contributions like Wantman suggested. I peeked at it, but didn't go through thorougly, so I'm not fully aware of the "complaints" drawn against your contributions.  The only thing I'd recommend (I wish someone had to me earlier) is to read through the style guide (WP:MOS) and the how-to-edit-a-page (WP:HEP).  Since WP was my first experience with the whole wiki-syntax, my contributions (quality-wise) improved by quite a bit by reading those and just editing.  In this regard, I think some were definitely wrong by "biting the newbie" since you have clearly shown the negative impact the "biting" has.

No argument, this is a different kind of beast. I've been a top-50 contributor, annually, at IMDb since 1996, That site is my frame of reference, therefore, and in many ways Wikipedia operates quite differently. This is most noticeable in the case that there is no real management-in-charge here, which can be a good or bad thing depending: I'm enthused by the opportunity to add information without having to wait for a less-knowledgeable or less-interested "Section Manager" to get through "processing" my submissions before they appear online, so that I can proceed from step 1 to step 2 to step 3 without the passage of so much time that I've forgotten the project (in one section, there is an 11-month backlog!); and that any factual mistakes can be just as quickly fixed by follow-uppers with the same or better knowledge-base than I have (in my case, my base started building, in re films, in 1953).

On the other hand, the same lack of management control allows trolls, style nitpickers and know-it-all-wannabees to come swooping down in the dark of night and delete or corrupt, one way or another, a good deal of hard work and future planned work, without even the courtesy of someone contacting the author(s) of the project first to let them know their work is in peril. Since you are an admin, I think this is something you should want to talk about with the others, as it's been the core of most of my posted complaints, and seems to roll off some people (including Mama W.) like water off an oil-soaked duck. I'm evidently not the only one who feels that way, judging by the eventual responses to my first post on the Village pump, and it was I think useful I went ahead and made that post in terms of drawing some people out to discuss it. Currently Madre W. seems to want to rekindle the thing, but no one is paying him much attention: now I see he has popped over here, too, to "tattle".

 * First things first: unless someone has done some really weird stuff, all your contributions should be salvagable. After an article is deleted it is still on the system (I'm not sure if there's a way to *really* delete something).  If you give me an article name, I'd be glad to look to see if I can find anything.

The "anonymous" edits, I should point out, are a result of my not being used to logging in every time I return to a site from which I have not logged out. There is no intent to deceive, as Wantman seems to imply in his use of the word "anonymous", and it is that kind of attitude he presents which makes me now blow him off completely. He knows very well I explained to him what I was working on, and asked him to please not worry about the stylistic points of honor until I'd finished working, and he seemed to accept that in his first response, but now he goes on fussing about "wikifying" and *me* being uncooperative or "anonymous".

 * Generally, an edit from an IP is called an anonymous edit. IOW, it's standard nomenclature here.  But that's not to explain Wantman's posts or attitude, just giving you some info.

I can grant that most of the Wikipedians are good people; but they are also largely invisible to me. Only a dozen or less people responded to my initial complaint, and they were about half and half divided on whether I was a victim or a bastard. No one "official" seems to have come into the picture, and the complaint was effectively left unresolved to the best of my knowledge. That's not a healthy sign, as I just don't think you will find the numbers of people needed to 'pedify the entire history of the world, when they know their efforts are subject to instant negative reactions, or actions, from the getgo. I have been much less hassled since my original outburst, but I must say I am proceeding further with less enthusiasm and far greater trepidations, that I will do a number of weeks of work and come back after it's done to take a peek, and find it's all been deleted or reverted; and, in the former case, there's no way to restore it, because the History gets deleted too, and then the work's just lost. Rick Block is the first - and only - person to volunteer to actually look at the *Wikipedia* problem with me in re its contents on movies, and work along as a fellow contributor rather than a self-appointed supervisor, and I very much appreciate that.

 * Regarding "official" people. Since WP has no real structure (there's Jimbo who seems to have the absolute final say (but rarely exercises it), there's bureaucrats (who's only job is to enable users as admins), there's admins and there's non-admins.  There's no one really to act as officials, except maybe admins primarily because of their experience on WP.  And I don't think you'll ever see someone come through and say "___ is wrong for ___" and "___ is wrong for ___".  About the most official thing is the arbitration committee (WP:AC) but they only act upon request and as a last option.

There are certainly instances of "negative intervention" at IMDb, too, but the presence of a management team whose mere presence discourages rampant vandalism, and a Contributor's Board (at the instigation, BTW, of myself and 2 other people) to talk about structural and processing problems, and a system, however imperfect, to deal with them. IMDb may be too rule-bound at times, but there is just too little security at Wikipedia for those of good faith as well as bad.

 * Sometimes I wish there were more rules at WP, but there are definitely more times that I'm glad there's no bureaucracy to hold me up.

As an outsider who would like to contribute, and who comes with a different set of experiences and some insights into the pitfalls of different management systems (off as well as on the internet), including the Wikipedia system, I would be happy to collaborate on some means of reducing the worries and improving the product, if that's something Wikipedia wants to deal with head on. In the meantime, the best way to help me is to let me experiment - I learn much better by doing than by reading about doing - and come in and help me address the problem, rather than standing on a pedestal somewhere saying 'Don't do it this way; do it that way' (I gave up saying "Yes, Mommy" decades ago) or sneaking in behind my back and wiping out what I've started on but haven't completed yet [NB: This is not a personal statement about you, but just my reaction to the "help" coming from most of the interlopers since I've arrived here. It isn't real help, just evidence of boredom and/or self-aggrandizement on the part of the so-called helpers].

 * I never had the intention of telling you what to do or hold your hand. I would like to see more activity on the film stuff and at WikiProject Movies.  If you look at my user page at the bottom you'll find "my current project" (which I haven't been keeping up with) and it's just a simple categorization project of oscar awards.  By mere exposure, I've seen a couple other people pick up on it.

PS - As to what I'm currently working on, see my == Film Wars, Part II == message on the talkboard of Rick Block.

 * I'll look it over and respond there. Just a tip (yeah wiki-syntax), you can link directly to a section/heading like this: User talk:Rick Block

Again, thanks for your interest. Rich WaNNen 7:57PM CST, 20 Jun 2005.

 * Just let me know if you need anything or want to know anything (wiki-syntax, style, tips, whatever). Cburnett 02:57, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

Personal attack summary = vandalism?
"Revert vandalism: calling me an idiot or liar = bad faith editing => vandalism"

That would be nice, but I doubt it works that way. Of course he's making an ass of himself, but you're just looking for a good reason to continue a revert war so you can end it forcefully. Don't stoop to that level. 82.92.119.11 00:35, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * It's been put up for protection. Cburnett 00:36, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Your call. Disagree, though. Protecting because neither side can bear to have The Wrong Version up while sorting it out is a cop-out. Now I'm actually not sure blocking him wouldn't have been a better idea. 82.92.119.11 00:46, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't care if it's reverted back to it was before this all started. All I know is that the reliable sources (IMDB & MGM) show the movie was released in 1989.  The date on DVD cases are copyright dates, and they are irrelevant to how wikipedia sorts movies by year.  Furthermore, I'm not the one calling people idiots or liars.  I'm not the one that the page needs protection from: it's the incivil one. Cburnett 01:01, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC)

 * You misunderstand: protection hurts everyone. When a page has been protected it's completely irrelevant who it needed protection from, that's the point I'm trying to make. A page doesn't need protection from any individual user, unless we somehow lack the technical means to block that user. 82.92.119.11 01:05, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * The user in question is already banned and is doing it anonymously. Cburnett 01:56, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC)

Email from Danny
Hi, please let me know if you received my email. Something happened when i sent it, so I am not sure you got it. Thanks. Danny 29 June 2005 00:23 (UTC)

Hi, I sent another email. Please let me know if you got it. Thanks. Danny 30 June 2005 00:48 (UTC)

Don't Tread on Me
Re: 3RR

Well, Cburnett. I have totally promised of never breaking the 3 revert rule again. Once again, I do apologize for the threats and insults from a long time ago. -- Mike Garcia | talk July 2, 2005 04:13 (UTC)

 * Well, it looks like it took only 1 day for Mike to break his pledge of never breaking the 3RR rule again. He reverted Hypnotize maybe a dozen times today in the span of about a half hour. 66.36.134.67 3 July 2005 23:07 (UTC)

Your last message on Mike Garcia's talk page
Sorry for not answering your latest message on my talk page a couple days ago. I probably wasn't watching the talk page closely. Yeah, I know I promised not to violate the 3RR. Sorry, but it's not my fault that it happened on Hypnotize. The user did it first, he has threatened me to add some source and play games when he kept removing the information that wasn't first written by me. Another user (Freestylefrappe) once impersonated him and left me some stupid message, but I removed it. Or maybe the user was impersonating him (Freestylefrappe), I looked at the contributions to see if it was the same user or not, but I'm afraid the anonymous needs to be banned in somewhat case, still he has refused to stop vandalizing and answer my message at the talk page. -- Mike Garcia | talk July 9, 2005 01:40 (UTC)

=July 17, 2005 archive end= =May 13, 2006 archive start=

Thank you for your participation
You have all been unwitting participants in a peice of performance art entitled "Wikipedia Project: Spring-Summer 2005". All of this has been a big giant peice of art involving several people throughout North America. Thanks for unwittingly playing your roles to a tee. TheSpottedDogsOrganisation 13:04, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I got one of these congratulatory notices too. Isn't it thrilling? (For one thing, I hadn't even realized I was in North America.) I'm asking Spot to pay me €50 for artistic services rendered to this "peice" (sic); how about you? -- Hoary 14:06, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Our performance art collective is based in North America you moron! And you ain't getting one red American cent you Euroweenie! Spotteddogsdotorg 23:39, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

3RR
Hi Cburnett. Regarding your note on my page, no-one is "compelled to revert", and there is no such policy as "being in line with the spirit of the 3RR". Moreover, I was dead set against there being any notice at the top of the page; however, when Zen Master insisted on there being a notice, I felt a reasonable compromise was to leave a notice indicating that there was a conflict, but at least an accurate one indicating the true state of affairs. I appreciate that you were only attempting to enforce policy, but it's best to enforce pre-existing policies rather than creating new ones on the fly, and especially (as happened in this case) when the facts are prone to misinterpretation. Still, no hard feelings, keep up the good work. Jayjg (talk) 02:04, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Would you care to comment on Administrators' noticeboard/3RR? Your 4th edit was by no means a compromise: all you did was state your side of the edit war. Cburnett 02:08, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I've explained why it was indeed a compromise, and also why you can't block for violation of non-existent policies. I appreciate you're trying to do your best. Cheers. Jayjg (talk) 02:20, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Blocking has admin's discretion
 * I find your comment "...you're trying to do your best" (emphasis obviously mine) insulting because it comes from an administrator who fails to grasp the understand of the 3RR: to carry on discussion, not warring. Edit wars never solve anything; only disrupt WP; and generally wastes time on an ancillary issue.  Perhaps you need to do some reflection about your editing habbits before commenting on mine?
 * Cburnett 02:28, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Are you referring to yourself when you talk about "an administrator who fails to grasp the understand of the 3RR"? If so, I agree that you obviously don't, based on your block of me. As for your statement that "edit wars never solve anything", and "perhaps you need to do some reflection", I'd take them more seriously if you hadn't started edit warring on the page yourself. Rest assured, I won't really block you for violating the spirit of the 3RR, though it would be fully justified based on your comments regarding the "spirit" of the policy and administrators "discretion". Jayjg (talk) 03:46, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * And now you fail to grasp what I actually said. Cburnett 03:50, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

I grasped it, but it obviously applied more accurately to you. Jayjg (talk) 05:46, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * No you didn't. Cburnett 14:20, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

3RR violation
I've put a new 3RR violation listing up on WP:AN/3RR - would you mind taking a look? Jayjg (talk) 19:43, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Some other thing
Sorry about deleting that. I just hit the wrong button. I wanted to say that we have the same taste in a lot of things. I hope you can continue contributing because of that. I was trying to nomiate or vote for you to be an admin but you may already be one.

from 0waldo
what the fork ever concerning ip address. 0waldo 02:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

 * OH MY GADS ALREADY! you freekink blocked me for being such a bad boy!!! I added back the link that three other prix deleted in err but I'm so bad!!!!

R.eading, Riting, and EuRythmics!

0Waldo, "now".

Look, don't take it so hard; if I were there I would give you a teddy and a blankie and a bottle of warm milk too. I don't give a crap about banning me. Ban me all you want, it does not matter. I am very proud of my contributions and I'm not going to lik-arz around here - If you don't know that by now then get over it and realize it. Ban me forever if you don't like it, or alternatively, suk harder to get a different flavor ok? Nothing personal mind you ;) Ha! 0Waldo.

Now really, please don't get your feeling hurt ok? I don't want you to think that I'm too terribly serious here, after all you may lose your temper and get mad and ban me or something bad like that! 0Waldo (again) P.S. Eat SHortbread Cookies ;)

GaDZ bernie! This is the forth freekin edit I have pulled off since you banned me 1/2 hour ago? Is that the best you can do? Come on here, what about the 3R's here fella? rebuke, revert and rebuttal? What about blocking me like you said you were going to do? I hate to bring this up -again- but I contribute scads of cash to Wiki. (I know, I'm not supposed to use that as a means by which I get my way around here but I just can't help it!) 0Waldo. (for the forth or fifth time).

 * Are you going to block him again, or do you think it's a waste of your time to deal with minor trolling? Just wondering if I should bother reverting his edit to IP address now or wait till he gets tired of messing around. Thanks. :) Hbackman 04:46, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, never mind -- didn't notice that he was IP-hopping. Hbackman 04:48, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: 0waldo
I have applied to have his recent sockpuppet checked. (You can reply on my talk page if you wish, so I can cut down on the pages I'm watching). -    nath  a  nrdotcom  ( T •  C  • W) 06:40, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

OK
Im sorry about today ok pal? 0waldo 03:27, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Just be nice. The world is a better place when you are. Cburnett 03:28, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

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Les Mis
Hi! I ran across you at WP:PUI. Les Mis is my favorite musical too. :) kmccoy (talk) 04:17, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Celebrating
Hi! I've just crossed a symbolic milestone. Three thousand edits! I feel like celebrating. Have a cigar! Don't worry, I don't smoke them either, but it's all good :)! Cheers, Redux 15:20, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder
Very nice of you to call out my error in your edit summary. -- No Guru 18:59, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I see you take making a mistake (god forbid!) gracefully by utilizing contemptuous sarcasm. I'll try to remember to not extend you the courtesy of dropping a friendly reminder on your talk page next time you're negligent in exercising your administrative abilities.  Rest assure, from now on: you can safely make mistakes without ever be given the opportunity to learn from them by notification from me.  Have a great weekend. Cburnett 02:36, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

 * The friendly reminder was fine. Thank you for that. The edit summary was pointlessly rude. You could have used a summary like:

Closing Admin forgot to remove Afd notice - or Removing AfD notice as per talk page -- or Deleting AfD notice -- see talk page -- or Deleting AfD notice for closing Admin -- Continue to point out all of my mistakes to me (for I make them in multitudes) - just don't be a dick about it. Have a good weekend. -- No Guru 05:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Damn, you call that rude?
 * Did I use any derogatory terms?
 * Did I call you names?
 * Did I comment on you as a person?
 * Did I mock your abilities as an admin for forgetting to delete the notice?
 * Did I call for your removal as an admin?
 * Did I poke that you need to go reread (or, heck, read for the first time) administrator guidelines?

 * Did I say anything resembling any of the following:
 * "Retard didn't do his job"
 * "You guys voted for him to be an admin? pffff!"
 * "What a lamer"
 * "IF YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE AN AFD THEN AT LEAST DO YOUR JOB"
 * "Thanks for wasting my time"
 * "AFD closed: vote was a waste of time and No Guru couldn't waste his time to finish it"

 * Did I say anything other than the truth: are you not User:No Guru and did you not delete the AFD notice?

 * The answer to all of the above is a resounding "no". Absolutely not.  No, I merely said you didn't delete the notice.  Nothing inflammatory, nothing rude.  On a scale of 0 to 10 of rudeness, my summary might have been a 0.1.

 * The only reason you read something "rude" is because you didn't assume good faith. Did you?  The reason I didn't do any of the above is because I assumed good faith on your part and that it was just an oversight.  That's it.

 * I left a brief, detailed summary (something I strive to do on every edit) and a friendly reminder on your talk page. Your real problem is that I used your name and that somehow makes it rude.  To be honest, I'd apologize but I don't see anything to apologize for....  Cburnett 05:54, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Iowa ghost towns
Hey Cburnett, I noticed you had a link to Donnan, Iowa and other disapearing/vanished Iowa towns on your userpage. If you do ever get a chance, some of the ones listed on your page are definitely woth visiting. I used to live near Donnan, and wrote the Wikipedia article on it. It is a strange and somewhat surreal place. The abandoned post office, if it is still there, would definitely be worth a visit. There were only five or six buildings left when I last visited, in the mid-90s, but if you can find it, it is worth looking at. Do not bother trying to visit Doris, Iowa unless you are prepared to be terribly disapointed. The buildings have all been razed, and nothing is left except the ruins of what I was told was the mill. The other Fayette and Buchanan County ghost towns vary in quality: there is nothing left at Buchanan, but Bryantsburg has some (around 3) really nice old farmhouses that are now inhabited by Amish families. Shady Grove has (had?) a really huge white barn with the words SHADY GROVE on the front, but little else is left. The northern six blocks of Randalia, including the old school, were in the process of being razed the last time I was there, so I'm not sure what may be left. Monti has a very interesting 150 year old church, a giant cemetary, and (a rarity amongst such empty places) a community center that might be worth a visit. Just figured I'd drop you a note in case you ever get the chance to visit. Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester  08:59, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Expand chemotrophic flowchart?
I think your flowchart on chemotroph could be very usefull for the more general article on Primary nutritional groups. Do you have time to modify it? Regards, Sjors.

 * I can sure look into it! Cburnett 13:00, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipinion
Interesting essay. I think slashdot style ranking would be helpful. Instead of ranking edits, I think it would be best if we could easily rank the pages Stub, Start, B, A, FA. Then show the latest highly ranked version. - Peregrinefisher 05:11, 21 October 2006 (UTC) p.s. Les Misérables was also my favorite big budget NY play.

 * Thanks for the comment. :) First one to do so!

 * What you propose is good from a macro level but when you get down to a micro level of individual edits then a single edit can drop a FA to spam. The rankings attempt to address the micro level.  On a macro level, I think what you propose (I've seen this ranking on various talk pages) is good.  Editors need to earn their — for lack of a better word — ranking based on what kind of an editor they are.  Pages need to earn their ranking based on what kind of an article they are.  I think we need both.  I shall clarify this on my page. :)

 * I've got tickets for phantom of the opera, mamma mia, and monty python's spamalot this coming spring. Can't wait.  Cburnett 05:35, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Userbox (Pilgrims)
Thanks for the quick eye on my userbox - man, I must have been very sleepy Noles1984 12:57, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

=January 14, 2007 archive end=

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Chandler (editor)

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. – ABCD✉ 00:32, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Richard Chandler (editor)
This feels like vanity by an unencyclopedic fanzine editor. I advocate redirection to Gallery (APA/'zine). —Theo (Talk) 18:01, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, no verifiable claim to notability. Dcarrano 22:13, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

As the person referenced, I just thought I should mention that I didn't make the entry. I have no opinion one way or the other about merging the entry with the one on my 'zine, but it wasn't put here out of Vanity. - Rich Chandler 7/21/05 10:58 PDT

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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1967 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1967 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: Yusof Ishak
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

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), Patma Salvadurai (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.
 * 13 April – Jimmy Nah, actor and comedian. (d. 2008)
 * 6 October – Terence Cao, actor.
 * 30 October – Murali Pillai, politician.
 * 31 October – Mardan Mamat, golf player.
 * 21 November – Benedict Tan, former national sailor.
 * Claire Tham – author.

Deaths

 * 2 June – Lee Kong Chian – Businessman, philanthropist (b. 1893).
 * 14 June – Yeo Chan Boon – Teochew community leader (b. 1881).
 * 6 November – Ng Keng Siang – architect (b. 1908).

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=July 17, 2005 archive start=

Adminship
Would you like to be an admin? Because I'd like to nominate you shortly, April 23rd to be exact. - RoyBoy 800 20:18, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, I'd enjoy being nominated. :) Cburnett 20:56, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * So what's so special about the 23rd? Cburnett 22:02, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * You're 5th month anniversary! :'p Yay! And that should make you an admin for May 1st... which just seems cooler in my books. - RoyBoy 800 22:53, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Of course, should have checked that one. Cburnett 02:05, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)

 * You are now on the WP:RfA list. Good luck! - RoyBoy 800 06:40, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

HA!!! Now thats pretty hillarious. Funniest thing I seen all day. An admin momination. Somehow, putting it up on the "23rd" sounds sort of like a indirect poke at me in a way (having a "23" in my nickname and all). Hope you get the job. If I reverted something of yours, what the hell? You could just ban me. Cyberia23 06:11, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * And I've been extremely civil toward you despite what you've said to me. I guess you thinking I would ban someone I disagree with and the way you respond to me shows the difference between our character.  But, there I go, I'm probably getting too much into the psycho-analyzing for you again. Cburnett 06:27, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm just messing with you. I still have your talk page on my watchlist, and saw the admin nomination. It was just seemed too ironic. Cyberia23 15:41, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 06:45, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Well done! (Oh, if you'd like to exercise your new superpowers, head over to Netbux, a particularly noxious new page that has rightly been marked for speedying.) -- Hoary 07:37, 2005 May 1 (UTC)
 * Congratulations--you have clearly earned the community's trust, and I expect that you will make an excellent administrator. I just wanted to drop you a note to say so, and to note that I hope you take no offense at any remarks I made.  I'm still getting to know your work, but it is obviously in high regard, and that speaks very well, I think.  Thank you for your many contributions, and keep up the good work. Jwrosenzweig 21:21, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. In the end, I opted to not respond to your reply (I had at one point a reply written but didn't post it) but I guess I will now. :)  WP policies are no different than laws and rules: they're always open to interpretation.  Just ask any judge or lawyer.  My interpretation of "obviously inappropriate" does not mesh with your interpretation of it.  The pic was a screenshot of the #6 highest grossing films of all time that centers upon the relationship between the two.  The screenshot, to me, captures a key moment in the development of their relationship.  For that, I don't think it's "obviously inappropriate" and therefore see the removal as censorship.  As I said on my RFA, I'm very opinionated and try to justify my position.  Even though the consensus was against my opinion & interpretation, I went with it.  I think the whole ordeal is a testament to my character, not a flaw.  But that's also my opinion. :)  I didn't take your opinion as offensive and I appreciate your candor. Cburnett 23:55, May 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm inclined to agree with you that it is a testament to your character. I came to that conclusion late in the RFA, but decided switching the vote would serve no useful purpose--perhaps that was the wrong choice.  In any case, even though I disagree with your position, I recognize you have a solid set of reasons for your perspective, and I'm convinced this is a matter about which two intelligent people can reasonably disagree.  Maybe you don't feel that way...anyhow, regardless, best of luck as an admin, and thanks for offering your thoughts.  Jwrosenzweig 06:26, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Of course I can agree to disagree. There's no reason to expect any two people to agree on issues like this. Cburnett 07:02, May 4, 2005 (UTC)

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1966 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1966 in Singapore.

Incumbents

 * President: Yusof Ishak
 * Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

February

 * 17 February – The Internal Security Department and Security and Intelligence Division are formed to maintain national security.

May

 * 5 May – The National Registration Act comes into effect.
 * 9 May – Registration starts for the National Registration Identity Card (NRIC), which comes in laminated plastic.

June

 * 20 June – The first passports are issued.

August

 * August - The Constitutional Commission Report is issued. Most of the recommendations were not followed except a Council to make sure policies do not discriminate against any racial or religious communities.
 * 3 August – Singapore joins the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. This will enable Singapore to borrow loans for development and share best practices in monetary management.
 * 9 August – The first National Day Parade is held to commemorate Singapore's independence.
 * 12 August – Confrontation ends, after a peace treaty is signed.
 * 22 August – Singapore founds the Asian Development Bank as part of 31 nations. It aims to provide another source of funds for development works.
 * 23 August – The sea curfew is lifted after the end of Confrontation, a decision widely applauded by villagers.
 * 24 August – The National Pledge is recited for the first time, which is written by S. Rajaratnam.
 * 26 August – A new TV studio is officially opened for Radio and Television Singapore in Caldecott Hill.

December

 * 6 December – Five members from Barisan Sosialis have resigned as Members of Parliament, sparking the 1967 by-elections. They are Tan Cheng Tiong (Jalan Kayu), Poh Ber Liak (Tampines), Ong Lian Teng (Bukit Panjang), Loh Miaw Gong (Havelock) and Koo Young (Thomson).

Births

 * 8 January – Adrian Pang, Malaysian-born Singaporean actor.
 * 31 March – Adrian Tan, lawyer and author (d. 2023)
 * 18 October – Aileen Tan, actress.

Deaths

 * 31 January – Arthur E. Percival, known for surrendering to the Japanese on 15 February 1942 during World War II (b. 1887).
 * 9 April – Ko Teck Kin, first High Commissioner to Malaysia (b. 1911).
 * 5 June – Lee Choon Seng, Singaporean Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1888).
 * 2 June – Richard Olaf Winstedt, colonial administrator (b. 1878).
 * 15 November – Roland St John Braddell, lawyer (b. 1880).

title: 1966 in Singapore