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| The '''City Council of the City of Singapore''', the '''Municipal Council''' before 1951, was the |
The '''City Council of the City of Singapore''', the '''Municipal Council''' before 1951, was the council of the ], responsible for the provision of water, electricity, gas, roads and bridges and street lighting <ref></ref>. It was abolished upon Singapore's secession from Malaysia in 1965 {{citation needed}}. An election was held in ], with a byelection in ]. | ||
| It signed the water trade agreement with the ] in 1961 and 1962 <ref> </ref>. | It signed the water trade agreement with the ] in 1961 and 1962 <ref> </ref>. | ||
| ==City Charter in colonial Singapore== | |||
| As a British colony, Singapore was conferred city status by a royal charter from ] in 1951, when ] was then a ] of the ]. The original Municipal Council was therefore renamed City Council, and the Municipal Building was renamed ]. In 1965, upon Singapore's secession from ], the Republic of Singapore Independence Act 1965 provided the following clause | |||
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| |width=10 valign=top|" ||'' ] 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 ]. '' ||valign=bottom align=right width=15|" | |||
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| that empowered the President to abolish the City Council and the Rural Board, with the powers of the local authorities assumed by the Government. The ] and the ] were abolished in 1965. | |||
| ==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Revision as of 16:29, 8 July 2006
The City Council of the City of Singapore, the Municipal Council before 1951, was the council of the City of Singapore, responsible for the provision of water, electricity, gas, roads and bridges and street lighting . It was abolished upon Singapore's secession from Malaysia in 1965 . An election was held in 1957, with a byelection in 1958.
It signed the water trade agreement with the Johore State Government in 1961 and 1962 .
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