Year 1965
Fourth Malaysia Grand Prix In Singapore
Monday, 12th April 1965
Only two overseas participant turned up for the race - Albert Poon and Steve Holland, both from Hong Kong. The race was won by Albert Poon in a Lotus 23 and Steve Holland came in second. Tony Goodwin took the third price in his Lola Formula Junior.
The Battle Of Kota Tinggi
Sunday, 4th April 1965
Men of the Singapore Infantry Regiment killed seven Indonesians and captured one in a 20-minute battle in Kota Tinggi. This is in retaliation to an ambush mounted by the Indonesians infiltrators.
MacDonald House bombed
Wednesday, 10th March 1965
MacDonald House (formerly also known as Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building) bombing by Indonesian saboteurs killed 3 people, during the konfrontasi period (between Indonesia and Malaysia). Singapore became the target of multiple terror attack. Then Indonesian president Sukarno was openly opposed to the merging of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei, and ordered armed attacks in East Malaysia, incited revolts in Brunei and carried out sabotage activities in West Malaysia and Singapore. Two HSBC Bank employees were killed and 33 injured.
2nd SIR caught in ambush
Sunday, 28th February 1965
During the Indonesian Confrontation in November 1964, Indonesian infiltrators were reported to have landed on the south eastern coast of Johore. Second Singapore Infantry Regiment (2 SIR) were on patrol in and around the Kota Tinggi area. Unfortunately, the infiltrators ambushed a 25-man platoon. The Indonesian infiltrators killed eight and wounded five.
Indonesian Sabouteur Sentence To Death
Monday, 8th February 1965
Twenty-three year old Indonesian Sabouter, Mr. Lemanit Ahmad, was sentence to death for causing a bomb to exploded in RAF Changi base in 1964. The Federal Court of Malaysia gave the reason for the death sentence was that leniency would be construed by the enemies (Indonesia) as a sign of weakness.
Orchard Cinema Opened
Wednesday, 6th January 1965
Cathay Organisation completed a six million dollars entertainment centre that comprises of the Orchard Cinema and Jackie's Bowl ob Grange Road. It was the largest cinema build in South-east Asia.
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