October 1981. Both the Benjamin Sheares Bridge and Sheares Hall at the National University of Singapore are named after him. Sheares was born on 12 August...

the west coast. Benjamin Sheares Bridge is the setting for the annual SAFRA Singapore Bay Run & Army Half Marathon (formerly the Sheares Bridge Run). It...

expressway. The ECP connects Changi Airport in the east through the Benjamin Sheares Bridge to the Marina Bay and Central Business District areas in the...

election while nine members were absent. Benjamin Sheares was re-elected by the Parliament of Singapore. Sheares was sworn in for his third term as president...

longest bridge in Singapore Constance Sheares (born 1941), Singaporean arts administrator, curator, and writer Sheares brothers, Henry (1753–98) and John...

after Thailand, Burma and Malaysia. The games was opened and closed by Benjamin Sheares, the President of Singapore at the Singapore National Stadium. The...

Lee Kuan Yew nominated Benjamin Sheares as president. The Parliament unanimously voted to elect Sheares as president. Sheares was sworn in for his first...

Yew nominated Benjamin Sheares for a second term as president. Sheares was unanimously re-elected by Parliament as president. Sheares was sworn in for...

Singapore Flyer. A temporary road leads from the pit area and under the Benjamin Sheares Bridge to Republic Boulevard and turns onto Raffles Boulevard. It then...

Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999. He was succeeded by Benjamin Sheares on 2 January 1971. Born on 12 August 1910 in Kampung Padang Gajah,...

Constance Sheares (born 4 October 1941) is a Singaporean arts administrator, curator, and writer. Sheares helped establish the National Museum Art Gallery...

including a set of chinaware made in France and presented to President Benjamin Sheares which is displayed in a bulletproof glass case. The West Sitting Room...

appeals to the Court of Appeal and pleas for clemency to President Benjamin Sheares were rejected. On the morning of 27 July 1973, they were hanged in...

1984 President Benjamin Sheares Devan Nair Singapore Ambassador to Japan In office September 1980 – April 1984 President Benjamin Sheares Devan Nair Singapore...

history and the only to serve two full terms. In 2009, Nathan surpassed Benjamin Sheares to become Singapore's longest-serving president. Nathan was reportedly...

Some famous bridges found in Kallang include the Merdeka Bridge, Benjamin Sheares Bridge (Singapore's tallest and longest bridge; reaches its highest...

in 1971, he was succeeded by Benjamin Sheares who was appointed by Parliament and served until his death in 1981. Sheares was succeeded by Devan Nair,...

Yusof Ishak on 23 November 1970 and the inauguration of President Benjamin Sheares on 2 January 1971. Yeoh was born on 22 June 1918 in Ipoh. He received...

Singapore on 23 October 1981, after the death of the incumbent president Benjamin Sheares. During the election, 58 members of Parliament were present while 14...

Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong, as well as former Presidents Yusof Ishak, Benjamin Sheares and Wee Kim Wee. RI has one of the highest admission rates to the elite...

marriages and mixed offspring. Independent Singapore's second President, Benjamin Sheares, was a Eurasian of English lineage. E. W. Barker, the former Law Minister...

Boulevard. Landmarks along the park include the Merdeka Bridge, the Benjamin Sheares Bridge, the Singapore Flyer and the Helix Bridge. Marina Promenade...

– Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker (b. 1956) 1981 – Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean professor and politician, second President of Singapore...

Sentosa Island. It was opened on 23 October 1971 by then-President Benjamin Sheares. The second antenna was built two years later in 1972 as the amount...

Minister for Defence Vivian Balakrishnan – Minister for Foreign Affairs Benjamin Sheares – 2nd President of Singapore Lam Pin Min – former Senior Minister of...

programme now only airs in English. In May 1981, on the day President Benjamin Sheares was pronounced dead, SBC's television channels cancelled their regular...

$50 156 mm × 74 mm Blue Coaster vessel "Perak" Bird's-eye view of Benjamin Sheares Bridge 9 March 1987 [54] [55] $100 165 mm × 78 mm Brown Passenger liner...

Yusof Ishak 9 August 1965 23 November 1970 2 Yeo Seh Geok (1917–2012) Benjamin Sheares 2 January 1971 12 May 1981 3 Avadai Dhanam Lakshimi (1925–2005) Devan...

Yusof Ishak when he was Yang di-Pertuan Negara and also for President Benjamin Sheares. He was the first president of the Singapore Academy of Law in 1988...

Mountbatten Fire Post, Katong Community Centre, Singapore Swimming Club, the Benjamin Sheares Bridge and Dunman High School, one of Singapore's leading educational...