Understanding timeline NE gallery By iwuvwolf Jan 11, 1942 British troops retreated to Singapore and bombed the cause way Period: Jan 11, 1942 to Jan 1, 2010 Understanding timeline NE gallery Feb 15, 1942 British surrended Singapore to the Japanese Sep 12, 1945 Japanese army sign the surrender treaty in the Municipal building(City Hall,Singapore) Dec 11, 1950 Marie Hertogh riot occured. Jan 1, 1965 New Town Secondary School was borned! Dec 8, 1965 Singapore had its first parlimentary session Jan 1, 1967 PM Lee Kuan Yew visited New town Secondary School Jan 1, 1981 Changi Airport was build Jan 1, 1992 New Town Secondary School went on a single session Jan 1, 1995 Lee Kuan Yew became Singapore first prime minister Nov 1, 2008 New Town secondary went on a field trip to Japn Aug 14, 2010 Singapore hosted the youth olypic games