army general lord Robert Baden-Powell organise the first scout camp in UK | 1907 |
1908? | he published a book 'Scouting for Boys' based on his scheme and ideas for training of boys; it inspired thousands of boys around the country to join the movement |
1909 | first boy scout rally(organised by him in Crystal Palace, South London) saw number of girls attending; they were proclaiming to be girl scouts and prompted the founder to include girls and young women into the movement |
girl guides movement formally founded in by Baden Powell and his sister Agnes | 1910 |
1917 | Singapore girl guides movement started as district of malayan girl guides association |
chief scout(Lord Baden Powell) and chief guide(Lady Baden Powell) visited Singapore | 1934 |
1941 | first headquarters known as 'The Hut' was built at Buying Road |
Singapore guiding movement came to standstill during japanese occuptation | 1942-1945 |
1956 | Trefoil Guide registered for former Guides to return to serve movement |
1959 | Puan Noor Aishah(first lady of Singapore) became first Asian President of Singapore girl guides association |
1963 | Singapore became part of Malaysia; Singapore movement joined Malaysian girl guides association |
1966 | Singapore became associate member of WAGGGS at 19th World Conference in Japan |
association moved into new headquarters, guide house, at Clemenceau Avenue with more than 3000 members(1000 were local guides) | 1966 |
1967 | 50 years of guiding in Singapore |
guide and brownie handbook published | 1967 |
1972 | Singapore became full member of WAGGGS; 5 point programme introduced |
1977 | Lady Powell passed away |
1988 | association celebrated opening of camp Christine(at Jalan Bahtera); name of camp named after founder-Mrs Christine Dhanabalan |
27th world conference of WAGGGS held in Singapore | 1990 |
new guide house officially opened by the then Patron, First Lady Mrs Ong Teng Cheong(which is the current headquarters in Bishan) | 1999 |
2004 | association renamed girl guides Singapore(when registry of societies approved name change from Singapore girl guides association) |
2017 | 100 years of guiding in Singapore |