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army general lord Robert Baden-Powell organise the first scout camp in UK1907
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
1909first 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 Agnes1910
1917Singapore girl guides movement started as district of malayan girl guides association
chief scout(Lord Baden Powell) and chief guide(Lady Baden Powell) visited Singapore1934
1941first headquarters known as 'The Hut' was built at Buying Road
Singapore guiding movement came to standstill during japanese occuptation1942-1945
1956Trefoil Guide registered for former Guides to return to serve movement
1959Puan Noor Aishah(first lady of Singapore) became first Asian President of Singapore girl guides association
1963Singapore became part of Malaysia; Singapore movement joined Malaysian girl guides association
1966Singapore 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
196750 years of guiding in Singapore
guide and brownie handbook published1967
1972Singapore became full member of WAGGGS; 5 point programme introduced
1977Lady Powell passed away
1988association celebrated opening of camp Christine(at Jalan Bahtera); name of camp named after founder-Mrs Christine Dhanabalan
27th world conference of WAGGGS held in Singapore1990
new guide house officially opened by the then Patron, First Lady Mrs Ong Teng Cheong(which is the current headquarters in Bishan)1999
2004association renamed girl guides Singapore(when registry of societies approved name change from Singapore girl guides association)
2017100 years of guiding in Singapore