1993 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Singapore.
Incumbents
- President: Wee Kim Wee (until 1 September), Ong Teng Cheong (starting 1 September)
- Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong
Events
January
- 1 January - Edusave is launched to provide all Singaporeans with quality education. The scheme also institutes awards for academic and non-academic achievements.[1]
February
- 11 February - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat is set up in Singapore.
- 18 February - Sunshine Bakeries' new factory in Senoko is officially opened.[2]
- 20 February -
- NTUC Comfort announced that it will corporatise to help in its expansion plans.[3] The plan went through, which resulted in the formation of Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd later in June.[4]
- The Senoko Incineration Plant is officially opened, making it the third incineration plant in Singapore.[5]
- 21 February - The World of Aquarium closes due to bad business, less than two years after it reopened.[6] The building reopens as the Fort Canning Aquarium after a few months.[7]
March
- 6 March - St Luke's Hospital starts construction in Bukit Batok, sparking opposition from residents which is eventually solved.[8]
April
- 1 April - Medifund is set up to provide for medical treatment when Medisave and Medishield are not able to completely cover medical costs.[9]
- 29 April - The first meeting between Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and Straits Exchange Foundation.[10]
May
- May - Shaw House (Lido) is opened to the public.[11]
June
- 8 June - Gardenia's new bakery is officially opened.[12]
- 12–20 June - Singapore hosts the 17th Southeast Asian Games. It clinched fourth place with a total of 164 medals.[13]
August
- 1 August - The National Heritage Board is formed to manage museums and encourage a vibrant cultural and heritage scene.[14]
- 5 August - An MRT collision takes place at Clementi station during the morning rush hour, resulting in 156 injuries.[15][16]
- 28 August - Ong Teng Cheong wins the first-ever presidential election by 952,513 votes, with Chua Kim Yeow getting 670,358 votes.[17][18]
September
- 1 September - Ong Teng Cheong is sworn in as the first elected President.[17][18]
- 21 September - Ngee Ann City is officially opened.[19]
October
- 3 October - The Great Singapore Workout is launched as part of the National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign, encouraging people to live healthily.[20]
- 30 October - The Institute of Mental Health (then called Woodbridge Hospital) is officially opened in Hougang.[21]
November
- 1 November - SingTel is listed on the then Stock Exchange of Singapore (present day Singapore Exchange) after an IPO in October.[22]
- 9 November - The Special Tactics and Rescue Unit of the Singapore Police Force is commissioned.[23]
- 10 November - The Fire Safety Act is passed to ensure safety of buildings in the event of fires.[24]
- 27 November - Junction 8 is opened to the public.
December
- 5 December - The Jurong section of the Pan Island Expressway opened to traffic.
- 17 December - The Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital (present-day Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospital) is officially opened. The hospital works with General Practitioners, which will mainly serve the elderly living in the area.[25]
Date unknown
- The National Cancer Centre Singapore starts operations.
- Chinatown Point and Wheelock Place are opened.
- 261 O-Level papers are lost in transit.[26]
Births
- 8 January - Amanda Lim, swimmer
- 24 September - Narelle Kheng, The Sam Willows member
- 11 December - Boon Hui Lu, singer
Deaths
- 11 January - John Le Cain, first Asian as Singapore Police Force commissioner (b. 1912).[27]
- 15 March - Georgette Chen, painter (b. 1906).[28]
- 3 June - Yeoh Ghim Seng, Speaker of Parliament (b. 1918).
- 5 August - Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State (Education) (b. 1940).[29]
- 1 December - John Chia Keng Hock, former footballer (b. 1913).[30]
References
- ^ "Edusave". NLB. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Official Opening of a new Sunshine Bakery" (PDF). NAS. 18 February 1993. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "NTUC Comfort to corporatise to help expansion (page 1)". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 21 February 1993. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Milestones". ComfortDelGro Taxi. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Official opening of Senoko Incineration Plant" (PDF). NAS. 20 February 1993. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Bad business forces aquarium to close". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 9 February 1993. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Van Kleef Aquarium". NLB. 14 May 1991. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Bukit Batok to have Hospital for the Elderly". The Straits Times. 7 March 1993.
- ^ "Medisave". NLB. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Backgrounder: Milestones in cross-Straits relations over 30 years".
- ^ "Shaw House (Lido)". NLB. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Official Opening of Gardenia's new bakery" (PDF). NAS. 8 June 1993. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Singapore hosts the 17th SEA Games". HistorySG. 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via NLB.
- ^ Tan Lay Yuen (20 July 2017). "National Heritage Board". NLB. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Matthew Pereira; Branden Pereira (6 August 1993). "MRT Trains collide at Clementi: 132 hurt". The Straits Times. pp. 1 & 25.
- ^ Tan Lay Yuen (2016). "First MRT accident". NLB. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ a b Veronica Chee, Rajendran Munoo & Gladys Low (15 September 2017). "Elected presidency". Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Ong Teng Cheong is the first elected president of Singapore". HistorySG. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Ngee Ann City". 21 September 1993. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "The Great Singapore Workout is launched". NLB. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Opening of the new Woodbridge Hospital" (PDF). 30 October 1993. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Singapore Telecom goes public". NLB. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Commissioning of the Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) Unit at the Police Training Camp" (PDF). NAS. 9 November 1993. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Fire Safety Act". AGC. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Opening of Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital" (PDF). 17 December 1993. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "A-Level Chemistry exam papers stolen, 238 students from 4 JCs affected". CNA. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "John Le Cain". NLB. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Georgette Chen". NLB. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Tay Eng Soon". NLB. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "John Chia Keng Hock". NLB. 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2019.