The following lists events that happened during 1985 in Singapore.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

C.V. Devan Nair Chengara Veetil Devan Nair (5 August 1923 – 6 December 2005), also known as C. V. Devan Nair and better known simply as Devan Nair, was a Malaysian-Singaporean politician who served as the third president of Singapore from 1981 until his resi ...

(until 28 March),

Wee Chong Jin Wee Chong Jin (; 28 September 1917 – 5 June 2005) was a Malayan-born Singaporean judge who served as the first chief justice of Singapore between 1963 and 1990, appointed by President Yusof Ishak. Born in Penang, Malaysia, he was the first ...

(Acting) (28 to 29 March),

Yeoh Ghim Seng Yeoh Ghim Seng ( zh, s=杨锦成, poj=Iôⁿ Gím-sêng, p=Yáng Jǐnchéng, first=s,poj,p) was a Singaporean politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1970 and 1989. He is one of the longest-serving speakers o ...

(Acting) (29 March to 2 September),

Wee Kim Wee Wee Kim Wee ( zh, s=黄金辉, poj=Ûiⁿ Kim-hui, p=Huáng Jīnhuī, first=s,poj,p; 4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005) was a Singaporean journalist and diplomat who served as the fourth president of Singapore from 1985 until his resignation in ...

(starting 2 September) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Lee Kuan Yew Lee Kuan Yew (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean lawyer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1990, and Secretary-General o ...

Events

January

* January - Funan Centre opens to the public. It evolved to Funan The IT Mall, and finally Funan DigitaLife Mall, closing its doors on 30 June 2016.

February

* 1 February – The Small Claims Tribunal is established as part of the Subordinate Courts (present day

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), which mainly deals with

small claims Small-claims courts have limited jurisdiction to hear civil cases between private litigants. Courts authorized to try small claims may also have other judicial functions, and go by different names in different jurisdictions. For example, it may b ...

March

* 28 March – Singapore's third

Devan Nair Chengara Veetil Devan Nair (5 August 1923 – 6 December 2005), also known as C. V. Devan Nair and better known simply as Devan Nair, was a Malaysian-Singaporean politician who served as the third president of Singapore from 1981 until his resi ...

resigns. Chief Justice

and later

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temporarily serve as acting president during that time.

April

* 2 April – The NTUC Pasir Ris Resort starts construction. When completed, the resort will have a wide array of recreational activities, supporting up to 1,400 people at any time. The resort is officially opened in 1988. * 15 April – The Feedback Unit is formed to allow people to feedback their concerns to the Government. It has since been replaced by

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in 2006.

May

* 16 May – The first case of

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is diagnosed at the Communicable Diseases Centre (present day

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). The patient is subsequently warded at the CDC. * 23 May - An 18 year old student,

Winnifred Teo Suan Lie On the evening of 22 May 1985, 18-year-old Winnifred Teo Suan Lie (张碹丽 Zhāng Xuànlì), then a student of Catholic Junior College, went out for a evening jog as usual, but she never came back. The next morning, Teo's naked body was later f ...

became a victim of rape and murder. Her naked body was discovered in bushes by police along Old Holland Road. It remains an unsolved case.

June

* 24 June – The

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is opened to the public, the first government-owned hospital to be privately run.

August

* 30 August –

becomes the fourth

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. He takes office on 2 September.

December

*2 December – The Second Series Coins are launched, with the 5-cent, 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins the first to be issued.

Date unknown

*Singapore slips into its first recession during that time, as well as the Pan Electric crisis. (Early 1985) * Shop N Save starts operations as a supermarket. *

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starts operations as a supermarket, taking over from the Savewell supermarket chain, which closed down the following year due to financial problems.

Births

* 22 January –

Yan Xu Yan Xu (嚴續) (910''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'', vol. 23.–967''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'', vol. 17.Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter), courtesy name Xingzong (興宗), was an official o ...

, table tennis player. * 9 April –

Romeo Tan Tan Romeo (; born 9 April 1985) is a Singaporean actor, who has been named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill. Tan came into prominence after finishing in fourth place on the tenth season of the television series ''Star Search'' in 2010 ...

, actor. * 16 June –

Andie Chen Andie Chen () is a Singaporean actor, host and vlogger. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artist from 2007 to 2017 but continues to film on an ad hoc basis. Career Chen's first appearance on television was in the Channel 5 series '' Grow ...

, actor.

Deaths

* 15 February –

Chen Chong Swee Chen Chong Swee () was a Singaporean watercolourist belonging to the pioneer generation of artists espousing the Nanyang-styled painting unique to Singapore, at the turn of the 20th century. He was also one of the first artists in Singapore to us ...

- Artist (b. 1910). * 2 March –

Runme Shaw Runme Shaw, K.St.J (; 1 January 1901 – 2 March 1985) was the chairman and founder of the Shaw Organisation of Singapore. Runme Shaw and his brother, Run Run Shaw, together known as the Shaw Brothers, were pioneers in the film and entertainmen ...

- Founder of

Shaw Organisation Shaw Organisation is a film distribution company and cinema chain founded by brothers Runme Shaw and Run Run Shaw who went to Singapore in the 1920s to expand their family business founded by Runje Shaw. The company originally operated as a dis ...

, philanthropist (b. 1901).

References

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Years in Singapore

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