The following lists events that happened during 1989 in Singapore.
Incumbents
*
President:
Wee Kim Wee
*
Prime Minister:
Lee Kuan Yew
Events
January
* 1 January –
Perfect Ten 98.7FM officially launched as very first
24-hour
The modern 24-hour clock, popularly referred to in the United States as military time, is the convention of timekeeping in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours. This is indicated by the hours (and minutes) pas ...
radio station in Singapore.
* 13 January – The
Public Works Department announced the building of two bridges to
Sentosa and
Pulau Brani, which will be completed by 1992.
* 15 January – TransitLink starts operations, which is formed by
SMRT,
Singapore Bus Services and
Trans-Island Bus Services
SMRT Buses is a bus operator in Singapore. A subsidiary of SMRT Corporation, it traded as Trans Island Bus Services until 10 May 2004.
History Trans-Island Bus Services (1983–2004)
In April 1981, Communications & Labour Minister Ong Teng Cheo ...
to develop an integrated bus-rail public transport system.
February
* 21 February –
Tradewinds starts its first flight, which is formed in 1975 as a hotelier.
April
* 14 April – The
National Skin Centre
The National Healthcare Group (NHG) is a group of healthcare institutions in Singapore. The group was formed in 2000 and operates several hospitals, national specialty centres, and polyclinics. Tan Tock Seng Hospital is the largest hospital in ...
is officially opened to treat
skin diseases and research skin conditions.
* 30 April –
Change Alley closes its doors. It reopens as an air-conditioned passageway in 1993.
June
* 10 June – The New Psychiatric Hospital (now known as the
Institute of Mental Health) starts construction, which has state of the art facilities when completed.
August
* 26 August – The first community hospital starts construction in
Ang Mo Kio. The hospital will have community involvement with the participation of family doctors.
September
* 1 September – The
Urban Redevelopment Authority is revamped, taking over
land use planning from the
Ministry of National Development. This results in the transfer of properties to Pidemco Land (present day
CapitaLand).
November
* 1 November – The
National Youth Council is formed as a division of the
People's Association to work on youth matters.
* 4 November – The sixth section of the
MRT system is opened from
Marina Bay to
Tanah Merah.
* 6 November – Singapore is one of the founding members of the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
December
* 6–10 December –
1989 World Badminton Grand Prix
The 1989 World Badminton Grand Prix was the seventh edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. It was held in Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime So ...
is held.
* 16 December – The seventh section of the
MRT system is opened from
Simei to
Pasir Ris.
*28 December –
SingTel
Singapore Telecommunications Limited, commonly known as Singtel, is a Singaporean telecommunications conglomerate and one of the four major telcos operating in the country. The company is the largest mobile network operator in Singapore with ...
launches its
ISDN network, making Singapore the first in the world to have ISDN nationwide.
* 31 December –
Singapore Indoor Stadium is officially opened, supporting sports and entertainment events over the years.
Births
* 19 February –
Xu Bin, actor.
* 1 March –
Joshua Ang, actor.
* 23 May –
Tosh Zhang, actor.
* 18 June –
Gen Neo,
K-Pop
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singer.
* 18 August –
Yu Mengyu, national table tennis player.
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* 26 October –
Shayna Ng, national bowler.
* 13 December –
Ian Fang, actor.
Deaths
* 12 January –
Lee Lim – Artistic photographer (b. 1931).
* 23 March –
Lee Dai Sor –
Cantonese storyteller (b. 1913).
* 11 October –
Haji Ya'acob bin Mohamed – Former politician, diplomat (b. 1925).
References
Singapore
Years in Singapore
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