1989 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1989 in Singapore.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 1 January – Perfect Ten 98.7FM officially launched as very first 24-hour 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.[1]
- 15 January – TransitLink starts operations, which is formed by SMRT, Singapore Bus Services and Trans-Island Bus Services to develop an integrated bus-rail public transport system.[2]
February
- 21 February – Tradewinds starts its first flight, which is formed in 1975 as a hotelier.[3]
April
- 14 April – The National Skin Centre is officially opened to treat skin diseases and research skin conditions.[4]
- 30 April – Change Alley closes its doors. It reopens as an air-conditioned passageway in 1993.[5]
May
- 5 May – French-Canadian animated series for children Babar begins airing on SBC 5 after being shown in Canada for three months. A second season of the series will later in Canada in August of the same year.
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.[6]
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.[7]
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).[8][9]
November
- 1 November – The National Youth Council is formed as a division of the People's Association to work on youth matters.[10]
- 4 November – The sixth section of the MRT system is opened from Marina Bay to Tanah Merah.[11]
- 6 November – Singapore is one of the founding members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).[12]
December
- 6–10 December – 1989 World Badminton Grand Prix is held.
- 16 December – The seventh section of the MRT system is opened from Simei to Pasir Ris.[13]
- 28 December – SingTel launches its ISDN network, making Singapore the first in the world to have ISDN nationwide.[14]
- 31 December – Singapore Indoor Stadium is officially opened, supporting sports and entertainment events over the years.[15]
Births
- 19 February – Xu Bin, actor.
- 1 March – Joshua Ang, actor.
- 23 May – Tosh Zhang, actor.
- 18 June – Gen Neo, K-Pop singer.
- 18 August – Yu Mengyu, national table tennis player.[16]
- 26 October – Shayna Ng, national bowler.
- 13 December – Ian Fang, actor.
Deaths
- 12 January – Lee Lim – Artistic photographer (b. 1931).[17]
- 23 March – Lee Dai Sor – Cantonese storyteller (b. 1913).[18]
- 11 October – Haji Ya'acob bin Mohamed – Former politician, diplomat (b. 1925).[19]
References
- ^ "Singapore-Sentosa road link by 1992". The Business Times (retrieved from NLB). 14 January 1989. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Milestones". TransitLink. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Tradewinds to be renamed SilkAir, plans to buy more planes". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 13 March 1992. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Opening of the National Skin Centre" (PDF). NAS. 14 April 1989. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Change Alley to close for good on April 30". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 18 April 1989. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Ground Breaking Ceremony of the New Pychiatric Hospital" (PDF). NAS. 10 June 1989. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Community Hospital, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9" (PDF). NAS. 26 August 1989. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Urban Redevelopment Authority". NLB. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Revamped URA begins role today as national planning body". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 1 September 1989. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "National Youth Council". NLB. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Commencement of passenger service of the sixth section of the MRT system at Tanah Merah station" (PDF). NAS. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "APEC is established". NLB. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Opening of Section seven of the MRT system at Simei station" (PDF). NAS. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Launching ceremony of nation-wide ISDN and international ISDN" (PDF). NAS. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Singapore Indoor Stadium is officially opened". NLB. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Table Tennis YU Mengyu – Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 29 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Lee Lim". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Lee Dai Sor". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Haji Ya'acob bin Mohamed". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.