1979 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1979 in Singapore.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 11 January – The Singapore Refining Company is formed by three oil companies, namely Singapore Petroleum Company, Chevron and BP.[1]
- 24 January – The Singapore Symphony Orchestra is formed, playing its first concert.[2]
April
[edit]- 1 April – The Vocational and Industrial Training Board is formed from a merger between the Industrial Training Board (ITB) and the Adult Education Board (AEB). The Board handles vocational and industrial training until the formation of Institute of Technical Education in 1992.[3]
- 16 April – Plans for Raffles City, a future mixed-use development, are unveiled with a model shown to the public. The development will include a mall, an office block and 3 hotel towers; with one standing at about 200 metres high. Costing about S$600m, the development was targeted for completion in 1983, but it only opened in 1986.[4]
- 20 April – Mitsukoshi Garden is officially opened in Jurong.[5]
June
[edit]- 1 June – The first National Courtesy Campaign is launched.[6]
- 27 June – Sentosa Development Corporation announced a new monorail system that will replace double-decker buses, as well as a new 10-storey luxury hotel on Fort Siloso.[7]
July
[edit]- 1 July – The four-digit postal code system takes effect, replacing the previous system used since 1950.[8] The system, first announced on 25 April, will help in automating mail sorting processes.[9]
- 30 July – The Ulu Pandan Incineration Plant is officially opened, making it Singapore's first incineration plant.[10]
September
[edit]- 7 September – The first Speak Mandarin Campaign is launched to encourage Chinese Singaporeans to speak Mandarin instead of dialects.[11]
October
[edit]- 15 October – The first automated teller machine (ATM) in Singapore is launched.[12]
- 20 October – The first McDonald's outlet opened in Liat Towers.[13]
Date unknown
[edit]- Singapore becomes the world's second busiest port in terms of shipping tonnage.
Births
[edit]- 13 February – Jesseca Liu, actress.
- 2 May – Joscelin Yeo, former national swimmer.[14]
- 26 June – Alaric Tay, actor.
- 28 June – Jeanette Aw, actress.
- 30 June – Rosanne Wong, former singer and 2R member.
- 10 July – Sun Xueling, politician.
- 25 November – Chua En Lai, actor.
- 25 December – Celest Chong, actress and former singer.
Deaths
[edit]- 2 September – Checha Davies - Activist, volunteer, social worker (b. 1898).[15]
- 3 September – Lim Cheng Hoe - Pioneering watercolourist (b. 1912).[16]
- 2 November – Jah Lelawati - Bangsawan actress, writer (b. 1937).[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Singapore refining companies". SG process industry. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Jan Yap. "Singapore Symphony Orchestra". Singapore Infomedia. National Library Board Singapore.
- ^ "Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB)". NLB. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "The $600m Raffles City". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 17 April 1979. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "You can now visit Mitsukoshi Garden". The Business Times (retrieved from NLB). 21 April 1979. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Launch of first National Courtesy Campaign". NLB. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Monorail for Sentosa". New Nation (retrieved from NLB). 28 June 1979. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "New post code to subdivide districts". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 26 April 1979. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "New postal code system from July 1". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 3 May 1979. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Singapore's first waste-to-energy plant shuts down". Asiaone. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Speak Mandarin Campaign is launched". NLB. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Instant cash' through an automatic teller". The Straits Times. 10 February 1980. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Fast-food chains". NLB. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Joscelin Yeo Wei Ling". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Checha Davies". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Lim Cheng Hoe". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Jah Lelawati". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.