1991 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1991 in Singapore.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 2 January – New machine-readable passports are issued.
- 11 January – The National Science and Technology Board is formed to enhance R&D activities in Singapore.[1]
- 15 January – The five Shared Values of Singapore are adopted.[2]
February
[edit]- 23 February – Civics and moral education is introduced, replacing religious knowledge lessons in schools.[3]
March
[edit]- 2 March – The National Trades Union Congress launches two radio stations, NTUC Heart Radio 91.3 and NTUC Heart Radio 100.3.[4]
- 16 March – The New Horizon Centre is officially opened, making it the first day care centre to look after those with dementia.[5]
- 26 March – Four Pakistanis hijack Singapore Airlines Flight 117 and demand the release of Pakistan Peoples Party members from Pakistani jails.[6]
- 27 March – Members of the Singapore Special Operations Force storm into Singapore Airlines Flight 117, killing all hijackers and freeing all passengers and crew members.[6]
May
[edit]- 4 May – Filipina domestic worker Delia Maga and her 4-year-old charge, Nicholas Huang are found murdered in their flat. Flor Contemplacion was subsequently tried for the murders and found guilty.[7]
- 13 May – Underwater World opens its doors.[8][9]
- 31 May – The Van Kleef Aquarium closes after falling visitorship.[10][11]
June
[edit]- 1 June – Changi Airport Terminal 2 is officially opened.[12]
- 3 June – The first National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) replacement exercise takes place in MacPherson Community Club in a programme spanning three years. The programme replaces the existing laminated NRICs to credit-card sized ones with features for higher security. It will also indicate blood types for use in emergencies.[13]
- 6 June – The Civil Defence Academy starts construction. When completed in 1995, the S$63 million complex spanning nine-hectares will train Singapore Civil Defence Force officers, as well as offer computer simulations.[14]
- 29 June – IMM opens its doors.
July
[edit]- 1 July -
- Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is formed as Singapore's second university, previously known as the Nanyang Technological Institute.[15]
- The National Institute of Education (NIE) is formed from the merger of Institute of Education (IE) and the College of Physical Education (CPE). The institution is now part of NTU.[16]
August
[edit]- 1 August – The Singapore International Foundation is formed to help in diplomacy.[17]
- 2 August – Two areas in Singapore, namely the Central and Changi areas are gazetted as Tree Conservation Areas.[18]
- 31 August – In the 1991 General Election, the People's Action Party team led by Goh Chok Tong won 77 out of 81 seats (including 41 uncontested seats) with a vote share of 61.0%; then the lowest vote share since surpassed by the 2011 General Election; which had 60.1%. The opposition won the remaining four, in which three seats went to the Singapore Democratic Party and one seat to the Workers' Party.[19]
September
[edit]- 21 September – The second phase of the Central Expressway opens.[20]
October
[edit]- 4 October – The Van Kleef Aquarium reopens as the World of Aquarium.[21][11]
- 15 October – The National Arts Council is formed to spearhead the development of the arts in Singapore.
- 16 October – PolyView is launched to enhance education and IT services. This comes after the release of the IT2000 masterplan a few weeks earlier.[22]
November
[edit]- 24 November – The Keppel-Brani causeway is officially opened, making it the first road link between Singapore and an island.[23]
Births
[edit]- 28 January – Sufi Rashid - Singaporean singer.
- 16 February – Aliff Aziz - Singaporean singer and actor[24]
- 15 March – Atikah Suhaime - Singaporean actress.
- 21 June – Sachin Mylavarapu, Singaporean cricketer
- 26 July – Nathan Hartono, Singaporean singer and runner-up of Sing! China (season 1).[25]
- Jerrold Yam, Singaporean poet and lawyer.
Deaths
[edit]- 25 January – Ismail Marjan - Badminton player, 70[26]
- 17 March – Li Rulin - Chinese literary pioneer (b. 1914).[27]
- 17 December – Chen Wen Hsi - Singapore's pioneer artist (b. 1906).[28]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Science and Technology Board is formed". National Library Board. 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Shared Values are adopted". National Library Board. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Civics and moral education is introduced". National Library Board. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Official Opening of NTUC Radio Heart at Singapore Labour Foundation (SLF) Building" (PDF). NAS. 2 March 1991. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Official Opening of the New Horizon Centre at Lorong 2 Toa Payoh" (PDF). NAS. 16 March 1991. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ a b Choy Choi Kee (4 May 2010). "History snippets: 1981 Onwards (A Maturing SAF): 1991 – SQ 117 Rescue". Singaporean Ministry of Defence (MINDEF). Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ Ministry of Information and the Arts, Singapore (1995). Flor Contemplacion: The Facts of the Case. Singapore: Ministry of Information and the Arts, Singapore. OCLC 419237137.
- ^ "Underwater World scores with range of marine life". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 14 May 1991. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Underwater World Singapore". NLB. 14 May 1991. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Van Kleef Aquarium to close from Saturday". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 28 May 1991. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Van Kleef Aquarium". NLB. 14 May 1991. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong, at the Official Opening of the Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2, on Saturday, 1 June 1991 at 11.00 AM" (PDF). NAS. 1 June 1991. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Face that launched new IC campaign (Page 10)". The New Paper (retrieved from NLB). 4 June 1991. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Ground-breaking Ceremony for the Civil Defence Academy" (PDF). NAS. 6 June 1991. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Nanyang Technological University is established". National Library Board. February 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "National Institute of Education is established". National Library Board. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Singapore International Foundation is established". National Library Board. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Tree Conservation Areas". NParks. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "1991 Parliamentary General Election". National Library Board. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Primers for driving down under". The Straits Times. 21 September 1991. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "World of Aquarium has a quiet opening". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 5 October 1991. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Singapore Polytechnic and Singapore Telecom, and launching of PolyView" (PDF). NAS. 16 October 1991. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Sentosa Causeway". Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Rahman, Noor (9 March 2016). "Singer Aliff Aziz to wed after Hari Raya". Star2. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Who is Nathan Hartono? Here is The Truth Behind Indonesian Singing NDP Song 'Everything I am'".
- ^ "Badminton great Ismail dies". The Straits Times. 26 January 1991.
- ^ "Li Rulin". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Chen Wen Hsi". NLB. Retrieved 12 November 2019.