The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Singapore.
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Incumbents
edit- President: Wee Kim Wee (until 1 September), Ong Teng Cheong (starting 1 September)
- Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong
Events
editJanuary
edit- 1 January – Edusave is launched to provide all Singaporeans with quality education. The scheme also institutes awards for academic and non-academic achievements.[1]
February
edit- 11 February – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat is set up in Singapore.
- 20 February –
- NTUC Comfort announced that it will corporatise to help in its expansion plans.[2] The plan went through, which resulted in the formation of Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd later in June.[3]
- The Senoko Incineration Plant is officially opened, making it the third incineration plant in Singapore.[4]
- 21 February – The World of Aquarium closes due to bad business, less than two years after it reopened.[5] The building reopens as the Fort Canning Aquarium after a few months.[6]
March
edit- 6 March – St Luke's Hospital starts construction in Bukit Batok, sparking opposition from residents which is eventually solved.[7]
April
edit- 1 April – Medifund is set up to provide for medical treatment when Medisave and Medishield are not able to completely cover medical costs.[8]
- 29 April – The first meeting between Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and Straits Exchange Foundation.[9]
May
edit- May – Shaw House (Lido) is opened to the public.[10]
June
edit- 8 June – Gardenia's new bakery is officially opened.[11]
- 12–20 June – Singapore hosts the 17th Southeast Asian Games. It clinched fourth place with a total of 164 medals.[12]
August
edit- 1 August – The National Heritage Board is formed to manage museums and encourage a vibrant cultural and heritage scene.[13]
- 5 August – An MRT collision takes place at Clementi station during the morning rush hour, resulting in 156 injuries.[14][15]
- 28 August – Ong Teng Cheong wins the first-ever presidential election by 952,513 votes, with Chua Kim Yeow getting 670,358 votes.[16][17]
September
edit- 1 September – Ong Teng Cheong is sworn in as the first elected president.[16][17]
- 21 September – Ngee Ann City is officially opened.[18]
October
edit- 3 October – The Great Singapore Workout is launched as part of the National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign, encouraging people to live healthily.[19]
- 30 October – The Institute of Mental Health (then called Woodbridge Hospital) is officially opened in Hougang.[20]
November
edit- 1 November – SingTel is listed on the then Stock Exchange of Singapore (present day Singapore Exchange) after an IPO in October.[21]
- 9 November – The Special Tactics and Rescue Unit of the Singapore Police Force is commissioned.[22]
- 10 November – The Fire Safety Act is passed to ensure safety of buildings in the event of fires.[23]
- 27 November – Junction 8 is opened to the public.
December
edit- 5 December – The Jurong section of the Pan Island Expressway opened to traffic.
- 17 December – The Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital (present-day Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospital) is officially opened. The hospital works with General Practitioners, which will mainly serve the elderly living in the area.[24]
Date unknown
edit- The National Cancer Centre Singapore starts operations.
- Chinatown Point and Wheelock Place are opened.
- 261 O-Level papers are lost in transit.[25]
Births
edit- 8 January – Amanda Lim, national swimmer.
- 22 January – Zhang Zetong, Mediacorp actor
- 12 February – Khaw Xinlin, influencer and actress
- 27 March – Benjamin Tan, Mediacorp actor
- 14 June – JianHao Tan, Singaporean Youtuber
- 16 June – Richie Koh, Mediacorp actor and Best Actor winner in Star Awards 2023
- 24 September – Narelle Kheng, The Sam Willows member.
- 11 October – Tasha Low, ex-Skarf member turned Singaporean actress
- 4 November - Noah Yap, actor.
- 10 November – Raeesah Khan, former politician.
- 17 November – Ayden Sng, Mediacorp actor
- 11 December – Boon Hui Lu, singer.
Deaths
edit- 11 January – John Le Cain, first Asian as Singapore Police Force commissioner (b. 1912).[26]
- 15 March – Georgette Chen, painter (b. 1906).[27]
- 3 June – Yeoh Ghim Seng, Speaker of Parliament (b. 1918).[28]
- 5 August – Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State (Education) (b. 1940).[29]
- 1 December – John Chia Keng Hock, former footballer (b. 1913).[30]
References
edit- ^ "Edusave". NLB. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "NTUC Comfort to corporatise to help expansion (page 1)". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 21 February 1993. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Milestones". ComfortDelGro Taxi. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Official opening of Senoko Incineration Plant" (PDF). NAS. 20 February 1993. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Bad business forces aquarium to close". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 9 February 1993. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Van Kleef Aquarium". NLB. 14 May 1991. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Bukit Batok to have Hospital for the Elderly". The Straits Times. 7 March 1993.
- ^ "Medisave". NLB. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Backgrounder: Milestones in cross-Straits relations over 30 years". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Shaw House (Lido)". NLB. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Official Opening of Gardenia's new bakery" (PDF). NAS. 8 June 1993. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Singapore hosts the 17th SEA Games". HistorySG. 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via NLB.
- ^ Tan Lay Yuen (20 July 2017). "National Heritage Board". NLB. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Matthew Pereira; Branden Pereira (6 August 1993). "MRT Trains collide at Clementi: 132 hurt". The Straits Times. pp. 1 & 25.
- ^ Tan Lay Yuen (2016). "First MRT accident". NLB. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ a b Veronica Chee, Rajendran Munoo & Gladys Low (15 September 2017). "Elected presidency". Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Ong Teng Cheong is the first elected president of Singapore". HistorySG. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Ngee Ann City". 21 September 1993. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "The Great Singapore Workout is launched". NLB. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Opening of the new Woodbridge Hospital" (PDF). 30 October 1993. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Singapore Telecom goes public". NLB. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Commissioning of the Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) Unit at the Police Training Camp" (PDF). NAS. 9 November 1993. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Fire Safety Act". AGC. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Opening of Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital" (PDF). 17 December 1993. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "A-Level Chemistry exam papers stolen, 238 students from 4 JCs affected". CNA. 23 February 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "John Le Cain". NLB. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Georgette Chen". NLB. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Wang, Hui Ling (4 June 1993). "Former Speaker Dr Yeoh dies of lung cancer at 74". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Tay Eng Soon". NLB. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "John Chia Keng Hock". NLB. 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2019.