1990 in Singapore

1990
in
Singapore

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The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Singapore.

Incumbents

Events

January

  • 1 January – YES 933, a Mandarin radio station, starts broadcast.
  • 22 January – DBS Land (present day CapitaLand) through its subsidiary Real Estate Holdings Pte Ltd is awarded the project to restore Clarke Quay, which will be completed by 1993 along with Boat Quay. These conserved shophouses will have shopping, entertainment and recreation facilities.

February

  • 7 February – The Ministry of Health allows the transplant of heart and liver on a pilot basis, making it the first such transplant.
  • 13 February – The Singapore Aviation Academy starts construction, formed from the previous Training Centre. The Academy's new building will have more aviation courses, state-of-the-art equipment, among other stuff. The facility, when completed by end 1991, will be the first in Asia. It officially opened in 1992.

March

April

May

  • 4 May – The combined Fraser and Neave and Asia Pacific Breweries factory opens in Tuas.
  • 15 May – Known as the Amber Beacon Tower murder, a young couple were attacked by two unknown men at the tower in East Coast Park during their date. The girlfriend, Kelly Tan Ah Hong, was killed while her boyfriend James Soh Fook Leong was grievously injured. The murder remains unsolved till today.

July

  • 1 July – Medishield is launched as an insurance scheme, providing an additional buffer for medical costs. It has since been replaced by Medishield Life in 2015 for universal coverage.
  • 6 July -
    • The MRT system is completed with the opening of Boon Lay.
    • Singapore's first heart transplant is performed on Wee Soo Hup, a 59-year-old retired information officer suffering from terminal heart disease, led by Dr Tong Ming Chuan from the Singapore General Hospital. The operation is declared a success.

September

October

  • October - The Singapore National Eye Centre starts operations.
  • 13 October – The first 8 Days issue is published.
  • 31 October – SingTel launched Teleview, a service which provides information instantly. The launch of Teleview makes it the first picture-quality videotext system in the world.

November

December

  • 1 December – Ria 89.7FM launched as the second Malay radio station.
  • 26 December – Inuka is born in Singapore Zoo, thus becoming the first polar bear to be born in the tropics.

Births

Deaths


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