1993 in Singapore

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See also:	Other events of 1993 Timeline of Singaporean history

The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Singapore.

Incumbents

• President: Wee Kim Wee (until 1 September), Ong Teng Cheong (starting 1 September)
• Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong

Events

January

• 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

• 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

• 6 March – St Luke's Hospital starts construction in Bukit Batok, sparking opposition from residents which is eventually solved.^[7]

April

• 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

• May – Shaw House (Lido) is opened to the public.^[10]

June

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 1 November
  • Asia Business News (ABN) officially formal full opened took place by President of Singapore Ong Teng Cheong at 6:00am SGT based at its headquarters in Singapore and business bureaus in Jakarta metropolitan area (including Central Jakarta, West Jakarta, North Jakarta, Tangerang and Tangerang Regency), North Sumatra (expect Karo Regency), Batam/Batam Islands (relayed from Singapore and via all Riau and surrounding areas) and Palembang metropolitan area, ABN was owned by Dow Jones & Company. Anchors/presenters included Coco Quisumbing, Martin Soong, Sydnie Kohara, Karen Koh and Lynette Lithgow. Correspondents Keiko Bang, Lisa Barron, Stuart Pallister, Jim Sciutto and Chris Slaughter were part of the original ABN team which included around 170 Singapore based-staff. The programme line-up included Breakfast Briefing, Asian Wall Street Journal on Air, Trading Day, Asia Market Digest, Storyboard, Far Eastern Economic Review on Air, Money Talk, dot.com and Corporate Raiders.
  • 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

• 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]

December

• 31 December
  • The very final and last Malay prorgamme to air on SBC 5 was the Indonesian film Ketika Senyumanmu Hadir.
  • News in Malay also aired its very final and last edition for this channel beforehand before moving to SBC 12 due to Malay programmes was officially moved from SBC 5 to SBC 12 which officially renamed as "Berita 12" was formally premiered on SBC 12 on the same night now extended from 20 to 30 minutes and new aired, new schedule, new clock and new time became daily from 7:30pm to 8:00pm SGT while News in English aired its very final and last edition before becoming a full-fledged Singlish channel on tonight and the next day farewell from News in English to officially launched new split into two new English television news bulletin programmes includes:^[25]
    • "News 5 at Seven (now Asia Tonight)" officially formal opening took place as Singapore's very first main flagship evening news programme officially opened on New Year's Day 1994 new aired, new schedule, new clock and new time became daily from 7:00pm to 7:30pm SGT.
    • "News 5 Tonight (now News Tonight and Singapore Tonight)" officially formal opening took place as Singapore's very first late-night television news bulletin on Channel 5 new aired, new schedule, new clock and new time became daily from 10:30pm to 11:00pm SGT.
  • Panasonic Countdown New Year (Countdown 94): Hi! 5 is an annual multi-tiered event held every New Year's Eve celebrations in Singapore are centered in Raffles Hotel and Changi Airport its main events are pyrotechnic displays. It was officially launched by President of Singapore Ong Teng Cheong including from the midnight countdown new year to midnight firework new year both of which are terrestrial telecast nationally free-to-air on SBC 5 marked very final and last time farewell the end from 11:15pm to 12:30am SGT lasting 75-minutes and sponsored by Panasonic, Grand Seiko (Seiko) and Lexus (Toyota) and officially introduced and launched new name or new look as Channel 5 (新视第五波道) with officially introduced and launching new logo and slogan "Where It All Happens!" marked officially introduced and launched new name, logo and slogan for a new look for Channel 5 opening at stroke of midnight SGT after countdown new year and happy new year and became the first channel in Singapore to become a full-fledged English-language channel.

Date unknown

• The National Cancer Centre Singapore starts operations.
• Chinatown Point and Wheelock Place are opened.
• 261 O-Level papers are lost in transit.^[26]

Births

• 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

• 11 January – John Le Cain, first Asian as Singapore Police Force commissioner (b. 1912).^[27]
• 15 March – Georgette Chen, painter (b. 1906).^[28]
• 3 June – Yeoh Ghim Seng, Speaker of Parliament (b. 1918).^[29]
• 5 August – Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State (Education) (b. 1940).^[30]
• 1 December – John Chia Keng Hock, former footballer (b. 1913).^[31]

References

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