1995 in Singapore

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The following lists events that happened during 1995 in Singapore.

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Events[]

February[]

  • 26 February – Britain's oldest merchant bank Barings Bank collapses due to Briton Nick Leeson's trading activities, losing $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange, primarily using futures contracts.[1] He was arrested on 23 November after fleeing Singapore for 272 days. Subsequently, Nick Leeson pleaded guilty to two charges out of three charges of forgery and eight charges of cheating and was sentenced to 6½ years in prison.[2]

March[]

  • 1 March – The Family Court is established to settle family disputes effectively.[3]
  • 4 March – The Kranji Expressway is officially opened.[4]
  • 6 March – Good Morning Singapore (早安您好), a Chinese first flagship weekday breakfast programmes on TCS-8, began airing live on Monday to Friday from 7:00am SST.
  • 8 March – Briton John Martin murdered South African Gerard George Lowe in River View Hotel, dismembered his body, and disposed the body parts in the Singapore River. He is found guilty of murder and hanged on 19 April 1996.[5]
  • 10 March – TCS Channel 8 begin its trials of 24-hour broadcasts on Friday and Saturday nights with movies and infomercials throughout the early hours. It would go on to broadcast 24 hours a day on a daily basis almost 5 months later in the same year.
  • 11 March – CETV Family Channel was opening ceremony by Toni Braxton was accompanied by the Prime Minister of Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad, King of Malaysia's Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan and Sultan of Brunei Darussalam's Hassanal Bolkiah at 19:00 HKT with a "You're Makin' Me High" performance.
  • 17 March – Filipina domestic worker Flor Contemplacion is hanged for 4 May 1991 murder of fellow worker Delia Maga and her four-year-old charge, Nicholas Huang.[6]
  • 26 March – Walt Disney Television's Satellite Facility is officially opened, making it Disney's first international centre. The facility will broadcast Disney's programmes to Asia.[7]

April[]

  • 27 April – The ST Teleport is launched for telecommunications and broadcasting purposes.[8]

May[]

June[]

  • 2 June – National Day Ceremony song "My People My Home" is unveiled and announced to be used for the 1995 National Day Parade. Since then, it was planned for the NDP to be held at Padang in every five years.
  • 12 June – Dongli 88.3FM (present day 883Jia) is launched as a bilingual radio station by SAFRA.[10]
  • 23 June – Singapore Cable Vision is officially launched as a cable television provider, providing Singaporeans with more entertainment options. The whole cable system is completed in 1998.[11]
  • 24 June – The Ren Ci Hospital is officially opened.[12]
  • 26 June – MTV Asia's broadcasting centre is officially opened. It will have production facilities which will broadcast MTV in English and Mandarin, heralding a wave of music television programmes.[13]

July[]

  • July – Parco Bugis Junction is opened to the public.
  • 1 July –
    • CityCab starts operations, formed from the merger of three taxi companies, Singapore Airport Bus Service Ltd (SABS), Singapore Bus Service Taxi Pte Ltd (SBS Taxi Pte Ltd) and Singapore Commuter Pte Ltd.[14]
    • The West Coast Barter Trade Centre closes due to declining use.[15]
  • 3 July – TCS launches its lunchtime news bulletins for both Channels 5 and 8.
    • "News 5 Today", the English language midday and afternoon bulletins aired on Monday to Friday at 12:00 and 15:00 SST. The bulletins lasted 10 minutes each.
    • "Midday News (午间新闻)", the Chinese language midday bulletin aired on Monday to Friday at 13:00 SST. Initially it lasted 15 minutes, but it was extended to half an hour in January, the following year.

August[]

The UOB Plaza
  • 1 August – The Seletar Satellite Earth Station is officially opened.[16]
  • 6 August – The UOB Plaza is officially opened. It joins OUB Centre (present-day One Raffles Place) as Singapore's tallest buildings at 280 metres, until Guoco Tower's completion in 2016, which is 290 metres.[17]
  • 20 August – The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS) is announced to unlock economic value for residential buildings.[18] On the same day, the Executive Condominium scheme is introduced to meet Singaporeans' aspirations for condominium living, which may be too expensive for some.[19]
  • 22 August – Sites located at Boon Tiong Road and Tiong Bahru Road are selected for the first SERS project.[20]
  • 25 August – SAFTI Military Institute is officially opened in Jurong West.[21]
  • 30 August – The Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre (now Suntec) is officially opened.[22]
  • 31 August – News Brief in Mandarin (新闻简报) aired its final edition before becoming a full-fledged Chinese channel the next day while the News in Tamil also aired its final edition for this channel beforehand, before moving to the newly renamed Prime 12 the next day.

September[]

  • 1 September –
    • Prime 12 and Premiere 12 are launched after being split from Channel 12. Prime 12 is a Malay, Tamil and multilingual channel showcasing a wide range of programmes such as variety shows, movies, sitcoms, documentaries, lifestyle, news, current affairs and children's programmes, while Premiere 12 is an English channel showcasing the best of culture, the arts, documentaries, classical music, children and sport programmes. A new arts FM station is proposed too.[23]
    • TCS Channel 8 became an all-Chinese channel on the same day, and became the first channel in Singapore to broadcast 24 hours on a daily basis, after having done so on Friday and Saturday nights since 10 March on the same year. A number of revamps for that channel also took place to coincide the major revamp of the TV12 channels on the same day.
      • News in Mandarin was renamed from 第八新闻 to become "晚间新闻" and thus becoming the flagship nightly bulletin and aired daily at 22:00 SST.
      • The evening news bulletin "Singapore Today (狮城6点半)" made its debut and filled up the void of the Tamil news bulletin that moved to Prime 12 on the same day, aired daily at 18:30 SST.
    • The Land Transport Authority was launched to develop the land transport system in Singapore.
    • The National Library Board was launched to improve libraries in Singapore.
    • The prefix '9' is added to all mobile numbers.
    • A new six-digit postal code system takes effect, replacing the four-digit system used since 1979.[24][25]
  • 2 September –
    • Prime 12 began shifting and reorganised its news timeslots for both Tamil and Malay bulletins.
      • "Tamil Seithi" began settling down at the 7:30pm slot while "Berita 12" moved to the 8:00pm slot. However, the 8:00pm slot was usually reserved for Malaysian main bulletins on RTM TV1 (Berita Perdana), TV3 (Buletin Utama), and also RTM TV2's English-language news bulletin, "News on Two".
  • 5 September –
  • 29 September – TCS Channel 5 commenced its full 24-hour broadcasts, becoming the second channel in Singapore to do so.

October[]

November[]

  • 2 November – Parliament passed the , a private member's bill introduced by Woon Cheong Ming Walter.[32]
  • 5 November – The second phase of the Seletar Expressway opened.
  • 10 November – Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal is officially opened to enhance ferry links.[33]
  • 25 November – Century Square is officially opened.[34]

December[]

Births[]

Population of births: 48,635

Deaths[]

Population of deaths : 15,569

References[]

  1. ^ "Barings Bank collapses from Nick Leeson's losses". NLB. 26 February 1995. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Guilty As Charged: Rogue trader Nick Leeson brought down Britain's oldest merchant bank Barings". The Straits Times. Singapore. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Family Justice Practice Forum: CJ'S Address" (PDF). Supreme Court of Singapore. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Opening ceremony of the Kranji Expressway" (PDF). NAS. 4 March 1995. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Other gruesome murders that took place in Singapore". The New Paper. Singapore. 4 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  6. ^ Ministry of Information and the Arts, Singapore (1995). Flor Contemplacion: The Facts of the Case. Singapore: Ministry of Information and the Arts, Singapore. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Launching of Walt Disney Television (Singapore)'s Satellite Facility" (PDF). NAS. 26 March 1995. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Launching of Singapore Technologies (ST) Teleport" (PDF). NAS. 27 April 1995. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Opening of the Chinese Heritage Centre" (PDF). NAS. 17 May 1995. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  10. ^ "SAFRA gets more Power with Chinese FM station (Page 7)". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 3 June 1995. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Official Launch of Singapore Cablevision" (PDF). NAS. 23 June 1995. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Official Opening of Ren Ci Hospital" (PDF). NAS. 24 June 1995. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Opening of MTV Asia" (PDF). NAS. 26 June 1995. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Milestones". ComfortDelgro Taxi. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Lack of use so historical barter trade site closes from today (Page 2)". The Business Times (retrieved from NLB). 1 July 1995. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  16. ^ "News 5 Tonight (1 August 1995)". Television Corporation of Singapore (Retrieved from NAS). 1 August 1995. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Opening of the United Overseas Bank (UOB) Plaza" (PDF). NAS. 6 August 1995. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme is introduced". NLB. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Executive Condominum Housing Scheme". HDB. 29 August 1995. Archived from the original on 24 June 1997. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Selective En-Bloc Redevelopment Scheme". HDB. 22 August 1995. Archived from the original on 24 June 1997. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  21. ^ "Opening Ceremony of SAFTI Military Institute" (PDF). NAS. 25 August 1995. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  22. ^ "Grand Opening of the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre" (PDF). NAS. 30 August 1995. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Launch of channels Prime 12 and Premiere 12 of TV12" (PDF). NAS. 1 September 1995. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  24. ^ "Six-digit postal code system". NLB. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  25. ^ "Six-digit postal codes will apply to all areas from Sept 1". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 19 August 1995. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  26. ^ "Sembawang venture to buy Technet for $2.5m (page 41)". The Straits Times (Retrieved from NLB). 20 June 1995. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  27. ^ "Pacific Internet can start its services today (page 36)". The Straits Times (Retrieved from NLB). 5 September 1995. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  28. ^ "Opening of the Workshop on Telecommunications "Voyage Through Cyberspace" at Singapore Polytechnic" (PDF). NAS. 5 September 1995. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  29. ^ "Cyberway to be third Internet service provider (page 3)". The Straits Times (Retrieved from NLB). 6 September 1995. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  30. ^ "PUB to split into three entities from Oct 1". The Business Times (retrieved from NLB). 23 September 1995. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  31. ^ "Launch of the National Orchid Garden" (PDF). NAS. 20 October 1995. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  32. ^ Sue-Ann Chia (11 March 2010), "Know the past to tackle the future", The Straits Times, p. B14. The first ever Act since 1965 originating from a private member's bill was the Roman Catholic Archbishop Bill introduced by P. Selvadurai and Chiang Hai Ding in 1974 and passed the following year as the Roman Catholic Archbishop Act (now Cap. 375, 1985 Rev. Ed.). This was a private act, not a public one: Chia, ibid. See also Walter Woon (28 June 1994), "Honor thy father and mother – or else", The Wall Street Journal, p. A18; "Govt gives backing to Parents Bill", The Straits Times, 27 July 1994; Walter Woon (11 August 1994), "Family matters", Far Eastern Economic Review, p. 30; "Parents maintenance bill passed", The Straits Times, 3 November 1995.
  33. ^ "Official Opening of the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal" (PDF). NAS. 10 November 1995. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  34. ^ "Official Opening of Century Square" (PDF). NAS. 25 November 1995. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  35. ^ "David Saul Marshall". NLB. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  36. ^ "Anthony Then". NLB. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  37. ^ "Ang Chwee Chai". NLB. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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