1980 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1980 in Singapore.

1980
in
Singapore

Decades:
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

February

May

  • 1 May – The URA/HDB parking coupon are introduced.

August

December

  • 17 December – A new ferry terminal will be built in Sentosa, which will be finished by September 1981.[4]
  • 23 December – The PAP wins all 75 seats in the 1980 General Election.[5]

Births

Deaths

  • 8 August – Chua Jim Neo, cookbook author (b. 1907).
  • P. Govindasamy Pillai, businessman (b. 1887).[7]

References

  1. "Singapore Broadcasting Corporation is established". NLB. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. "Singapore Democratic Party is formed". NLB. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. "National University of Singapore is established". NLB. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. "New ferry terminal to be built on Sentosa". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 17 December 1980. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  5. "1980 Parliamentary General Election". NLB. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  6. "Ng Yi-Sheng". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  7. "P. Govindasamy Pillai". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.


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