1984 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1984 in Singapore.

1984
in
Singapore

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

Incumbents

Events

January

March

  • 2 March – The Construction Industry Development Board is formed.[5]
  • 9 March – Parkway Parade mall is officially opened.
  • 15 March – The Punggol Fishing Port and Wholesale Fish Market starts operations, which moved from Kangar market for the construction of Hougang New Town.[6]

April

  • 1 April – Medisave is launched as a personal savings scheme for medical bills.[7]
  • 2 April – Total Defence is launched to defend Singapore. Since then, Total Defence Day is commemorated on 15 February every year.[8]
  • 17 April – Changi Airport's second runway is officially opened to cater for more flights.[9]

July

August

  • 4 August – Singapore Press Holdings is formed from a merger of four companies, namely Times Publishing Berhad, The Straits Times Press (1975) Limited, Singapore News and Publications Limited and Singapore Newspaper Services Pte Ltd, completed on 30 November.[11]

September

October

November

  • November - The Eat Frozen Pork is launched to reduce reliance on imports of fresh pork supplies. This comes as the Government moves to phase out pig farms. The campaign did not lead to substantial results.[16]

December

Births

  • 28 April – Xiaxue, Singaporean blogger and celebrity.

Deaths

References

  1. "National Theatre". NLB. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. "Science Park opening today". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 17 January 1984. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. "Open concept shopping at Singapore's latest shopping centre". Singapore Monitor. 9 November 1983. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. "What's on Ch 12". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 22 December 1983. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  5. "Construction Industry Development Board Act". AGC. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  6. "Kangar fisherfolk to move to new Punggol complex". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 19 February 1984. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  7. "Medisave". NLB. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  8. "Driving home message of Total Defence". The Business Times (retrieved from NLB). 3 April 1984. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  9. "Singapore Changi Airport Runway II Commissioning Ceremony" (PDF). NAS. 17 April 1984. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  10. Tan, Julie (3 July 1984). "Students at PE College start with workout". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  11. "Formation of Singapore Press Holdings". NLB. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  12. "Inauguration ceremony of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore" (PDF). NAS. 1 September 1984. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  13. "Establishment of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore". NLB. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  14. "Occasion for a lord and a 'lion' to meet". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 25 October 1984. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  15. "The first made-in-Singapore personal computer". Singapore Monitor (retrieved from NLB). 31 October 1984. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  16. "Frozen pork is cheaper and convenient to buy". Singapore Monitor. 16 January 1985. p. 2.
  17. "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956–1988)". Goal.com. 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  18. Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann (15 November 2001). Elections in Asia and the Pacific : A Data Handbook: Volume II: South East Asia, East Asia, and the South Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-19-924959-6.
  19. "L. M. Harrod". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  20. "Lim Yew Hock". NLB. Retrieved 1 September 2019.


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