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The following lists events that happened during
1980 in Singapore
.
Contents
Incumbents
Events
May
August
December
Births
Deaths
References
Incumbents
President
:
Benjamin Henry Sheares
Prime Minister
:
Lee Kuan Yew
Events
May
1 May – The
URA
/
HDB
parking coupon are introduced.
August
6 August – The
Singapore Democratic Party
is formed.
[
1
]
8 August – The
National University of Singapore
is formed from a merger between then University of Singapore and Nanyang University.
[
2
]
December
17 December – A new ferry terminal will be built in
Sentosa
, which will be finished by September 1981.
[
3
]
23 December – The PAP wins all 75 seats in the
1980 General Election
.
[
4
]
Births
28 January –
Hady Mirza
, singer, winner of
Singapore Idol (Season 2)
.
20 June –
Alvin Tan
, politician.
25 November –
Ng Yi Sheng
, writer.
[
5
]
17 December –
Stella Huang
, former singer.
23 December –
Elvin Ng
, actor.
Deaths
22 May –
Wong Foo Nam
, former legislative assemblyman for
Pasir Panjang Constituency
(b. 1909).
[
6
]
21 July –
P. Govindasamy Pillai
, businessman (b. 1887).
[
7
]
24 July –
Philip Hoalim Sr
, chairman and co-founder of the
Malayan Democratic Union
(b. 1895).
[
8
]
[
9
]
8 August –
Chua Jim Neo
, cookbook author and mother of
Lee Kuan Yew
(b. 1907).
References
↑
"Singapore Democratic Party is formed"
. NLB
. Retrieved
29 July
2019
.
↑
"National University of Singapore is established"
. NLB
. Retrieved
1 August
2019
.
↑
"New ferry terminal to be built on Sentosa"
. The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 17 December 1980
. Retrieved
18 August
2019
.
↑
"1980 Parliamentary General Election"
. NLB
. Retrieved
29 July
2019
.
↑
"Ng Yi-Sheng"
.
NLB
. Retrieved
29 October
2019
.
↑
"Ex-member of assembly dies"
.
The Straits Times
. 24 May 1980. pp.
Page 8.
↑
"P. Govindasamy Pillai"
.
NLB
. Retrieved
29 October
2019
.
↑
"Philip Hoalim Senior"
.
SEALionPLUS
. Retrieved
26 December
2024
.
↑
"120 Deaths"
.
The Straits Times
. 26 July 1980. pp.
Page 31.
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