1980 in Singapore

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The following lists events that happened during 1980 in Singapore.

Incumbents

• President: Benjamin Henry Sheares
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

Events

January

• 31 January
  • Radio Television Singapore (RTS) officially farewell and closing night, and late-night broadcasting and transmission ceremony took place on very final and last day/night of the first month of this year (31 January 1980) at 11:59:59pm Singapore Time were and the next day, Radio Television Singapore (RTS) was officially introduced grand launching new name, new logo, new programme, new transmission, new power and new broadcast took place into Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) was officially formal full launched took place on 1 February 1980: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
    • Radio Television Singapore Television (RTS Television) officially farewell and closing night, and late-night broadcast and transmission took place as very final and last programme or ceasing program were:
      • RTS Channel 5 or Singapore 5: Friday Feature Special — "The Naked Runner" (dubbed in British English/English and subtitle in Singdarin/Singnese) (officially farewell and closing on 31 January 1980 at 11:49:59pm Singapore Time) and Tomorrow/Next Day, RTS Channel 5 was officially new launched to new name or renamed becomes SBC 5 (新广第五波道) was officially opening on 1 February 1980 at 3:00:00pm Singapore Time.
      • RTS Channel 8 or Singapore 8: Tamil Cinema — "Naan Vanangum Deivam (Part 1)" (dubbed in Tamil) (officially farewell and closing on 31 January 1980 at 11:14:59pm Singapore Time) and Tomorrow/Next Day, RTS Channel 5 was officially new launched to new name or renamed becomes SBC 8 (新广第八波道) was officially opening took place on 1 February 1980 at 6:00:00pm Singapore Time.
    • Radio Television Singapore Radio (RTS Radio) officially farewell and closing night and late-night broadcast and transmission took place were:
      • Radio Singapore FM Stereo 92.4FM (officially farewell and closing night, and late-night broadcast at 10:59:59pm Singapore Time)
      • Radio Singapore English Service 90.5FM, Radio Singapore Chinese Service 95.8FM, Radio Singapore Malay Service 94.2FM and Radio Singapore Tamil and Chinese Service 96.8FM (officially farewell and closing night, and late-night broadcast at 11:59:59pm Singapore Time).

February

• 1 February
  • At stroke of fajr dawn 4:45:00am Singapore Time, Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) officially and formally formal full grand opening, inauguration, structuring, organised, and launching fajr dawn ceremony took place into conglomerated media with conglomerate operated and managed on two free-to-air terrestrial television channels, and operated on five radio channels: ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}
    • SBC 5 (or SBC Channel 5) (新广第五波道) on Channel 5 VHF with a frequency 175.25 MHz broadcasts general entertainment and news programming in Singaporean Standard English (or Singaporean English), Singaporean Colloquial English (or Singlish), and Singaporean Malays.
    • SBC 8 (or SBC Channel 8) (新广第八波道) on Channel 8 VHF with a frequency 196.25 MHz broadcasts general entertainment and news programming in Singapore Mandarin/Standard Singaporean Mandarin/Colloquial Singaporean Mandarin (or Singdarin), and Tamil Singaporeans.
    • SBC Radio English Service 630 kHz, and 90.5 MHz FM (6 kW) : Full service format radio station broadcasting in Singaporean Standard English (or Singaporean English), and Singaporean Colloquial English (or Singlish).
    • SBC Radio Malay Service 990 kHz, and 94.2 MHz FM (10 kW) : Full service format radio station broadcasting in Singaporean Malays including music, news, and religious programming.
    • SBC Radio Chinese Service 675 kHz, and 95.8 MHz FM (10 kW) : Full service format radio station broadcasting in Singapore Mandarin/Standard Singaporean Mandarin/Colloquial Singaporean Mandarin (or Singdarin).
    • SBC Radio Tamil and Chinese Service 1368 kHz, and 96.8 MHz FM (10 kW) : Full service format radio station broadcasting in Tamil Singaporeans and Singapore Mandarin/Standard Singaporean Mandarin/Colloquial Singaporean Mandarin (or Singdarin).
    • SBC Radio FM Stereo 792 kHz, and 92.4 MHz FM (10 kW) : The first radio station to broadcast in FM Stereo in Singapore, featuring classical and easy listening music, light and pop music, middle-of-the-road, country and western, easy pops and light jazz. Broadcasts in Singaporean Standard English (or Singaporean English), Singaporean Colloquial English (or Singlish), and Singapore Mandarin/Standard Singaporean Mandarin/Colloquial Singaporean Mandarin (or Singdarin). First introduced as FM Stereo in Singapore on 18 July 1969.
  • Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) officially and formally formal full grand opening, inauguration, structuring, organised, and launching fajr dawn ceremony on Friday Fajr Dawn, First Day of February 1980 at stroke of fajr dawn 4:45:00am Singapore Time were:
    • SBC Television officially and formally formal full grand opening, inauguration, structuring, organised, and launching afternoon telecast transmission ceremony as the very first telecast programme or launching telecast program on Friday Afternoon, First Day of February 1980 at stroke of afternoon 3:00:00pm Singapore Time were:
      • SBC 5 (or SBC Channel 5) (新广第五波道) on Channel 5 VHF with a frequency 175.25 MHz : "Housewives Matinee" (officially and formally formal full grand opening, inauguration, structuring, organised, and launching afternoon telecast transmission ceremony took place at stroke of afternoon 3:00:00pm Singapore Time).
      • SBC 8 (or SBC Channel 8) (新广第八波道) on Channel 8 VHF with a frequency 196.25 MHz : " The Mighty Hercules " (officially and formally formal full grand opening, inauguration, structuring, organised, and launching evening telecast transmission ceremony took place at stroke of evening 6:00:00pm Singapore Time).
    • SBC Radio officially and formally formal full grand opening, inauguration, structuring, organised, and launching fajr dawn broadcast and transmission ceremony took place on Friday Fajr Dawn, First Day of February 1980 at stroke of fajr dawn 4:45:00am Singapore Time were:
      • SBC Radio Malay Service 990 kHz, and 94.2 MHz FM (10 kW) (officially and formally formal full grand opening, inauguration, structuring, organised, and launching fajr dawn broadcast and transmission ceremony took place at stroke of fajr dawn 4:45:00am Singapore Time).
      • SBC Radio English Service 630 kHz, and 90.5 MHz FM (6 kW) (officially and formally formal full grand opening, inauguration, structuring, organised, and launching morning breakfast broadcast and transmission ceremony took place at stroke of morning breakfast 6:00:00am Singapore Time).
      • SBC Radio FM Stereo 792 kHz, and 92.4 MHz FM (10 kW) (officially and formally formal full grand opening, inauguration, structuring, organised, and launching morning breakfast broadcast and transmission ceremony took place at stroke of morning breakfast 6:00:00am Singapore Time).
      • SBC Radio Chinese Service 675 kHz, and 95.8 MHz FM (10 kW) (officially and formally formal full grand opening, inauguration, structuring, organised, and launching morning breakfast broadcast and transmission ceremony took place at stroke of morning breakfast 6:00:00am Singapore Time).
      • SBC Radio Tamil and Chinese Service 1368 kHz, and 96.8 MHz FM (10 kW) (officially and formally formal full grand opening, inauguration, structuring, organised, and launching morning breakfast broadcast and transmission ceremony took place at stroke of morning breakfast 6:00:00am Singapore Time).

May

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

August

• 6 August – The Singapore Democratic Party is formed. ^[14]
• 8 August – The National University of Singapore is formed from a merger between then University of Singapore and Nanyang University. ^[15]

December

• 17 December – A new ferry terminal will be built in Sentosa, which will be finished by September 1981. ^[16]
• 23 December – The PAP wins all 75 seats in the 1980 General Election. ^[17]

Births

• 28 January – Hady Mirza, singer, winner of Singapore Idol (Season 2).
• 20 June – Alvin Tan, politician.
• 25 November – Ng Yi Sheng, writer. ^[18]
• 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). ^[19]
• 21 July – P. Govindasamy Pillai, businessman (b. 1887). ^[20]
• 24 July – Philip Hoalim Sr, chairman and co-founder of the Malayan Democratic Union (b. 1895). ^{[21] [22]}
• 8 August – Chua Jim Neo, cookbook author and mother of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1907).

References

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15. "National University of Singapore is established". NLB. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
16. "New ferry terminal to be built on Sentosa". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 17 December 1980. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
17. "1980 Parliamentary General Election". NLB. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
18. "Ng Yi-Sheng". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
19. "Ex-member of assembly dies". The Straits Times. 24 May 1980. pp. Page 8.
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21. "Philip Hoalim Senior". SEALionPLUS. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
22. "120 Deaths". The Straits Times. 26 July 1980. pp. Page 31.