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 closing broadcasting and transmission ceremony took place on very final and last day/night of very first month of this year (31 January 1980) at 11:59:59pm SGT were: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
    • Radio Television Singapore Television (RTS Television) officially closing 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 closing telecast on 31 January 1980 at 11:50pm SGT).
      • RTS Channel 8 or Singapore 8: Tamil Cinema — "Naan Vanangum Deivam (Part 1)" (dubbed in Tamil) (officially closing telecast on 31 January 1980 at 11:15pm SGT).
    • Radio Television Singapore Radio (RTS Radio) officially closing broadcast and transmission took place were:
      • Radio Singapore FM Stereo 92.4FM (officially closing broadcast at 10:59pm SGT)
      • 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 closing broadcast at 11:59pm SGT).

February

• 1 February
  • Radio Television Singapore (RTS) was officially renamed as Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) was officially formal full launched took place into conglomerated media with conglomerate operated on two free-to-air terrestrial television channels by SBC 5 and SBC 8 and operated on five radio channels by SBC Radio English Service 90.5FM, SBC Radio FM Stereo 92.4FM, SBC Radio Malay Service 94.2FM, SBC Radio Chinese Service 95.8FM and SBC Radio Tamil and Chinese Service 96.8FM. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}
    • RTS Channel 5 and RTS Channel 8 was officially new launched to new name or renamed becomes SBC 5 (新广第五波道) and SBC 8 (新广第八波道) .
    • Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) officially opening broadcasting and transmission ceremony took place on 1 February 1980 were:
      • SBC Television officially opening broadcast and transmission took place as very first programme or launching program were:
        • SBC 5 (新广第五波道): Housewives Matinee (officially opening telecast at 3:00pm SGT).
        • SBC 8 (新广第八波道): The Mighty Hercules (officially opening telecast at 6:00pm SGT).
      • SBC Radio officially opening broadcast and transmission took place were:
        • SBC Radio Malay Service 94.2FM (officially opening broadcast at 4:45am SGT).
        • SBC Radio English Service 90.5FM, SBC Radio FM Stereo 92.4FM, SBC Radio Chinese Service 95.8FM and SBC Radio Tamil and Chinese Service 96.8FM (officially opening broadcast at 6:00am SGT).

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

• 8 August – Chua Jim Neo, cookbook author and mother of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1907).
• P. Govindasamy Pillai, businessman (b. 1887). ^[19]

References

1. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (31 January 1980). "FAREWELL RADIO TELEVISION SINGAPORE". The Straits Times . Retrieved 31 January 2023.
2. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (31 January 1980). "FAREWELL RADIO TELEVISION SINGAPORE". The Business Times . Retrieved 31 January 2023.
3. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (31 January 1980). "SELAMAT TINGGAL RADIO TELEVISYEN SINGAPURA". Berita Harian . Retrieved 31 January 2023.
4. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (31 January 1980). "告别新加坡广播电视台 (告别新加坡广播电视)". Nanyang Siang Pau . Retrieved 31 January 2023.
5. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (31 January 1980). "告别新加坡广播电视台 (告别新加坡广播电视)". Sin Chew Jit Poh . Retrieved 31 January 2023.
6. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (31 January 1980). "ஃபேர்வெல் ரேடியோ தொலைக்காட்சி சிங்கப்பூர்". Tamil Murasu . Retrieved 31 January 2023.
7. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "THIS IS SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
8. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "THIS IS SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION". The Straits Times . Retrieved 1 February 2023.
9. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "THIS IS SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION". The Business Times . Retrieved 1 February 2023.
10. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "INILAH PERBADANAN PENYIARAN SINGAPURA". Berita Harian . Retrieved 1 February 2023.
11. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "这里是新加坡广播局". Nanyang Siang Pau . Retrieved 1 February 2023.
12. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "这里是新加坡广播局". Sin Chew Jit Poh . Retrieved 1 February 2023.
13. Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "இதுதான் சிங்கப்பூர் ஒலிபரப்புக் கழகம". Tamil Murasu . Retrieved 1 February 2023.
14. "Singapore Democratic Party is formed". NLB. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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. "P. Govindasamy Pillai". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.