1993 in Singapore

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The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Singapore.

Incumbents

• President: Wee Kim Wee (until 1 September), Ong Teng Cheong (starting 1 September)
• Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong

Events

January

• 1 January – Edusave is launched to provide all Singaporeans with quality education. The scheme also institutes awards for academic and non-academic achievements. ^[1]

February

• 11 February – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat is set up in Singapore.
• 20 February –
  • NTUC Comfort announced that it will corporatise to help in its expansion plans. ^[2] The plan went through, which resulted in the formation of Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd later in June. ^[3]
  • The Senoko Incineration Plant is officially opened, making it the third incineration plant in Singapore. ^[4]
• 21 February – The World of Aquarium closes due to bad business, less than two years after it reopened. ^[5] The building reopens as the Fort Canning Aquarium after a few months. ^[6]

March

• 6 March – St Luke's Hospital starts construction in Bukit Batok, sparking opposition from residents which is eventually solved. ^[7]

April

• 1 April – Medifund is set up to provide for medical treatment when Medisave and Medishield are not able to completely cover medical costs. ^[8]
• 29 April – The first meeting between Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and Straits Exchange Foundation. ^[9]

May

• May – Shaw House (Lido) is opened to the public. ^[10]

June

• 8 June – Gardenia's new bakery is officially opened. ^[11]
• 12–20 June – Singapore hosts the 17th Southeast Asian Games. It clinched fourth place with a total of 164 medals. ^[12]

August

• 1 August – The National Heritage Board is formed to manage museums and encourage a vibrant cultural and heritage scene. ^[13]
• 5 August – An MRT collision takes place at Clementi station during the morning rush hour, resulting in 156 injuries. ^{[14] [15]}
• 28 August – Ong Teng Cheong wins the first-ever presidential election by 952,513 votes, with Chua Kim Yeow getting 670,358 votes. ^{[16] [17]}

September

• 1 September – Ong Teng Cheong is sworn in as the first elected president. ^{[16] [17]}
• 21 September – Ngee Ann City is officially opened. ^[18]

October

• 3 October – The Great Singapore Workout is launched as part of the National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign, encouraging people to live healthily. ^[19]
• 30 October – The Institute of Mental Health (then called Woodbridge Hospital) is officially opened in Hougang. ^[20]

November

• 1 November – SingTel is listed on the then Stock Exchange of Singapore (present day Singapore Exchange) after an IPO in October. ^[21]
• 9 November – The Special Tactics and Rescue Unit of the Singapore Police Force is commissioned. ^[22]
• 10 November – The Fire Safety Act is passed to ensure safety of buildings in the event of fires. ^[23]
• 27 November – Junction 8 is opened to the public.

December

• 5 December – The Jurong section of the Pan Island Expressway opened to traffic.
• 17 December – The Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital (present-day Ang Mo Kio - Thye Hua Kwan Hospital) is officially opened. The hospital works with General Practitioners, which will mainly serve the elderly living in the area. ^[24]

Date unknown

• The National Cancer Centre Singapore starts operations.
• Chinatown Point and Wheelock Place are opened.
• 261 O-Level papers are lost in transit. ^[25]

Births

• 8 January – Amanda Lim, national swimmer.
• 22 January – Zhang Zetong, Mediacorp actor
• 12 February – Khaw Xinlin, influencer and actress
• 27 March – Benjamin Tan, Mediacorp actor
• 14 June – JianHao Tan, Singaporean Youtuber
• 16 June – Richie Koh, Mediacorp actor and Best Actor winner in Star Awards 2023
• 24 September – Narelle Kheng, The Sam Willows member.
• 11 October – Tasha Low, ex-Skarf member turned Singaporean actress
• 4 November - Noah Yap, actor.
• 10 November – Raeesah Khan, former politician.
• 17 November – Ayden Sng, Mediacorp actor
• 11 December – Boon Hui Lu, singer.

Deaths

• 11 January – John Le Cain, first Asian as Singapore Police Force commissioner (b. 1912). ^[26]
• 15 March – Georgette Chen, painter (b. 1906). ^[27]
• 3 June – Yeoh Ghim Seng, Speaker of Parliament (b. 1918). ^[28]
• 5 August – Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State (Education) (b. 1940). ^[29]
• 1 December – John Chia Keng Hock, former footballer (b. 1913). ^[30]

References

1. "Edusave". NLB. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
2. "NTUC Comfort to corporatise to help expansion (page 1)". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 21 February 1993. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
3. "Milestones". ComfortDelGro Taxi. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
4. "Official opening of Senoko Incineration Plant" (PDF). NAS. 20 February 1993. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
5. "Bad business forces aquarium to close". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 9 February 1993. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
6. "Van Kleef Aquarium". NLB. 14 May 1991. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
7. "Bukit Batok to have Hospital for the Elderly". The Straits Times. 7 March 1993.
8. "Medisave". NLB. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
9. "Backgrounder: Milestones in cross-Straits relations over 30 years". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
10. "Shaw House (Lido)". NLB. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
11. "Official Opening of Gardenia's new bakery" (PDF). NAS. 8 June 1993. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
12. "Singapore hosts the 17th SEA Games". HistorySG. 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020– via NLB.
13. Tan Lay Yuen (20 July 2017). "National Heritage Board". NLB. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
14. Matthew Pereira; Branden Pereira (6 August 1993). "MRT Trains collide at Clementi: 132 hurt". The Straits Times. pp. 1 & 25.
15. Tan Lay Yuen (2016). "First MRT accident". NLB. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
16. Veronica Chee, Rajendran Munoo & Gladys Low (15 September 2017). "Elected presidency". Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
17. "Ong Teng Cheong is the first elected president of Singapore". HistorySG. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
18. "Ngee Ann City". 21 September 1993. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
19. "The Great Singapore Workout is launched". NLB. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
20. "Opening of the new Woodbridge Hospital" (PDF). 30 October 1993. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
21. "Singapore Telecom goes public". NLB. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
22. "Commissioning of the Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) Unit at the Police Training Camp" (PDF). NAS. 9 November 1993. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
23. "Fire Safety Act". AGC. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
24. "Opening of Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital" (PDF). 17 December 1993. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
25. "A-Level Chemistry exam papers stolen, 238 students from 4 JCs affected". CNA. 23 February 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
26. "John Le Cain". NLB. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
27. "Georgette Chen". NLB. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
28. Wang, Hui Ling (4 June 1993). "Former Speaker Dr Yeoh dies of lung cancer at 74". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
29. "Tay Eng Soon". NLB. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
30. "John Chia Keng Hock". NLB. 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2019.