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1993 in Singapore

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1993
in
Singapore

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The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Singapore.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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  • 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

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  • 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

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April

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May

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June

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  • 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

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September

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October

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  • 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

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December

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December

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Date unknown

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  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. ^ a b Veronica Chee, Rajendran Munoo & Gladys Low (15 September 2017). "Elected presidency". Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  17. ^ a b "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. ^ "CHANNEL 5 OFFICIALLY NEW LOOK". The Straits Times. 1 January 1994. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  26. ^ "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.
  27. ^ "John Le Cain". NLB. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  28. ^ "Georgette Chen". NLB. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  29. ^ 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.
  30. ^ "Tay Eng Soon". NLB. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  31. ^ "John Chia Keng Hock". NLB. 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2019.