1980 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 1980 in Singapore.
Incumbents
- 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 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).
- Radio Television Singapore Television (RTS Television) officially closing broadcast and transmission took place as very final and last programme or ceasing program were:
- 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]
February
- 1 February
- 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 Chinese Service 95.8FM and SBC Radio Tamil and Chinese Service 96.8FM (officially opening broadcast at 6:00am SGT).
- SBC Television officially opening broadcast and transmission took place as very first programme or launching program were:
May
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
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (31 January 1980). "FAREWELL RADIO TELEVISION SINGAPORE". The Straits Times. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (31 January 1980). "FAREWELL RADIO TELEVISION SINGAPORE". The Business Times. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (31 January 1980). "SELAMAT TINGGAL RADIO TELEVISYEN SINGAPURA". Berita Harian. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (31 January 1980). "ஃபேர்வெல் ரேடியோ தொலைக்காட்சி சிங்கப்பூர்". Tamil Murasu. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "THIS IS SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "THIS IS SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION". The Straits Times. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "THIS IS SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION". The Business Times. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "INILAH PERBADANAN PENYIARAN SINGAPURA". Berita Harian. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "这里是新加坡广播局". Nanyang Siang Pau. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "这里是新加坡广播局". Sin Chew Jit Poh. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Lim Ann Qi, Angela (1 February 1980). "இதுதான் சிங்கப்பூர் ஒலிபரப்புக் கழகம". Tamil Murasu. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "P. Govindasamy Pillai". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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