1 January –
Edusave is launched to provide all Singaporeans with quality education. The scheme also institutes awards for academic and non-academic achievements.[1]
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]
The very final and last Malay prorgamme to air on
SBC 5 was the Indonesian film Ketika Senyumanmu Hadir.
News in Malay also aired its very final and last edition for this channel beforehand before moving to
SBC 12 due to
Malay programmes was officially moved from
SBC 5 to
SBC 12 which officially renamed as "Berita 12" was formally premiered on
SBC 12 on the same night now extended from 20 to 30 minutes and new aired, new schedule, new clock and new time became daily from 7:30pm to 8:00pm
SGT while News in English aired its very final and last edition before becoming a full-fledged
Singlish channel on tonight and the next day farewell from News in English to officially launched new split into two new
Englishtelevision news bulletin programmes includes:[25]
"
News 5 at Seven (now Asia Tonight)" officially formal opening took place as Singapore's very first main
flagship evening news programme officially opened on New Year's Day 1994 new aired, new schedule, new clock and new time became daily from 7:00pm to 7:30pm
SGT.
PanasonicCountdown New Year (Countdown 94): Hi! 5 is an annual multi-tiered event held every
New Year's Eve celebrations in
Singapore are centered in
Raffles Hotel and
Changi Airport its main events are pyrotechnic displays. It was officially launched by
President of SingaporeOng Teng Cheong including from the midnight countdown new year to midnight firework new year both of which are terrestrial telecast nationally free-to-air on
SBC 5 marked very final and last time farewell the end from 11:15pm to 12:30am
SGT lasting 75-minutes and sponsored by
Panasonic,
Grand Seiko (
Seiko) and
Lexus (
Toyota) and officially introduced and launched new name or new look as Channel 5 (新视第五波道) with officially introduced and launching new logo and slogan "Where It All Happens!" marked officially introduced and launched new name, logo and slogan for a new look for Channel 5 opening at stroke of midnight
SGT after countdown new year and happy new year and became the first channel in Singapore to become a full-fledged
English-languagechannel.
^Matthew Pereira; Branden Pereira (6 August 1993). "MRT Trains collide at Clementi: 132 hurt". The Straits Times. pp. 1 & 25.
^Tan Lay Yuen (2016).
"First MRT accident". NLB.
Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^
abVeronica Chee, Rajendran Munoo & Gladys Low (15 September 2017).
"Elected presidency".
Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
1 January –
Edusave is launched to provide all Singaporeans with quality education. The scheme also institutes awards for academic and non-academic achievements.[1]
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]
The very final and last Malay prorgamme to air on
SBC 5 was the Indonesian film Ketika Senyumanmu Hadir.
News in Malay also aired its very final and last edition for this channel beforehand before moving to
SBC 12 due to
Malay programmes was officially moved from
SBC 5 to
SBC 12 which officially renamed as "Berita 12" was formally premiered on
SBC 12 on the same night now extended from 20 to 30 minutes and new aired, new schedule, new clock and new time became daily from 7:30pm to 8:00pm
SGT while News in English aired its very final and last edition before becoming a full-fledged
Singlish channel on tonight and the next day farewell from News in English to officially launched new split into two new
Englishtelevision news bulletin programmes includes:[25]
"
News 5 at Seven (now Asia Tonight)" officially formal opening took place as Singapore's very first main
flagship evening news programme officially opened on New Year's Day 1994 new aired, new schedule, new clock and new time became daily from 7:00pm to 7:30pm
SGT.
PanasonicCountdown New Year (Countdown 94): Hi! 5 is an annual multi-tiered event held every
New Year's Eve celebrations in
Singapore are centered in
Raffles Hotel and
Changi Airport its main events are pyrotechnic displays. It was officially launched by
President of SingaporeOng Teng Cheong including from the midnight countdown new year to midnight firework new year both of which are terrestrial telecast nationally free-to-air on
SBC 5 marked very final and last time farewell the end from 11:15pm to 12:30am
SGT lasting 75-minutes and sponsored by
Panasonic,
Grand Seiko (
Seiko) and
Lexus (
Toyota) and officially introduced and launched new name or new look as Channel 5 (新视第五波道) with officially introduced and launching new logo and slogan "Where It All Happens!" marked officially introduced and launched new name, logo and slogan for a new look for Channel 5 opening at stroke of midnight
SGT after countdown new year and happy new year and became the first channel in Singapore to become a full-fledged
English-languagechannel.
^Matthew Pereira; Branden Pereira (6 August 1993). "MRT Trains collide at Clementi: 132 hurt". The Straits Times. pp. 1 & 25.
^Tan Lay Yuen (2016).
"First MRT accident". NLB.
Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^
abVeronica Chee, Rajendran Munoo & Gladys Low (15 September 2017).
"Elected presidency".
Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.