1985 in Singapore

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1985
in
Singapore

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1985 in Singapore.

Incumbents

Events

January

  • January - Funan Centre opens to the public. It evolved to Funan The IT Mall, and finally Funan DigitaLife Mall, closing its doors on 30 June 2016.

February

April

  • 2 April - The NTUC Pasir Ris Resort starts construction. When completed, the resort will have a wide array of recreational activities, supporting up to 1,400 people at any time. The resort is officially opened in 1988.[2]
  • 15 April - The Feedback Unit is formed to allow people to feedback their concerns to the Government. It has since been replaced by REACH in 2006.[3]

May

June

August

December

  • 2 December - The Second Series Coins are launched, with the 5-cent, 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins the first to be issued.[7]

Date unknown

  • Singapore slips into its first recession during that time, as well as the Pan Electric crisis.
  • Shop N Save starts operations as a supermarket.[8]
  • Sheng Siong starts operations as a supermarket, taking over from the Savewell supermarket chain, which closed down the following year due to financial problems.[9]

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "ABOUT THE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNALS". State Courts of Singapore. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Pasir Ris Resort for workers" (PDF). NAS. 2 April 1985. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Feedback Unit is formed". NLB. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  4. ^ Tai, Janice (20 May 2018). "Last HIV candlelight memorial at CDC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. ^ "National University Hospital". NLB. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Dr Wee Kim Wee". Istana Singapore. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Circulation Currency: Coins". MAS. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  8. ^ Lim, Jessica (3 April 2013). "Shop N Save outlets rebranded as Giant stores". Asiaone. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Sheng Siong". NLB. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Runme Shaw". NLB. Retrieved 7 August 2019.




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