Year 1963
Singapore took delivery of its first F-16
Saturday, 20th February 1988
The machines were delivered to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, where the RSAF trains its new F-16 pilots. Singapore also leased nine F-16A's previously used by the Thunderbirds flight demonstration team from 1993 to 1996, for training. The new F16 was purchased under Peace Carvin I signed in 1985.
Asian Aerospace '88
Wednesday, 27th January 1988
The Fourth Asian Aerospace '88 (AA88) Exhibition & Conference was opened by Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong. The show is located at the new permanent site at Changi Point near the air cargo complex, which covered 75,000m2. It was completed in July 1987 at a cost of $12 million. Air displays will be allowed to take place over the sea. The Airshow started on 27 January and ended on 31 January 1988.
CTE Second Phase Commenced
Monday, 25th January 1988
The constructioned of the second phase of CTE or Central Expressway commenced. Of the 3.7 kilometres stretching from Bukit Timah to Chin Swee Road, only 1.3 kilometres was above ground. With its two underground tunnelways, it was touted as the most costly and complicated road project to date.
MRT First Station Opened
Saturday, 7th November 1987
Singapore’s first Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) trains commenced operation for the first MRT section, running between five stations from Toa Payoh to Yio Chu Kang.
Black Tuesday
Tuesday, 20th October 1987
The Singapore's Straits Time Index plunged 25 percent in a day. It was triggered by the "Black Monday" in the United States , the popular name for Monday, October 19, 1987, the most spectacular of global stock market crashes to date. The significance of Black Monday, when the Dow Jones fell by 22.6 percent. It triggered a global event, starting in Hong Kong by the end of the month markets had declined by 45 percent in Hong Kong. The most interesting thing about Black Monday, however, is that it was not predicted, and has yet to be explained satisfactorily. Not that there is any shortage of suggested causes. Some attribute the crash to automated programme trading, derivative trades, and portfolio insurance, others to recession fears, others still to overvaluation of stocks.
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Opened
Friday, 2nd October 1987
The Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, IMCB, in National University of Singapore was officially opened. IMCB later became an autonomous research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). Its mission is to develop and foster a vibrant research culture for cutting-edge basic biomedical sciences and for training high quality PhD students for the flourishing biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in Singapore.
Clean Rivers Education Programme Launched
Thursday, 1st October 1987
The government launched the Clean Rivers Education Programme in order to educate the public on the massive efforts taken to clean up Singapore's waterways. It aimed to increase awareness on the need for clean waterways for environmental protection and a better quality of life. The programme included video shows entitled 'River Reborn' and 'In the Bag' shown to students. The video shows aim to educate the public, especially school students, that littering and dumping of refuse into drains, canals and rivers will pollute the rivers.
New One Dollar Coin Issued
Monday, 28th September 1987
Inscribed "REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE" and the lion symbol on its round edge. The front Coat of Arms of "Singapore" in 4 official languages and back it shows the value plus image of Lochnera rosea has with an inset of an octagon (shape of the Chinese Ba Gua). It is made of aluminium bronze and weigh 6.3 grams. It replaces the original One Dollar Coin that was issued in 12 June 1967.
Marxist Plot More Detained
Monday, 20th July 1987
The three detained today are Chew Kheng Chuan, a 29-year-old 1982 graduate of Harvard University who owns a typesetting business in Singapore; Tang Fong Har, a lawyer, and Chng Suan Tse, president of an experimental drama group. Officals say the arrests are largely pre-emptive. On television, the three were asked to explain how they became involved in what officials describe as a London-based Communist plot to subvert Singaporean organizations engaged in social action. They portrayed themselves as well-meaning people who dabbled in reading and talking about social change and who might, in retrospect, have been used by political hard-liners. While on a junior-year-abroad program at the London School of Economics, Mr. Chew was associated with Tan Wah Piow, an exiled Singaporean whom the Government accuses of being the mastermind of the plot. Mr. Tan denies the subversion charges.
Merdeka Lions On-The-Move
Monday, 15th June 1987
The two stone lions aka Merdeka Lions at Kallang Park their home for the past 21 years was moved to its temporary home in Pasir Laba Camp in Jurong.
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