1991 in Singapore

Incumbents

• President: Wee Kim Wee
• Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong

  Events

January

• 2 January - New machine-readable passports are issued.
• 11 January - The National Science and Technology Board is formed to enhance R&D activities in Singapore.
• 15 January - The five Shared Values of Singapore are adopted.

  February

• 23 February - Civics and moral education is introduced, replacing religious knowledge lessons in schools.

  March

• 2 March - The National Trades Union Congress launches two radio stations, NTUC Heart Radio 91.3 and NTUC Heart Radio 100.3.
• 16 March - The New Horizon Centre is officially opened, making it the first day care centre to look after those with dementia.
• 26 March - Four Pakistanis hijack Singapore Airlines Flight 117 and demand the release of Pakistan Peoples Party members from Pakistani jails.
• 27 March - Members of the Singapore Special Operations Force storm into Singapore Airlines Flight 117, killing all hijackers and freeing all passengers and crew members.

  May

• 4 May - Filipina domestic worker Delia Maga and her 4-year-old charge, Nicholas Huang are found murdered in their flat. Flor Contemplacion was subsequently tried for the murders and found guilty.
• 13 May - Underwater World opens its doors.
• 31 May - The Van Kleef Aquarium closes after falling visitorship.

  June

• 3 June - The first National Registration Identity Card replacement exercise takes place in MacPherson Community Club in a programme spanning three years. The programme replaces the existing laminated NRICs to credit-card sized ones with features for higher security. It will also indicate blood types for use in emergencies.
• 6 June - The Civil Defence Academy starts construction. When completed in 1995, the S$63 million complex spanning nine-hectres will train Singapore Civil Defence Force officers, as well as offer computer simulations.
• 29 June - IMM opens its doors.

  July

• 1 July -
• *Nanyang Technological University is formed as Singapore's second university, previously known as the Nanyang Technological Institute.
• *The National Institute of Education is formed from the merger of Institute of Education and the College of Physical Education. The institution is now part of NTU.

  August

• 1 August - The Singapore International Foundation is formed to help in diplomacy.
• 2 August - Two areas in Singapore, namely the Central and Changi areas are gazetted as Tree Conservation Areas.
• 31 August - In the 1991 General Election, the People's Action Party team led by Goh Chok Tong won 77 out of 81 seats with a vote share of 61.0%; then the lowest vote share since surpassed by the 2011 General Election; which had 60.1%. The opposition won the remaining four, in which three seats went to the Singapore Democratic Party and one seat to the Workers' Party.

  September

• 21 September - The second phase of the Central Expressway opens.

  October

• 4 October - The Van Kleef Aquarium reopens as the World of Aquarium.
• 15 October - The National Arts Council is formed to spearhead the development of the arts in Singapore.
• 16 October - PolyView is launched to enhance education and IT services. This comes after the release of the IT2000 masterplan a few weeks earlier.

  November

• 24 November - The Keppel-Brani causeway is officially opened, making it the first road link between Singapore and an island.

  Births

• 28 January - Sufi Rashid - Singaporean singer.
• 16 February - Aliff Aziz - Singaporean singer and actor
• 15 March - Atikah Suhaime - Singaporean actress.
• 21 June - Sachin Mylavarapu, Singaporean cricketer
• 26 July - Nathan Hartono, Singaporean singer and runner-up of Sing! China.

  Deaths

• 25 January - Ismail Marjan - Badminton player, 70
• 17 March - Li Rulin - Chinese literary pioneer.
• 17 December - Chen Wen Hsi - Singapore's pioneer artist.