1995 in Singapore

Incumbents

• President: Ong Teng Cheong
• Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong

  Events

February

• 26 February - Britain's oldest merchant bank Barings Bank collapses due to Briton Nick Leeson's trading activities, losing $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange, primarily using futures contracts. He was arrested on 23 November after fleeing Singapore for 272 days. Subsequently, Nick Leeson pleaded guilty to two charges out of three charges of forgery and eight charges of cheating and was sentenced to 6½ years in prison.

  March

• 1 March - The Family Court is established to settle family disputes effectively.
• 4 March - The Kranji Expressway is officially opened.
• 6 March - Good Morning Singapore, a Chinese first flagship weekday breakfast programmes on TCS-8, began airing live on Monday to Friday from 7:00am SST.
• 8 March - Briton John Martin murdered South African Gerard George Lowe in River View Hotel, dismembered his body, and disposed the body parts in the Singapore River. He is found guilty of murder and hanged on 19 April 1996.
• 10 March - TCS Channel 8 begin its trials of 24-hour broadcasts on Friday and Saturday nights with movies and infomercials throughout the early hours. It would went on to broadcast 24 hours a day on a daily basis almost 5 months later in the same year.
• 11 March – CETV Family Channel was opening ceremony by Toni Braxton was accompanied by the Prime Minister of Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad, King of Malaysia's Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan and Sultan of Brunei Darussalam's Hassanal Bolkiah at 19:00 HKT with a "You're Makin' Me High" performance.
• 17 March – Filipina domestic worker Flor Contemplacion is hanged for 4 May 1991 murder of fellow worker Delia Maga and her four-year-old charge, Nicholas Huang.
• 26 March - Walt Disney Television's Satellite Facility is officially opened, making it Disney's first international centre. The facility will broadcast Disney's programmes to Asia.

  April

• 27 April - The ST Teleport is launched for telecommunications and broadcasting purposes.

  May

• 2 May - The first C651 trains are put into operation on the North South and East West lines.
• 17 May - The Chinese Heritage Centre is officially opened in Nanyang Technological University, showcasing Chinese culture and history.

  June

• 2 June – National Day Ceremony song "My People My Home" is unveiled and announced to be used for the 1995 National Day Parade. Since then, it was planned for the NDP to be held at Padang in every five years.
• 23 June - Singapore Cable Vision is officially launched as a cable television provider, providing Singaporeans with more entertainment options. The whole cable system is completed in 1998.
• 24 June - The Ren Ci Hospital is officially opened.
• 26 June - MTV Asia's broadcasting centre is officially opened. It will have production facilities which will broadcast MTV in English and Mandarin, heralding a wave of music television programmes.

  July

• July - Parco Bugis Junction is opened to the public.
• 1 July -
• *CityCab starts operations, formed from the merger of three taxi companies, Singapore Airport Bus Service Ltd, Singapore Bus Service Taxi Pte Ltd and Singapore Commuter Pte Ltd.
• *The West Coast Barter Trade Centre closes due to declining use.
• 3 July - TCS launches its lunchtime news bulletins for both Channels 5 and 8.
• * "News 5 Today", the English language midday and afternoon bulletins aired on Monday to Friday at 12:00 and 15:00 SST. The bulletins lasted 10 minutes each.
• * "Midday News ", the Chinese language midday bulletin aired on Monday to Friday at 13:00 SST. Initially it lasted 15 minutes, but it was extended to half an hour a year later.

  August

• 1 August - The Seletar Satellite Earth Station is officially opened.
• 6 August - The UOB Plaza is officially opened. It joins OUB Centre as Singapore's tallest buildings at 280 metres, until Guoco Tower's completion in 2016, which is 290 metres.
• 20 August - The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme is announced to unlock economic value for residential buildings. On the same day, the Executive Condominium scheme is introduced to meet Singaporeans' aspirations for condominium living, which may be too expensive for some.
• 25 August - SAFTI Military Institute is officially opened in Jurong West.
• 30 August - The Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre is officially opened.
• 31 August - News Brief in Mandarin aired its final edition before becoming a full-fledged Chinese channel the next day while the News in Tamil also aired its final edition for this channel beforehand, before moving to the newly-renamed Prime 12 the next day.

  September

• 1 September -
• *Prime 12 and Premiere 12 are launched after being split from Channel 12. Prime 12 is a Malay, Tamil and multilingual channel showcasing variety show lifestyle, information and entertainment programmes, while Premiere 12 is an English channel showcasing culture, art, documentary, classical music, children and sport programmes. A new arts FM station is proposed too.
• *TCS Channel 8 became an all-Chinese channel on the same day, and became the first channel in Singapore to broadcast 24 hours on a daily basis, after having done so on Friday and Saturday nights since 10 March on the same year. A number of revamps for that channel also took place to coincide the major revamp of the TV12 channels on the same day.
• **News in Mandarin was renamed from 第八新闻 to become "晚间新闻" and thus becoming the flagship nightly bulletin and aired daily at 22:00 SST.
• **The evening news bulletin "Singapore Today " made its debut and filled up the void of the Tamil news bulletin that moved to Prime 12 on the same day, aired daily at 18:30 SST.
• *The Land Transport Authority was launched to develop the land transport system in Singapore.
• *The National Library Board was launched to improve libraries in Singapore.
• *The prefix '9' is added to all mobile numbers.
• *A new six-digit postal code system takes effect, replacing the four-digit system used since 1979.
• 2 September -
• *Prime 12 began shifting and reorganised its news timeslots for both Tamil and Malay bulletins.
• **"Tamil Seithi" began settling down at the 7:30pm slot while "Berita 12" moved to the 8:00pm slot. However, the 8:00pm slot was usually reserved for Malaysian-language main bulletins on RTM TV1 and TV3, and also RTM TV2's English-language news bulletin, "News on Two".
• 5 September -
• *Pacific Internet starts operations as Singapore's second ISP, after acquiring TechNet on 19 June.
• *On the same day, Cyberway Internet is awarded an ISP licence, making it Singapore's third Internet operator.
• 29 September - TCS Channel 5 commenced its full 24-hour broadcasts, becoming the second channel in Singapore to do so.

  October

• 1 October - The Public Utilities Board is reconstituted, resulting in the setting up of Singapore Power.
• 20 October - The National Orchid Garden was opened.

  November

• 2 November - Parliament passed the Maintenance of Parents Act, a private member's bill introduced by Woon Cheong Ming Walter.
• 5 November - The second phase of the Seletar Expressway opened.
• 10 November - Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal is officially opened to enhance ferry links.
• 25 November - Century Square is officially opened.

  December

• December - Jurong Point opens its doors.

  Date unknown

• SAFRA launched Dongli 88.3FM. It was renamed 883JiaFM in March 2007.

  Births

• 16 June - Joseph Schooling, swimmer

Deaths

• 12 December - David Marshall, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore.
• 16 December - Anthony Then, dance pioneer.
• Ang Chwee Chai, pioneer of photography.