I think that's what led to an inaccuracy  1987 saw the Mass Rapid Transit in Singapore open. [...] The country made news again by having the world's first automated heavy rail system.
In 1983 opened the Lille metro, whitch is fully automated and can have been "light rail" labeled because of its name: véhicule automatique léger (light automated vehicle).
Unless there's a mistake for 1987, Lille is the city that got the first automated metro system.