# 1991 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 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

* 1 June – Changi Airport Terminal 2 is officially opened.
* 3 June – The first National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) 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-hectares 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 (NTU) is formed as Singapore's second university, previously known as the Nanyang Technological Institute.
** The National Institute of Education (NIE) is formed from the merger of Institute of Education (IE) and the College of Physical Education (CPE). 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 (including 41 uncontested 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 (season 1).
* Jerrold Yam, Singaporean poet and lawyer.

## Deaths

* 25 January – Ismail Marjan - Badminton player, 70
* 17 March – Li Rulin - Chinese literary pioneer (b. 1914).
* 17 December – Chen Wen Hsi - Singapore's pioneer artist (b. 1906).