← 1979 1978 1977 1980 in Singapore → 1981 1982 1983
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1980 Timeline of Singaporean history

The following lists events that happened during 1980 in Singapore.

Contents

• Incumbents
• Events
• February
• May
• August
• December
• Births
• Deaths
• References

Incumbents

• President: Benjamin Henry Sheares
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

Events

Births

• 28 January – Hady Mirza, singer, winner of Singapore Idol (Season 2).
• 20 June – Alvin Tan, politician.
• 25 November – Ng Yi Sheng, writer. ^[6]
• 17 December – Stella Huang, former singer.
• 23 December – Elvin Ng, actor.

Deaths

• 22 May – Wong Foo Nam, architect and former Malayan Chinese Association legislative assemblyman for Pasir Panjang Constituency (b. 1909). ^[7]
• 21 July – P. Govindasamy Pillai, businessman (b. 1887). ^{[8] [9]}
• 24 July – Philip Hoalim Senior, co-founder and former Chairman of the Malayan Democratic Union (b. 1895). ^{[10] [11]}
• 28 July – Claude Henry da Silva, former Member of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements and the Municipal Commission of Singapore and Eurasian community leader (b. 1891). ^[12]
• 8 August – Chua Jim Neo, cookbook author and mother of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1907).
• 22 September – Wu Weiruo, one of the three Great Singaporean Chinese calligraphers (b. 1900). ^{[13] [14]}

References