Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health. 20 September – Ivan Heng, Stage actor, director, founder of W!LD RICE. Koh Buck Song – Writer, journalist. Heng Siok Tian – Art educator. Yang Lina - Actress (d. 2010). Deaths 14 February – Lim Hak Tai – Pioneer artist, art educator (b. 1893). 18 August – Carl Alexander Gibson-Hill – Last British director of Raffles Museum (present day National Museum of Singapore) (b. 1911). Haji Ambo Sooloh – Businessman of Bugis descent (b. 1891). References Singapore Years in Singapore