worst in Singapore's history. December 15 December - OCBC acquires Four Seas Communications Bank. SATS Ltd is established as a separate company from Singapore Airlines to manage ground operations and inflight catering services. Date unknown The OG building is officially opened. Three Rifles Holdings is founded, becoming a company selling clothes. Specialists' Shopping Centre is opened in Orchard Road. It has since been demolished. The first Guardian store is opened by Cold Storage. Shaw Centre is opened. Births 22 February – Dasmond Koh, actor. 26 April – Diana Ser, journalist, media personality. 15 September – Kit Chan, singer. 30 September – Darren Lim, actor. 6 November – Janil Puthucheary, politician. 18 December – Lawrence Wong, Minister for Finance. Alvin Pang - Singaporean poet. Deaths 4 April – Lionel Chan - racing driver, 28 (injuries sustained in a crash during the Singapore Grand Prix) 5 May – Chen Su Lan - one of Singapore's first local medical graduates, philanthropist, social reformer (b. 1885). 5 September – Bashir Ahmad Mallal - founder of Malayan Law Journal (b. 1898). References Singapore Years in Singapore