Television Corporation of Singapore Channel 5 from 11:00pm to 12:15am SST, lasting 75-minutes and sponsored by Panasonic, Seiko and Toyota. Date unknown The Singapore Heart Centre starts operations. Births 1 January – Carrie Wong, actress. 1 October - Linying, the singer for NDP 2021 theme song 'The Road Ahead'. 5 November – Timothee Yap, national sprinter. 13 November – Andrew Tang, racing driver. Deaths 24 January – F. A. Chua – Supreme Court Judge (b. 1913). 11 February – Gog Sing Hooi – Pioneer watercolour painter (b. 1933). 24 August – Ee Peng Liang – Businessman and philanthropist (b. 1913). 8 November – Kwek Hong Png – Founder of Hong Leong Group (b. 1913). 10 December – Jamit Singh – Trade unionist (b. 1929). References Singapore Years in Singapore