Board and the National Stadium Corporation. It aims to encourage a healthy lifestyle through sports. Date unknown Tower 2 of Mandarin Orchard Singapore is opened. The People's Park Centre, People's Park Complex and Golden Mile Complex are completed. The UIC Building is completed, standing for 39 years until its redevelopment as V on Shenton (Five on Shenton) in 2012, a residential tower completed in 2017. UOB Plaza Two is completed as United Overseas Bank's headquarters. The Sentosa Musical Fountain opens alongside the Fountain Gardens in Sentosa. Births 16 July – Ivy Lee, actress. 22 July – Vernetta Lopez, radio presenter, actress. 24 August – Mike Kasem, radio presenter. Justin Dominic Misson, actor and moderator. Deaths 12 July – Ong Poh Heng, off-duty police officer, 28. Ong stopped to intervene in an argument between a bus driver and a gunman along Still Road. The gunman shot him twice, killing him instantly. 2 September – Mohammed Sanusi Bin Siraj, police officer, killed by a runaway vehicle at the Paya Lebar Police Station. References Singapore Years in Singapore