The following lists events that happened during 1995 in Singapore. Incumbents President: Ong Teng Cheong Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong Events February 26 February – Britain's oldest merchant bank Barings Bank collapses due to Briton Nick Leeson's trading activities, losing $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange, primarily using futures contracts. He was arrested on 23 November after fleeing Singapore for 272 days. Subsequently, Nick Leeson pleaded guilty to two charges out of three charges of forgery and eight charges of cheating and was sentenced to 6½ years in prison. March 1 March – The Family Court is established to settle family disputes effectively. 4 March – The Kranji Expressway is officially opened. 6 March – "Good Morning Singapore (早安您好)" as Singaporean Mandarin first flagship weekday breakfast programmes on TCS Channel 8 began airing live on Monday to Friday from 7:00am SST. 8 March – Briton John Martin murdered South African Gerard George Lowe in River View Hotel, dismembered his body, and disposed the body parts in the Singapore River. He is found guilty of murder and hanged on 19 April 1996. 10 March – TCS Channel 8 begin its trials of 24-hour broadcasts on Friday and Saturday nights with movies and infomercials throughout the early hours. It would go on to broadcast 24-hour a day on a daily basis almost 5 months later in the same year. 17 March – Filipina domestic worker Flor Contemplacion is hanged for 4 May 1991 murder of fellow worker Delia Maga and her four-year-old charge, Nicholas Huang. 26 March – Walt Disney Television's Satellite Facility is officially opened making it Disney's first international centre. The facility broadcast Disney's programmes to Southeast Asia. April 27 April – The ST Teleport is launched for telecommunications and broadcasting purposes. End April - IKEA Alexandra store, the first new building adjacently opposite Queensway Shopping Centre is officially opened. May 2 May – The first C651 trains are put into operation on the North South and East West lines. 3 May MTV Southeast Asia was officially launched on 3 May 1995 as a Singaporean 24-hour English music video pay television channel broadcast from Singapore seen throughout Southeast Asia in territories including Malaysia and Singapore. MTV Southeast Asia officially launching ceremony or grand launching based in Singapore on Wednesday, 3 May 1995 at 00:00:00am SST with offcially opening ceremony by Janet Jackson on same day after