1982 in Singapore

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The following lists events that happened during 1982 in Singapore.

Incumbents

Events

  • 1 January – The time zone in Singapore has changed to UTC+08:00 and it has not changed since.
  • 2 January – The metric system of weights and measures is introduced, replacing the Imperial units
  • The National Courtesy Campaign and the Civil Defence Programme are launched.

Culture

20 to 24 March – The first Festival of Dance (which was the early form of the current Singapore Arts Festival) was held from 20 to 24 March 1982 at the Victoria Theatre.[1]

Sports

  • Ang Peng Siong was ranked world's No.1 in 1982 for clocking 22.69s in the 50m freestyle during the US Nationals and was named the World's Fastest Swimmer for 1982 by Swimming World magazine.[2]

Deaths

  • 29 October 1982 — Lim Yong Liang,[3] one of the most prominent names in Singapore football history.
  • 2 June 1982 — Lancelot Maurice Pennefather,[4] famous sportsman of various sport.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  3. ↑ <http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1092_2011-06-21.html Archived 10 July 2012 at Archive.is
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.


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