← 1979 1978 1977 1980 in Singapore → 1981 1982 1983
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1980 Timeline of Singaporean history

The following lists events that happened during 1980 in Singapore.

Incumbents

• President: Benjamin Henry Sheares
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

Events

January

• 31 January - Radio Television Singapore (RTS) officially closing and ceased broadcast and transmission on RTS 8 at 11:15pm SST and RTS 5 at 11:50pm SST which all radio channels by Radio Singapore FM Stereo 92.4FM at 10:59pm SST and Radio Singapore English Service 90.5FM, Radio Singapore Chinese Service 95.8FM, Radio Singapore Malay Service 94.2FM and Radio Singapore Tamil and Chinese Service 96.8FM at 11:59pm SST.^[1]

February

• 1 February
  • Radio Television Singapore (RTS) was officially renamed as Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) was officially formal full launched took place into a mass media with conglomerate operated on two free-to-air terrestrial television channels by SBC 5 and SBC 8 and operated on five radio channels by SBC Radio English Service 90.5FM, SBC Radio FM Stereo 92.4FM, SBC Radio Malay Service 94.2FM, SBC Radio Chinese Service 95.8FM and SBC Radio Tamil and Chinese Service 96.8FM.^[2]
    • RTS 5 and RTS 8 was officially new launched to new name or renamed becomes SBC 5 (新广第5波道) and SBC 8 (新广第8波道).
    • Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) officially opening broadcasting and transmission ceremony took place on 1 February 1980 were:
      • SBC Television officially opening broadcast and transmission took place as very first programme or launching program were:
        • SBC 5: Housewives Matinee (officially opening telecast at 3:00pm SST).
        • SBC 8: The Mighty Hercules (officially opening telecast at 6:00pm SST).
      • SBC Radio officially opening broadcast and transmission took place were:
        • SBC Radio Malay Service 94.2FM (officially opening broadcast at 4:45am SST).
        • SBC Radio English Service 90.5FM, SBC Radio FM Stereo 92.4FM, SBC Radio Chinese Service 95.8FM and SBC Radio Tamil and Chinese Service 96.8FM (officially opening broadcast at 6:00am SST).

May

• 1 May – The URA/HDB parking coupon are introduced.

August

• 6 August – The Singapore Democratic Party is formed.^[3]
• 8 August – The National University of Singapore is formed from a merger between then University of Singapore and Nanyang University.^[4]

December

• 17 December – A new ferry terminal will be built in Sentosa, which will be finished by September 1981.^[5]
• 23 December – The PAP wins all 75 seats in the 1980 General Election.^[6]

Births

• 28 January – Hady Mirza, singer, winner of Singapore Idol (Season 2).
• 20 June – Alvin Tan, politician.
• 25 November – Ng Yi Sheng, writer.^[7]
• 17 December – Stella Huang, former singer.
• 23 December – Elvin Ng, actor.

Deaths

• 8 August – Chua Jim Neo, cookbook author and mother of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1907).
• P. Govindasamy Pillai, businessman (b. 1887).^[8]