← 1988 1987 1986 1989 in Singapore → 1990 1991 1992
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1989 Timeline of Singaporean history

The following lists events that happened during 1989 in Singapore.

Incumbents

• President: Wee Kim Wee
• Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

Events

January

• 1 January – Perfect Ten 98.7FM officially launched as very first 24-hour radio station in Singapore.
• 13 January – The Public Works Department announced the building of two bridges to Sentosa and Pulau Brani, which will be completed by 1992.^[1]
• 15 January – TransitLink starts operations, which is formed by SMRT, Singapore Bus Services and Trans-Island Bus Services to develop an integrated bus-rail public transport system.^[2]

February

• 21 February – Tradewinds starts its first flight, which is formed in 1975 as a hotelier.^[3]

April

• 14 April – The National Skin Centre is officially opened to treat skin diseases and research skin conditions.^[4]
• 30 April – Change Alley closes its doors. It reopens as an air-conditioned passageway in 1993.^[5]

May

• 5 May – French-Canadian animated series for children Babar begins airing on SBC 5 after being shown in Canada for three months. A second season of the series will later in Canada in August of the same year.

June

• 10 June – The New Psychiatric Hospital (now known as the Institute of Mental Health) starts construction, which has state of the art facilities when completed.^[6]

August

• 26 August – The first community hospital starts construction in Ang Mo Kio. The hospital will have community involvement with the participation of family doctors.^[7]

September

• 1 September – The Urban Redevelopment Authority is revamped, taking over land use planning from the Ministry of National Development. This results in the transfer of properties to Pidemco Land (present day CapitaLand).^[8][9]

November

• 1 November – The National Youth Council is formed as a division of the People's Association to work on youth matters.^[10]
• 4 November – The sixth section of the MRT system is opened from Marina Bay to Tanah Merah.^[11]
• 6 November – Singapore is one of the founding members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).^[12]

December

• 6–10 December – 1989 World Badminton Grand Prix is held.
• 16 December – The seventh section of the MRT system is opened from Simei to Pasir Ris.^[13]
• 28 December – SingTel launches its ISDN network, making Singapore the first in the world to have ISDN nationwide.^[14]
• 31 December – Singapore Indoor Stadium is officially opened, supporting sports and entertainment events over the years.^[15]

Births

• 19 February – Xu Bin, actor.
• 1 March – Joshua Ang, actor.
• 23 May – Tosh Zhang, actor.
• 18 June – Gen Neo, K-Pop singer.
• 18 August – Yu Mengyu, national table tennis player.^[16]
• 26 October – Shayna Ng, national bowler.
• 13 December – Ian Fang, actor.

Deaths

• 12 January – Lee Lim – Artistic photographer (b. 1931).^[17]
• 23 March – Lee Dai Sor – Cantonese storyteller (b. 1913).^[18]
• 11 October – Haji Ya'acob bin Mohamed – Former politician, diplomat (b. 1925).^[19]