1985 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 1985 in Singapore.

Incumbents

President: C.V. Devan Nair (until 28 March), Wee Chong Jin (Acting) (28 to 29 March), Yeoh Ghim Seng (Acting) (29 March to 2 September), Wee Kim Wee (starting 2 September)
Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew

January - Funan Centre opens to the public. It evolved to Funan The IT Mall, and finally Funan DigitaLife Mall, closing its doors on 30 June 2016.

1 February – The Small Claims Tribunal is established as part of the Subordinate Courts (present day State Courts of Singapore), which mainly deals with small claims.

28 March – Singapore's third President Devan Nair resigns. Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin and later Speaker of Parliament Yeoh Ghim Seng temporarily serve as acting president during that time.

2 April – The NTUC Pasir Ris Resort starts construction. When completed, the resort will have a wide array of recreational activities, supporting up to 1,400 people at any time. The resort is officially opened in 1988.
15 April – The Feedback Unit is formed to allow people to feedback their concerns to the Government. It has since been replaced by REACH in 2006.

16 May – The first case of HIV is diagnosed at the Communicable Diseases Centre (present day National Centre for Infectious Diseases). The patient is subsequently warded at the CDC.
23 May - An 18 year old student, Winnifred Teo Suan Lie became a victim of rape and murder. Her naked body was discovered in bushes by police along Old Holland Road. It remains an unsolved case.

24 June – The National University Hospital is opened to the public, the first government-owned hospital to be privately run.

30 August – Wee Kim Wee becomes the fourth President of Singapore. He takes office on 2 September.

2 December – The Second Series Coins are launched, with the 5-cent, 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins the first to be issued.

Singapore slips into its first recession during that time, as well as the Pan Electric crisis. (Early 1985)
Shop N Save starts operations as a supermarket.
Sheng Siong starts operations as a supermarket, taking over from the Savewell supermarket chain, which closed down the following year due to financial problems.

15 February – Chen Chong Swee, artist (b. 1910).
2 March – Runme Shaw, founder of Shaw Organisation and philanthropist (b. 1901).
14 March – Chan Tin Weng (Epsom Jeep), racing consultant and chief racing writer for The Straits Times (b. 1920).
4 May – George Benjamin Armstrong, former Labour Front city councillor for Stamford Constituency and the oldest election candidate in the 1984 General Election (b. 1911).
21 June – Ng Aik Huan, prominent businessman, Chinese community leader and member of the Nanyang University Council (b. 1908).
26 August – S. T. Bani, veteran trade unionist and former PAP and Barisan Sosialis legislative assemblyman for Thomson Constituency and Crawford Constituency (b. 1934).
15 December – Chew Swee Kee, former Minister for Education (b. 1918).
19 December – Wee Tock Sian, Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan and a director of the United Overseas Bank (b. 1891).