1987

The first leg of the MRT line is established.
National Streaming created.
The Necessary Stage is formed.
Omnimax Theatre opens.
Operation Spectrum.
Singapore River cleanup, begun in 1977, is completed. The “Clean Rivers Commemoration” event is held.
Singapore became the first Asian country to adopt presumed consent legislation under the Human Transplant Organ Act (HOTA) passed in 1987. It meant that kidneys of victims in fatal accidents would be considered donated, unless there was a registered objection.
New World amusement park closes. City Developments buys the 42,252.1 sq m site from Shaw Organisation for S$35 million to develop a City Square Residences condominium.
OPAC comes into use at the National Library.
14 January: The Marina Mandarin opens.
21 May and 20 June: Operation Spectrum arrests of 22 young Roman Catholic church and social activists and professionals. They are held without trial under the Internal Security laws and accused of being members of a dangerous Marxist conspiracy bent on suberting the PAP-ruled government by force and replacing it with a Marxist state. Vincent Cheng is forced to make a confession of his guilt on SBC.
26 May: March: The Miss Universe pageant is held at the Singapore World Trade Centre. For the first (and so far only) time, Miss Singapore makes it into the semifinals. The winner, Miss Chile, Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonc, is now a successful entertainer and is married to a former President of Argentina.
7 November: first line of MRT, from Yio Chu Kang to Toa Payoh, is opened.