1986

Singapore last strike occurs when an American-owned company rejects a recommendation by the Ministry of Labour.
The appeals court fines JBJ $2,000 (thus forcing him to leave Parliament), disbars him, and sentences him to a month in jail. JBJ appeals the disbarment.
Pizza Hut is first restaurant here to introduce home delivery.
For the 1986 Singapore Arts Festival, female ballerinas from the Ballet National du Senegal are given the green light on the afternoon of their performance to dance topless. The allowance of nudity on stage is a first for conservative Singapore.
Mandarin songwriter Liang Wern Fook begins the period of his composition of xinyao (新谣. ), a genre of Singapore Mandarin folk songs. His first album, "Door", is the first Mandarin musical album completely written and composed by a Singaporean. His song "Love's Refuge" (恋之憩) spends 29 weeks this year at the top of the Singapore charts, a still unbroken record for local pop songs. He stops writing xinyao in 1992, when he marries.
Westin Stamford opens as the tallest hotel in the world.
15 March: Hotel New World collapses, killing 33 people
14 December: Minister for National Development Teh Cheang Wan kills himself with poison 12 days after interrogation by two senior Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officers regarding complaints of corruption made against him by a building contractor.
I have been feeling very sad and depressed for the last two weeks. I feel responsible for the occurrence of this nfortunate incident and I feel I should accept full responsibility. As an honourable oriental gentleman I feel it is only right that I should pay the highest penalty for my mistake. - Teh Chean Wan's suicide note.