Emergency
Postal
Utilities
Flights
Police
Singapore Law
Immigration
Airport
Customs
Accommodation
Business
Directory
Permits & Passes
Pets
Schools
Vehicles
Bank ATMs
Banks
24-hour
Outlets
Hospitals
Getting Around
Embassies
4D/Toto/Score
|
A Look Into Our Television History
|
Television arrived in Singapore on 15 Feb 1963.
Television Singapura was inaugurated as a pilot
monochrome service at the Victoria Memorial Hall where
500 VIPs had gathered to witness the momentous
occasion. |
The first one hour and 45 minute broadcast was viewed
by 2,400 families - who owned TV sets - in the comfort
of their homes, as well as crowds at 52 community
centres across the island. Then, one in every 12 homes
owned a TV set. |
The first programme televised in Singapore was a
15-minute documentary produced by Television Singapura
called TV Looks At Singapore. This programme
introduced to viewers the world of TV broadcasting and
the role it would play in the lives of Singaporeans. |
The
programme immediately following was a cartoon
featuring Heckle and Jeckle, two mischievous
blackjacks, and Dicky Duck. News In English
accompanied by a five-minute newsreel came next, then Hancock's
Half Hour. |
On 2 Apr 1963, regular broadcasts began with four
hours of programming on one channel - Channel 5. |
Colour TV test transmissions started in May
1974 with daily half-hour slots at 11.05am and 2.05pm
until 31 July 1974. One television set distributor
announced a selling price of S$1,600! |
The lukewarm response to colour TV changed when the TV
station announced that its first 'live' colour
telecast via satellite would be the World Cup
Soccer Finals between West Germany and Holland on
7 Jul 1974 at 10.30pm. Two thousand TV sets were
bought the day before the match. |
Golden Mile Complex had 20 sets installed. Fitzpatrick
Supermarket in Orchard Road had two, Nanyang
University (now Nanyang Technological University) had
three sets in its canteen, and seven hotels had over
30 sets among them receiving the match 'live'. A
million people watched West Germany beat Holland 2-1
in living colour. |
The first phase of the colour service began smoothly
on 1 Aug 1974, and on 11 Nov 1974, the second phase
was launched. The newsreel was televised in colour and
programmes increased from two hours to four hours on
weekdays and from four to six hours on weekends. |
By 1987, 526,677 households or one in 1.2 households
here had colour TV sets. |
Source:
On Television In Singapore - A book published by
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) |
|
|
NEW WEBSITES
BelmontFlora.com
Silk & fresh flowers to your taste at affordable prices by
award-winning arrangers. View their online catalogue today. Talk
to them.
HealthCareJob.com
Your easiest way to search for healthcare jobs. HealthCareJob.com
has many hospital and clinical jobs waiting to be searched on
their website. Start your healthcare job search here.
Andas.com.sg
Property maintenance and cleaning services in Singapore since
1981. They do all kinds of properties - public, private
residential areas, condos, shopping centres, factories, hotels,
etc..
ULead.com.sg
Makers of award-winning, image-editing, video-editing and 3-D
titles, such as PhotoImpact, MediaStudioPro, MediaStudio, Cool 3D,
PhotoExpress, PhotoExplorer and iMira Server Tools. LadyPlace.com
provides the world's best known designer and vintage women's wear
with other luxury and hard-to-find items.
PhuketGuestHouse.com
Offering a variety of guesthouses in Phuket, with a comfortable
accommodation. You can make your stay there really substantial. Camera.com.sg
Simple point-and-shoot camera or sophisticated professional lenses
and bodies. Online Photography shops. Dealer manufacturers in
Singapore.
Tibet-Travels.com
is a leading travel agency in Nepal operating tours to Tibet with
fixed departure dates every Tuesday & Saturday, a fixed tour
to Mt Kailash, tour & trek in Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim,
Darjeeling, and India for Buddhist pilgrimage tour. Tempointeraktif.com
Tempo Interaktif is the online service of Tempo weekly
newsmagazine. The online version differs as it has breaking news
and three languages - English, Indonesian, and Japanese. Tempo
Interaktif links to other Tempo sites, such as korantempo.com, and
pdat.com.
World66.com is the open-source
travel portal. Interactive guides to hundreds of destinations,
including Singapore.
Wlawan.com
Singapore Lawyers - William Lai & Alan Wong. The firm is
privileged to serve you and prestigious Banking & Financial
institutions both local and foreign.
Click New Websites for the rest of the
list. |
BANKmates: Get a Personal Assistant to do your errands in
Singapore.
SporesCity
www.sporescity.com
The Singaporean website community Set up your company's
website here. More...
We are now 2,827 pages thick and growing.
Public
Holidays NATIONAL DAY is
the next public holiday. It falls on Thursday 9 August 2001.
Tell
us about your events |
If you have
an event or some news to share with our readers, e-mail us
at editor@getforme.com |
Contribute
an article |
If you have
a flair for writing and have written something you wish to
share with our readers, send us your article. E-mail us at
editor@getforme.com.
It can be on any topic, such as health, school life, etc. |
|
Autumn
Tomyam - R(A)
18
|
Presented by
Action Theatre
|
A spicy new play
for all adventurous tastebuds. Written by Desmond SIM (Drunken
Prawns, The Swimming Instructor), Directed & Produced by
Ekachai Uekrongtham. Starring John O'May, TAN Kheng Hua, Sandy
Phillips. Introducing Edwin.
|
Autumn Tomyam is
set in California, Singapore and Bangkok. It tells a poignant
story of a young teenage Thai boy whose appearance in the
lives of a middle-aged American diplomat and his Singaporean
wife threatens to wreak havoc in their autumn years. |
16 - 26 Aug 2001
Drama Centre 8pm daily plus 3pm on Saturday
& Sunday. No performance on Monday.
|
Ticket prices:
S$20, S$25,
S$30 (3pm shows) |
S$25, S$30,
S$35 (Tue - Thu & Sun 8pm shows) |
S$30, S$35,
S$40 (Fri & Sat 8pm shows) |
Prices exclude
TicketCharge fee of S$1 per ticket. |
Book by 31 Jul
2001 to enjoy up to 15 per cent discount. |
|
Available
at all TicketCharge outlets. Call (65) 296 2929 or click HERE! |
|
See Entertainment for more information on
local
happenings!
|
National
Day
|
9
August 2001 |
|
The top ten fiction and
non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week
This
website is updated throughout the day every day and the FrontPage is
updated between 10.00 pm and 12.00am Singapore time (+8 hours GMT).
ABOUT THIS WEBSITE | ADVERTISING
WITH US | LISTING WITH US
ePartners
| Press | eMail
Us
Contact us at help@getforme.com
The Explore Singapore
logo was first used on 24 Mar 2000. It is the property of
Getforme.com and may not be copied or otherwise transmitted without
the prior written permission of Getforme.com.
Copyright
©1999 - 2001 All rights reserved
|
|
|
|
|
Find
companies, brands, products & services in Singapore |
Music
Downloads: sample, and buy online |
|
Saturday's
News |
|
|
Local |
A nurse manager with
Mount Elizabeth Hospital has become the first medical professional
here to be convicted of causing a patient's death by her
negligence. On 11 Sep 1998, she injected a newborn baby with a
sedative instead of the drug he needed to control his fits. His
heart rate dropped and he died. Nanmalar Kanagaratnam, 51, was
yesterday fined S$10,000, the maximum, by District Judge HOO Seau
Peng who said that nothing less was called for because Nanmalar
had made a fundamental mistake and was the last person to handle
the medication. The boy who died was the third child of Madam NG
Lee Tiang, 38, and Mr KHONG Heng Loong, 44. |
It
will be open house tomorrow at the Istana to mark National Day.
There will be an on-the-spot art competition, band performances
and art demonstrations. The Istana's grounds will be open from
8.30am to 6.30pm. There will be no admission charge for
Singaporeans or permanent residents. For others, there will be a
charge of S$1. The proceeds will go to charity. (H2)
|
Global
Cities |
Newspapers |
The Straits Times' history
|
Newspapers
In Singapore
|
Media
|
|