1994 in Singapore

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See also: 1993 in Singapore | Other events of 1994 | 1995 in Singapore | List of years in Singapore

Events

• May 5 - United States media reports on the caning incident of American teenager Michael P. Fay who was convicted for vandalism.
• May 21 - A Singapore Police Force officer, Corporal Hoi Kim Heng, 24, dies after being stabbed in the neck during the attempted arrest of drug abuser Soh Loo Ban. His companion, Corporal Tan Huang Yee, recovers from his injuries.
• May 23 - Corporal Tan Huang Yee is given a rare field promotion to the rank of sergeant, while Corporal Hoi Kim Heng is conferred the same award posthumously.
• June 6 - A Japanese tourist, Madam Fujii Isae, 49, is found murdered in her hotel room at the Oriental Hotel.
• June 9 - The biggest single robbery to strike a private home occurs at a property in Bukit Timah, in which S$6 million worth of valuables were stolen. All five men involved in the armed robbery were subsequently arrested.
• September 16 - A sergeant with the Republic of Singapore Navy, Chong Peh Choong, 26, kills his three children aged between 3 and 10 before failing in his attempts to kill his wife and himself. He was jailed for life.
• September 23 - Dutchman Johannes van Damme is executed for drugs trafficking.
• October 15 - Madam Mona Koh, 46, a mamasan, survives two gunshot wounds at Katong People's Complex.
• November 30 - Police officer Senior Staff Sergeant Boo Tiang Huat, 47, dies after sustaining an axe wound to the head while conducting routine vehicular inspection at Newton Road. He was given a field promotion to the rank of Station Inspector posthumously.

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1994 Malaysian and Singaporean events by month

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