BP Singapore Milestones
1989
Air BP in Singapore supplied fuel for a 45 min “Qantas Hongbao Charity Flight to Nowhere”
for 170 underprivileged and disabled children from five charity homes.
New corporate image was ushered into Singapore with the hoisting of flags and the raising
of a new building signage with the new BP identifier.
BP Singapore was the first BP associate in the world to re-image all its 39 service stations.
BP was awarded for its contribution of cultural and artistic activities in Singapore, by the
Minister for Community Development, Wong Kan Seng. The company’s contribution to the
arts in 1988 totaled S$70,000.
Sea Rover, chartered by BP was launched. It was Singapore’s newest and largest steel barge.
BP and Caltex officially signed the LPG Bottling Agreement giving Caltex bottling facilities at
the LPG plant in the BP Refinery beginning 1 quarter 1990.
BP Singapore and Wearnes Gas signed an agreement to form a joint venture company to
build and operate a liquefied petroleum gas filling plant in Jurong.
BP Singapore celebrated its Silver Jubilee (25 years).
Singapore became the regional centre for the bulk distribution of BP Chemicals’ acetic acid
with the establishment of a 2500 MT storage capacity at GATX terminal.
BP sponsored S$120,000 towards the National Camp 1990 for 1,200 youths from various
uniformed groups and 70 came from Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Australia, Hong Kong,
United Kingdom and India for Singapore’s 25th Anniversary. The cheque was presented
to the late Senior Minister of State for Education, Dr Tay Eng Soon. The 5 day camp was
opened on 12 August and it was opened by the late President, Wee Kim Wee
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