The Straits Times returns to Singapore after the paper splits. New Straits Times is started for Malaysia in 1972.
New Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) headquarters at News Centre in Genting Lane is opened.
SPH pays $40 million for a property at 1000 Toa Payoh North to house all non-printing operations. In February 2002, The Straits Times staff move in. Times House is sold in 2004. The Cosmopolitan condominium is built on the site in 2008.