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2004 in Singapore

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See also:
  
Other events of 2004 Timeline of Singaporean history

The following lists events that happened during 2004 in Singapore.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President: S.R. Nathan
  • Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong (until 12 August), Lee Hsien Loong (starting 12 August)

    • Events

  • 20 April – A section of Nicoll Highway collapses, killing 4 people.
  • 19 May – 1st Lieutenant Brandon Loo of the Republic of Singapore Air Force was killed when his F-16 jet crashed while on training from the Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.
  • 1 June – Security guards were patrolled and deployed in MRT stations.
  • 4 June – Hippo City Sightseeing bus in Singapore started operations.
  • 1 August – There were automatic updating of bus services over the fare stages.
  • 12 August – Lee Hsien Loong becomes the third Prime Minister.
  • 1 December – LTA completes the Punggol LRT services and opens for running.
  • 31 December - MediaCorp and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) announced that their merger is legally complete, creating the new holding company MediaCorp TV.

    • References

    2004 in Singapore Wikipedia
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