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2008 in Singapore

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The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Republic of Singapore.

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Incumbents

  • President: S.R. Nathan
  • Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong

    • Events

  • 9 January – Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 opens for operations.
  • 15 to 16 February – Chingay Parade of Dreams took place at Marina Bay.
  • 19 to 24 February – Singapore Airshow 2008 was held at the Changi Exhibition Centre.
  • 21 February- The President of IOC, Jacques Rogge announces that Singapore will host the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
  • 1 March – The Singapore Flyer officially opens.
  • 23 May – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Pedra Branca to Singapore and Middle Rocks to Malaysia, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
  • 28 March to 6 April – Singapore Fashion Festival 2008
  • 23 May to 20 July – Great Singapore Sale
  • 4 to 27 July – Singapore Food Festival 2008
  • 25 July to 1 August – Singapore Garden Festival 2008
  • 9 August – Singapore celebrated her 43rd (XLIII) year of independence with National Day Parade, 2008.
  • 17 August – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong read out his annual National Day Rally speeches. The theme for National Day Rally 2008 was Celebrating our Singapore Story.
  • 22 & 23 August – Singapore Fireworks Celebrations in Marina Bay. The theme was The World Celebrates with Us.
  • 11 September to 16 November – Singapore Biennale 2008
  • 20 September – The Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway was fully opened.
  • 1 October – Bus and train fares to be adjusted by 0.7%.
  • 19 October – MediaCorp launches two free-to-air TV channels, okto and Vasantham, to replace Central.
  • 15 November to 2 January 2009 – Christmas in the Tropics 2008
  • 23 December – Singapore Flyer stops turning due to technical problems.

    • Law

  • 9 January – In the Taw Cheng Kong case, for the first time in Singapore's history the High Court strikes down a statutory provision as unconstitutional, holding that it is inconsistent with Article 12(1) of the Constitution. (The decision is reversed by the Court of Appeal later that year.)
  • 27 February – Singapore's most wanted terror fugitive, Mas Selamat bin Kastari, escaped from detention under the country's Internal Security Act.

    • Sports

  • 8 – 24 August – Team Singapore took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
  • 17 August – Singapore won its first Olympic medal since independence in Women's Table Tennis team event, 48 years after its first medal--also a silver—by Tan Howe Liang in the 1960 Summer Olympics, on 17 August 2008.
  • 6 – 17 September Team Singapore took part in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
  • 7 September – Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore took place.
  • 9 September – Singapore won its first-ever Paralympic medal, a bronze, through Equestrian by Laurentia Tan.
  • 11 September – Laurentia Tan won the second Equestrian bronze medal.
  • 13 September – Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu won the country's first silver medal at the Paralympics.
  • 15 September – Yip Pin Xiu won Singapore's first gold medal at the Paralympics. Team Singapore won a total of 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze in the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
  • 28 September – Singapore hosts a leg of the 2008 Formula One World Championship, called the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix.

    • Deaths

  • 4 January – Jimmy Nah
  • 7 January – Robert Chandran
  • 8 February – Ah Meng
  • 8 February – Chua Ek Kay
  • 14 July – Ong Chit Chung
  • 30 September – Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam
  • 3 October – Teo Soo Chuan
  • 28 November – Lo Hwei Yen (A Singaporean held hostage killed during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks)

    • References

    2008 in Singapore Wikipedia
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