2024 in Singapore
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The following lists events that happened during 2024 in the Republic of Singapore.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Tharman Shanmugaratnam
- Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong (until 14 May), Lawrence Wong (from 15 May)
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January – The Goods and Services Tax is raised from 8 to 9 per cent.[1]
- 5 January – Four telcos offer international call blocking services in an attempt to deter scams.[2]
- 9 January – Land Transport Authority announced that EZ-Link cards that had not yet been upgraded to SimplyGo, and Nets Flashpay cards would be deprecated on 1 June 2024.[3][4]
- 12 January – The Central Public Library at the National Library Building at Victoria Street is officially reopened with a marine-themed children's section that is sponsored by S.E.A. Aquarium (which will be reopened as Singapore Oceanarium later this year) and National Library Board. The library also has an AI-inspired storyline booth and areas paying tribute to Singapore's history and culture.[5][6][7][8]
- 18 January – S. Iswaran resigns as Minister for Transport, Member of Parliament for West Coast GRC, and from People's Action Party after being charged with 27 counts relating to bribery and corruption by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.[9] Chee Hong Tat succeeds Iswaran as Transport Minister, with Grace Fu taking over as Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations.[10]
- 22 January –
- Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat reverses an initial decision to terminate EZ-Link cards without SimplyGo and NETS FlashPay cards after 1 June, pledging S$40 million to extend the system's lifespan.[11]
- The first Total Defence Day Exercise is announced, simulating disruptions to power and food supplies to commemorate 40 years since the launch of Total Defence.[12]
- 29 January – Cosford Container Park opens.[13]
February
[edit]- 20–25 February – The Singapore Airshow is held at Changi Exhibition Centre.[14]
- 28 February – Ahmed Salim, a Bangladeshi painter, becomes the first death row offender executed for murder in Singapore since 2019, having been convicted for killing his Indonesian ex-girlfriend in 2018.[15]
March
[edit]- 2–4 and 7–9 March – Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour is held at the National Stadium, marking Singapore as the tour's exclusive stop in South East Asia due to a grant given by the Singapore Tourism Board.[16][17] It is estimated that the event generated S$500 million in tourism revenue.[18] The exclusive stop caused a diplomatic crisis in Southeast Asia between Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries.[19][20][21]
- 14 March – The Sentosa Sensoryscape is opened.[22]
- 19 March – Secretary-General of the Workers' Party Pritam Singh is charged with two counts of perjury, with Faisal Manap issued an advisory for his role in the Committee of Privileges hearing against ex-Member of Parliament Raeesah Khan.[23]
- 25 March – S. Iswaran gets eight new charges for corruption in relation to Lum Chang's Managing Director Lum Kok Seng.[24]
April
[edit]- 2 April – Joseph Schooling, who won Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medal, retires from swimming at 28.[25]
- 15 April – Lee Hsien Loong announces his resignation as the Prime Minister of Singapore effective on 15 May 2024, paving the way for the assumption of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong as the next Prime Minister of Singapore.[26]
- 16 April – Lawrence Wong confirms that Lee Hsien Loong will stay in Cabinet as Senior Minister, adding that there will be a new Cabinet without major changes before his term starts.[27]
- 19 April – The police issue warnings about a blackmail scheme, with over 70 people reporting the receipt of letters demanding payment and attached with fake compromising photos of themselves.[28] It was disclosed one day later that three politicians were also targeted.[29]
- 22 April – The new Rail Corridor at Buona Vista is officially opened with a large new playgrounds and exercise corners along the area of one north, aside from the Rail Corridor at Bukit Timah Railway Station.[30]
May
[edit]- 8 May – An F-16 crashes in Tengah Air Base, with the pilot surviving the impact after ejection.[31]
- 13 May – Lawrence Wong unveils his new Cabinet, with Gan Kim Yong to be Deputy Prime Minister, as well as several promotions and two new Ministerial appointees.[32] At the same time, the Ministry of Communications and Information is to be renamed the Ministry of Digital Development and Information from 8 July.[33]
- 15 May – Lawrence Wong is sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong.[34]
- 18 May – The Anchorvale Village shopping mall in Sengkang is opened.[citation needed]
- 21 May – Singapore Airlines Flight 321, a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore, makes an emergency landing at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport after experiencing severe air turbulence over the Bay of Bengal, resulting in one death and at least 71 injured.[35]
June
[edit]- 14 June – An accident involving a Dutch-flagged dredger and a stationary Singapore-flagged bunker vessel occurs at the Pasir Panjang terminal, causing an oil spill that forces the closure of three beaches in Sentosa Island.[36]
- 23 June – The Thomson–East Coast MRT line stage 4 between Tanjong Rhu and Bayshore stations officially open for service.[37][38]
July
[edit]- 19 July – Thirty-six people are rescued after fires break out onboard the São Tomé and Príncipe-flagged tanker Ceres I and Singapore-flagged tanker Hafnia Nile following a collision near Pedra Branca. The remaining 26 Ceres I crew members remain onboard to conduct fire-fighting operations.[39]
- 21 July – The new Tengah Bus Interchange is opened.[40][41]
August
[edit]- 4–5 August – The Ministry of Education removes Mobile Guardian from all iPads and Chromebooks of secondary students after 13,000 students were affected by a global security breach involving Mobile Guardian.[42]
- 7 August – The Good Samaritan Food Donation Bill, tabled by Member of Parliament Louis Ng, is passed to protect donors from criminal or civil liability for any death or personal injury resulting from consuming donated food, provided certain conditions to ensure food safety and hygiene are met.[43]
- 9 August – Kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder wins bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the only medal won by Singapore at the 2024 Olympics.[44]
- 15 August – Teck Lee LRT station on the Punggol LRT line opens 19 years after the line first started.[45]
- 18 August – At the National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announces several policy initiatives, including Singapore's first-ever unemployment support scheme,[46] a revamp of the Gifted Education Programme,[47] enhanced shared parental leave entitlements,[48] and increased support for build-to-order flat applicants - with more priority given to singles and additional grants for low-income households.[49] He also unveils plans for Sports Hub's future development, featuring a new 18,000-seat indoor stadium, pedestrianised roads, a community boulevard, and the consolidation of sport facilities, such as the integration of Singapore Sports School and training centres for national athletes.[50]
- 29 August – The Urban Redevelopment Authority grants GMC Property permission to add four storeys to the conserved Golden Mile Complex and to construct a 45-storey condominium tower next to the original building.[51]
September
[edit]- 1 September –
- The Jurong West Bus Package operations is handed over to SMRT Corporation from SBS Transit spanning Boon Lay Bus Interchanges.[52]
- The blanket ban on HDB residents keeping cats is relaxed, thus legally allowing residents living in HDB flats to keep cats, subject to certain conditions.[53]
- 5 September – Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, in the Bidadari housing estate, opens.[54]
- 8 September – One Punggol is officially opened as the second integrated lifestyle community hub in Singapore.[55]
- 9 September – The Energy Transition Measures and Other Amendments Bill is passed, giving Energy Market Authority the authority to ration power during emergencies, as well as setting up a fund to support the city-state's clean energy transition, with an initial injection of S$5 billion.[56]
- 11–13 September – Pope Francis visits Singapore, the second time a pope has visited the country since Pope John Paul II in 1986.[57]
- 15 September – The Jurong West Bus Package operations is handed over to SMRT Corporation from SBS Transit spanning Joo Koon Bus Interchange Tuas Bus Terminal and Soon Lee Bus Depot.[52][58]
- 24 September –
- S. Iswaran pleads guilty to receiving S$403,000 in gifts while he was transport minister.[59]
- Twelve Singapore Armed Forces servicemen sustain minor injuries when an armoured vehicle rear-ends another during a military exercise in the Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area near Rockhampton, Queensland in Australia.[60]
- 25 September – Train services on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) East–West line (EWL) are disrupted when a faulty Kawasaki C151 train causes a power trip and damaged the track and equipment along the stretch between the Clementi and Dover stations. This results in the suspension of regular services between the Boon Lay and Queenstown stations.[61] Services fully resumed on 1 October.[62]
- 30 September – Passport-less clearance is fully implemented in all four terminals of Changi Airport. Arriving and departing Singapore residents, and departing foreign visitors, can clear immigration by using facial and iris biometrics.[63]
October
[edit]- 3 October – S. Iswaran is sentenced to a year of imprisonment for receiving illegal gifts.[64]
- 5 October –
- After 181 years, the Singapore Turf Club holds its final race.[65]
- A Spanish couple is arrested at Changi Airport on suspicion of breaking public assembly and vandalism laws by staging protests across the city against Valencia CF owner Peter Lim.[66]
- 9 October – Lee Wei Ling, the daughter of the first Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 69.[67]
- 14 October – The Government blocks the sale of Income Insurance's stake to Allianz as it was assessed not to be in the public interest. Insurance laws will subsequently be tightened to scrutinise transactions involving insurance cooperatives or those with a history of being one.[68]
- 15 October – The Elections (Integrity of Online Advertising) (Amendment) Bill is passed, prohibiting the publication of election candidates deepfakes that realistically depict a candidate saying or doing something that they did not say or do.[69]
- 18 October – Minister for Law and Home Affairs K. Shanmugam confirms that a 17 year old youth had been arrested under the Internal Security Act for planning to attack non-Muslims in Tampines.[70]
- 20 October – An oil leak from a land-based pipeline belonging to Shell between Bukom Island and Bukom Kecil affects waters off Singapore.[71][72]
- 22 October –
- Lee Hsien Yang, the youngest son of Lee Kuan Yew, says in a Facebook post that he was granted political asylum in the United Kingdom after seeking asylum protection there in 2022.[73]
- Energy Market Authority announces it granted conditional approval to Sun Cable to import 1.75 GW of low-carbon electricity from Australia’s Northern Territory to Singapore. The project is expected to come online after 2035.[74]
- The Ministry of Education (MOE) announces that construction of the Goh Keng Swee Centre for Education will start in 2025, with completion by 2029. The 30-storey Centre was first announced by then-Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the 2010 National Day Rally, and seeks to consolidate all of MOE's training facilities into a single location, allowing for synergies between different departments and freeing up land for other uses. The MOE Heritage Centre will also be relocated to this complex.[75][76][77]
- 27 October – Singapore wins the 2024 Asian Netball Championship, defeating the reigning champion Sri Lanka.[78]
- 28 October –
- Sisters' Islands Marine Park reopens to the public after three years of rejuvenation works.[79]
- An oil spill takes place off Changi during a bunkering operation between a Bahamas-flagged bulk carrier and a licensed bunker tanker.[80]
- 29 October – Chinese state-owned plane manufacturer COMAC opens an office in Singapore.[81]
- 30 October – Five Singapore-based firms are sanctioned by the US for enabling Russia's war effort.[82]
November
[edit]- 2 November – The Early Childhood Development Agency announces that it will work with five anchor operators to open up nearly 40,000 new infant and childcare places from 2025 to 2029.[83]
- 4 November – The film Small Hours of the Night, inspired by Tan Chay Wa's tombstone trial, is denied classification by IMDA, and as a result is barred from public screenings during the upcoming 2024 Singapore International Film Festival.[84][85]
- 9 November – A parish priest is stabbed by a Sinhalese man at Saint Joseph's Church, Bukit Timah during a communion.[86]
- 11 November –
- The Ministry of Health and the Singapore Medical Council announces that Singapore will recognize nine additional medical schools in Australia, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.[87]
- Singapore's first biennial transparency report, submitted to the UN before the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, projects the country's emissions will peak at 64.43 million tonnes in 2028.[88]
- 12 November – The Community Disputes Resolution (Amendment) Bill is passed, setting up a new government unit, the Community Relations Unit (CRU), to tackle severe noise and hoarding cases.[89]
- 13 November –
- The expanded Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area, jointly developed by Singapore and Australia for training conducted by SAF and ADF, is officially opened.[90]
- Parliament passes amendments to the Child Development Co-Savings Act, extending government-paid parental leave by an additional 10 weeks, bringing the total to 30 weeks by April 1, 2026.[91]
- 15 November – Resorts World Sentosa starts construction on their new waterfront attractions, with completion by 2030. It will consist of a 88-metre tall light sculpture, two new luxury hotels and a podium with new shops to be set up.[92]
- 16 November –
- Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announces that Singapore has offered to host the 2030 APEC Summit.[93]
- Heavy rain causes a flash flood along Bukit Timah Road.[94]
- 17 November – Heavy rain causes a flash flood along Ophir Road.[95]
- 18 November –
- Hin Leong founder Lim Oon Kuin is sentenced to seventeen years and six months of jail for three charges of fraud and forgery.[96]
- The Gambling Regulatory Authority renews the casino license of Resorts World Sentosa for two years, instead of the usual three years, citing unsatisfactory tourism performance during the three-year period between 2021 and 2023.[97]
- The police announced that 15 suspects involved in the S$3 billion money-laundering case that fled earlier have agreed to surrender about S$1.85 billion in assets and be banned from returning to Singapore. Two other suspects remain under investigation.
- 21 November – The police and the SAF removes an unexploded World War II bomb from Keppel Club.[98]
- 22 November –
- Heavy rain causes two flash floods at Yishun Avenue 7 in Yishun and Wan Tho Avenue in Potong Pasir.[99]
- The Institute of Mental Health launches a ten-year study funded by Temasek Foundation to track the mental well-being of local youth born between 2007 and 2016.[100]
- 23 November – Travellers crossing the Woodlands Checkpoint and Tuas Checkpoint by bus are now able to clear immigration using QR codes.[101]
- 24 November – The People's Action Party elects its 38th central executive committee.[102]
- 25 November – The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment announces that, as a measure to contain dengue, the release of Wolbachia-carrying male mosquitoes will reach 50% of households by 2026.[103]
- 28 November –
- A joint venture between SBS Transit and RATP Dev Asia Pacific is appointed the operator of the Jurong Region MRT line for an initial nine years, with a further two-year option. This marks the first introduction of a foreign operator to Singapore's local rail industry. The operator for the Cross Island MRT line will be decided later.[104]
- The Ministry of Digital Development and Information says in a statement that since 26 November, more than 100 civil servants from 31 government agencies, including 12 political office-holders, have received extortionary e-mail containing fake compromising photos of themselves. This comes after the Ministry of Health reported that staff from public healthcare institutions have been receiving similar e-mails.[105]
Predicted and scheduled events
[edit]- 1 December –
- Buangkok Bus Interchange will open.[106]
- The Early Childhood Development Agency will launch a three-year pilot program to allow three operators to provide home-based childminding service.[107]
- 10 December – Punggol Coast MRT Station under the North East Line will be opened and situated outside SIT's Digital Campus.[108]
- 16 December – The Shared Responsibility Framework, announced by MAS and IMDA, will be implemented. The framework assigns financial institutions and telecommunication companies relevant duties to mitigate phishing scams, and sets expectations of payouts to scam victims where these duties are breached.[109][110]
- 31 December - SG60 countdown will be an inaugural event for 2025.[111]
Deaths
[edit]- 6 January – Ho Weng Toh, pioneer Singapore Airlines and former Flying Tigers pilot. (b. 1920).[112]
- 16 January – Ajit Singh Gill, Singapore’s oldest Olympian. (b. 1928).[113]
- 3 February – Wee Cho Yaw, billionaire and United Overseas Bank's longest serving chairman (b. 1929).[114]
- 14 February – Tan Kue Kim, chef and restaurateur (b. 1945/1946).[115]
- 1 March – Ch'ng Jit Koon, former Senior Minister of State and retired politician (b. 1934).[116]
- 2 March – Eugene Wijeysingha, former Raffles Institution headmaster and historian (b. 1934).[117]
- 5 April – Ng Suan Loi, actress (I Not Stupid Too) (b. 1936).[118]
- 7 April – Wong Liang Hun, fencer (b. 1953).[119]
- 25 April – Tariq Helou, chef (known as Asia’s “Most Googled Chef” in 2024) (b. 1995)[120]
- 27 May – Alan Choe, pioneer urban planner and URA founder (b. 1931).[121]
- 29 May – Lim Ee Ping, Workers' Party veteran (b. 1938).[122]
- 4 June – Cheo Chai Chen, former Member of Parliament for Nee Soon Central SMC (b. 1951).[123]
- 6 July – Paul Cheong, actor (b. 1949).[124]
- 18 July – Pathmanaban Selvadurai, former politician and lawyer (b. 1933).[125]
- 21 July – Ang Boon Ee, chef (b. 1958).[126]
- 30 July – Asiah Aman, singer and actress (b. 1931).[127]
- 13 August – Charis Eng, Singaporean American physician-scientist (b. 1962).[128]
- 2 October – Lim Chin Joo, younger brother of Lim Chin Siong, student movement leader in the 1950s and 60s and former Chairman of the Ee Hoe Hean Club (b. 1937).[129]
- 9 October – Lee Wei Ling, former chief and director at National Neuroscience Institute, younger sister of Senior Minister & former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Lee Hsien Yang, only daughter of Singapore’s Founding Father Mr Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1955).[67]
- 12 October – Asokan S/O Muniyandy, performer known for impersonating Indian actor Sivaji Ganesan (b. 1963/1964).[130]
- 14 October – Shahid Nasheer, theatre actor (b. 1996).[131]
- 24 October – Raffi Khan, actor (b. 1962/1963).[132]
- 28 October – Looi San Cheng, founder of famous and successful Tip Top Curry Puff (b. 1944).[133]
- 29 October – Rahmat Mawar, footballer (b. 1942).[134]
- 16 November – S. Atan, Singapore-born Malaysian composer, lyricist, and producer (b. 1949).[135]
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