2008 in Singapore

Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 Upcoming
2 Law
3 Sports
4 Deaths
5 Notes
6 See also

Events

January 9 - Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 opens for operations.
February 15 to February 16 - Chingay Parade of Dreams took place at Marina Bay.
February 19 to February 24 - Singapore Airshow 2008 was held at the Changi Exhibition Centre.
February 21- The President of IOC, Jacques Rogge announces that Singapore will host the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.^[1]
March 1 - The Singapore Flyer officially opens.
May 23 - 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.
March 28 to April 6 - Singapore Fashion Festival 2008
May 23 to July 20 - Great Singapore Sale
July 4 to July 27 - Singapore Food Festival 2008
July 25 to August 1 - Singapore Garden Festival 2008
August 9 - Singapore celebrated her 43rd year of independence with National Day Parade, 2008.
August 17 - 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.
August 22 & 23 - Singapore Fireworks Celebrations in Marina Bay. The theme was The World Celebrates with Us.
September 11 to November 16 - Singapore Biennale 2008
September 20 - The Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway was fully opened.

Upcoming

October 1 - Bus and train fares to be adjusted by 0.7%.
October 19 - MediaCorp launches two free-to-air TV channels, okto and Vasantham, to replace Central.

Law

February 27 - Singapore's most wanted terror fugitive, Mas Selamat bin Kastari, escaped from detention under the country's Internal Security Act.^[2]

Sports

August 8 - August 24 - Team Singapore took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
August 17 - 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.^[3]^[4]^[5]
September 6 - September 17 Team Singapore took part in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
September 7 - Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore took place.
September 9 - Singapore won its first-ever Paralympic medal, a bronze, through Equestrian by Laurentia Tan.^[6]
September 11 - Laurentia Tan won the second Equestrian bronze medal.^[7]
September 13 - Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu won the country's first silver medal at the Paralympics.^[8]
September 15 - 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.^[9]
September 28 - Singapore hosts a leg of the 2008 Formula One World Championship, called the Singapore Grand Prix.

Deaths

Notes

^ "INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - NEWS" (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
^ "JI detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from Singapore detention centre", Channel NewsAsia (27 February 2008).
^ ir. "Olympics: First medal in 48 years for Singapore", Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved on 2008-08-15.
^ "Singapore into table tennis final", BBC. Retrieved on 2008-08-15.
^ "Olympics: Singapore paddlers settle for silver in women's team final", Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved on 2008-08-18.
^ Ryan Huang. "Paralympics: Singapore wins first-ever medal through Equestrian", Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved on 2008-09-09.
^ Tan Yo-Hinn. "Paralympics: Singapore's Laurentia Tan wins second Equestrian bronze", Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved on 2008-09-11.
^ Lynda Hong. "Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu clinches Singapore's first silver at Paralympics", Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved on 2008-09-13.
^ Tan Yo-Hinn. "Paralympics: Swimmer Pin Xiu is Singapore's golden girl", Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved on 2008-09-16.

See also

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_Singapore"

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