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.
- 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 (XLIII) 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.
- 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.
- November 15 to January 2 , 2009 - Christmas In The Tropics 2008
- December 23 - Singapore Flyer stops turning due to technical problems.
Law
- February 27 - Singapore's most wanted terror fugitive, Mas Selamat bin Kastari, escaped from detention under the country's Internal Security Act.
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 .
- 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.
- September 11 - Laurentia Tan won the second Equestrian bronze medal.
- September 13 - Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu won the country's first silver medal at the Paralympics.
- 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.
- September 28 - Singapore hosts a leg of the 2008 Formula One World Championship, called the Singtel Singapore Grand Prix.
Deaths
- January 4 - Jimmy Nah
- January 7 - Robert Chandran
- February 8 - Ah Meng
- February 8 - Chua Ek Kay
- July 14 - Ong Chit Chung
- September 30 - Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam
- November 28 - Lo Hwei Yen (A Singaporean held hostage killed during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks)
Notes
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - NEWS". 2008 . http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2491 . Retrieved 2008-02-22 .
- ^ "JI detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from Singapore detention centre". Channel NewsAsia. 27 February 2008 . http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/331477/1/.html .
- ^ ir. "Olympics: First medal in 48 years for Singapore". Channel NewsAsia . http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/368387/1/.html . Retrieved 2008-08-15 .
- ^ "Singapore into table tennis final". BBC . http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/table_tennis/7562910.stm . Retrieved 2008-08-15 .
- ^ "Olympics: Singapore paddlers settle for silver in women's team final". Channel NewsAsia . http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/369089/1/.html . Retrieved 2008-08-18 .
- ^ Ryan Huang. "Paralympics: Singapore wins first-ever medal through Equestrian". Channel NewsAsia . http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/374777/1/.html . Retrieved 2008-09-09 .
- ^ Tan Yo-Hinn. "Paralympics: Singapore's Laurentia Tan wins second Equestrian bronze". Channel NewsAsia . http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/375273/1/.html . Retrieved 2008-09-11 .
- ^ Lynda Hong. "Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu clinches Singapore's first silver at Paralympics". Channel NewsAsia . http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/375683/1/.html . Retrieved 2008-09-13 . ...
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