2008 in Singapore

= 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. [cite web | title = INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - NEWS | url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2491 | accessdate = 2008-02-22 | year = 2008 ]
*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. cite news | title = JI detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from Singapore detention centre | publisher = Channel NewsAsia | date = 27 February 2008 | url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/331477/1/.html ]

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. [cite news |author=ir|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/368387/1/.html |title=Olympics: First medal in 48 years for Singapore|publisher= Channel NewsAsia |accessdate=2008-08-15] [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/table_tennis/7562910.stm |title=Singapore into table tennis final|publisher= BBC |accessdate=2008-08-15] [cite news |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/369089/1/.html|title=Olympics: Singapore paddlers settle for silver in women's team final|publisher= Channel NewsAsia|accessdate=2008-08-18]
* 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. [cite news |author=Ryan Huang|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/374777/1/.html |title=Paralympics: Singapore wins first-ever medal through Equestrian|publisher= Channel NewsAsia |accessdate=2008-09-09]
* September 11 - Laurentia Tan won the second Equestrian bronze medal. [cite news |author=Tan Yo-Hinn|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/375273/1/.html|title=Paralympics: Singapore's Laurentia Tan wins second Equestrian bronze|publisher= Channel NewsAsia |accessdate=2008-09-11]
* September 13 - Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu won the country's first silver medal at the Paralympics. [cite news |author=Lynda Hong|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/375683/1/.html|title=Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu clinches Singapore's first silver at Paralympics|publisher= Channel NewsAsia |accessdate=2008-09-13]
* 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. [cite news |author=Tan Yo-Hinn|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/376199/1/.html|title=Paralympics: Swimmer Pin Xiu is Singapore's golden girl|publisher= Channel NewsAsia |accessdate=2008-09-16]
* September 28 - Singapore hosts a leg of the 2008 Formula One World Championship, called the 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

Notes

ee also

*2007 in Singapore
*2009 in Singapore
*List of years in Singapore
*Other events of 2008