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Contents
1
Events
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.
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
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
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). 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 15 August 2008
.
^
"
Singapore into table tennis final
",
BBC
. Retrieved on 15 August 2008
.
^
"
Olympics: Singapore paddlers settle for silver in women's team final
",
Channel NewsAsia
. Retrieved on 18 August 2008
.
^
Ryan Huang. "
Paralympics: Singapore wins first-ever medal through Equestrian
",
Channel NewsAsia
. Retrieved on 9 September 2008
.
^
Tan Yo-Hinn. "
Paralympics: Singapore's Laurentia Tan wins second Equestrian bronze
",
Channel NewsAsia
. Retrieved on 11 September 2008
.
^
Lynda Hong. "
Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu clinches Singapore's first silver at Paralympics
",
Channel NewsAsia
. Retrieved on 13 September 2008
.
^
Tan Yo-Hinn. "
Paralympics: Swimmer Pin Xiu is Singapore's golden girl
",
Channel NewsAsia
. Retrieved on 16 September 2008
.
See also
2007 in Singapore
2009 in Singapore
List of years in Singapore
Other events of 2008
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