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Saturday, August 13, 2016

A page from Singapore's history

Singapore blood is coursing through this boy. Majulah Singapura!

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It's real. The little red dot of an island is on the Rio Olympics leaderboard!

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Singapore Milestones

Time	Event
10 Jan 2006	Singaporelifetimes Blog founded
1 Apr 2006	Clifford Pier is closed to shipping
7 May 2006	PAP returned to Power
26 May 2006	LV Sands wins Marina IR bid
8 Dec 2006	Genting Intl wins Sentosa IR bid
21 Dec 2006	Great Thomson Road flood
29 Dec 2006	Neptune Restaurant closed after 34 years
18 Apr 2007	First BYOBD
11 Apr 2007	S'pore wins rights to host F1 race
30 Jun 2007	National Stadium holds its last event - 'The Field of Dreams'
9 Aug 2007	National Day Parade held at Marina Bay for the first time
25 Oct 2007	SIA starts its A380 double-deck super jumbo commercial flight
8 Dec 2007	Eastern Coastal Park Connector Launched
9 Jan 2008	Changi Airport Terminal 3 starts operations
9 Jan 2008	First bilingual mass circulation Newspaper (MyPaper) launched
8 Feb 2008	Ah Meng, Singapore's iconic Orang Utan and Ambassador Par Excellence, dies, aged 48
21 Feb 2008	The IOC chooses Singapore to host the Inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2010
1 Mar 2008	The Singapore Flyer starts commercial operations
10 May 2008	Alexandra Arch and Henderson Waves officially opened
23 May 2008	ICJ rules that Pedra Branca belongs to Singapore
14 Jun 2008	National Stadium holds its last event, again (Olympic Qualifier btw Sing and S.Arabia), if you believe the Singapore sports officials, that is
15 Aug 2008	Singapore wins first Olympic Medal (Women's Table Tennis Silver) in 48 Years
28 Sep 2008	F. Alonso wins the inaugural Singapore Formula 1 race, the first ever held at night
30 Sep 2008	Veteran Opposition politician, J.B. Jeyeratnam, dies, aged 81
22 Jan 2009	Singapore government announces largest budget ever - S$20.5 billion, to deal with its worst recession to date
1 May 2009	Orange alert activated against Influenza A (H1NI) aka Swine Flu
20 May 2009	First ever Singapore woman's team conquers Mount Everest
26 May 2009	First Swine Flu (Influenza A H1N1) case in Singapore
28 May 2009	The Circle Line begins Operations
29 Jun 2009	The Inaugural Asian Youth Games begin
18 Aug 2009	Tunnel boring for MRT Circle Line completed
9 Oct 2009	Nets Flashpay Card, the 1st alternative to the EZ-Link card for payment on public buses & trains, is launched.
20 Jan 2010	Sentosa Integrated Resorts opens
14 Feb 2010	Singapore's first Resort Casino opens at 12:18pm on Sentosa Island
18 Mar 2010	Universal Studios Theme Park opens for business at 8:28am on Sentosa Island
27 Apr 2010	Marina Bay Sands (mostly the Casino only) opens for business at 3:18pm
14 May 2010	Goh Keng Swee, Architect of Modern Singapore, dies, aged 91
16 Jun 2010	Great Orchard Road Flood
24 Jun 2010	Marina Bay Sands Officially Opened
24 Jun 2010	Marina Bay Sands Skypark opens to the public
14 Aug 2010	Singapore Hosts the World's First Youth Olympic Games
29 Sep 2010	Demolition of the National Stadium begun
2 Oct 2010	Mr Lee Kuan Yew's wife, Mdm Kwa Geok Choo, dies, aged 89
7 May 2011	Singapore 2011 General Elections Polling Day
8 May 2011	PAP returned to power with reduced majority of 60.14% of votes cast
8 May 2011	Opposition Party wins a GRC for the first time
15 May 2011	MM Lee Kuan Yew announces his retirement from government Cabinet
28 May 2011	Universal Studios Singapore officially opens for business
30 Jun 2011	KTM Train services cease at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station.
27 Aug 2011	Tony Tan Keng Yam elected the 7th President of Singapore
8 Oct 2011	The entire MRT Circle Line starts operations
16 Dec 2011	SMRT Train worst breakdown in 24 years
29 Jun 2012	Gardens by the Bay opens to the public
2 Aug 2012	Feng Tian Wei wins a bronze Olympic medal for Singapore in Table Tennis, after a 52-year wait
26 Sep 2012	SMRT's China Chinese drivers go on strike, the first such industrial action since 1986
23 Feb 2013	Uber launches its ride-hailing service in Singapore
8 Dec 2013	Indian & Bangladeshi foreigners riot at Little India - a first after 40 years
23 Mar 2015	Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first Prime Minister, dies, age 91
4 Jul 2015	Singapore Botanic Gardens declared UNESCO World Heritage Site
7 Jul 2015	SMRT suffers worst breakdown
9 Aug 2015	Singapore celebrates its Golden Jubilee
11 Sep 2015	Singapore holds its 13th General Election
12 Sep 2015	PAP returned to power in landslide victory
25 Sep 2015	All Primary and Secondary Schools closed because of the haze caused by forest fires from Indonesia
13 Aug 2016	Singaporean Joseph Schoolings wins the 100-metre butterfly swimming finals at the Rio Olympics 2016. This is Singapore's first gold medal in any Olympic Games
1 Sep 2017	Today newspaper goes fully digital
14 Sep 2017	Halimah Yacob elected 8th President of Singapore - Singapore's first female President
12 Jun 2018	Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore
7 May 2018	Uber stops operations in Singapore
18 Aug 2018	Sengkang General Hospital opens
2 Jan 2019	Analogue TV transmission ceases
10 Jan 2019	Go-Jek launched in Singapore
1 Jun 2019	Starhub ceases cable-TV service, switches to fibre
9 Aug 2019	Singapore celebrates its bicentennial
23 Jan 2020	Singapore's first confirmed case of COVID-19
March-May 2020	Singapore spends S$93 billion in 4 budgets to deal with COVID-19
10 July 2020	Singapore holds its 13th General Election
April 2020	PAP returned to power with a reduced majority of 61.24%
11 July 2020	Workers Party wins 2 GRCs - the 1st since Independence

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Saturday, August 13, 2016

A page from Singapore's history

Statistics you never thought you'd ever see