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2009 in Singapore

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The following lists events that happened during 2009 in the Republic of Singapore.

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January

  • 1 January –
    • The smoking ban is extended to all children's playgrounds, exercise areas, markets, underground and multi-storey carparks, ferry terminals and jetties, and also non-air conditioned areas in offices, factories, shops, shopping complexes and lift lobbies.
    • The SDPC marking for cigarettes takes effect.[1]
  • 9 January to 7 October – The mass EZ-Link card replacement exercise is initiated.[2] Supposed to end by 30 September, the replacement is extended to 7 October.[3]
  • 10 January – The official logo of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics was unveiled.
  • 19 January – President S. R. Nathan allowed the spending of past reserves to fight the financial crisis. The money was returned in 2011.[4]
  • 28 January – The Social Development Unit and the Social Development Service have merged into SDU-SDS, the change was first announced during the 2008 National Day Rally.[5]

February

March

  • March – Yew Tee Point is opened to the public.
  • 4 March – Kim Chuan Depot is officially opened as the world's biggest underground train depot. The depot will serve the Circle MRT line and the Downtown MRT line.[8]
  • 8 March – The Upper Paya Lebar underpass is opened to traffic.[9]
  • 23 March – Amendments to the Films Act are passed to allow some political films if the films present a factual and objective picture, and do not dramatise and/or present a distorted picture. This comes after all party political films were banned in 1998.[10][11]
  • 24 March – MediaCorp, along with five Southeast Asian television broadcasting companies have formed the Smart Alliance.[12]
  • 28 March –
    • Iluma (now Bugis+) is opened to the public.
    • Landmarks around Singapore switched off their lights in support of Earth Hour.[13]

April

  • 1 April –
    • Tampines 1 opens to the public as the third mall in Tampines.
    • Bus and train fares have reduced by 4.6%.
    • Lim Hwee Hua becomes the first woman to serve in Singapore's Cabinet.[14]
  • 9 April – UNIQLO opens its first store in Singapore, located at Tampines 1.[15]
  • 13 April –
    • 154 people fall victim to the food poisoning involving an Indian rojak stall at the Geylang Serai temporary market, with one miscarriage and two deaths; the incident became one of Singapore's worst mass food poisoning cases until in 2018, when four simultaneous cases occurred.
    • The Public Order Act is passed to regulate assemblies, and allows for 'move on' orders.[16][17]
  • 14 April –
  • 27 April – The Sustainable Singapore Blueprint is launched.[19]
  • 28 April to 8 July – 2009 flu pandemic in Singapore:
    • 28 April – Ministry of Health elevated the country's Disease Outbreak Response System (DORS) from green to yellow alert, following the 2009 swine flu pandemic in various countries.
    • 30 April to 11 May – Ministry of Health raised the level to orange even though there are no human cases of swine flu in Singapore recorded, before lowering it to yellow.
    • 27 May – Singapore's first H1N1 case was confirmed.[20]
    • 28 May – Three cases were confirmed (total 4).
    • 31 May – One case was confirmed (total 5).
    • 1 June – Two cases were confirmed (total 7).
    • 2 June – One case was confirmed (total 8).
    • 3 June – Three cases were confirmed (total 11).
    • 4 June – One case was confirmed (total 12).
    • 5 June – Two cases were confirmed (total 14).
    • 6 June – One case was confirmed (total 15).
    • 9 June – Three cases were confirmed (total 18).
    • 11 June – Three cases were confirmed (total 21).
    • 12 June – Six cases were confirmed (total 27).
    • 13 June – Seven cases were confirmed (total 34).
    • 14 June – Six cases were confirmed (total 40).
    • 15 June – Seven cases were confirmed (total 47).
    • 16 June – Two cases were confirmed (total 49).
    • 17 June – 17 cases were confirmed (total 66).
    • 18 June – 11 cases were confirmed, with one of the additional cases possibly Singapore's first unlinked local H1N1 flu case (total 77).
    • 19 June – 26 cases were confirmed, including 3 local cases (total 103).
    • 20 June – 23 cases were confirmed, one of which includes an Asian Youth Games athlete from the Philippines (total 126).
    • 21 June – 16 cases were confirmed (total 142).
    • 22 June – 26 cases were confirmed (total 168).
    • 23 June – 26 cases were confirmed (total 194).
    • 24 June – 26 cases were confirmed (total 220).
    • 25 June – 95 cases were confirmed (total 315).
    • 26 June – 50 cases were confirmed (total 365).
    • 27 June – 89 cases were confirmed (total 454).
    • 28 June – 145 cases were confirmed (total 599).
    • 29 June – 30 cases were confirmed (total 629).
    • 30 June – 72 cases were confirmed (total 701).
    • 1 July – MOH announces that it moves on from Containment to Mitigation Phase; with 82 cases confirmed (total 783).
    • 2 July – 95 cases were confirmed (total 878).
    • 3 July – 91 cases were confirmed (total 969).
    • 4 July – 34 cases were confirmed (total 1003).
    • 5 July – 52 cases were confirmed (total 1055).
    • 6 July – 56 cases were confirmed (total 1111).
    • 7 July – 106 cases were confirmed (total 1217).
    • 8 July – MOH announced that they ceased recording the number of cases.

May

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Stage 3 of the Circle MRT line

June

July

August

  • 11 August – The first incineration plant, Ulu Pandan Incineration Plant, is closed after operating since 1979.[39]
  • 15 August – The Public Transport Security Command is formed as a transit police unit of the Singapore Police Force.
  • 18 August – The Agency for Integrated Care is formed to handle the care sector.
  • 20 August – Two Continuing Education and Training (CET) campuses will be built in Singapore. To be located in Paya Lebar and Jurong, the two campuses will be completed by 2013.[40]

September

  • 10 to 13 September – Singapore participates in the 2009 Asian Youth Para Games held in Tokyo. The final tally was 4 gold medals and 1 silver medal.
  • 11 September – The film Singapore Rebel is allowed with an M18 rating after being previously banned in 2005. This comes after amendments to the Films Act passed earlier in March.[41]
  • 13 September – The Singapore Cable Car is closed for retrofitting and major upgrading.
  • 19 September – City Square Mall is opened to the public as Singapore's first eco mall.[42]
  • 25 September – Reclamation works on Jurong Island are completed.[43]
  • 28 September – The Duke–NUS Medical School as well as the Khoo Teck Puat Building are officially opened, making it Singapore's second medical school.[44]

October

November

  • 2 November – The Keppel Seghers Tuas Waste-to-Energy Plant commenced operations.[52]
  • 11 November – China offers a 10-year loan of two giant pandas to Singapore.[53]
  • 14–15 November – Singapore hosted the APEC Singapore 2009 conference.
  • 19 November – Flash floods hit Bukit Timah after rainfall of high intensity hit, with it being dubbed a '1 in 50 year' flood.[54][55]

December

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