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The following lists events that happened during 2024 in the Republic of Singapore.
- President: Tharman Shanmugaratnam
- Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong (until 14 May), Lawrence Wong (from 15 May)
January
- 1 January – The Goods and Services Tax is raised from 8 to 9 per cent.[1]
- 5 January – Four telcos offer international call blocking services in an attempt to deter scams.[2]
- 9 January – Land Transport Authority announced that EZ-Link cards that had not yet been upgraded to SimplyGo, and Nets Flashpay cards would be deprecated on 1 June 2024.[3][4]
- 12 January – The Central Public Library at the National Library Building at Victoria Street is officially reopened with a marine-themed children's section that is sponsored by S.E.A. Aquarium (which will be reopened as Singapore Oceanarium later this year) and National Library Board. The library also has an AI-inspired storyline booth and areas paying tribute to Singapore's history and culture.[5][6][7][8]
- 18 January – S. Iswaran resigns as Minister for Transport, Member of Parliament for West Coast GRC, and from People's Action Party after being charged with 27 counts relating to bribery and corruption by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.[9] Chee Hong Tat succeeds Iswaran as Transport Minister, with Grace Fu taking over as Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations.
- 22 January:
- Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat reverses an initial decision to terminate EZ-Link cards without SimplyGo and NETS FlashPay cards after 1 June, pledging S$40 million to extend the system's lifespan.
- The first Total Defence Day Exercise is announced, simulating disruptions to power and food supplies to commemorate 40 years since the launch of Total Defence.
- 23–27 and 30–31 January – Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour is held at the National Stadium.
- 29 January – Cosford Container Park opens.[10]
February
- 16 February – Ed Sheeran's +–=÷× Tour is held at the National Stadium.[11]
- 20–25 February – The Singapore Airshow is held at Changi Exhibition Centre.[12]
- 28 February – Ahmed Salim, a Bangladeshi painter, becomes the first death row offender executed for murder in Singapore since 2019, having been convicted for killing his Indonesian ex-girlfriend in 2018.[13]
March
- 2–4 and 7–9 March – Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour is held at the National Stadium (Opening Act: Sabrina Carpenter) (was officially main public live radio station and broadcasting companies aired by 987).
- 14 March - The Sentosa Sensoryscape is opened.[14]
- 19 March – Secretary-General of the Workers' Party Pritam Singh gets charged with two counts of perjury, with Faisal Manap issued an advisory for his role in the Committee of Privileges hearing against ex-Member of Parliament Raeesah Khan.[15]
- 25 March – Ex-Minister S. Iswaran gets eight new charges for corruption in relation to Lum Chang's Managing Director Lum Kok Seng.[16]
April
- 2 April – Joseph Schooling, who won Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medal, retires from swimming at 28.[17]
- 3 and 5–6 April – Bruno Mars' Bruno Mars Live in Singapore tour is held at the National Stadium.[18][19]
- 15 April – Lee Hsien Loong announces his resignation as the 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore effective on 15 May 2024, paving the way for the assumption of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong as the 4th Prime Minister of Singapore.[20]
- 16 April – Lawrence Wong confirms that Lee Hsien Loong will stay in Cabinet as Senior Minister, adding that there will be a new Cabinet without major changes before his term starts.
- 22 April – The new Rail Corridor at Buona Vista is officially opened with a large new playgrounds and exercise corners along the area of one north, aside from the Rail Corridor at Bukit Timah Railway Station.[21]
May
- 8 May – An F-16 crashes in Tengah Air Base, with the pilot surviving the impact after ejection.[22]
- 13 May – Lawrence Wong unveils his new Cabinet, with Gan Kim Yong to be Deputy Prime Minister, as well as several promotions and two new Ministerial appointees.[23] At the same time, the Ministry of Communications and Information shall be renamed to the Ministry of Digital Development and Information from 8 July.[24]
- 15 May – Lawrence Wong is sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong.[25]
- 16 May – Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officer Kenneth Tay Xue Qin dies after a fire breaks out on a tanker ship.[26]
- 18 May - The Anchorvale Village shopping mall in Sengkang is opened.
- 21 May – Singapore Airlines Flight 321: A Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore makes an emergency landing at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport after experiencing severe air turbulence over the Bay of Bengal, resulting in one death and at least 71 injured.[27]
June
- 4 June – Land Transport Authority (LTA) enforcement officer Zdulfika Ahakasah dies after crashing his motorcycle into a road divider whilst chasing a suspect.[28]
- 14 June – An accident involving a Dutch-flagged dredger and a stationary Singapore-flagged bunker vessel occurs at the Pasir Panjang terminal, causing an oil spill that forces the closure of three beaches in Sentosa Island.[29]
- 19 June - The Anchorvale Village Hawker Centre is officially opened.
- 23 June – The Thomson–East Coast MRT line stage 4 between Tanjong Rhu and Bayshore stations officially open for service.[30][31]
July
- 3 July – A 38-year old Japanese national is sentenced to be caned and imprisoned for 17.5 years for the 2019 rape of a university student.[32]
- 19 July – Thirty-six people are rescued after fires break out onboard the São Tomé and Príncipe-flagged tanker Ceres I and Singapore-flagged tanker Hafnia Nile following a collision near Pedra Branca. The remaining 26 Ceres I crew members remain onboard to conduct fire-fighting operations.[33]
- 21 July – The new Tengah Bus Interchange is opened.[citation needed]
- 30 July – 60 employees of ByteDance are sickened following an outbreak of gastroenteritis at the company's offices in the Central Business District that is blamed on suspected food poisoning.[34] The number increases to 130 the next day, with two caterers present that day having their operations suspended.[citation needed]
August
- 4–5 August – The Ministry of Education removes Mobile Guardian from all iPads and Chromebooks of secondary students after 13,000 students were affected by a global security breach involving Mobile Guardian.[35]
- 9 August – Kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder wins bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics.[citation needed]
- 15 August – Teck Lee LRT station on the Punggol LRT line opens 19 years after the line first started.[citation needed]
- 30 August – A 37-year old man is sentenced to nearly four years' imprisonment for planting cannabis in his estranged wife's car in an attempt to frame her for drug possession and have her receive the death penalty.[36]
September
- 1 September – The Jurong West Bus Package operations is handed over to SMRT Corporation from SBS Transit spanning Boon Lay Bus Interchanges.[37]
- 5 September – Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre is opened for Bidadari residents.[citation needed]
- 8 September – One Punggol is officially opened as the second integrated lifestyle community hub in Singapore.[citation needed]
- 11–13 September – Pope Francis visits Singapore, the second time a pope has visited the country since Pope John Paul II in 1986.[38]
Predicted and scheduled events
- 15 September – The Jurong West Bus Package operations will be handed over to SMRT Corporation from SBS Transit spanning Joo Koon Bus Interchange Tuas Bus Terminal and Soon Lee Bus Depot
- November/December – Punggol Coast MRT Station under the North East Line will be opened and situated outside SIT's Digital Campus.
- 6 January – Ho Weng Toh, pioneer Singapore Airlines and former Flying Tigers pilot. (b. 1920).[39]
- 16 January – Ajit Singh Gill, Singapore’s oldest Olympian. (b. 1928).[40]
- 3 February – Wee Cho Yaw, billionaire and United Overseas Bank's longest serving chairman (b. 1929).[41]
- 14 February – Tan Kue Kim, chef and restaurateur.[42]
- 1 March – Ch'ng Jit Koon, former Senior Minister of State and retired politician (b. 1934).[43]
- 2 March – Eugene Wijeysingha, former Raffles Institution headmaster and historian (b. 1934).[44]
- 5 April – Ng Suan Loi, actress (I Not Stupid Too) (b. 1936).[citation needed]
- 7 April – Wong Liang Hun, fencer (b. 1953).[45]
- May – Alan Choe, pioneer urban planner and URA founder (b. 1931).[46]
- 29 May – Lim Ee Ping, Workers' Party veteran (b. 1938).[47]
- 4 June – Cheo Chai Chen, former Member of Parliament for Nee Soon Central SMC (b. 1951).[48]
- 13 June – Leong Chee Chiew, nature conservationist (b. 1951/1952).[49]
- 21 June – Ng Teak Boon, Sim Lim Tower ice cream cart hawker/uncle (born 1951/2)[citation needed]
- 6 July – Paul Cheong, actor (b. 1949)[citation needed]
- 18 July – Pathmanaban Selvadurai, former politician and lawyer (b. 1933).[50]
- 21 July – Ang Boon Ee, chef (b. 1958)[citation needed]
- 13 August – Charis Eng, Singaporean American physician-scientist. (b. 1962)[citation needed]
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