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* 7 December - In an investigation of the mass food poisoning in November, National Environment Agency terminates the licence of one of four outlets of Spize restaurant (River Valley outlet) after discovering the food that consumed by 81 patrons contained [[salmonella]], as well as lapses in food hygiene, according to NEA and [[Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore]] (AVA). A joint statement by [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|MOH]], AVA and NEA further reveals that 82 reported cases out of 221 people who consumed the food from seven other incidents linked to the outlet between November 6 and 9, were prepared on the site.<ref>{{cite web |title=NEA terminates Spize restaurant's River Valley outlet licences following fatal food poisoning outbreak |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/nea-terminates-spize-restaurants-river-valley-outlet-licences-following-fatal-food |website=Channel NewsAsia |date=7 Dec 2018 |accessdate=7 Dec 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207050121/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/nea-terminates-spize-restaurants-river-valley-outlet-licences-following-fatal-food |archive-date=7 December 2018 |dead-url=no |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* 7 December - In an investigation of the mass food poisoning in November, National Environment Agency terminates the licence of one of four outlets of Spize restaurant (River Valley outlet) after discovering the food that consumed by 81 patrons contained [[salmonella]], as well as lapses in food hygiene, according to NEA and [[Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore]] (AVA). A joint statement by [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|MOH]], AVA and NEA further reveals that 82 reported cases out of 221 people who consumed the food from seven other incidents linked to the outlet between November 6 and 9, were prepared on the site.<ref>{{cite web |title=NEA terminates Spize restaurant's River Valley outlet licences following fatal food poisoning outbreak |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/nea-terminates-spize-restaurants-river-valley-outlet-licences-following-fatal-food |website=Channel NewsAsia |date=7 Dec 2018 |accessdate=7 Dec 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207050121/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/nea-terminates-spize-restaurants-river-valley-outlet-licences-following-fatal-food |archive-date=7 December 2018 |dead-url=no |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* 10 December - The [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Ministry of Health]] announced that up to 8 patients at [[Tan Tock Seng Hospital]] were treated with partially sterilised dental equipment. This followed a case at the [[National Dental Centre Singapore|National Dental Centre]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Up to 8 patients treated with partly sterilised dental instruments at Tan Tock Seng Hospital |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/partly-sterilised-dental-instruments-tan-tock-seng-clinic-11017694|website=CNA|date=10 December 2018|accessdate=13 June 2019}}</ref>
* 10 December - The [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Ministry of Health]] announced that up to 8 patients at [[Tan Tock Seng Hospital]] were treated with partially sterilised dental equipment. This followed a case at the [[National Dental Centre Singapore|National Dental Centre]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Up to 8 patients treated with partly sterilised dental instruments at Tan Tock Seng Hospital |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/partly-sterilised-dental-instruments-tan-tock-seng-clinic-11017694|website=CNA|date=10 December 2018|accessdate=13 June 2019}}</ref>
* 28 December - The [[Tiger Sky Tower]] holds its last day of operations after 15 years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sentosas-tiger-sky-tower-to-close-on-dec-28|title=Sentosa's Tiger Sky Tower to close on Dec 28|date=2018-10-23|work=The Straits Times|access-date=2019-05-02|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502094627/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sentosas-tiger-sky-tower-to-close-on-dec-28|archive-date=2019-05-02|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref>
* 28 December - The [[Tiger Sky Tower]] on Sentosa closed after operating for 15 years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sentosas-tiger-sky-tower-to-close-on-dec-28|title=Sentosa's Tiger Sky Tower to close on Dec 28|date=2018-10-23|work=The Straits Times|access-date=2019-05-02|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502094627/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sentosas-tiger-sky-tower-to-close-on-dec-28|archive-date=2019-05-02|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref>


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==Deaths==

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Events in the year 2018 in Singapore.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

  • 4 February - Heartbeat@Bedok officially opened.[7]
  • 5 February - The Cybersecurity Act is passed in Parliament. The law strengthens protection against cyberattacks. Owners of Critical Information Infrastructure (CIIs) are required to comply with these laws.[8]
  • 19 February - The Government announces that the GST will rise from 7% to 9% somewhere around 2021 to 2025, as well as the expansion of the GST to digital services from 2020.[9][10]

March

  • 5 March - The Ministry of Education announces during a parliamentary debate that all primary schools will have applied learning programmes by 2023.[11]
  • 7 March - The Ministry of Transport announced an overhaul of the Bukit Panjang LRT line, which will be finished by 2024.[12]
  • 18 March - Services 800, 804, 805, 807, 811 and 860 are handed over to SBS Transit.
  • 19 March - 52 changes to the Criminal Procedure Code and Evidence Act were passed.[13]
  • 20 March - The Carbon Pricing Bill, first proposed during the 2017 Budget is passed. It aims to start a carbon tax regime with an initial rate of S$5 per tonne.[14][15]
  • 21 March - The Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act, which aims to stop circulation of sensitive information during security operations is passed, with fines and jail terms for breaches. [16]
  • 25 March - Services 803, 806, 812, 850E, 851 and 852 are handed over to SBS Transit.
  • 26 March - Uber announces its withdrawal from Southeast Asia to end a war of attrition with a local rival and has agreed to sell its Southeast Asian operations to Grab. Under the agreement, Grab will acquire all of Uber's operations in a region of 620 million people, including food delivery service UberEats. A few days later, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) (then Competition Commission of Singapore) commences investigations into the merger, about which they are not notified, resulting in fines imposed on both Uber and Grab.[17][18]

April

  • 2 April -
    • Enterprise Singapore is formed as a result of the dissolution of International Enterprise Singapore and SPRING Singapore to help Singapore companies expand internationally. The Competition Commission of Singapore is renamed to Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore, and is given authority over consumer protection.
    • A report on 38 Oxley Road is delivered by a ministerial committee, laying out three options for the future of the house.[19]
  • 25 April - Inuka, a polar bear born in the tropics, dies after declining health.
  • 30 April - Dave Lee dies after suffering hyperthermia two weeks earlier.[20]

May

June

Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump shaking hands at the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit

July

  • 4 July - Personal data of 1.5 million SingHealth patients are illegally accessed and copied in one of the largest cyberattack to occur in Singapore. Outpatient medication data of 160,000 patients, including those of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong who is targeted by hackers, are compromised. The data breach is confirmed on 10 July and announced by the Ministry of Health on 20 July.[33]
  • 9 July - The Public Utilities Board and National Environment Agency announce the construction of a new complex called Tuas Nexus. It will be capable of treating used water and waste. Water and food waste will be combined to produce more biogas. The complex will be fully operational by 2027.[34]

August

  • 18 August - Sengkang General Hospital and Sengkang Community Hospital are opened to the public.[35]
  • 19 August - 2 new housing schemes, the Voluntary Early Redevelopment Scheme (VERS) and Home Improvement Programme II (HIPII) were announced in a bid to enhance value of older HDB flats. HIP will also be expanded to cover more HDB flats.[36][37]

September

  • 6 September - The Kuala Lumpur–Singapore high-speed rail is deferred until 2020. Completion is targeted for 2031 after a new agreement is signed. This follows initial plans to scrap it.[38]
  • 17 September - The SGQR code system was launched to unify various cashless systems.[39]
  • 18 September – An island-wide blackout strikes Singapore at 1:29am. SP Group, which is responsible for supplying electricity, reports that the power outage lasted 38 minutes and affected 146,797 households and businesses. A preliminary investigation reveals that the failure stemmed from a partial loss of supply from two power generation units.[40]
  • 21 September - It is announced that NTUC Enterprise will acquire Kopitiam, a food chain that operates in Singapore. The acquisition was allowed by the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) on 20 December 2018.[41][42]
  • 28 September - The Ministry of Education (MOE) announces that there will be no more exams for P1 and P2 students, as well as the abolishment of mid-year exams for some levels. Report books will not state class positions. This will free up time for learning. The changes will fully take effect in 2021. MOE has given an update that several schools are abolishing mid-year exams by 2020.[43][44]

October

November

  • 1 November - The Open Electricity Market by the Energy Market Authority starts its rollout after a soft launch in Jurong in April. This is done in four phases, finishing with the city area on 1 May 2019, allowing consumers to choose electricity providers.[46]
  • 3 November - Liu Kai dies after an accident where a Bionix AFV reversed into the Land Rover he was in.[47]
  • 6 November to 2 December - A string of four food poisoning cases, all of which involved in handling food from a local catering service, occurs. A total of 444 patrons fall ill after eating the food, among which 81 (including one fatality) are from the Spize restaurant at a Deepavali celebration on November 6; 190 are from a Singapore Civil Defence Force event on 23 November; 131 are from a school camp event on 26 November; and 42 are from a lunch banquet held in the Mandarin Oriential Hotel on 2 December.[48] It becomes one of the worst food poisoning cases in Singapore since the 2009's Geylang Serai's rojak incident.[49][50][51] In a response, the National Environment Agency consequently suspend the licenses of two catering services Spize and TungLok, after being involved in the mass food poisoning case.[52]
  • 13 November - The 33rd ASEAN Summit is held in Singapore. The leaders of the participating countries will seek to further promote ASEAN integration and community building under the framework of multilateralism cooperation with the theme of "resilience and innovation". The Premier of the People’s Republic of China Li Keqiang also joined this summit.
  • 19 November - A new passenger terminal opens at Seletar Airport, replacing the old building.[53]

December

  • 4 December - A dispute over airspace in Selatar occurs after the Instrument landing system is installed in Seletar Airport. At the same time, a maritime dispute over port limits around Tuas occurs.[54]
  • 7 December - In an investigation of the mass food poisoning in November, National Environment Agency terminates the licence of one of four outlets of Spize restaurant (River Valley outlet) after discovering the food that consumed by 81 patrons contained salmonella, as well as lapses in food hygiene, according to NEA and Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA). A joint statement by MOH, AVA and NEA further reveals that 82 reported cases out of 221 people who consumed the food from seven other incidents linked to the outlet between November 6 and 9, were prepared on the site.[55]
  • 10 December - The Ministry of Health announced that up to 8 patients at Tan Tock Seng Hospital were treated with partially sterilised dental equipment. This followed a case at the National Dental Centre in 2017.[56]
  • 28 December - The Tiger Sky Tower on Sentosa closed after operating for 15 years.[57]

Deaths

  • 4 February – Majid Ariff, footballer (b. 1937).[58]
  • 22 March – Morgan Chua, political cartoonist (b. 1949).[59]
  • 3 June – Jek Yeun Thong, politician (b. 1930).[60]
  • 31 October - Kua Hong Pak, former CEO of ComfortDelgro (b. 1944)[61]
  • 5 December - Zul Sutan, rock musician (b. 1957)[62]
  • 29 December - Lee Kip Lee, former president of the Peranakan Association, and father of composer Dick Lee (b. 1922)[63]

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