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2013
in
Singapore

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The following lists events that happened during 2013 in the Republic of Singapore.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

  • 10 February – The MediaCorp TV celebrates its 50-year anniversary it was established on 1963 (before on 16 February).
  • 19 February – Singapore and Malaysia agrees to build the high-speed rail link between the city-state island republic and mainland towards Kuala Lumpur.

March

  • 31 March – The MediaCorp TV Channel 5 celebrates its 50-year anniversary it was established on 1963 (before on 2 April).

April

June

  • 17 June – Singapore is hit by the worst haze since 1997. The PSI levels reaches levels not seen since 2006, with a PSI of 155 recorded at 10pm, after air quality plummeted into the "Unhealthy" range at 2pm.
  • 19 June – At 10pm, the 3-hour PSI reading set an all-time high record of 321 in the Hazardous range, surpassing the previous record of 226 during the 1997 haze. This is the first time that Singapore's PSI has entered the Hazardous range.[2]
  • 20 June – At 1 p.m., the 3-hour PSI reading reached record levels once again with a reading of 371 in the Hazardous range.[3]
  • 21 June – At 11am, the record was broken again, with a PSI of 400 in the "Hazardous" range.
  • 21 June – The newly minted record was broken again at 12pm, with the PSI remaining in the "Hazardous" range with a reading of 401.[4]
  • 25 June - The 3rd series of Singapore's coins is released.[5] However, old coins from the 1st and 2nd series remain legal tender.[6]

August

November

December

Sports

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "NEL services fully resumed at 4:35pm: SBS Transit". Channel NewsAsia. 10 January 2013.
  2. ^ "S'pore PSI hits all-time high, PSI at 321 at 10pm". The Straits Times. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Haze reaches hazardous level; PSI hits 371". Channel NewsAsia. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ "PSI hits new all-time high of 401 on Friday". Channel NewsAsia. 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "New Singapore Third Series coins available at banks from June 25". Channel NewsAsia. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  6. ^ "The Singapore Third Series Coins". TODAYonline. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Train services at 23 Circle Line stations restored after power failure". Today (Singapore newspaper). Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Sundram resigns as LionsXII and National U-23 coach". TODAYonline. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Football: Fandi Ahmad appointed LionsXII head coach". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.