2006 in Singapore

The following lists events that happened during 2006 in Singapore.

2006
in
Singapore

Decades:
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

January

Buangkok MRT station

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

  • 9 August – Singapore celebrates the last National Day Parade for the last time at the National Stadium before it's closed for redevelopment.
  • 10 August – The Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health announced tough measures to curb Subutex abuse, originally allowed in 2000 to help heroin addicts kick the habit.[43]
  • 15 August – The JetQuay CIP Terminal began operations.
  • 23 August – Singapore announced that their Singapore team were to compete in the upcoming A1 Grand Prix season.

September

October

November

  • 5 November – The first refurbished C151 train enters service, with the whole project completed by 2008.[53]
  • 8 November – The Ministry of Home Affairs announced several proposed changes to the Penal Code,[54] including modifying the marital immunity currently enjoyed by a husband against raping his wife, and to decriminalise oral and anal sex by a consenting heterosexual couple aged 16 years and above. A one-month consultation is subsequently held.[55]
  • 30 November – IKEA opens a new store in Tampines Retail Park.[56]

December

Deaths

Notes

  1. "NRF Milestones". 2019. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  2. "Official Opening of the new Supreme Court Building". Istana. 7 January 2006. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. Wong, Siew Ying (9 January 2006). "Single intake for junior colleges, centralised institutes from 2009". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. "MAS Issues $2 Polymer Notes". MAS. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. "Teens' white elephant T-shirt venture gets police attention". Today (Singapore newspaper). 14 January 2006. Archived from the original on 16 January 2006.
  6. Ng, Julia (21 January 2006). "Police overreacted to white elephant T-shirt incident: DPM Wong". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  7. "Buangkok NEL Station Commences Revenue Service Amid Great Fanfare". SBS Transit. 15 January 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  8. "Ministerial statement on National Service defaulters". NAS. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  9. "Workplace Safety & Health Act". AGC. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  10. "News release: Bigger, better Somerset skate park opens in Orchard" (PDF). National Youth Council. 19 January 2006. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  11. "National Youth Council". NLB. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  12. "Singapore Management University celebrates Official Opening of City Campus". 20 January 2006. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  13. "Temasek-SCB led investor group acquires Shinawatra and Damapong Families' stakes in Shin Corp". Temasek Holdings. 23 January 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  14. "Temasek buys Shin Corp". The Star. 24 January 2006. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  15. "Shin-bid Consortium Partners Complete Tender Offer for AIS". Temasek Holdings. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  16. "Establishment of Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation Limited". MAS. 8 February 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  17. Teo, Wan Gek (11 January 2009). "Donor 'designated kidney expressly' for Tang". The Straits Times. Singapore. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  18. "The suspected murderer who shocked Singapore". Taipei Times. 22 January 2007. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  19. "MediaCorp Online Broadband TV – Decide when, where and what you want for your TV entertainment". MediaCorp. 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 4 September 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  20. "MEWR releases Singapore Green Plan 2012 (2006 Edition) after extensive consultation". MEWR. 13 March 2006. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  21. "Official opening of ITE College East". NAS. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  22. "Opening of West Coast Highway Extension And Upgraded Jalan Buroh". MOT. 25 March 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  23. "Singapore's Budget Terminal Opens For Scheduled Flight Operations". MOT. 26 March 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  24. "New hospital in Woodlands". Today (retrieved from NLB). 27 March 2006. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  25. "Unveiling of "BioPass" – The Singapore Biometric Passport". NAS. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  26. "Public Introduction of Singapore Biometric Passport". NAS. 25 July 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  27. "NUS, NTU, SMU to become autonomous universities". NAS. 12 April 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  28. "Launch of Deposit Insurance Scheme in Singapore". MAS. 28 March 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  29. "OCBC Group divests 29.9% stake in Robinsons for S$203 million to Red Oasis Pte. Ltd" (PDF). 13 April 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  30. "Corporate Finance – Lippo Group consortium acquires 29.90% of Robinson and Company, limited for €100m". 27 June 2006. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  31. "ST Index at all-time high after 26-pt surge". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 20 April 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  32. "STI blazes past 2,500 to new high". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 4 January 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  33. "NParks Announces the New Heritage Trees Register". NParks. 22 April 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  34. "Heritage Tree Scheme". NLB. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  35. "Other gruesome murders that took place in Singapore". Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  36. "Government Awards Marina Bay IR Project to Las Vegas Sands Corporation". STB. 26 May 2006. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  37. "Las Vegas Sands wins bid to build Singapore's first integrated resort". Channel NewsAsia. 26 May 2006. Archived from the original on 28 May 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  38. "Singapore Press Holdings' Chinese freesheet – my paper – hits the streets". 31 May 2006. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  39. "Community Court". Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  40. "The Straits Times extends its reach with bold new platform STOMP". 14 June 2006. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  41. "SBS Transit Launches Singapore's First-Ever Wheelchair Accessible Buses, Offers One Month Free Rides". 26 June 2006. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  42. "Key dates". The Straits Times. 25 July 2006. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  43. "Tougher action against Subutex abuse". NAS. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  44. "Official Opening Ceremony of The Home Team Academy". MHA. 2 September 2006. Archived from the original on 17 June 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  45. Cheney, Satish (18 August 2006). "New Home Team Academy to bring all agencies under one roof". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  46. "Refining how we deliver ability-driven education" (PDF). 28 September 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  47. "Unveiling of the Marina Bay Financial Centre". NAS. 5 October 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  48. "Like S'pore's Canary Wharf (Page 6)". Today (retrieved from NLB). 6 October 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  49. "Haze worsens in Singapore, PSI hits new high for the year". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 23 October 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2006.
  50. "Reaching out better (Todayonline)". 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  51. "Biopolis booster for local biomed scene". Today (retrieved from NLB). 31 October 2006. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  52. "Orchard Turn Groundbreaking Ceremony" (PDF). NAS. 31 October 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  53. Rajan, T. (5 November 2006). "MRT trains get $145m overhaul". The Straits Times.
  54. Cap. 224.
  55. "Public consultation on proposed amendments to the Penal Code" (PDF). NAS. 8 November 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  56. "Opening Ceremony of IKEA Tampines". NAS. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  57. "Groundbreaking Ceremony of Fusionopolis Phase 2A Site". NAS. 6 December 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  58. "Opening of the National Museum". MICA (now MCI). 8 December 2006. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  59. "Remarks by DPM Prof S Jayakumar at Press Conference on Award of Integrated Resort at Sentosa, 8 Dec". MinLaw. 8 December 2006. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  60. "Award of the Integrated Resort on Sentosa". MTI. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  61. "Opening of Courts Megastore". Courts Singapore (Facebook). 28 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  62. "S. Rajaratnam". NLB. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  63. "Arthur Yap". NLB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  64. "Humphrey Morrison Burkill". NLB. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  65. "Lim Kim San". NLB. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  66. "Anthony Poon". NLB. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  67. "Elizabeth Choy". NLB. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  68. "Lim Chor Pee". NLB. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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