The following lists events that happened during 2018 in the Republic of Singapore.
Incumbent government officials President: Halimah Yacob Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong
Events January 1 January – JTC Corporation takes over all of Housing and Development Board's industrial land and properties to support SMEs better, a change first announced on 19 October 2016. 4 January – The 4G leaders from People's Action Party release a statement, stating that they will choose a new leader in due course. 8 January – Radio station 96.3 Hao FM is launched by Singapore Press Holdings, a Mandarin station that plays classics. The Public Sector (Governance) Act is passed, setting out rules on data-sharing in government agencies, and standardise how statutory boards are run. Changes to the Immigration Act are passed to allow ICA officers to search and arrest suspects at checkpoints first-hand. The amendments have come into force on 1 April. 13 January – SG Cares is launched to encourage Singaporeans to help each other, with the SG Cares app unveiled. 14 January – Three roads in Bidadari, namely Bidadari Park Drive, Alkaff Crescent and Woodleigh Link, partially open to serve upcoming developments. 15 January – The DUO and Marina One projects are officially opened as part of a bilateral partnership. 16 January – The agreement on the Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System is signed. SMRT and Prasarana are appointed to run the line for an initial 30 years, with subsequent concessions to be awarded through open tenders. The RTS is slated to be ready by 31 December 2024, but has now been delayed. 19 January – Northpoint City's new section opened its doors. 21 January – Plans for Punggol Digital District are launched. It integrates the future Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) campus as well as JTC's industrial buildings housing cybersecurity and digital industries with a new heritage trail, to be completed by 2023. 25 January - Pasir Ris Central Hawker Centre managed by NTUC Foodfare is officially opened. 26 January – Singapore launches its Year of Climate Action. 27 January – The Seletar Bus Depot is officially opened during a carnival. 29 January – Radio station Money FM 89.3 is launched by Singapore Press Holdings. The station will show programmes about financial matters. The redeveloped Ang Mo Kio Polyclinic opens.
February 1 February – E-cigarettes and shisha are now illegal in Singapore. 2 February - NETS services are disrupted for about two hours before being completely restored. This makes it the first service disruption in decades. 3 February - The new renovated Yishun Public library at Northpoint City officially reopened after one year revamp in 2017 after the previous library opened since 1998 and 2008. 4 February – Heartbeat@Bedok is officially opened. 5 February – The Ministry of Transport announced that one-north will be designated Singapore's first drone estate. This will allow companies to research and test new drone technologies, especially with airspace constraints in Singapore. Two days later, the Ministry of Transport, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and JTC Corporation announced the first five drone projects to be tested. 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. 6 February – The Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Bursa Malaysia announced a stock market trading link, supposed to be operational by end-2018. These plans are put on hold after the 2018 Malaysian general election. A KAI T-50 Golden Eagle, part of the Black Eagles aerobatic team taking part in Singapore Airshow 2018 veered off the runway and caught fire, causing a runway in Changi Airport to close for six hours, disrupting 170 flights. As a result of the accident, the Black Eagles stopped its remaining shows. 8 February - SingPass and CorpPass services are disrupted for six hours due to a server fault and not because of any cyberattacks, according to GovTech. Services are fully restored at 5:15 pm that day. 9 February - SingPass and CorpPass services are disrupted for the second day in a row for four hours. Though services are restored at 3:15 pm that day, there were still users unable to access both services for Government transactions. 12 February – The third mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Zero1 starts operations. 13 February - The Pearl Bank Apartments are sold in an en-bloc sale to CapitaLand for S$728 million. The building will be redeveloped into an 800-unit condominium, now known as One Pearl Bank. 17 February - Cheyenne Goh finishes fifth in the 1,500m short track speed skating heat during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, making her Singapore's first Winter Olympian. 19 February – To better deliver health and social services to seniors, the Community Networks for Seniors (CNS) initiative will be expanded by 2020. In addition, the Ministry of Social and Family Development will transfer its social aged care functions under the Senior Cluster Network to the Ministry of Health, which takes effect on 1 April this year. The Pioneer Generation Office (PGO) will be part of the Agency for Integrated Care too. PGO will be renamed as the Silver Generation Office (SGO), with the ambassadors now known as Silver Generation Ambassadors. The Government announces that the GST will rise from 7% to 9% sometime around 2021 to 2025, as well as the expansion of the GST to digital services from 2020. 23 February - During the A Level results, the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board reveals that part of the H2 Chemistry papers belonging to 238 students from four junior colleges are stolen on 16 November 2017, making it the first time answer scripts from a national examination are stolen. 28 February - Gap and Banana Republic closes all stores, after FJ Benjamin decides not to renew both franchises. A new S$10.80 Airport Development Levy (ADL) will be introduced for passengers travelling through Changi Airport, as well as increases to aeronautical charges of S$2.50 from 1 July 2018 to fund expansion projects. The aeronautical charges will increase by S$2.50 per year from 1 April 2019 to 1 April 2024. The landing, parking and aerobridge (LPA) fees for airlines will increase by 1 per cent every year for six years til 2024.
March 2 March – MINDEF unveils unmanned watch towers, first used on Jurong Island. 5 March – The Ministry of Education announced that all primary schools will have applied learning programmes by 2023. In addition, polytechnic courses will be cut by 20% over the next two to three years to increase opportunities for students and reduce over-specificity, new Common Entry Programmes for business and IT fields, in addition to engineering, and the expansion of Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP). In addition, enrollment at the National University of Singapore will be valid for 20 years in support of lifelong learning. 6 March – The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources announced a new e-waste management system, to be ready by 2021. Producers will be required to collect and treat e-waste responsibly through the extended producer responsibility (EPR) approach. The Ministry of National Development announced new schemes to help HDB buyers. Among them are allowing young couples to show income documents later for housing loans and grants, more flats with shorter waiting time, and removing a three-year time-bar for divorcees to buy flats. 7 March – The Ministry of Transport announced an overhaul of the Bukit Panjang LRT line, which will be finished by 2024. The Ministry of Health announced that 6 polyclinics will be built by 2030, on top of 6 announced back in 2012. Among them include the upcoming Nee Soon Central and Tampines North polyclinics by 2023. In addition, MOH also announced a 5% co-payment for new Integrated Shield Plans (IPs) to prevent overconsumption of healthcare insurance. 8 March – The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth announced that the first-ever SG Heritage Plan will be launched. In addition, Hear65 will be launched to promote local music, as well as distribution of SingLit books to schools. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is signed as a free trade agreement connecting 11 countries including Singapore. This comes after the United States pulled out of the agreement last year. 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 are passed. These changes include video recording of interviews, greater protection for sexual and child abuse, making jumping bail a crime, introducing deferred prosecution agreements, and expanding community-based sentences. In addition, computer-related powers for investigations will be enhanced. A male police or immigration officer will also be allowed to search a woman if there are security risks and a search needs to be done quickly. Several new court procedures are announced, including allowing the court to decide excluding public from proceedings, releasing accused unfit to plead or of unsound mind to help their recovery, expanding video links for trials, admitting psychiatrists in a panel, more control over exhausted court cases to prevent abuse, and improving the victim compensation order. The Cross Border Railways Act is passed to support the development and operations of the future Kuala Lumpur–Singapore high-speed rail and the Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System. The law also allows railway assets and train services leeway to negotiate for private financing, something which was not allowed in the first version of the law. 20 March – New laws are passed to tackle inconsiderate bicycle parking. Among them are requiring bike-sharing companies to register, a ban from renting bikes after three strikes as well as the use of QR codes for bicycle parking. The laws will also limit parking spaces for developments to support Singapore's car-lite vision. More details of the new licensing scheme are announced by the Land Transport Authority on 4 May, with a three strikes ban for up to a year, and the licensing scheme taking effect from 7 July. 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. 21 March – The Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act (POSSPA) is passed to stop circulation of sensitive information during security operations, with fines and jail terms for breaches. The law came into effect on 16 May. Amendments to the Films Act are passed to give IMDA officers power to enter places without warrants when necessary. The amendments will also include an automatic class licence scheme to protect the young from graphic video games. Shops which sell such games repeatedly could be barred from doing so. Other changes include a new optional co- classification scheme for videos up to a PG13 rating, and new powers for IMDA to reclassify films to a higher or lower rating. The Singapore Premier League is launched. 24 March – The redeveloped Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital opened its doors. The new building officially opened on 6 October. 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.