The following lists events that happened during 2024 in the Republic of Singapore.
Incumbents President: Tharman Shanmugaratnam Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong (until 14 May), Lawrence Wong (from 15 May)
Events
January 1 January – The Goods and Services Tax is raised from 8 to 9 per cent. 5 January – Four telecommunications companies offer international call blocking services in an attempt to deter scams. 9 January – The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announces that EZ-Link cards not upgraded to SimplyGo, as well as NETS FlashPay cards, will be deprecated on 1 June 2024. 12 January – The Central Public Library at the National Library Building at Victoria Street is officially reopened with a marine-themed children's section sponsored by S.E.A. Aquarium (which will be reopened as Singapore Oceanarium later in the year) and National Library Board. The library also has an AI-inspired storyline booth and areas paying tribute to Singapore's history and culture. 18 January – S. Iswaran resigns as Minister for Transport, Member of Parliament (MP) for West Coast Group Representation Constituency, and a member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP) after receiving 27 charges regarding bribery and corruption by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. Chee Hong Tat succeeds him as transport minister, and Grace Fu succeeds him as Minister-in-Charge of Trade Relations. 22 January – Transport minister Chee Hong Tat reverses a prior decision to deprecate 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. 29 January – Cosford Container Park opens.
February 20–25 February – The ninth edition of the Singapore Airshow was held at Changi Exhibition Centre.
March 2–4 and 7–9 March – Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour is held at the National Stadium, marking Singapore as the tour's exclusive stop in Southeast Asia due to a grant given by the Singapore Tourism Board. The event is estimated to have generated S$500 million in tourism revenue, while the status of an exclusive stop causes a diplomatic crisis between Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries. 14 March – The Sentosa Sensoryscape is opened. 19 March – Pritam Singh, the secretary-general of the Workers' Party (WP), is charged with two counts of perjury for his behaviour in the Committee of Privileges' hearing against ex-WP MP Raeesah Khan; vice-chairperson Faisal Manap receives a police advisory for his own behaviour during the hearing. 25 March – S. Iswaran receives eight new charges for corruption, which accuse him of accepting alcohol, a Brompton bicycle, and golf clubs from a Lum Kok Seng.
April 2 April – Joseph Schooling, who won Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medal, retires from swimming at 28. 15 April – Lee Hsien Loong announces his resignation as the Prime Minister of Singapore effective 15 May 2024, paving the way for the assumption of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong as the next Prime Minister. 15 April – Kallang Tennis Hub is opened to the public. 16 April – Lawrence Wong says that Lee Hsien Loong will remain in the Cabinet as Senior Minister and that there will be a new Cabinet without major changes before his term starts. 19 April – The police issue warnings about a blackmail scheme, with over 70 people reporting the receipt of letters demanding payment and attached with fake compromising photos of themselves. It was disclosed one day later that three politicians were also targeted. 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.
May 8 May – An F-16 crashes in Tengah Air Base, with the pilot surviving the impact after ejection. 9 May – Minister for National Development Desmond Lee announces plans to set up a second Marine Park on Kusu Island and Lazarus Island to safeguard the marine environment. 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. The Ministry of Communications and Information is announced to be renamed the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) from 8 July. 15 May – Lawrence Wong is sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong. 16 May – Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officer Kenneth Tay Xue Qin dies after a fire breaks out on a tanker ship. 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.
June 4 June – LTA enforcement officer Zdulfika Ahakasah dies after crashing his motorcycle into a road divider whilst chasing a suspect. 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 on the offshore island of Sentosa. 23 June – The fourth stage of the Thomson–East Coast Line, comprising Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations between Tanjong Rhu and Bayshore, officially opens for service.
July 19 July – Thirty-six people are rescued after fires break out on board 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 on board to conduct fire-fighting operations. 21 July – The Tengah Bus Interchange is opened. 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. The number increases to 130 the next day, with two caterers present that day having their operations suspended.
August 4–5 August – The Ministry of Education removes Mobile Guardian, a mobile device management system, from all iPads and Chromebooks used by Singaporean secondary students for online learning after 13,000 students were affected by a global security breach involving Mobile Guardian. 7 August – The Good Samaritan Food Donation Bill, tabled by MP Louis Ng, is passed to protect donors from criminal or civil liability for any death or personal injury resulting from consuming donated food, provided certain conditions to ensure food safety and hygiene are met. 9 August – Kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder wins bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the only medal won by Singapore at the 2024 Olympics. 15 August – Teck Lee LRT station on the Punggol LRT line opens 19 years after the line first started. 18 August – At the National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announces several policy initiatives, including Singapore's first-ever unemployment support scheme, a revamp of the Gifted Education Programme, enhanced shared parental leave entitlements, and increased support for build-to-order flat applicants - with more priority given to singles and additional grants for low-income households. He also unveils plans for Sports Hub's future development, featuring a new 18,000-seat indoor stadium, pedestrianised roads, a community boulevard, and the consolidation of sport facilities, such as the integration of Singapore Sports School and training centres for national athletes. 29 August – The Urban Redevelopment Authority grants GMC Property permission to add four storeys to the conserved Golden Mile Complex and to construct a 45-storey condominium tower next to the original building.
September 1 September – The Jurong West Bus Package operations is handed over to SMRT Corporation from SBS Transit spanning Boon Lay Bus Interchanges. Residents of public apartments are allowed to keep cats, subject to certain conditions, after the prior ban on doing so is rescinded. 5 September – Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, in the Bidadari housing estate, opens. 8 September – One Punggol is officially opened as the second integrated lifestyle community hub in Singapore. 9 September – The Energy Transition Measures and Other Amendments Bill is passed, giving Energy Market Authority the authority to ration power during emergencies, as well as setting up a fund to support the city-state's clean energy transition, with an initial injection of S$5 billion. 11–13 September – Pope Francis visits Singapore, the second time a pope has visited the country since Pope John Paul II in 1986. 15 September – The operations of the Jurong West Bus Package, spanning Joo Koon Bus Interchange, Tuas Bus Terminal and Soon Lee Bus Depot, are handed over to SMRT Corporation from SBS Transit. 24 September – S. Iswaran pleads guilty to receiving S$403,000 in gifts while he was transport minister. Twelve Singapore Armed Forces servicemen sustain minor injuries when an armoured vehicle rear-ends another during a military exercise in the Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area near Rockhampton, Queensland in Australia. 25 September – Train services on the East–West Line (EWL) are disrupted when a faulty Kawasaki C151 train causes a power trip and damaged the track and equipment along the stretch between the Clementi and Dover stations. This results in the suspension of regular services between the Boon Lay and Queenstown stations. Services fully resume on 1 October. 30 September – Passport-less clearance is fully implemented in all four terminals of Changi Airport. Arriving and departing Singapore residents, and departing foreign visitors, can clear immigration by using facial and iris biometrics.
October 3 October – S. Iswaran is sentenced to a year of imprisonment for receiving illegal gifts. 5 October – After 181 years, the Singapore Turf Club holds its final race. A Spanish couple is arrested at Changi Airport on suspicion of breaking public assembly and vandalism laws by staging protests against Valencia CF owner Peter Lim. 9 October – Lee Wei Ling, the daughter of the first Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 69. 14 October – The Government blocks the sale of Income Insurance's stake to Allianz as it was assessed not to be in the public interest. Insurance laws are subsequently tightened to scrutinise transactions involving insurance cooperatives or other organisations with a history of being one. 15 October – The Elections (Integrity of Online Advertising) (Amendment) Bill is passed, prohibiting the publication of deepfakes that realistically depict an electoral candidate saying or doing something that they did not say or do. 18 October – K. Shanmugam, Minister for Law and Home Affairs confirms that a 17-year-old youth has been arrested under the Internal Security Act for planning to attack non-Muslims in Tampines. 20 October – An oil leak from a land-based pipeline belonging to Shell between Bukom Island and Bukom Kecil affects waters off Singapore. 22 October – Lee Hsien Yang, the youngest son of Lee Kuan Yew, says in a Facebook post that he was granted political asylum in the United Kingdom after seeking asylum protection there in 2022. The Energy Market Authority announces that it has granted conditional approval to Sun Cable to import 1.75 GW of low-carbon electricity from Australia's Northern Territory to Singapore. The project is expected to come online after 2035.