1990 – Goh Chok Tong becomes PM. Boon Lay MRT completed.
1991 – SQ117 hijacking. Flor Contemplacion arrested for murder (hanged in 1995).
1992 – Chewing gum banned. Nanyang Poly opens. SCV launches first cable channel. IRAS formed. Senoko Power Station fire, 13 hours no power.
1993 – Ong Teng Cheong becomes President. Edusave launched. Shaw House (Lido) opened.
1994 – Michael Fay caned. 3% GST introduced.
1995 – LTA and NLB launched. David Marshall dies.
1996 –
1997 – Asian Financial Crisis. Silkair 185 crash. Haze. M1 launches. Singapore Expo starts construction.
1998 – ERP begins operation. Money No Enough released. New Changi Hospital opened.
1999 – SR Nathan becomes President. Portrait notes launched. BMTC opened on Pulau Tekong. SAR-21 launched.
2000 – Hello Kitty craze. SQ006 crash. Jurong Island opened. Speak Good English Movement. Escape Theme Park opens. Marine Parade Libary/CC opens. CityLink Mall opens. Speakers Corner opened. Streats newspaper launched, then TODAY. NYP opened. New Singapore Post Centre opened. DSTA formed. Starhub becomes 3rd telco. CapitaLand launched after merger between DBS Land and Pidemco Land. CK Tang dies.
2001 – Ganga and Jamuna separated. Anthony Ler murder case. TV Mobile launched. AXS machines launched. HDB Lift Upgrading Program. Baby Bonus Scheme. Jemaah Islamiah bomb plot foiled. Steven Tan wins S$250,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
2002 – EZ Link launched. Ong Teng Cheong dies. I Not Stupid released. Republic Polytechnic opens. Esplanade opens. Raffles Hospital opened. Medical school gender quota removed.
2003 – SARS outbreak. Northeast Line opens. GST raised to 4%. Pedra Branca dispute. NEWater launched. USS-FTA signed. Bar top dancing legalized. MDA formed. RSS Courageous got into a collision with ANL Indonesia, causing four fatalities. Civil service lifts ban on hiring gay employees. A&W pulls out of Singapore. OUB merges with UOB.
2004 – Lee Hsien Loong becomes PM. Nicoll Highway collapse. Arts House opens. Old National Library closed. Polymer $10 introduced. NS shortened from 2.5 to 2 years. Enhanced baby bonus scheme introduced. Khoo Teck Puat dies. Huang Na murdered.
2005. NKF scandal. CECA signed. PJ Thum swims the English Channel.
2006 – Budget Terminal opens. STOMP launched. Melvyn Tan NS default case. New Supreme Court opens. I Not Stupid Too. One Eyed Dragon shot and killed nightclub owner, sentenced to death. Kallang body parts murder. Elizabeth II visits. NRF established. TODAY suspends mrbrown’s column for ‘fed up with progress‘. VivoCity opened. RIP S Rajaratnam, Lim Kim San, Elizabeth Choy.
2007 – 377A debate in Parliament. GST raised to 7%. Cambodia dragonboating tragedy. NDP at Marina Bay Floating Platform. Hady Mirza wins Asian Idol.
2008 – Mas Selamat escapes. Terminal 3 starts operations. Ah Meng dies. Women’s Table Tennis wins Silver Medal at Beijing Olympics. First F1 Night Race in SG. Singapore Flyer opens. SOTA opens. Money No Enough 2. Marina Barrage opened. JBJ dies. Singaporean Lo Hwei Yen killed in Mumbai terror attacks.
2009 – First Pink Dot organized. Mas Selamat captured. Geylang Serai Indian Rojak food poisoning. H1N1 virus. Bukit Timah flooding (“1 in 50 years”). Tampines 1 opens. China loans 2 giant pandas to Singapore. First phase of Circle Line opened (Bartley to Marymount).
2010 – CHC investigation. Soft opening of RWS casino. Jack Neo’s extramarital affairs are exposed. BG Chan Chun Sing becomes Chief of Army. *SCAPE opened. Alan Shadrake found guilty of contempt of court. RIP: LKY’s wife Kwa Geok Choo, Goh Keng Swee, Dollah Kassim, Ng Teng Fong, Balaji Sadasivan.
2011 – Marina Bay Sands opens. Workers Party wins Aljunied GRC. George Yeo resigns. Tony Tan is elected President. Singapore’s first water agreement with Malaysia expires.
2012 – Ministerial salaries report released, debated. 12 hour Northeast Line disruption. Workers Party MP Yaw Shin Leong expelled for extra-marital affair. WP member Png Eng Huat wins by-election. Scoot starts operations. Kong Hee and 4 others arrested and charged. Gardens by the Bay opens. “Our Singapore Conversation” unveiled. Budget Terminal closed. 171 SMRT bus drivers conducted a 2-day strike. Speaker of Parliament and PAP MP Michael Palmer resigns from Parliament following extra-marital affair. Ex-CNB chief Ng Boon Gay in sex-for-favors RIP Toh Chin Chye, Lim Hock Siew.
2013 – Little India Riots. Worst haze since 1997. Halimah Yacob elected Speaker of Parliament. Li Li Lian wins Punggol by-election. Population White Paper released (6.9m by 2030), causing controversy and protest. Uber launched in Singapore. Ilo Ilo wins Camera d’Or at Cannes. 3rd set of Singapore’s coins released.
2014 – Roy Ngerng / LHL saga. NLB controversial books. Indonesia names ship after Macdonald House bombers. Sheng Siong CEO’s mother kidnapped.
2015 – LKY dies. Amos Yee. Gushcloud controversy.
2016 – SR Nathan dies. Pasir Ris MRT train accident, 2 fatalities. Apple Pay launched. David Ong affair, Bukit Batok by-election. Heng Swee Keat stroke. Circles.life launched. Kho Jabing executed. NUS orientation camp controversies. Pokemon Go released. Thai king Bhumibol dies. Zouk moves to Clarke Quay.
2017 – Halimah Yacob selected President. Shrey Bhargava controversy. 1st Apple store in Orchard. oBike, Ofo, Mobike launched. Syonan Gallery controversy. MINDEF hit by cyberattack. CHC case concluded. Milk price debate. Changi Terminal 2 fire. Tampines Hub opens. Alipay launched. parking.sg launched. RIP Othman Wok, Juanita Nelson (MRT voice).
2018 – Trump–Kim Summit. Uber withdraws and sells to Grab. Northpoint City’s new section opens. E-cigarettes and shisha banned. Multiple NSF deaths. SingHealth cyberattack. Costa Coffee closes down. EU FTA signed. CECA reviewed.
2019 – Monica Baey. PMD ban. Erramalli Ramesh incident. Dennis Chew brownface incident. New Creation Church buys Star Vista Mall.
2020 – covid-19
2021 –
2022 – joseph schooling marijuana.
2023 – ridout road. nicole seah / leon pereira. tan chuan jin / cheng li hui. s iswaran. tharman. shanti wins asian games gold 200m.
2024 – lawrence wong becomes PM. subhas nair serves jail time.