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2020 In Singapore
The following lists events that happened during 2020 in the Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Incumbents *President of Singapore, President: Halimah Yacob *Prime Minister of Singapore, Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong Events Below, events for the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore have the "CP" prefix. January * 1 January **The smoking age increases to 20. **The Goods and Services Tax (Singapore), Goods and Services Tax extends to digital services. **The Criminal Law Reform Act comes into force, amending laws in the Penal Code (Singapore), Penal Code with a new fire offence to prevent improper disposal of lighted materials. Amendments to the Protection from Harassment Act (Singapore), Protection from Harassment Act also come into force. **Keppel Bay Tower becomes Singapore's first commercial building to be fully solar-powered. * 2 January – CP: The Ministry of Health (Singapore), Ministry of Health (MOH) issued a health advisory and implements temperature checks for passenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID-19 lockdowns, worldwide lockdowns, and the COVID-19 recession, largest economic recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s. 2020 is also notable for the murder of George Floyd by police that lead to Lists of George Floyd protests, worldwide protests and unrest. ''Geospatial World'' also called 2020 "the worst year in terms of climate change" in part due to major climate disasters worldwide, including major bushfires in 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, Australia and 2020 California wildfires, the western United States, as well as 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, extreme tropical cyclone activity affecting large parts of North America. A United Nations progress report published in December 2020 indicated that none of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore At The 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Singapore competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ... from 9 to 22 January 2020. Singapore made it Winter Youth Olympics debut. Ice hockey Mixed NOC 3x3 tournament ;Boys * Matthew Hamnett Short track speed skating See also * Singapore at the 2020 Summer Olympics References {{Nations at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 2020 in Singaporean sport Nations at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Singapore at the Youth Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Online Citizen
The Online Citizen is a blogging platform based in Taiwan. Founded in December 2006 by Andrew Loh and Remy Choo Zheng Xi in Singapore, it is known for its political activism. It describes itself as a group of advocacy journalists who report on topics not generally covered by the mainstream media. History In 2011, the Singapore Registry of Political Donations gazetted the platform as a political organization, noting that the editors of the website organized online and offline campaigns to change legislation and government policies."The Online Citizen" gazetted as political association , , 17 February 2011, retrieved on 31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Info-communications Media Development Authority
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is a statutory board under the Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ... Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI). History The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) was the statutory board that acted as the national regulator and promoter of the telecommunication and postal industries in Singapore. Prior to 1992, the TAS also managed postal and telecommunications services until Singtel and Singapore Post were split off from the board as corporatised entities. In 1999, the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) was formed in 1999 from the merger of the TAS and National Computer Board (NCB). Following the passing of the Info-communications Media Development Authority Bill in Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Penalty
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is called a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is an execution. A prisoner who has been sentenced to death and awaits execution is ''condemned'' and is commonly referred to as being "on death row". Etymologically, the term ''capital'' (, derived via the Latin ' from ', "head") refers to execution by beheading, but executions are carried out by many methods, including hanging, shooting, lethal injection, stoning, electrocution, and gassing. Crimes that are punishable by death are known as ''capital crimes'', ''capital offences'', or ''capital felonies'', and vary depending on the jurisdiction, but commonly include serious crimes against a person, such as murder, assassination, mass murder, child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawyers For Liberty
Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) is a Malaysian human rights and law reform NGO. In 2010 it revealed several years' statistics of lethal police shootings in Malaysia and inferred that police had impunity to murder. In 2011 it commented on the exchange of political refugees with Australia and alleged police harassment of journalists. In 2011 LFL criticised Malaysian authorities' arrest and deportation of the Saudi Hamza Kashgari, who had published three allegedly blasphemous tweets, and filed a habeas corpus affidavit against four Malaysian authorities. LFL claimed that it would try to obtain Kashgari's freedom. Aims Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has stated that the federal government of Malaysia and other Malaysian governmental authorities carry out "many unconstitutional, arbitrary and unreasonable decisions and acts". LFL claims to oppose these decisions and acts through "public campaigning, test case litigation and intervention, parliamentary lobbying", research, education. Structure a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punggol Digital District
This article shows the notable future developments in Singapore. Most of them are currently under construction with most to be completed within the next five years. Commercial 8 Shenton Way (Redevelopment of AXA Tower) Announced by the Urban Redevelopment Authority on 5 August 2022, the upcoming mixed-use development to replace the existing AXA Tower in Tanjong Pagar has been granted a maximum approved height of 305 metres. Surpassing the 284 metres-tall Guoco Tower, the 63-storey skyscraper is set to be Singapore's tallest building when completed in 2028. The development will comprise commercial spaces, offices, a hotel, and residential units with sky terraces. CanningHill Piers and CanningHill Square (Redevelopment of Liang Court) A new mixed-use, integrated development named CanningHill Piers will be built on the current Liang Court complex with a 696-unit condominium spread across two residential towers, a 2-storey retail mall named CanningHill Square, a 460- to 475- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2
Changi Airport is Singapore's primary international airport and a major aviation hub in the Asia-Pacific region. It is one of the commercial airports in Singapore, the other being Seletar Airport. Since the rankings for the World's Best Airport by Skytrax began in 1999, the airport was classified as the world's best twelve times, including for eight consecutive years from 2013 to 2021. The infrastructure of Changi Airport includes passenger terminals, runways, taxiways, maintenance buildings and services, and ground support equipment. Its four current passenger terminals can handle 82 million passengers a year. When Terminal 5 is completed, it is expected to handle an additional 50 million passengers per year. The airport is located approximately east north-east of the city's commercial centre, on a site on the easternmost point of Singapore Island. Background Given limited land resources in Singapore, Singapore Changi Airport was developed on reclaimed land on the easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dengue
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue virus, prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. Asymptomatic infections are uncommon, mild cases happen frequently; if symptoms appear, they typically begin 3 to 14 days after infection. These may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin itching and skin rash. Recovery generally takes two to seven days. In a small proportion of cases, the disease develops into severe dengue (previously known as dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome) with bleeding, low levels of blood platelets, blood plasma leakage, and dangerously low blood pressure. Dengue virus has four confirmed serotypes; infection with one type usually gives lifelong immunity to that type, but only short-term immunity to the others. Subsequent infection with a different type increases the risk of severe complications, so-called Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE). The symptoms of dengu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Environment Agency
National Environment Agency (NEA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment of the Government of Singapore. The NEA is responsible for improving and sustaining a clean and green environment in Singapore. Its role is to fight pollution, maintain public health, and provide meteorological information. On April 1, 2019, NEA's food related duties were absorbed by its successor Singapore Food Agency (SFA) which also absorbed the food related duties of two other statutory boards namely Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) and Health Sciences Authority (HSA). SFA is a statutory board under the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment. Organization NEA comprises three operational divisions: *Environmental Public Health *Environmental Protection *Meteorological Service Singapore Environmental Public Health Divisions The Environmental Public Health Division conducts comprehensive ground surveillance and takes preventive m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Manpower (Singapore)
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM; ; zh, 新加坡人力部; ) is a ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the workforce in Singapore. Organisational structure The Ministry oversees 3 statutory boards, the Central Provident Fund Board, the Singapore Labour Foundation and Workforce Singapore. Statutory Boards *Central Provident Fund Board *Singapore Labour Foundation *Workforce Singapore Ministers The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Manpower, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. See also * Central Provident Fund Board * Employment in Singapore References External links * {{authority control 1998 establishments in Singapore Government ministries of Singapore Labour ministries, Singapore Ministries established in 1998, Singapore Labour in Singapore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, supersonic stealth strike fighters. A multirole combat aircraft designed for both air superiority and strike missions, it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Lockheed Martin is the prime F-35 contractor with principal partners Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. The aircraft has three main variants: the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A, the short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B, and the carrier variant (CV) catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery (CATOBAR) F-35C. The aircraft descends from the Lockheed Martin X-35, which in 2001 beat the Boeing X-32 to win the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program intended to replace the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F/A-18 Hornet, and the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II "jump jet", among others. Its development is principally funded by the United States, with additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
