2000 in Singapore
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See also: 1999 in Singapore
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1999 in Singapore
See also: 1998 in Singapore | Other events of 1999 | 2000 in Singapore | List of years in Singapore-----Events:* 1 September - Sellapan Ramanathan becomes the President of Singapore* Singapore slips into recession during the Asian financial crisis....
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2001 in Singapore
See also: 2000 in Singapore | Other events of 2001 | 2002 in Singapore | List of years in Singapore-----Events:*January - A pipeline feeding gas to Singapore from Indonesia's Natuna field in South China Sea opens....
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Events
- 12 January - The Singapore Management UniversitySingapore Management UniversityThe Singapore Management University was officially incorporated on January 12, 2000, and was Singapore's first private university funded by the government...
is incorporated as the first private universityUniversityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
funded by the government. - 18 August - The Agreement between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic PartnershipAgreement between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic PartnershipThe Agreement between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic Partnership entered into force on 1 January 2001. It is the most comprehensive trading agreement, outside of Closer Economic Relations with Australia, that New Zealand has negotiated...
was concluded. - 31 October - Singapore Airlines Flight 006Singapore Airlines Flight 006Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was a scheduled passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chiang Kai-shek Airport in Taiwan...
crashes during take-off in Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, killing 83 people. - 20 November - The Singapore Symphony OrchestraSingapore Symphony OrchestraThe Singapore Symphony Orchestra is a 96 members professional symphony orchestra. Its main performing venue is the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore although it has also toured widely in Asia, Europe and the United States...
, conducted by Lim Yau, makes a new recording of the national anthemNational anthemA national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
, Majulah SingapuraMajulah SingapuraMajulah Singapura is the national anthem of Singapore. Composed by Zubir Said in 1958 as a theme song for official functions of the City Council of Singapore, the song was selected in 1959 as the island's anthem when it attained self-government. Upon full independence in 1965, Majulah Singapura...
at the Victoria Concert Hall