Events

• January - A pipeline feeding gas to Singapore from Indonesia
  Indonesia
  Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
  
  's Natuna field in South China Sea
  South China Sea
  The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around...
  
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• 19 January - The national anthem
  National anthem
  A 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 Singapura
  Majulah Singapura
  Majulah 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...
  
   is re-arranged to use a lower 'F' key, and recorded in seven official versions.
• 3 March - A police land rover from the Airport Police Division lost control and flipped several times across Airport Boulevard near the SATS Inflight Catering Centre in the direction towards the Singapore Changi Airport
  Singapore Changi Airport
  Singapore Changi Airport , Changi International Airport, or simply Changi Airport, is the main airport in Singapore. A major aviation hub in Southeast Asia, it is about north-east from the commercial centre in Changi, on a site....
  
  , killing two officers, SC/CPL Dzulkha Bin Basru, 22, and NSPI Ranosasni Bin Mohamed Salleh, 23. The driver, SGT98227 Tan Chiew Leong Benny, 23, died a day later in hospital. Seven other officers survived the accident, which remains the worse traffic accident in terms of casualties to involve members of the Singapore Police Force
  Singapore Police Force
  The Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force...
  
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• 26 May: A smoke grenade explosion during a life exercise on Pulau Senang
  Pulau Senang
  Pulau Senang is a 81.7-hectare coral island about 13 kilometres off the southern coast of Singapore. Along with Pulau Pawai and Pulau Sudong, it is used as a military training area for live-fire exercises...
  
   injures eight police officers, including one who lost his right forearm as a result.
• 14 June: A police Sergeant, Quek Yew Ming was killed when the police scooter he was riding met with a traffic accident at Ophir Road
  Ophir Road
  Ophir Road is a road that starts after the junction of Sungei Road and Jalan Besar and ends after the Ophir Flyover leading towards East Coast Parkway to Ayer Rajah Expressway or Singapore Changi Airport. The road is located within the planning areas of Kallang, Downtown Core and Rochor...
  
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• 12 August - A 'fireball' UFO was spotted by some 15 people at the Tuas Second Link connecting Malaysia and Singapore.
• 3 November - The PAP
  People's Action Party
  The People's Action Party is the leading political party in Singapore. It has been the city-state's ruling political party since 1959....
  
   wins 82 of 84 seats in the 2001 General Election
  Singapore general election, 2001
  The Singapore parliamentary general elections of 2001 were held on 3 November. The People's Action Party, the incumbent ruling party, won 82 out of 84 seats in the election, including 55 walkovers...
  
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• 9 December - 15 suspected militants of Jemaah Islamiah are arrested for alleged bomb plot.

2005 Malaysian and Singaporean events by month