Events

• April - SARS virus outbreak in Singapore and other parts of Asia.
• May 6 - Singapore and United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   sign the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USS-FTA).
• June 20 - The North East MRT Line
  North East MRT Line
  The North East MRT Line is the third Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore and the world's second longest fully underground, automated and driverless, rapid transit line after Singapore's Circle MRT Line. The line is 20 km long with 16 stations and operated by SBS Transit. Travelling from one end...
  
   opens.
• 24 July - Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
   and Malaysia jointly submitted to the International Court of Justice
  International Court of Justice
  The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands...
  
   (ICJ) a dispute concerning sovereignty over Pedra Branca
  Pedra Branca
  Pedra Branca is an outlying island and also the easternmost point of Singapore. The name means "white rock" in Portuguese, and refers to whitish guano deposited on the rock. The island consists of a small outcrop of granite rocks with an area of about...
  
   (Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge.
• October 29 - A major research center Biopolis
  Biopolis
  Biopolis is an international research and development centre located in Singapore for biomedical sciences. It is located in One-North in Buona Vista, near Dover, and is close to the National University of Singapore, the Singapore Polytechnic, the Institute of Technical Education, the National...
  
   opens.
• December 13 - 10 year old Megan Zheng
  Megan Zheng
  Megan Zheng is a Singaporean actress who starred in two Singaporean movies: Homerun and One More Chance...
  
   became the first Singaporean actress to win the Taipei
  Taipei
  Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
  
   Film Festival Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer (co-recipient) with her role in Jack Neo
  Jack Neo
  Jack Neo Chee Keong , PBM, credited as Jack Neo on screen, is a Chinese Singaporean film and television actor, host and director...
  
  's movie Homerun
  Homerun (film)
  Homerun Chinese: 跑吧！孩子 pinyin: pǎo bà háizǐ) is a 2003 Singaporean Mandarin-language film. A remake of the award-winning Iranian film Children of Heaven, Homerun is a drama about two poor siblings and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes...
  
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• June- Chew Choon Seng becomes the CEO of world renowned airline, Singapore Airlines.

2003 Malaysian and Singaporean events by month