Events in Singapore in the year 2013.
Events
January
February
- 10 February – The MediaCorp TV celebrates its 50-year anniversary it was established on 1963 (before on 16 February).
- 19 February – Singapore and Malaysia agrees to build the high-speed rail link between the city-state island republic and mainland towards Kuala Lumpur.
March
- 31 March – The MediaCorp TV Channel 5 celebrates its 50-year anniversary it was established on 1963 (before on 2 April).
April
June
- 17 June – Singapore is hit by the worst haze since 1997. The PSI levels reaches levels not seen since 2006, with a PSI of 155 recorded at 10pm, after air quality plummeted into the "Unhealthy" range at 2pm.
- 19 June – At 10pm, the 3-hour PSI reading set an all-time high record of 321 in the Hazardous range, surpassing the previous record of 226 during the 1997 haze. This is the first time that Singapore's PSI has entered the Hazardous range.[1]
- 20 June – At 1 p.m., the 3-hour PSI reading reached record levels once again with a reading of 371 in the Hazardous range, and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong got very angry with Indonesia, over the burning forest fires in Sumatra that brought up the haze to Singapore.[2]
- 21 June – At 11am, the record was broken again, with a PSI of 400 in the "Hazardous" range.
- 21 June – The newly minted record was broken again at 12pm, with the PSI remaining in the "Hazardous" range with a reading of 401.[3]
- 25 June - The 3rd series of Singapore's coins is released.[4] However, old coins from the 1st and 2nd series remain legal tender.[5]
August
September
October
November
- Early November - Hackings started occuring, and the YouTube video of Anonymus Hacker Group's The Messiah threatening the Singapore government.
- 24 November – The MediaCorp TV Channel 8 celebrates its 50-year anniversary it was established on 1963 (before on 23 November).
December
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