See also: 1999 in Singapore | 2001 in Singapore | List of years in Singapore

Events

• 12 January - The Singapore Management University is incorporated as the first private university funded by the government.
• 18 August - The Agreement between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic Partnership was concluded.
• 31 October - Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes during take-off in Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, killing 83 people.
• 20 November - The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lim Yau, makes a new recording of the national anthem, Majulah Singapura at the Victoria Concert Hall

Sports

Births

October 12: Ian Plunk- Singaporean existentialist scholar.

Deaths

2000 Malaysian and Singaporean events by month

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