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- WATERSHED’ GENERAL ELECTION (2011) In a watershed election, the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) registered its lowest vote share of 60.1 per cent since Singapore’s independence in 1965.
- TRAIN BREAKDOWNS SPARK PUBLIC INQUIRY (2011) The year-end train disruptions along the North-South MRT line were among the worst on record, disrupting the journeys of more than 200,000 people.
- POPULATION WHITE PAPER SETS OFF INTENSE DEBATE, PROTESTS (2013) A subject of intense debate after its release in January 2013, a government white paper projected Singapore’s population would reach 5.8 to 6 million by 2020, and 6.5 to 6.9 million by 2030.
- LITTLE INDIA RIOT (2013) On the evening of Dec 8, 2013, a riot started at the junction of Race Course Road and Hampshire Road in Little India after a private bus killed an Indian construction worker.
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