SINGAPORE: As 2024 attracts to a detailed, in case somebody must learn this, it’s okay if the 12 months didn’t go as deliberate. It didn’t for a lot of. We nonetheless bought by it, and that in itself is value celebrating.
Political upheaval and wars dominated the headlines unsurprisingly, however it will be a mistake to focus solely on the doom and gloom every year. Let’s begin with the intense spots within the 12 months.
HOLDING ON TO THE BRIGHT SPOTS
Solely 17 years outdated and Maximilian Maeder carried the burden of a nation of his shoulders. Eight years after Joseph Education’s historic swimming gold, the kitefoiler rode his technique to a bronze medal on the 2024 Paris Olympics. Granted a deferment from Nationwide Service, everybody keenly awaits what else this teenager – clever past his years – will obtain.
Yip Pin Xiu wowed us but once more within the pool, with a historic feat of Paralympic golds in three successive Video games in not one, however two occasions. And even when Olympic badminton players – Yeo Jia Min, Loh Kean Yew, Jessica Tan and Terry Hee – didn’t take the rostrum, their valiant performances cemented their locations and the game in our hearts.
And did you rating tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Singapore in March? Economists say “Swiftonomics” boosted the primary quarter GDP, however extra intangible was the sense of enjoyable and pleasure within the air. Simply don’t neglect that “boring” Singapore is partly why it attracts large leisure acts.
Lastly, the Causeway that links Singapore and Malaysia’s Johor Bahru celebrated its 100 years in June. However consider it and countless site visitors jams come to thoughts, which is a pity contemplating how essential this connection is to either side. Even the hiccup of Malaysia’s Vehicle Entry Permit smoothed over.
