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2013

 * Constitution of Singapore (Did you know, mentioned 14 January 2013)
 * Did you know ... that the Singapore Constitution that came into force on 9 August 1965 was not drafted as a single document but was made up of provisions from three separate statutes?


 * Nickson Fong (Did you know, mentioned 9 February 2013)
 * Did you know ... that animator Nickson Fong is the first Singaporean to receive an Academy Award?


 * Fettering of discretion in Singapore administrative law (Did you know, mentioned 23 February 2013)
 * Did you know ... that in Singapore administrative law, it is illegal for a public authority to fetter its discretion by sticking rigidly to a policy?


 * Remedies in Singapore constitutional law (Did you know, mentioned 10 March 2013)
 * Did you know ... that the Singapore High Court (pictured) can grant the remedy of declaring void a law inconsistent with the Constitution enacted before its commencement, even though Article 4 seems to say otherwise?


 * Aziza Ali (Did you know, mentioned 11 May 2013)
 * Did you know ... that former chef Aziza Ali is credited with establishing Singapore's first Malay restaurant?


 * Internal Security Act (Singapore) (Did you know, mentioned 11 May 2013)
 * Did you know ... that Chia Thye Poh, formerly detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act, has been called "the world's second longest serving prisoner-of-conscience after South Africa's Nelson Mandela"?


 * Kwek Hong Png (Did you know, mentioned 13 May 2013)
 * Did you know ... that Hong Leong Group founder Kwek Hong Png was one of the world's richest men with an estimated net worth of $3 billion?


 * Biosphere reserves in Singapore (Did you know, mentioned 7 June 2013)
 * Did you know ... that the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (pictured) is the first biosphere reserve in Singapore?


 * Clarence Lee, Ong Beng Seng and Christina Ong (Did you know, mentioned 10 June 2013)
 * Did you know ... that Singaporean make-up artist Clarence Lee has done make-up for Zhang Ziyi, Stefanie Sun, The Spice Girls, and Chris Isaak?
 * Did you know ... that with their combined wealth estimated at $1.6 billion, Singaporean couple Ong Beng Seng and Christina Ong are among the richest people in Singapore?


 * Song Hoot Kiam and Exclusion of judicial review in Singapore law (Did you know, mentioned 11 June 2013)
 * Did you know ... that Song Hoot Kiam is credited as the "first local Christian pioneer in Singapore"?
 * Did you know ... that in 1989 the Singapore Parliament reversed the effect of a 1988 Court of Appeal case holding that the Internal Security Act did not exclude judicial review of decisions to detain without trial?


 * Fish soup bee hoon (Did you know, mentioned 12 June 2013)
 * Did you know ... that fish heads are eaten (dish pictured) in Singapore with a range of ingredients including milk, brandy, and fried noodles?


 * 2013 dengue outbreak in Singapore (Did you know, mentioned 15 June 2013)
 * Did you know ... that the 2013 dengue outbreak is one of the worst outbreaks of the disease in Singapore to date?


 * 2013 Southeast Asian haze (In the news, mentioned 21 June 2013)
 * Smoke from slash-and-burn cultivation in Indonesia causes the worst haze ever recorded in Singapore.


 * Threshold issues in Singapore administrative law (Did you know, mentioned 24 June 2013)
 * Did you know ... that justiciability is a threshold issue in Singapore administrative law, and the Court of Appeal has held that exercises of prosecutorial discretion and the clemency power are justiciable?


 * Zeng Guo Yuan (Did you know, mentioned 30 June 2013)
 * Did you know ... that Singaporean businessperson Zeng Guo Yuan spent three weeks in jail for placing sunshades at his two stores without permission?


 * Richard Eu (Did you know, mentioned 9 July 2013)
 * Did you know ... that the CEO of a Singaporean healthcare firm is also a musician, with one studio album under his name?


 * Wee Kheng Chiang (Did you know, mentioned 27 July 2013)
 * Did you know ... that Wee Kheng Chiang, the founder of United Overseas Bank, was described as the "uncrowned King of Sarawak"?


 * Murder of Liu Hong Mei (Did you know, mentioned 30 July 2013)
 * Did you know ... that in the murder of Liu Hong Mei, the victim's body was deposited into various boxes?


 * TWG Tea (Did you know, mentioned 5 August 2013)
 * Did you know ... that while the year 1837 is inscribed on TWG Tea's logo, it was founded in 2008?


 * Anthony Chen (Did you know, mentioned 15 August 2013)
 * Did you know ... that Singaporean film director Anthony Chen's Ilo Ilo (2013) earned him the Caméra d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival?