The following lists events that happened during 2001 in Singapore. Incumbents President: S.R. Nathan Prime Minister: Goh Chok Tong Events January 8 January – Ascendas is formed after a merger of JTC's subsidiaries, namely Arcasia Land with JTC International's Business Parks and Facilities, first announced on 25 August 2000. It merged with Singbridge as Ascendas-Singbridge in 2015 and is acquired by CapitaLand in 2019 as part of an S$11 billion deal. 10 January – Expo MRT station is officially opened. 12 January – Jurong Port is formed as a separate corporation operating at arms length from JTC. 15 January – A pipeline feeding gas to Singapore from Indonesia's Natuna field in the South China Sea opens. 19 January – The national anthem, "Majulah Singapura" is re-arranged to use the lower key of F and recorded in seven official versions. February 12 February – The Television Corporation of Singapore, Radio Corporation of Singapore and Singapore Television Twelve are renamed to MediaCorp TV, MediaCorp Radio and MediaCorp TV12 respectively, being part of MediaCorp. Pertamina and Singapore Power have signed an agreement to supply natural gas to Singapore for 20 years starting from 2003. These gas supplies will come from South Sumatra. 14 February – TVMobile is launched, enabling bus passengers to watch television programmes while travelling. 15 February – The Changi Chapel and Museum reopens at a relocated site, which commemorates World War II. 18 February – The Hawker Centres Upgrading Programme (HUP) is announced to improve hawker centres. The programme will be carried out in seven phases. 27 February – FairPrice starts construction of its new Fresh Food Distribution Centre, making it the only supermarket at that time to own such a facility. March 1 March – The National Courtesy Campaign is merged as part of Singapore Kindness Movement. 3 March – A police land rover from the Airport Police Division lost control and flipped several times across Airport Boulevard near the SATS Inflight Catering Centre in the direction towards the Singapore Changi Airport, killing two officers, SC/CPL Dzulkha Bin Basru, 22, and NSPI Ranosasni Bin Mohamed Salleh, 23. The driver, SGT98227 Tan Chiew Leong Benny, 23, died a day later in hospital. Seven other officers survived the accident, which remains the worst traffic accident in terms of casualties to involve members of the Singapore Police Force. 14 March – The Housing and Development Board (HDB) launches the Lift Upgrading Programme