page_title: 2018 in Singapore
section_title: June
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 in Singapore / Events / June
caption_attribution_description: English: Kim and Trump shaking hands at the red carpet during the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit
context_page_description: The following lists events that happened during 2018 in the Republic of Singapore.
context_section_description: 1 June – The CBD is hit by a blackout beginning from 2.40pm, lasting about 34 minutes and affecting 3,156 customers. Investigations reveal that maintenance works are responsible for the outage.
  12 June – Singapore hosts the first summit meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea.
  13 June – A smoking ban in Orchard Road will be delayed by six months instead of 1 July this year to give shop owners more time to prepare for the change.
  20 June – Sustenir launches the first locally-grown strawberries, which do not usually grow in tropical countries.
  21 June – The fourth mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) MyRepublic starts operations.
  25 June – oBike ceases operations in Singapore.
  28 June – Singapore's third desalination plant, the Tuas Desalination Plant, opens. It is the first to be operated wholly by PUB.
caption: Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump shaking hands at the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit
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