Besides taking 29 per cent of the votes, the event also sparked a flood of comments on the AsiaOne forum.

Coming in second with 25 per cent of the votes is the Formula One story. It was in May last year when Singapore revealed that it will host the Formula One Grand Prix in September 2008.

Rounding up the top three is the A380 story with 17 per cent of the votes. Singapore Airlines made the headlines in October by being the first to operate the largest commercial airliner ever built. Readers followed in awe the process from France to Singapore in obtaining the legendary aircraft and those that made the first flight.

Rank	Description
1		Crackdown in Myanmar Bloody crack down by military regime on pro-democracy demonstrators in September. At least 20 people were killed and thousands including monks and activists were arrested.
2		Singapore's F1 decision After months of speculation, Ong Beng Seng finally confirms Singapore as one of the races on Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One calendar at a historic press conference.
3		A380 starts commercial flights Singapore Airlines makes waves by being the first to operate the largest commercial airliner ever built.
4		Ren Ci charity under investigation Ren Ci Hospital & Medicare Centre is being investigated by Singapore's Health Ministry for possible financial discrepancies, believed to have arisen from a few million dollars in interest-free loans to several companies in the past decade.
5		China toy/food recall 2007 saw many incidents of recalls involving goods from China, these included toys and food products which were household names.
6		NDP at the new Marina venue Singapore's National Day Parade was held for the first time on a floating platform in Marina Bay. >>Photos
7		Body in gym bag: The tragedy of little Nurin 8-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin had been missing for a month when her body was found naked and curled in the foetal position, stuffed in a sports bag that was left at a shop in suburban Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
8		Earthquakes strike Indonesia Series of earthquakes hit Indonesia this year, with the worst killing over 70 people and injuring 200 others.
9		Thai budget airline crash in Phuket, Thailand Thai budget carrier One-Two-Go plane slammed onto the runway in heavy rain before ploughing into an embankment and breaking up in flames, killing 89 of the 130 people on board.
10		The first Malaysian in space Malaysia celebrated as its first astronaut hurtled through space on board a Russian Soyuz rocket, in a landmark for the nation which is marking 50 years of independence.