CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEThe Prime Minister's Office dates the speech to the groundbreaking ceremony 14 May 2025, and PM Wong opens by marking the ground being broken on T5 that day.[1]
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong officiated the groundbreaking of Terminal 5 on the Changi East site, launching the airport's largest expansion. PM Wong said T5 will be as big in land area as all of Changi's current terminals combined and will expand the airport's capacity by more than 50 per cent, serving about 50 million more passengers a year.