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Horoscope: ASTROLOGY ZONE® by Susan Miller
Estimated population of Singapore citizens and permanent residents - 3,163,500 as at June 1998.
Chinese 77%
Malays 14%
Indians 7.6%
Other ethnic groups 1.4%
Working Language: English
Other official languages: Mandarin, Malay & Tamil.
Planners expect the population of Singapore to reach 5.5 million by 2040 or 2050, taking into account an expected increase in the number of foreigners working here. From just 3 million in 1990, the number has swelled to 3.9 million today, including 700 000 foreigners.
Singapore's water is clean and safe to drink from the tap. There is no need to boil it.
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Raymond Han
You can e-mail him at editor@getforme.com
The weather TODAY: Showers with thunder over many areas in the morning. High tide 12.15 pm 2.9m - Sunrise 7.03 am Sunset 7.11 pm Moonrise 8.16 am Moonset 8.42 pm PSI: 41 (good) Temp: 24-32 degrees Celsius (updated daily at 6am Singapore time)
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Take a stroll down
to the legendary Raffles Hotel. Click logo to enter Due to bad weather
the past few days, our next tour scheduled for Saturday
has been postponed. We apologise for any inconvenience
caused. Once in a
while, along comes a website that delivers that extra something to
make our lives so much more convenient. That website is, of
course, Go-Events.com. Now,
there's no need for us to scout around for events, such as
exhibitions or seminars. There's also no need to do a lot of
legwork just to get ourselves registered for the event. And, we
don't even need to worry about how to get a place in that
important seminar across the sea in a faraway place. All we need to do is to log on to
this website, and hey presto! all major events happening around
the world are listed in clearly defined categories. These events
offer instant online registration. We just need to make payment by
credit card and a confirmation is sent to us, together with
complete details of the event and the organiser. They even take
down our hotel booking requirements so that the event's organiser
can confirm hotel bookings on our behalf. What more can we ask
for?
Click Go-Events.com to take
a look. COMING SOON NEW
WEBSITES! Eyeball.com.sg
or the print version, a morning tabloid, Project Eyeball, is a new newspaper set to hit the streets and the cyber-highways
in the middle of the year. Coming to you from Singapore Press Holdings
(SPH). MPH Bookstore has gone online. It
has up to 2.5 million books for your
selection. Click MPHOnline.com
now. Singapore High Commission
in London has launched its website. GettingHere.com, which offers listings
of short-haul tour packages tour operators want to sell off
quickly, will be launched in Apr 2000. Click GettingHere.com for a
preview. New
AsiaBuilders.com to provide comprehensive listings and product
catalogues for the construction industry. To be launched end Apr 2000.
Click AsiaBuilders.com for a
preview.
SporesCity The Singaporean website community Set up your company's
website here. More... We are now 404 pages thick and growing. New! The new
Cartier boutique has opened at
Ngee Ann City #01-33 & #02-04. Tel: (65) 734 2427.
New! The new Louis Vuitton shop
has opened at Ngee Ann City.
NEW: Subscribe to our Weekly Internet Edition
mailing list so that we can keep you informed of the latest
happenings in Singapore. To subscribe, click SINGAPORE.
GOVERNMENT MATTERS Singapore
Government Website Police
Ministry Of
Education Consular
Matters Setting up a business? Do a free Name Search first to
see whether the name you want is available. Click RCB.
BUILDINGS TO BE PULLED DOWN
The 17-storey
Cathay Building, which houses Cathay Cinema (opened on 3 Oct
1939), is to make way for a new 15-storey shopping-office-cinema
complex. It was completed in 1941.
EscapeArtist.Com The website on overseas living for international
job seekers and expatriates.
ExpatSingapore For
expatriates planning to relocate to Singapore. Provides excellent
information on Singapore.
ContactSingapore
Step-by-step guide to applying for a job, getting an employment
pass, remuneration structure and corporate culture. Useful
Services Relocating to
Singapore?
TOURISTS WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Low Lying Areas In Singapore Lists the flood-prone areas in
Singapore. Things you should know Tells you things you need to be
aware of.
Go-Events.com for online registration of events
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Today Friday 7 Apr 2000
In Singapore
The Singapore Government does not believe in Malaysia-bashing or in putting down Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday. He said the Government did not agree with the views expressed by Straits Times journalist Chua Lee Hoong in her column, "A tale of two democracies" (ST 25 Mar 2000).
The Civil Service will be restructured to shatter the concept of it being an iron rice bowl and a new appraisal system will reward civil servants for qualities, such as innovativeness and creativity. In an interview with The Straits Times, Permanent Secretary (Prime Minister's Office) Eddie Teo said that the public sector, like the private sector, must enable officers to reach top positions after a "reasonable period of time".
New sentencing norms must be set for the "vast new area" of computer crimes to protect the public interest, said Chief Justice Yong Pung How. He annoucned this yesterday when he doubled to five years the jail term of a man for a credit-card-skimming conspiracy that cost banks more than S$141000. Lim Boon Hong ,28, had originally been sentenced to 2˝ years for securing unauthorised access to data stored on the magnetic strips of credit cards, for the purpose of cheating but the prosecution appealed against the sentence.
Asia
Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian doctor seized a mother and her new-born son from their home and held them to ransom for 12 days in her maternity clinic because the husband could not settle the medical bill, reports said yesterday. Mother and son were released on Tuesday finally after the husband complained to the police.
Karachi: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court here yesterday sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to two life terms and ordered the forfeiture of his entire property for hijacking and terrorism.
Around the world
Manchester: Two total strangers who ripped off their clothes and engaged in sex acts during a transatlantic flight were fined by a British provincial court for being drunk on a plane. The court fined Amanda Holt, 37, and David Machin, 40, a total of GBP2250 (S$6120).
Courtesy of The Straits Times
News updated by 8.00 am daily.