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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.

A high-level working committee is now looking at ways to encourage more couples to have babies. Demographer Saw Swee Hock says that if the fertility rate continues to stay below two, the population here, minus the foreigners, will peak at about 3.3 million in 2025 and then begin to drop.

 

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

 

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The WEATHER TODAY: Cloudy, showers with thunder in the morning over many parts of Singapore. WATER TIDES High tide  4.56am 2.5m  6.45pm 2.3m SUN Sunrise 6.58 am Sunset 7.10 pm MOON Moonrise 2.10pm  Moonset  1.46am  PSI: 29 (good) TEMPERATURE: 24-30  degrees Celsius (The weather is updated daily at 7am Singapore time) For more information, call Meteorological Service Singapore Tel: (65) 542 7788.    

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The World's Biggest Matchstick Creation

"Tien An Men"

made from 2 million matchsticks

Now till 25 Jun 2000

Exhibition & Demonstration at Chinatown Point Podium B (Singapore Handicraft Centre)

10am - 10pm

Take a stroll with our photographer down to the Raffles Hotel in Beach Road.

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  Today, at the Padang, there will be a National Day Parade combined ceremonial rehearsal. Those of you who are eager to watch can catch the rehearsal at the sidelines. The rehearsal starts after 2.30pm and ends before 7pm.

  The roads which will be closed today from 2.30pm to 7pm to facilitate the rehearsal are:

  Coleman Street     Connaught Drive

  Empress Place     Fullerton Road

  St Andrew's Rd     Old Parliament Lane

  Parliament Place (between Colombo Ct & St Andrew's Road.

  There will be another combined National Day Parade rehearsal on Saturday 17 Jun 2000 at the Padang. The same roads will be closed during the rehearsal.

  So, if you are going to be in the area, take note of the traffic restrictions. For those who are free on these two afternoons, why not drop by and take in the sights. Just don't get in their way.

If you have any comments or questions, please e-mail us at editor@getforme.com.

NEW WEBSITES

fundsupermart.com offers unit trusts.

WorldRemind.com is all about getting an automated system to page you to remind you about your appointments.

SalesCity.com.sg is a one-stop shopping information site for sales and promotions happening around Singapore.

SingaporeHomes.com.sg is a property portal.

DMG.com.sg is the website of DMG & Partners Securities, a member of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd.

sailing.org.sg is the website of the Singapore Yachting Association. You can also find useful tide tables.

singnet.com.sg/~scfinfo is the website of the Singapore Canoe Federation.

focus-asia.com/home/liping is a homegrown Sign Language website. It has more than 150 pictures illustrating commonly used local hand signs in 14 categories.

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).

one-99shop.com is coming to you soon! This shop already has nine branches selling everything at S$1.99 each. Items range from crockery, utensils, confectionery,  household accessories, artificial flowers to Hello Kitty stationery.

BANKmates: Get a Personal Assistant to do your errands in Singapore.

SporesCity www.sporescity.com 

The Singaporean website community Set up your company's website here. More...

We are now 686 pages thick and growing.

Public Holidays NATIONAL DAY is the next public holiday. It falls on Wednesday 9 August 2000.

General Message Board

Singapore Cemetery Warren Message Board 

BackPackers' Message Board

Father's Day falls on 18 June 2000.

GOVERNMENT SNIPPETS

New Clubs/Societies:

*Stage Pals  41A Bedok Ria Crescent #04-36 Stratford Court Singapore 489929 (24 May 2000)

*Screenwriters Association (Singapore)  57 Greenfield Drive Singapore 457951 (25 May 2000)

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Singapore Government Website   Police Ministry Of Education  Consular Matters & Migrating (known as permanent residency)

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?

AF2000 is Temasek Polytechnic's 3rd international Singapore Animation Fiesta 2000 website. The festival runs from 9 - 11 June 2000 at SICEC Suntec City.

Singapore Arts Festival 2000

1 - 25 Jun 2000

7th International Piano Festival takes place from 29 Jun - 2 Jul 2000. Concerts at 8.30pm nightly at Victoria Concert Hall.

Harvard Din & Tonics 2000 a cappella with a twist at Chijmes Hall, 8pm on 17, 18, & 19 Jul 2000. Presented by Caldwell Arts Entertainment. Tickets at S$25 (adults), S$20 (students). Hotline: (65) 332 6274/332 6285 or click CaldwellArts.

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TOURISTS

Tourism Board

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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. 

Good Eats

10 MUST VISIT places

FleaMarts

Shopping Complaints

Nature

The top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week

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 Saturday 10 June 2000

Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew will begin a five-day working visit to China tomorrow. He will address the 21st Century Forum on the topic, Economic Globalisation: China and Asia.

The president of the Lions Club of Singapore (Clarke Quay), Ricky Hah Min Kian, 46, has pleaded guilty to assaulting his younger sister in a church. The assault took place in All Saints Chapel, Yio Chu Kang, on 23 Mar 2000 after both had attended a ceremony to inter their mother's ashes.

Motorists who dispute the settlements worked out by car-insurance companies will have a tribunal to turn to soon. It will be set up in a few months' time by the General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA), to act for motorists involved in non-injury accidents. For a start, the tribunal will mediate claims of up to S$3000. A fee will be charged. Its decisions will be binding on all insurers, but not on the claimants.This means that if the tribunal rules against the insurer, it must pay up. But, if the claimant is unhappy with the amount, he can reject the decision and take the matter elsewhere, such as the courts.

Asia

Kuala Lumpur: A Singaporean account manager and his Welsh colleague were robbed of laptop computers worth S$14000 on the North-South Highway by a group of men posing as Malaysian police. Mr Vincent Chua & his friend, who work for Intel Technology Asia, were returning here from Malacca around 3pm on 6 Jun 2000 when the robbery took place.

Around the world

Washington: About five dozen intravenous drug users in Scotland, Ireland and England have become ill or died since April of a mysterious illness whose origins have stumped health officials. 

Courtesy of The Straits Times

News updated by 8.00 am daily.

 

SINGAPORE SLING

30ml Gin

15ml Cherry Brandy

120ml Pineapple Juice

15ml Lime Juice

7.5ml Cointreau

7.5ml Dom Benedictine

10ml Grenadine

A dash of Angostura Bitters

Garnish with a slice of pineapple & cherry

The Singapore Sling was created by Raffles Hotel bartender Mr Ngiam Tong Boon.

ECONOMY

The consumer price index (CPI) for March 2000 dipped by 0.3% compared to February 2000. Food prices fell by 1.6% due mainly to cheaper seafood, vegetables and fresh pork. The cost of transport and communications fell by 0.2% due to falling car prices.

The CPI is used as an inflation gauge by measuring the change in the prices of a fixed basket of goods purchased commonly by most households.

The Government has forecast that inflation will be within 2% this year.