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Population
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Estimated population of Singapore
citizens and permanent residents - 3,163,500 as at June 1998. |
Chinese
77%
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Malays
14%
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Indians
7.6%
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Other ethnic groups 1.4%
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Working Language: English
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Other official languages: Mandarin,
Malay & Tamil.
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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. |
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clean and safe to drink from the tap. There is no need to boil it.
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Marine
Parade Town Council Members |
Goods
& Services Tax Board of Review |
Bukit
Timah Town Council Members |
Singapore
Tourism Board Members |
Local
Talent - Tanya Chua (singer & songwriter) |
Vanishing
Scenes |
Teenyboppers |
Travel
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Dating
Forum |
Service
Excellence |
Real
Estate Agents |
Fullerton
Hotel opens |
School
Holidays 2001 |
Insurance
Brokers |
Daily
Scenes |
Public
Utilities Board Estimates for 2001 |
World War II Compensation for ex-POWs |
New Parliament House |
DATING: Unfaithfully Yours by Lisa
Chong |
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Transcript of SM LEE Kuan Yew's interview with
International Herald Tribune reporters on 6 Jan 2001
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Here is the transcript
of Senior Minister LEE Kuan Yew's interview with David
Ignatius and Michael Richardson of the International
Herald Tribune on 6 Jan 2001. The transcript was released
by the Ministry Of Information And The Arts on 9 Jan 2001.
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Q: Are you concerned that
there is a gap opening up in IT, in political stability,
in foreign investment flows between China and other
Northeast Asian countries and Southeast Asia?
A: Until the Southeast Asian countries come to
terms with the new situation, they will have slower growth
rates as against Northeast Asia, which now offers more
opportunities. Before the financial crisis, Northeast Asia
was xenophobic. Foreigners couldn't buy freely in
the South Korean stock market; they had all kinds of
barriers. Similarly in Taiwan.
Since the crisis, Kim Dae-jung has decided to open up.
Korean people are still xenophobic but officially,
xenophobia is frowned upon. That has changed the
perceptions of investors and fund managers. Southeast
Asia, unfortunately, is slower in restructuring. In
the last few months, comments in financial newspapers and
in recommendations by fund managers have made a clear
distinction between Southeast and Northeast Asia - that
Southeast Asia is slower in going through with its
restructuring.
The results can be seen in valuations of stock markets and
currencies, down 40 - 50 percent compared to pre-crisis
levels. More.....
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NEW WEBSITES
Caldwell
Arts Pte Ltd is an event organiser, eg. latin festival, jazz
festival, musicals, a cappella concerts.
FunkyGrad.com
has the aim of revolutionising the student's experience and is
committed to providing unbiased and objective viewpoints on
school policies, campus life and events from the perspective of
the student community. It offers the individual student's
perspective on campus life, providing students with independent
forums to express their views.
Alvin's
Waffen SS Homepage is all about a new SS Re-enactment group
based in Singapore.
TanyaChua.net
is a website dedicated to talented local singer & songwriter
Tanya Chua. Learn all about her here.
Clicknsure.com
enables users to compare quotations from several insurance
companies, and then purchase online an insurance policy using a
credit card. It now offers motor insurance, but eventually will
also offer travel, medical and home owner's insurance.
FullertonHotel.com
is the website of the new S$400 million Fullerton Hotel in
Fullerton Square.
ThomsonJazz.com
is the website of Thomson Jazz Club, the only organisation
dedicated to the promotion of jazz music. It is home to the
Thomson Big Band - the premier large-scale jazz ensemble in the
country.
World66.com is the open-source
travel portal. Interactive guides to hundreds of destinations,
including Singapore.
Wlawan.com
is the website of William Lai & Alan Wong Advocates &
Solicitors - Singapore Lawyers.
Click New Websites for the rest of the
list. |
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 1,874 pages thick and growing.
Public
Holidays CHINESE
NEW YEAR is
the next public holiday period. It falls on Wednesday 24
& Thursday 25 January 2001.
12 and still counting That's the number of MediaCorp Studios artistes
so far to have resigned to cross over to rival MediaWorks set up
by the SPH group.
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Chang
& Eng
Opens 5 Jan 2001 Kallang Theatre
Presented by Action Theatre Tickets from SISTIC at Tel: (65) 348 5555 or click SISTIC
The
Nutcracker
Choreography by Thierry Malandain Presented by Singapore Dance
Theatre 11 Jan 2001 Victoria Theatre 8pm Tickets from SISTIC at Tel: (65) 348 5555 or click SISTIC
Buddy
The Musical
From 22 Mar 2001 Kallang Theatre Tickets from SISTIC at Tel: (65) 348 5555 or click SISTIC
Slava's
Snowshow
From 10 Apr 2001 Kallang Theatre Tickets from SISTIC at Tel: (65) 348 5555 or click SISTIC
See Entertainment for more information on
local
happenings!
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