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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.
The Editor
Raymond Han
You can e-mail him at editor@getforme.com
The weather TODAY: Showers with thunder over many areas in the late morning and afternoon. High tide 2.52 am 2.7m 5.05 pm 2.2m Sunrise 7.02 am Sunset 7.10 pm Moonrise 12.58 am Moonset 0.31 am PSI: 40 (good) Temp: 23-31 degrees Celsius (updated daily at 6am Singapore time)
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Take a stroll
with our photographer down
to the Capitol Building. Click logo to enter The
Ministry of Information & the Arts (MITA) moved to new
premises on 10 Apr 2000, and it's a grand old dame MITA has moved
into. The new home is the Old Hill Street Police Station (OHSPD)
which recently underwent a facelift. This building was built in
1934 to house the Police Station and barracks. It has been
gazetted a national monument. Three MITA agencies, National Heritage Board, Singapore Film Commission and Singapore Kindness Movement have
already moved in over the past few days. As for the others, Singapore Broadcasting Authority
and National Arts Council will
come in this two weeks; and Singapore
International Foundation is expected to be operating at this
building by 17 May 2000. Where exactly is this building? It stands at
the junction of River Valley Road and Hill Street and is a fitting
address too, for within walking distance are well-known landmarks,
such as the Central Fire Station, National Archives of Singapore,
Singapore Philatelic Museum, Clarke Quay, Armenian Church and,
across the road, the new Treasury Building. MITA is just a click away at MITA. MITA 140 Hill Street #02-02 MITA
Building Singapore 179369 Tel: (65) 270 7988 Fax: (65) 837
9480 E-mail: mita_pa@mita.gov.sg
. COMING SOON NEW
WEBSITES! Moneycast.com.sg
has an online stock game in which you can win a grand cash prize
of S$10 000. The Game is divided into 6 weekly contests and
starts on 17 Apr 2000. Venomclub.com
has been launched. You can now view the action in this nightspot
without leaving your computer. Six cameras pan the dance floor
and lounge areas from 10.30pm - 3am, Tuesdays to Sundays. 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). 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 423 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. GOVERNMENT
SNIPPETS Singapore High Commission
in London has launched its website.
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.
Ministry of Information & the Arts' new home
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Today Tuesday 11 Apr 2000
In Singapore
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Mrs Goh are now on a five-city tour in China.
COE prices for May 2000 tumble by as much as S$21 000 as a flood of new certificates enter the market.
An elderly man died after he fell into the Singapore River during a thunderstorm on Sunday evening. Mr Sinna Gopal, 79, is the latest person suspected to have drowned as a result of the bad weather which began on Thursday. Last week, businesswoman Chua Eng Beng, 34, drowned after she fell into a drain in Toa Payoh. A 35-year-old Thai worker was also swept away by strong currents in a Bishan canal while taking shelter from the storm.
Asia
Seoul: The leaders of North and South Korea will hold a historic summit meting in Pyongyang in June, a diplomatic breakthrough after nearly 50 years of Cold War hostility.
Sydney: Security guards sealed off an Australian detention camp yesterday after about 170 Kosovo refugees, some on hunger strike, refused to return home and were declared illegal immigrants.
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian opposition party Keadilan said yesterday it would go ahead with a gathering to mark the first anniversary of Anwar Ibrahim's sentencing despite warnings from the police and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Around the world
Mazowe, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's white farmers have started to abandon their homesteads in the face of attacks by supporters of President Robert Mugabe, dubbed a 'deranged despot' by the opposition on Sunday.
Courtesy of The Straits Times
News updated by 8.00 am daily.