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Population

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.

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Singapore's water is 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

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Local Talent - Tanya Chua (singer & songwriter)

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World War II Compensation for ex-POWs

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DATING: Unfaithfully Yours by Lisa Chong

The WEATHER on MONDAY: Partly cloudy with showers in the afternoon over many areas.  WEATHER OUTLOOK: TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY: Afternoon showers with thunder can be expected.  WATER TIDES (this month) High tide 2.16am  2.8m   1.54pm  3.1m  SUN Sunrise  7.17am  Sunset 7.21pm MOON Moonrise  11.09pm  Moonset  10.43am  PSI: 45 (good) TEMPERATURE: 23-31  degrees Celsius (The weather is updated daily before 8am Singapore time) For more information, call Meteorological Service Singapore Tel: (65) 542 7788.

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  Hallo again

  Last Monday, I spoke at length about our Get Singapore Things section which arranges to purchase Singapore things on behalf of our foreign visitors and send such things to them. I also mentioned that we had a recent case in which a customer complained about the long wait for her order because it took nearly a month for her check payment to be cleared back to her own country, i.e. USA. We despatched the goods last week when our bank placed the check proceeds into our account.

  Just yesterday, we received an advice from our bank, dated 2 Feb 2001, for the check clearance transaction and boy did we have a shock! In sending this customer's check back to her own country, USA, for clearing, we had incurred bank charges on both sides - USA and Singapore. The customer's bank charged us US$15 for clearing her check and our bank here in Singapore charged us S$14. Total bank charges worked out to about S$40.00. This customer's purchase order only amounted to S$420.00.

  Why am I mentioning this? Well, we have incurred a loss in this particular transaction. Of course, we can't very well get back to the customer and tell her that we need to charge her another US$15 on account of the extra bank charges levied by her bank. It wouldn't be right. On the other hand, we can't continue to lose money running this service for our customers.

  So, to avoid all these problems - customers complaining about bank accounts being debited with the purchase amounts and goods not being sent as well as unforseen bank charges levied on us - we have decided to do away with check payments for purchases made through us. From today onwards, we will only accept cash payments for any purchase order(s). If you wish to order things through us, please send us cash in United States currency. For added safety, you may wish to register the letter in which the cash is placed. It helps if you can wrap the cash in carbon-copy paper. We regret having to make this change, but it is for the benefit of everyone. More (Part 1).....

NEW WEBSITES

GlobalBagTag.com is all about getting bagtags to help you find your lost luggage. All you need do is purchase the bagtags, with unique serial numbers, from them; register your bagtags; stick them on your luggage and go travelling. If your luggage gets lost, and someone has found it, Globalbagtag.com will notify you via phone, fax or e-mail. A great idea.

New7thStoreyHotel is a budget hotel in the heart of Singapore City - provides alternative, affordable, convenient accommodation. Their rates range from S$15nett(dorm beds) to S$72nett(deluxe rooms).

Anti-theftSecuritySystemsForAirportRetailers provides anti-theft product protection for all airport retailers, ensuring better profits for the retailers.

StormRidersMotorcycleClub is a members-driven club and organises riding trips to Malaysia and Thailand.

CareerVenue.com offers you free online job advertisings on their site. You are allowed to post any number of job openings on their site once you have registered with them. The registration is free and all jobs posted will be on their site for 10 days. This is a FREE service, with no hidden costs!

PerfumeVille.com.sg is Singapore's first online fragrance store.

BritishDragonBoatTeamInSingapore is the website of the British Chamber Of Commerce Guinness Dragon Boat Team in Singapore. Dragon Boating is a great way to get fit, meet fellow ex-pats. Come along and join us. You don't have to be experienced, fit or British.

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 2,021 pages thick and growing.

Public Holidays HARI RAYA HAJI is the next public holiday. It falls on Tuesday 6 March 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.

Government Notices

New Schools Registered:
*Bedok Commercial School (Marine Parade) Blk 86 Marine Parade Central #03-206/207 Singapore 440086 Supervisor: Mdm Jamilah Bte Salah Abdat (9 Jan 2001)
*FIS Education Centre  1 Sophia Road #05-12A & #05-12 Peace Centre Singapore 228149 Supervisor: Mdm Dorine Lim (15 Jan 2001)

*Strategic Alliance Business School 165 Tanjong Pagar Road #04-19 The Amara Singapore 088539 Supervisor: Dr Lim Chew (15 Jan 2001)

National Service

Registration for national service for all male Singaporeans and permanent residents born between 13 Jun 1983 and 18 Dec 1983 starts on 12 Feb 2001 & ends on 25 May 2001. Click for details.

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.

The Singapore Economy

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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

Just_Us In Concert  8 Feb 2001 CHIJMES Hall 8pm  Tickets at S$15, S$20 & S$25 for this one-night-only concert are now available at ticketing hotline 332 6274 or via these websites caldwellarts.com.sg or just-us.com.sg The concert is managed by Caldwell Arts, organizer of The Harmony Award, in association with just_us.

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

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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

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