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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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The new
hard-cover 636-page Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire
went on sale in Singapore on 8 Jul 2000. It is now available at
Times The Bookshop, Times Newslink, EMF, Bookaburra, Borders,
Dymocks, Kunikuniya, WH Smith, myepb, Popular Bookshop, RELC
English Bookshop, San Bookshop & Tango Mango. The book is
priced at S$41.15. However, Kinokuniya, Borders and
Popular offer a 20% discount.
This 4th instalment in the
Harry Potter series made e-commerce history when 250,000 copies
of the book, the largest distribution of any single item in one
day, was delivered by Amazon.com on its launch date, 8 Jul 2000.
The author of the Harry
Potter series, J.K. Rowling, was awarded an OBE (Officer of the
Order of the British Empire) recently. On the Donny & Marie
Show last year, she revealed her publisher had convinced her not
to use her full name because it was felt that boys wouldn't like
to read an adventure book written by a lady. She also said that
she had written the books totally for herself but was pleasantly
surprised when it became overwhelmingly popular. She has already
completed the plot of the 7th book in the series even though it
had not been written yet.
Though some parents are
not keen on having their children read the book on account of
its stress on wizardry, we say you should give the book a good
read, together with your child. Perhaps, you will be able to
relive some of your childhood fantasies à la Enid Blyton.
We received our
200,000th hit on 26 Jun 2000!
If you have
any comments or questions, please e-mail us at editor@getforme.com.
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Condo.com.sg Condo Property
Listings, Service Providers & Reverse Auctions for the
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dchee.com for local designer
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is the website of local makeup label Inuovi.
FirstIndependent.com.sg
is the website of independent financial planners. It offers unit
trusts, money market funds as well as stocks to investors.
Asiaxis.com is a financial
portal launched in late June 2000. It provides immediate mobile
phone notification of news and stock prices.
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
on Monday 17 Jul 2000. Coming to you from Singapore Press Holdings
(SPH). one-99shop.com has gone
online! 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. wwlegal.com
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BANKmates: Get a Personal Assistant to do your errands in
Singapore.
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The Singaporean website community Set up your company's
website here. More...
We are now 950 pages thick and growing. Public
Holidays NATIONAL DAY is
the next public holiday. It falls on Wednesday 9 August 2000.
General
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GOVERNMENT
SNIPPETS
*MeesPierson N.V. has merged
with Fortis Bank (Netherland) N.V. and the new entity is known as
Fortis Bank (Netherland) N.V. Fortis Bank (Netherland) N.V. has been
issued a banking licence w.e.f. 23 Jun 2000 and MeesPierson N.V. has
surrendered its banking licence.
New societies
registered:
*Arulmigu Velmurugan Gnana
Muneeswarar Temple 397 Serangoon road Singapore 218123 (24
Jun 2000)
*Asia DAB Committee of the World
DAB Forum 140 Hill St #04-01 MITA Bldg Singapore 179369
(24 Jun 2000)
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Advance estimates from the
Ministry of Trade & Industry show that gross domestic product
(GDP) in the 2nd quarter 2000 grew by 7.7%, in real terms, over the
same period last year. Goods-producing industries is estimated to have
grown by 7.8% and services-producing industries by 6.8%. The financial
services industry is estimated to have declined due largely to the
high base last year. The construction sector, however, remained
sluggish.
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Presented by Caldwell Arts Entertainment. Tickets at S$25 (adults),
S$20 (students). Hotline: (65) 332 6274/332 6285 or click CaldwellArts.
Fabulous
At 40 Starring Koh Chieng Mun Directed by Hossan Leong.
Music by Iskandar Ismail. 21-22 Jul 2000 Chijmes Hall 8pm.
Tickets at S$35 & S$45.
Vengaboys Live In Concert 2000
22 Jul 2000 7pm Siloso Beach, Sentosa
Singapore River Fiesta from 22 Jul - 9
Aug 2000. Venue: Singapore River.
A
Vocal Recital by Ying Huang (world renowned soprano) Piano: J.J. Lenna 23 July 2000
8pm Victoria Concert Hall
National Day Parade at the Padang on 9
Aug 2000.
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Tuesday 18 July 2000
Taking back the flats of
convicted killer-litter offenders is a harsh measure, but it is needed
to press home the point that anti-social behaviour will not be
tolerated, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday. At
a media briefing on killer-litter, he said the HDB preferred to use
public education, but the recent spate of incidents showed that
education alone was not enough.
A housewife kicked her
Indonesian maid and pulled her hair for lying about not having taken a
nap, and made her cry by slapping her when she broke a bowl
accidentally. Tan Siam Keow, 33, was fined a total of S$3,000 after
admitting to two charges of hurting her 18-year-old maid, Ms Kasiyan
Serin.
About 150 tenants of Gay
World Amusement Park were served notice to leave the premises by 31 Mar
2000. Many tenants have since moved out and the remaining tenants were
given an extension to 30 Jun 2000. The main tenant, Eng Wah Organisation,
which was managing the park, terminated its lease with Land Office last
month. The 3.2-ha site, earmarked for residential development, is owned
by the land Office.
Asia
Manila: Speculation was rife
that US1 million (S$1.7 million) was paid to Muslim extremists yesterday
to gain the freedom of ailing German flute teacher Renate Wallert after
85 days in captivity.
Hongkong: A man without an
airline ticket passed through four security checkpoints at Hongkong's
International Airport and boarded a Singapore Airlines plane before
alert crew members spotted him, it was reported yesterday. Red-faced
airport officials were scrambling to find out how the 30-year-old man,
identified only as Mr Kim and said to be holding an American passport,
went through the various checkpoints without being stopped.
Around the world
London: British Home
Secretary Jack Straw has blamed the "baggage of empire" and
British colonial jingoism for the widespread English racism in the
country. He is the first government minister to admit publicly that
English football hooliganism was caused not by hardcore thugs, but by
"racist and xenophobic white males".
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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
Singapore's economy grew at
a strong 8.5% in the first half of the year following another period of
fast growth in the second quarter. Boosted by the galloping expansion in
the manufacturing sector, the April-June growth rate is expected to be a
sizzling 7.7%.
Consumer prices fell by 0.4%
in Jun 2000, as lower costs of transport, communications and clothing
more than offset rises in housing, health and education and stationery. 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. |