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Raymond Han |
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Population |
| Estimated population of Singapore citizens and permanent residents - 3,163,500 as at June 1998. |
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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. |
| 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 WEATHER on THURSDAY: Showers with thunder over many areas in the morning and early afternoon. WEATHER OUTLOOK: FRIDAY: Morning showers. SATURDAY: Late morning and early afternoon showers with thunder. WATER TIDES (this month) High tide 10.00am 2.5m 11.13pm 2.4m SUN Sunrise 7.09am Sunset 7.15pm MOON Moonrise 5.07am Moonset 5.25pm PSI: 49 (good) TEMPERATURE: 24-32 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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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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Latin Festival 2001 in association with the Chijmes Latin Series
presents LOS REYES (Southern France)
Neofonia Ensemble (Naples, Italy), Combinacion Perfecta A Magical Gathering A performance by Victoria Chorale with Guests Victoria Junior College & Victoria School 31 Mar & 1 Apr 2001 8pm Tickets at S$20 Free seating Venue: CHIJMES Wayang Tempest - magic & shadows Prospero: Lim Kay Siu 28 - 31 Mar 2001 (3pm & 8pm daily) University Cultural Centre Theatre 10 Kent Ridge Crescent Tickets at S$45, S$35, S$25 Matinee S$25 (Exclude S$1 Sistic fee) 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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| Thursday |
| 22 March 2001 |
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Wednesday's News |
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A 15-year-old schoolboy was ordered by a magistrate yesterday to foot the S$1,740 bill for three fires he had lit at his school in January last year. The boy, who cannot be identified as he is a minor, had earlier pleaded guilty to two charges of causing mischief by fire. A third charge was taken into consideration. He was also put on two years of probation and ordered to perform 150 hours of community service. The court heard that the boy had been having "personal problems with friends and studies" when he committed the offences. Yesterday, the principal of his neighbourhood school said that the boy had not been expelled and his behaviour had since been exemplary. |
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Cinema operators must pay a licencing fee before they screen films that contain music and songs. This ruling was made yesterday in a test case which found that United Artists had infringed the copyright of three composers and an artist when it screened blockbuster hits Titanic and Jerry Mcguire. United Artists had refused to pay a licensing fee to the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (Compass) before the shows were shown in 1997 and 1998 in its Beach Road and Bugis Junction theatres. Yesterday, Justice S Rajendran ruled in favour of Compass and awarded it costs. |
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Jakarta: Thousands of diehard supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday gathered at the Parliament, pledging to fight to death to prevent any attempt to oust him, while legislators mulled over moves to speed up his impeachment. Some 1,500 supporters broke through barbed wire at the parliament complex in a show of loyalty. |
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Canberra: Alarmed by an academic brain drain, the Australian government announced yesterday that it will create 125 research fellowships with large salaries to entice scientific superstars from Asia and beyond. The Federation Fellowships, to be created over the next five years, will pay salaries of A$225,000 (S$200,000), up to a fifth of which will be open to foreign scholars. |
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New York: While her husband gave up pricey post-presidential quarters to move to Harlem, Mrs Hillary Clinton has rented space in a mid-Manhattan tower for US$514,148 a year - the most expensive home state office of any United States senator. The office is on the 26th floor of a 50-storey building at 780 Third Avenue. |
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