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Population
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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.
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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.
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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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Monday with the Editor: School's Out!
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Hallo
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The
month-long June holidays has started. Today marks the
first day of the June holidays, and it isn't June yet. Our
students get to indulge in play and rest till 24 Jun 2001.
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Last
Friday was report-book collection day. Some secondary
schools here did not require their students to attend
school, while others asked their students to come for a
short two-hour session - to clean the classrooms.
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However, all secondary
schools did require parents to meet their children's
teachers, vice-principals or principals for a discussion
on their children's performance, as well as behaviour at
school. Some students were lucky in that their schools
only required their parents to come to school that day to
meet their teachers or principals if they failed, say at
least five subjects. Students in other schools had to
contend with their parents coming to the school to hear
their teacher's comments regardless of their academic
performance.
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Whether
or not the particular student gets to go out later that
Friday or for that matter, in the school holidays,
depended on what the teacher said to the his parent(s). So
it was a day when teachers got to give an earful to
parents whose kids had misbehaved at school - and
gathering from the rising incidences of bad students'
behaviour at school, it must indeed have been an
earful.
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The
June holidays is also a time for parents to engage tutors
for their children - if they have not already done so.
Weak students will find that the one-month period is a
good time to catch up on their weak subjects.
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NEW WEBSITES
Jui-Sheng.com
specialises in Hi-Jean disposable personal care products:
panties, briefs, maternity panties, working overalls, rain
jackets and latest addition to our range - Traveller's money
& passport pouch. Free worldwide delivery.
Geocities.com/wingchun
is the website of the Singapore Wing Chun Kuen. Provides
information and instructions on Wing Chun Ving Tsun system.
Simple yet practical.
Graaskov.com
is the website of the Graaskov family in Singapore.
ANJCreative.com
is the website of local dance studio A & J Creative
Danceworld run by Latin American & social dance specialist
coach Allan TAN and his wife Jessie.
HighQ.com.sg
is the website of High Q Education Center where you can enrol
for classes to prepare you for your SAT I Test.
Bigfoot.com/~mystyle
A website created by a young adult in Singapore talking about
life and all about him. Give it a click and take a look.
Maradins.com
Hotels - Casino - Resorts - Investments. SgTelevision.hypermart.net
Make yourself heard. SG Television Portal is your guide to TV
entertainment in Singapore. They provide snoops, teasers, news
snippets about Singapore TV. This website is totally dedicated
to TV.
Flash-Casino.com
is an online resume database, targeting experienced gaming
industry employees where they can create resumes in an open
access or confidential format. It is an online casino.
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
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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 2,485 pages thick and growing.
Public
Holidays NATIONAL DAY is
the next public holiday. It falls on Thursday 9 August 2001.
New TV Channels
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Xtreme
2
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Where Different
Souls Meet. Presented by Odyssey
Dance Theatre
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Danny TAN,
Artistic Director/Choreographer
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24 - 26 May 2001
Guinness Theatre, The Substation
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Tickets at S$20 |
Tickets available
at all CalendarOne Ticket Outlets. 15% off for all students
and OCBC Arts card holders. Hotline: (65) 296 2929. Enquiries:
(65) 257 1738/9790 6934
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Vietnamese
Paintings
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Truong Dinh Hao
(1937), Do Xuan Doan (1937), Tran Luan Tin (1951), Le Tan
Loc (1965), Nguyen Van Hai (1968), Hoang Thanh Vinh Phong
(1971), Duong Ngoc Son (1973)
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Admission is free.
Gallery hours: From 11am - 8pm every day except Sundays and
public holidays.
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9 - 22 Jun 2001
Societe Generale Gallery, Alliance Francaise, 4th floor, 1
Sarkies Rd Singapore 258130
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Contact: Natacha
Blondeau Tel: (65) 833 9314 (from 2pm - 6pm) Fax: (65) 733
3023 E-mail: natacha@aliiancefrancaise.org.sg. |
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