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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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The WEATHER TODAY: Mainly fair except for showers with thunder expected in the late morning and afternoon over northern, eastern and central Singapore. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Late morning and afternoon showers with thunder are expected for tomorrow and Saturday. WATER TIDES High tide 9.11am 2.3m 8.54pm 2.7m SUN Sunrise 7.02 am Sunset 7.14 pm MOON Moonrise 4.14am Moonset 4.44pm PSI: 50 (moderate) TEMPERATURE: 24-32 degrees Celsius (The weather is updated daily at 8am Singapore time) For more information, call Meteorological Service Singapore Tel: (65) 542 7788.
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Thursday 29 June 2000 Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a ministerial statement on salary revisions for the public sector when Parliament sits today. It will include a review of the salary benchmarks for civil servants. The former deputy chief executive of the Trade Development Board (TDB), Tay Thiam Peng, 43, who had been accused of molesting two women, had his case compounded in court yesterday. He had apologised to the two women in writing and paid them an undisclosed amount. When a case is compunded, it has the effect of an acquittal. The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) will have a new curriculum from next month. The new curriculum would prepare the students for their first job while giving them a broad foundation to re-skill themselves later, said Education Minister Teo Chee Hean. Fares on City Shuttle Service (CSS) buses go up across the board from 1 Jul 2000. Fares for adults, senior , children and students will rise by five cents, with the last three groups paying a falt rate regardless of the distance travelled. The company runs service Nos. 602, 603, 605, 607 & 608. The number of individual bankruptcies from January to May this year fell by 8% - down to 1118. The total number of undischarged bankrupts as at end-May 2000 stood at 13,022. A policeman was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head at a police post in Jurong West Avenue 1 early yesterday. Corporal Lucius Chua Han Siang, 20, was found slumped on a sofa, holding his service revolver in his right hand. Police are still investigating but have ruled out foul play. Asia Brisbane: Itinerant fruit-picker Robert Long, wanted in connection with a fire at a backpackers' hostel in which 15 people died, was captured yesterday after Australian police shot him in the arm. Police said Mr Long attacked officers with a knife when they found him near the farming village of Howard - not far from the scene of the fatal Childers fire in the state of Queensland. Around the world London: A high-profile Cabinet Minister has called for the royal family to move out of Buckingham Palace into a more modern abode. Cabinet Office Minister Mo Mowlam, in an interview published in Saga magazine on Tuesday, said that she was also in favour of Britain changing its constitutional monarchy system of government. Courtesy of News updated by 8.00 am daily.
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 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.
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