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Horoscope: ASTROLOGY ZONE® by Susan Miller
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.
Singapore's water is clean and safe to drink from the tap. There is no need to boil it.
The Editor
Raymond Han
You can e-mail him at editor@getforme.com
The WEATHER TODAY: Showers with thunder over many areas in the morning. WATER TIDES High tide 10.22am 2.6m 10.07pm 2.9m SUN Sunrise 6.57 am Sunset 7.09 pm MOON Moonrise 5.35am Moonset 6.04pm PSI: 46 (good) TEMPERATURE: 25-32 degrees Celsius (The weather is updated daily at 7am Singapore time)
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Festival opens today!
This month is just about the best time to be in Singapore, for the Singapore Arts Festival opens today. Every day for the next 25 days, you get to savour works of the arts which will titillate your senses like never before. Every week, for the next four weeks, we will bring you the highlights of the Festival, together with colour shots of some of the programmes. This week, the following venues play host to several items on the Festival menu: Fort Canning Park Victoria Theatre Click on the venues for the programmes they are hosting. And, as you enjoy the Arts, please also take time off to savour the sights of Singapore, as well as a little history. Enjoy yourselves. MORE... |
NEW WEBSITES CircleShop.com.sg helps you find the perfect gift for your loved ones. FilmWorks.com.sg is the place to visit for short films by local and international directors. 17play.com.sg is an online computer-game website launched on 29 May 2000. You can play games, such as Rogue Spear, and even create your own chatrooms. concavescream.com.sg is the website of homegrown music band Concave Scream. ProfessionWeb.com is a legal web portal which aims to meet the needs of lawyers, both in Singapore & around the world. It also offers law firms help in designing websites and putting them on the Internet. chessgallery carries a wide range of chess sets and accessories. iwant-in.com.sg was launched on 25 May 2000. It is a bilingual entertainment portal with Internet radio service. 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 in the middle of the year. Coming to you from Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). one-99shop.com is coming to you soon! 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. |
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 631 pages thick and growing. Public Holidays NATIONAL DAY is the next public holiday. It falls on Wednesday 9 August 2000.
Singapore Cemetery Warren Message Board MyEPB bookstore opens on 1 Jun 2000 at Suntec City Mall #B1-025. It has an area of 23000 sq ft. |
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GOVERNMENT MATTERS 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. BUILDINGS TO BE PULLED DOWN The 17-storey Cathay Building, which houses Cathay Cinema (opened on 3 Oct 1939), is to make way for a new 15-storey shopping-office-cinema complex. It was completed in 1941. |
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EscapeArtist.Com The website on overseas living for international job seekers and expatriates. ExpatSingapore For expatriates planning to relocate to Singapore. Provides excellent information on Singapore. ContactSingapore Step-by-step guide to applying for a job, getting an employment pass, remuneration structure and corporate culture. Useful Services Relocating to Singapore?
Singapore International Dragon Boat Festival 3 - 4 Jun 2000 at Marina Bay. The Dumpling Festival is coming! It falls on 6 June 2000. From now till then, every Chinese family in Singapore (except those in mourning) will be busy making rice dumplings to celebrate the occasion. AF2000 is Temasek Polytechnic's 3rd international Singapore Animation Fiesta 2000 website. The festival runs from 9 - 11 June 2000 at SICEC Suntec City. 1 - 25 Jun 2000 See Entertainment for more local happenings! |
TOURISTS To get free copies of brochures on Singapore, including Singapore Official Guide, please click HERE. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Low Lying Areas In Singapore Lists the flood-prone areas in Singapore. Things you should know Tells you things you need to be aware of. |
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Thursday 1 June 2000
From today, commuters on Singapore Bus Services (SBS) feeder buses will have to pay up to 10 cents more. SBS said in a statement yesterday that adult fares would rise by 10 cents and those for children and students by five cents.
Jackie Chan yesterday graced the premiere of his latest movie, Shanghai Noon at GV Grand in Great World City, as well as took part in the Spend your School Holidays With The Straits Times programme.
From July, owners of cars 35 years and above will pay only 10% of the prevailing quota premium (PQP) to extend the COE, said the LTA in a press statement yesterday. To qualify for the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) new classic car scheme, owners must pay an annual fee of S$280, which will exempt them from road tax.
Asia
Jakarta: President Abdurrahman Wahid and his Foreign Minister yesterday denied any involvement or knowledge in the latest money scam that has already claimed one of his closest aides and led parliamentarians to warn of a declining public trust in the government.
Around the world
London: French researchers said yesterday that men who spent long hours driving each day could be suffering from infertility because of the hot temperatures in their cars.
Courtesy of The Straits Times
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
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.