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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.
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Raymond Han
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The WEATHER TODAY: Showers with thunder in the late afternoon mainly over northern and eastern Singapore. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Late morning and early afternoon showers with thunder are expected for tomorrow and Monday. WATER TIDES High tide 11.18am 2.5m 10.24pm 3.0m SUN Sunrise 7.03 am Sunset 7.15 pm MOON Moonrise 6.13am Moonset 6.48pm PSI: 39 (good) 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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TIBS taxi fares go up on Monday
TIBS Taxis is the last of the taxi operators in Singapore to raise its taxi fares. From Monday, 3 Jul 2000, TIBS Taxis will charge an average of 35 cents more for every trip taken in their taxis. Their new fare structure is simpler to understand. There are no surcharges; such as mid-night charge, CBD area surcharge, and peak-hour surcharge; for commuters to worry their heads over. In their place are higher flag-down and distance-based fares. Comfort & Yellow Top started the ball rolling by charging higher fares on 12 Jun 2000, followed by CityCab on 26 Jun 2000. Now that all the taxi operators have raised their fares, it is possible to table the fares and compare them. More... ______________________________________ Singapore's first underground mall, CityLink Mall, between City Hall MRT and Suntec City, opens today! We received our 200,000th hit on 26 Jun 2000! |
NEW WEBSITES AcmaBooks.com is a new online bookstore launched on 17 Jun 2000. It offers about 500,000 titles at discounted prices. debtdomain.com, founded by a group of bankers and launched on 14 Jun 2000, lets banks and other financial institutions buy and sell multi-million-dollar market loans online. It charges a fee to buyers and sellers for successful deals. njoyicecream.com sells ice cream at their website. Popular flavours are Shhhiok! & Coffeebreak. Also available at leading supermarkets, convenience shops and petrol marts. Lucky7.com.sg is the website to visit to get your joss-sticks, incense paper and Hungry Ghost Festival food and beverages. PropertyMegamart.com where you can buy and sell your property. meet-in-singapore.com.sg lets you find out all about exhibitions, conventions and meetings happening in Singapore. You can also get free brochures on meetings, incentive travel, conventions an the exhibition industry. Sashasbears.com sells all types of teddy bears. 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. wwlegal.com is a legal website coming online in August 2000. It will provide a one-stop centre for people to find lawyers. |
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 858 pages thick and growing. Public Holidays NATIONAL DAY is the next public holiday. It falls on Wednesday 9 August 2000.
Madam Kang's Kitchen Message Board Singapore Cemetery Warren Message Board Cathay Cinema screened its last movie show last night. The 61-year-old building is expected to be demolished to make way for a new building. |
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National Service for all males who are Singapore citizens or permanent residents and born between 13 Dec 1982 & 12 Mar 1983. The total number of COEs for tender in July 2000 will not exceed 9168. NEW: Subscribe to our Weekly Internet Edition mailing list so that we can keep you informed of the latest happenings in Singapore. To subscribe, click SINGAPORE.
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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 OG Albert Complex opened for business on Friday 29 Jun 2000. It replaces OG People's Park which opened its doors for the last time on Thursday 28 Jun 2000. The 28-year-old OG Building at People's Park will be demolished and a brand new 7th storey OG Building, double the size of the existing building, will be completed in the middle of 2002. COMFORT, YELLOWTOP and CITYCAB taxi fares have gone up! TIBS fares will only go up on 3 Jul 2000. So it is cheaper to take a ride in TIBS taxis in the meantime. |
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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, flying into Singapore, getting an employment pass, and applying for visas for your spouse and children. Useful Services Relocating to Singapore?
7th International Piano Festival takes place from 29 Jun - 2 Jul 2000. Concerts at 8.30pm nightly at Victoria Concert Hall. Harvard Din & Tonics 2000 a cappella with a twist at Chijmes Hall, 8pm on 17, 18, & 19 Jul 2000. Presented by Caldwell Arts Entertainment. Tickets at S$25 (adults), S$20 (students). Hotline: (65) 332 6274/332 6285 or click CaldwellArts. Vengaboys Live In Concert 2000 22 Jul 2000 7pm Siloso Beach, Sentosa 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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Saturday 1 July 2000
In Parliament yesterday, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew shared with MPs his more than 30 years of experience grappling with the problem of ministerial pay, recounting how the Government arrived at its latest system of fixing the formula. When he stepped down as Prime Minister in 1990, the per capita GDP was S$22,000 up from S$1300 in 1959. Ten years after Mr Goh took over as PM, it is S$37,000. Mr Lee warned that if the present team does not get more good men to join them in the next election, there will be hiatus down the road.
Creative Technology is set to launch sales of its newest creation - the Nomad Jukebox digital audio player which can store 2000 songs - by August 2000. The new device will sell for about S$499 (S$850) each. Mr Sim Wong Hoo said he expects the Nomad Jukebox to eventually outsell his company's flagship Sound Blaster which has sold 100 million units in the past ten years.
Singapore Airlines ex-employee Teo Cheng Kiat was yesterday sentenced to a total of 24 years in jail after he had pleaded guilty to 10 charges of misappropriating S$31 million from SIA between June 1996 and January this year.
Asia
Jakarta: Rescue teams were, last night, no closer to finding any trace of an overcrowed ferry or the nearly 500 people on board who disappeared in shark-infested waters off the coast of Sulawesi 30 hours after fleeing their riot-torn homeland.
Around the world
Washington: Congressman Norman Mineta, who was nominated US Commerce Secretary on Thursday, has travelled a long road to fulfilling an American dream for fellow Asian -Americans and breaking the glass ceiling for the diverse community. The choice of the Japanese-American by President Bill Clinton marks the first time that an American of Asian origin has been named to the cabinet and makes the administration more reflective of America.
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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
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.