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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
What's New on our website
Nanyang Technological University Vital Statistics for 2000
Food Stalls Suspended From Business
Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park
Pioneer Class of 2000: Singapore Management University
Abstract of Currency Notes & Coins In Circulation
Top Ten Books at POPULAR Bookstores
Top Ten Books at W.H.Smith Bookstore
Singapore Crime Situation for Jan - Jun 2000
CityLink: Singapore's First Subterranean Mall
Newly Registered Public Accountants
CPF Contribution Rates Over The Years
HDB Flats Built Over The Years
The WEATHER TODAY: Partly cloudy and slightly hazy. Showers with thunder in the morning over many areas. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Isolated showers expected mainly in the morning and early afternoon for Saturday and Sunday. WATER TIDES High tide 12.30am 3.2m 1.18pm 2.7m SUN Sunrise 7.01 am Sunset 7.09 pm MOON Moonrise 9.23am Moonset 9.45pm PSI: 52 (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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Japanese Language Proficiency Test
Japanese Language students who want to know their level of proficiency in the language can take a Proficiency Test to be conducted by The Japanese Cultural Society in Singapore on Sunday 3 Dec 2000 at 10am. Registration for the Test commences from now till 2 October 2000. You may apply any day from Monday to Friday from 2.30pm to 8pm. Two recent passport-size photographs are required for registration. The Test has four different levels; the examinee should choose the level that best matches his or her ability and training. Each test is made up of three sections, i.e. writing and vocabulary; hearing; reading & grammar. All examinees will be notified of their test results after March 2001. Examinees who pass the test at each level will receive certificates of proficiency from the organisers. Enquiries & registration: The Japanese Cultural Society, Singapore, Midland House, 112 Middle Road #05-00, Singapore 188970. Tel: (65) 338 3428/338 8964. *Organisers: The Japan Foundation and the Association of International Education, Japan, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Japan. We received our 400,000th hit on 22 Aug 2000! |
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NEW WEBSITES AutoHub21.com is a new vehicle online auction website where you can sell your used car to dealers actively bidding for it. Presently, they have 18 dealers listed. A flat transaction fee of S$100 is charged upon successful sale during the promotional period from Aug - Dec 2000. BusinessTrends.com.sg is a recruitment website for job seekers and companies seeking employees. Olympics.com is the official website of the Sydney Olympics 2000. Officials predict a staggering total of 6.5 billion hits for the site. SeniorLifeClub.com is devoted to enriching the lives of seniors. It is the Internet arm of Senior Life, a bi-monthly magazine. TemptingCareers.com.sg is a career website that searches for a suitable "match" between their clients and candidates. It was established in 1993. Bikers Homepage fulfils all your motorcycling needs in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Info, rides, ads, links, tours, pics, hangouts, and much more. Today.com.sg is a search engine. Home-Club.com.sg is an online grocery shop launched on 23 Aug 2000. They deliver during working days but you can get free delivery with orders exceeding S$30. You can also return unsatisfactory goods within 7 days. BookNTravel.com is a travel website with bargain fares from the region (Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia & New Zealand). It is an e-commerce initiative of Chan Brothers. Eyeball.com.sg or the print version, a morning tabloid, Project Eyeball, is a new newspaper which hit the streets on 12 Aug 2000. Brought to you by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). one-99shop.com has gone online! 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 which went online in late August 2000. It provides 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 1,210 pages thick and growing. Public Holidays DEEPAVALI is the next public holiday. It falls on Thursday 26 October 2000.
Madam Kang's Kitchen Message Board Singapore Cemetery Warren Message Board Registration for national service for all male Singaporeans and permanent residents born between 13 Dec 1982 and 12 Mar 1983 started on 31 Jul 2000 and ends on 29 Sep 2000. For those born between 13 Mar 1983 & 12 Jun 1983, registration starts on 2 Oct 2000 & ends on 24 Nov 2000. |
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New Schools Registered: Linguabridge Language Centre 35 Selegie Rd #05-13 Parklane Shopping Mall Singapore 188307 Supervisor: Mdm Xu Xue Qing Syscom School of Business & Technology 545 Orchard Rd #08-09 & #08-09A Far East Shopping Centre Singapore 238882 Supervisor: Maj. (NS) Chew Choon How Change of Address *British Chamber of Commerce 10 Collyer Quay #03-04 Ocean Bldg Singapore 049315 (22 Jul 2000) *University of Dubuque Alumni 51 Bras Basah Rd #01-02 Singapore 189554 (19 Jul 2000)
PEOPLE SEARCH: Let us flip through the phone book to help you find someone you wish to contact urgently. Email your request to peoplesearch@getforme.com. |
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.
Current issues affecting
our community: Scholarship Bond-Breakers Debate School Discipline: Put the cane in our teachers' hands |
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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?
International Guitar Festival 2000 from 31 Aug - 3 Sep 2000. Includes seminars and workshops. Creating an Original Musical - The Chang & Eng Experience 8 Sep 2000 The Courtyard, National Library at Stamford Rd 7pm Free Admission. Ekachai Uekrongtham and Ken Low, two of the creators of Chang & Eng, share the process of creating Singapore's longest running homegrown musical. Invisibility Rated P(G) and performed in English and Mandarin Presented by Drama Box Written by Quah Sy Ren Adapted & Directed by Sim Pern Yiau Performed by: Alvin Chiam, Caroline Fernandez, Zelda Tatiana Ng & Yeo Yann Yann 13 - 17 Sep 2000, 19 - 23 Sep 2000 8pm Lantern Festival 2000 31 Aug - 13 Sep 2000 Chinese Garden 9am - 10pm Over 3,000 lanterns from Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces in China are on display. Other attractions include cultural shows and a food fair. Tickets at the door: S$7 (adult) & S$4 (child) See Entertainment for more information on local happenings! |
5 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. 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 - disasters, drowning cases, Hotel New World...
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The top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week
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Friday 1 Sep 2000
HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY
STREATS, the free commuter tabloid from media group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) will be launched tomorrow at Orchard Road with a party that aims to be a feast in more ways than one. The colourful inaugural issue will come with 29 coupons for free food and drinks and a S$1 phonecard. The party at the Shaw House amphitheatre from 2pm to 6pm will be livened up with perfomances by Brazilian dancers and a French gipsy band, among others. Streats is SPH's 12th newspaper. From Monday, it will be distributed at MRT stations and bus interchanges from 7am to 9am, Mondays to Fridays.
Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park opens today from 7am. 25 speakers have signed up to speak so far. By noon, nine speakers have had their say.
Motorists will not suffer any loss on the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) if their vehicle is stolen or wrecked because the COE's remaining value will be refunded, the Land Transport Authority said. Motorists are therefore not required to insure the value of their vehicle's COE.
Singapore's population has surged past the four-million mark, with the increase being made up largely through an influx of foreigners according to findings released by the Singapore Department of Statistics yesterday. More than one in four people in Singapore is now a foreigner. The rise in the number of foreigners has also outpaced the rate of growth for citizens, according to this year's census figures. There are now one million more people compared to ten years ago. But more than half of this increase is made up of permanent residents (PRs) and non-residents - foreign workers, students, expatriates, and others without permanent residency, including transients and tourists. Singapore citizens account for 74% of the population - a drop from 86.1% in 1990. The median age in Singapore has gone up from 29 in 1990 to 34 now. Those aged between 45 and 54 saw the fastest growth, at 6.7% each year. The trend could be tied to the movement of post war baby boomers into the older age brackets, Chief Statistician Dr Paul Cheung said. Females now outnumber males for the first time. There are now 998 males for every 1,000 females. Dr Cheung attributed this to migration, as a large number of PRs are women married to Singapore men, and to the fact that women outlive men.
Asia
Jakarta: Former President Suharto yesterday failed to turn up for trial, further tainting the Indonesian legal system and casting serious doubts on whether Jakarta will be able to pursue its most high-profile corruption case. A panel of five judges postponed the trial for two weeks.
Around the world
Washington: The growing problem of dirty air over national parks is disappointing tourists and keeping some away, costing millions of dollars in lost revenue, concludes a study commissioned by several environmental groups. Pollution from coal burning power plants, cars and factories often drifts hundreds of kilometres, causing serious haze problems in otherwise remote and pristine parks and forest areas, a variety of studies have shown in recent years.
Moscow: Around 400 relatives of the submariners who died in the Kursk tragedy have received 14.5 million roubles (S$900,000) in compensation from Russian military insurance, an insurance spokesman has said. Victims' wives, parents and children each have a right to the equivalent of 25 monthly salaries of the victim in question, insurance spokesman Andrei Bogdanov said. An officer in the Russian navy receives 1,500 roubles (S$90) per month while a sailor receives 800 roubles, he explained. The nuclear submarine Kursk sank on 12 Aug 2000 in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 men on board.
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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.