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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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The weather TODAY: Showers with thunder expected in the pre-dawn hours and early morning over most parts of Singapore. High tide 11.01 am 2.8m 11.28 pm 2.7m Sunrise 7.04 am Sunset 7.12 pm Moonrise 6.38 am Moonset 7.01 pm PSI: 31 (good) Temp: 23-32 degrees Celsius (updated daily at 6am Singapore time)

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iProperty.com.sg is an interesting property website. It not only provides you with free classified listing for the property you wish to sell or rent, but also lets you go online to apply for a housing loan through any of these four banks, HSBC, OCBC, Stanchart, and UOB. You just need to complete an online form and submit it. The bank's representative will contact you.
What makes this website worth a visit is this. It has a "get quotes" feature in which all you need to do is key in your details, such as property purchase price, monthly salary and loan period. It calculates for you the amount of loan instalment you need to pay to service the loan on the property. That's the type of information you previously had to sit in front of a bank's loan consultant and volunteer all your personal information just to get. Now, you can get it in the privacy of your office or home with the click of a mouse. And you don't have to run to a banker every time you come across a property you wish to buy just to get the sums worked out for you.
This website also lets you search for properties for rental or sale, but you need to define your search pattern, such as location, budget, etc.. Why not pay them a Click now?
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COMING SOON NEW WEBSITES!
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).
MPH Bookstore has gone online. It has up to 2.5 million books for your selection. Click MPHOnline.com now.
Singapore High Commission in London has launched its website.
GettingHere.com, which offers listings of short-haul tour packages tour operators want to sell off quickly, will be launched in Apr 2000. Click GettingHere.com for a preview.
New AsiaBuilders.com to provide comprehensive listings and product catalogues for the construction industry. To be launched end Apr 2000. Click AsiaBuilders.com for a preview.

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New! The new Cartier boutique has opened at Ngee Ann City #01-33 & #02-04. Tel: (65) 734 2427.
New! The new Louis Vuitton shop has opened at Ngee Ann City.

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Today Tuesday 4 Apr 2000

In Singapore

Senior High Court judge Justice Goh Joon Seng, 65, has retired from the Supreme Court bench after serving for ten years.

The Boom Boom Room closed on 2 Apr 2000 after eight years.

Phonecard dealers holding Alliance Network Telecom (Anttel) pre-paid phonecards have had no luck in getting their money back from the company. The company had suspended its callback service in February 2000. Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) spokesman Dulcie Chan has said that callback operators operating prior to 1 April 2000, such as Anttel, were not licensed.

Asia

Tokyo: Prime Minister Obuchi slipped into a coma yesterday following a stroke and may be replaced as the country's leader, the government said. Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki has assumed the post of Acting Prime Minister.

Around the world

Boston, Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Attorney-General is to announce the strictest and most comprehensive handgun safety laws in the United States this week. The move will ban all gunmakers and dealers doing business in the state from selling handguns that do not have tamper-proof serial numbers, trigger locks and safety devices enabling a user to know whether the gun is loaded.

Courtesy of The Straits Times

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