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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
Singapore Power on hike in power tariffs
Food Stalls Suspended From Business
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: Slightly hazy. Showers in the early afternoon mainly over northern, and eastern Singapore. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Slight haze. Partly cloudy with late morning and early afternoon showers for Wednesday. WATER TIDES High tide 3.45am 2.4m 3.30pm 2.5m SUN Sunrise 7.00 am Sunset 7.08 pm MOON Moonrise 12.34pm Moonset 12.06am PSI: 43 (good) TEMPERATURE: 24-33 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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STREATS the newest newspaper hits the streets!
STREATS, Singapore Press Holding's 12th newspaper hit the streets - eh, bus interchanges and MRT stations yesterday for the first time. 160,000 copies were snapped up. This free commuter tabloid is distributed from 7am - 9am, Monday to Friday. It provides local, regional, people, food, cinema, and sports news prepared in quick, easy to consume doses, especially suited for commuters who have only a half-hour or so to spare whilst travelling to work or school. What's more - it even has a daily horoscope for all you star-gazing followers out there. There's also a double-page Mandarin epic serial comic as well as a one-page English comic strip section featuring The Diety and The Sour Pack. Why not pick up a copy tomorrow morning. 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 1,233 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 Banking Licence Issued: The Monetary Authority of Singapore has issued a banking licence to Hamburgische Landesbank - Girozentrale (Not. 2372 of 1 Sep 2000) New Society Registered: *Queensway Secondary School Alumni Association 121 Queensway Singapore 149059 Change of Name: *Tian Yun Peking Opera Society to Tian Yun Beijing Opera Society (21 Jul 2000) *Esso Singapore recreation Club to ExxonMobil Singapore Recreation Club (4 Aug 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.
The OG Building at People's Park, along with its overhead Bridge is being demolished from 30 Aug - 15 Sep 2000. |
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: Late Power Supply utilities bills Speakers' Corner opens at Hong Lim Park Scholarship Bond-Breakers Debate |
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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?
World's Longest Mooncake Dragon Now till 12 Sep 2000 Lot Shoppers' Mall Atrium B. 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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Tuesday 5 Sep 2000
Shopping centre TANGS and its sister store, TANGS STUDIO, will not open this Thursday as a mark of respect for its founder, TANG Choon Keng, who died in his home on Sunday. The funeral itself will be held at the Newton Life Church on Thursday at 1pm. In a statement, TANGS said services at his wake will be at 8pm today and tomorrow at his home at 33, St Thomas Walk.
The Health Ministry has launched a "Return to Nursing" scheme under which about 500 former nurses, who say they are willing to go back to work, will be given two to three months of training in theory and clinical practices. The first batch of 15 returned nurses began their training last month at Changi General Hospital, KK Women's And Children's Hospital and the National Heart Centre. Singapore faces a shortage of about 650 nurses, in spite of hospitals bringing in foreign nurses. Last year, a survey of 2000 former nurses by the ministry found that one in four was willing to return to work. But three in five want to work part-time and one in three is willing to work full-time but with regular hours.
A stockbroking firm is suing its former chief executive officer for allegedly causing some S$44 million in trading losses. AMS Securities claims that Mr THIO Gwan Choon, 39, failed to "exercise due care and diligence" in approving trading and credit limits for customers and monitoring their trading activities.
A Secondary 3 debater from Anglo Chinese School (Independent) was cheered by a crowd when he gave an impromptu speech at Speakers' Corner about democracy in Singapore. 15-year-old CHOO Zheng Xi gave a 10-minute speech about how he felt the government was drifting away from the people and why there should be more democracy in Singapore.
Asia
New Delhi: A court held 35 people, including some politicians, guilty of kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl kept captive for more than a month four years ago, said a news report. The convicts, which include three women, are in police custody in Kottayam in Kerala state, 2150 km south of New Delhi. The rape case rocked Kerala and became a major political issue during parliamentary elections last year.
Beijing: Four criminals behind one of China's most violent robberies were still on the loose yesterday, as the media speculated that their crime could be linked to the muder of a local bank executive. 4000 police officers were combing Changde city in central Hunan province in an effort to find the robbers who attacked a bank on Friday. The robbers for some reason lost their nerve and fled empty-handed, leaving seven people dead.
Hongkong: In another series of blunders by the Hongkong Immigration authorities, a Vietnamese tourist was held for 21 days after her passport was stolen. Ms Nguyen Thi Yen Loan, 29, was detained during a routine police check and, while in detention, claimed police hit her on the head with a file. The tourist, who is waiting for a new passport, claimed she was misled by a police interpreter into signing a police statement saying she had overstayed.
Around the world
London: Whites will be an ethnic minority in Britain by the end of the decade. Analysis of official figures shows that, at present fertility rates and levels of immigration, there will be more non-whites than whites by 2100. According to a report in The Observer, it would be the first time in history that a major indigenous population has voluntarily become a minority, rather than through war, famine or disease.
New York: New figures from the Bureau of Labour Statistics show that the number of immigrant workers jumped to 15.7 million last year, up 17% from three years earlier. Nearly five million of these are said to be illegal immigrants. This influx - immigration workers now make up 12% of the nation's workers - is having profound effects on the work force and the economy, helping to hold down wages in unskilled occupations and giving many companies the employees they need to expand. Now, software companies, farmers, hotel chains and others desperate for workers are pressuring Congress to enact legislation that would admit hundreds of thousands of additional immigrants each year.
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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.