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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.

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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In the past two months, a church deacon, a university don and a senior tax officer with an accounting firm were sent to jail for renting out their flats to illegal immigrants. The church deacon appealed to the Chief Justice, who although empathised with him, remarked that the law put the onus of proof upon the owner of the property to show that he/she did exercise due diligence in renting out the property. The appeal was not allowed.
It is no laughing matter. Singapore attracts illegal immigrants and overstayers by virtue of her flourishing economy. Some of them have resorted to crime and this problem cannot be effectively tackled unless Singapore property owners stop giving shelter to these illegal immigrants. MORE...
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NEW WEBSITES
efrenchkiss.com.sg is an online lingerie boutique started by two friends, Gina Toh & Laura Lee.
Biz-Calendar.com is a personal e-organiser, scheduler, reminder (through phone & pager), and Unified Messaging Service (UMS). You can download real-time web pages to fax machines. It also has English & Chinese email readers.
AF2000 is Temasek Polytechnic's 3rd international Singapore Animation Fiesta 2000 website. The festival runs from 9 - 11 June 2000 at SICEC Suntec City.
asianparenting.com was launched on 2 May 2000. It addresses the concerns of Asian parents and has articles dealing with family planning, pregnancy, birth issues and childcare matters. It also has an ovulation calculator, gender predictor and name finder for new parents.
Moms4moms.org is a website on mums for mums by mums.
bowtieAsia.com dedicates itself to linking e-angels to promising Internet & Infocomm Start-Up Companies.
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).
GettingHere.com, which offers listings of short-haul tour packages tour operators want to sell off quickly, will be launched on 17 May 2000. Click GettingHere.com for a preview.

BANKmates: Get a Personal Assistant to do your errands in Singapore.

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The Singaporean website community Set up your company's website here. More...

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New! The new Cartier boutique has opened at Ngee Ann City #01-33 & #02-04. Tel: (65) 734 2427.
Renamed! The Lasalle International Design School is now Raffles Lasalle International Design School.

GOVERNMENT SNIPPETS
Singapore High Commission in London has launched its website.

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Singapore Government Website   Police Ministry Of Education Consular Matters & Migrating (known as permanent residency)
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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.

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?
     The Singapore Jewellers' Association (SJA) has advised tourists to buy jewellery from retailers accredited with the Singapore Jewellers' Association or who carry the Jeweller Trust or Case Trust logo. Its announcement follows a series of complaints by tourists from China who told the Chinese daily, Lianhe Zaobao that they were "ripped off" by jewellers in Singapore who sold them fake products.

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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 6 May 2000

Retired civil servant Say Kwee Toon, 55, was yesterday given the minimum sentence of six months' jail for habouring two Chinese illegals in his Changi apartment. He did not check the sub-tenants' original passports and work permits.

DBS customers with only one savings account would not have to pay the new charges until a new CPF deposit scheme is in place, said DBS chairman S Dhanabalan yesterday.

A six-year-old boy caught in a tussle between his Danish father and Singaporean mother has gone missing. The father, Mr Jens Thorsen, 49, has reported to the police that his ex-wife snatched the boy from his home in Denmark last week. The Singaporean woman, Madam Amjit Kaur, is also missing. The Danish police are looking for her and an Interpol warrant has been issued for her arrest.

Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday hinted at a pay rise for civil servants when he said that Singapore needed to pay internationally competitive wages to stem the outflow of talent, as well as to attract the top brains.

Workers' Party chief J.B. Jeyaretnam was declared a bankrupt by the Hig Court yesterday after he failed to settle a S$30000 debt which arose out of a defamation suit. As the bankruptcy order is in force, it means he has lost his Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seat. He is also prohibited from practising as a lawyer.

Gym instructor, Vengettes Ramachandra, 28, was yesterday jailed two months for hitting a cabby in the nose when his cousin was told off for smoking in the taxi.

Asia

Bangkok: The death of a British tourist from Legionaire's disease in Thailand has prompted the Health Ministry to ask hotel operators to take part in a voluntary programme to curb the pneumonia-like ailment.

Around the world

Washington: People exposed to bug sprays at home and in the garden may have a higher risk of contracting Parkinson's disease, an incurable and fatal deterioration of the brain, researchers said yesterday.

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.