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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
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The WEATHER TODAY: Showers with thunder in the late morning and early afternoon over many areas. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Morning showers are expected for tomorrow and Monday. WATER TIDES High tide 3.28am 2.7m 4.58pm 2.4m SUN Sunrise 7.04 am Sunset 7.16 pm MOON Moonrise 12.53pm 0.29am PSI: 43 (good) TEMPERATURE: 25-32 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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The Unemployed In March 2000
In March 2000, the number of unemployed persons in Singapore stood at 58,100. Out of this number, 46.2% were aged 40 years and older. Yes, the Singapore economy is doing well, but there are more jobless people around. Here is the breakdown of the figures: Education Below 40 yrs Above 40 yrs Primary & below: 6.8% 21.6% Lower Secondary: 12.1% 9.5% Secondary: 19.3% 11.0% Post Secondary: 2.3% 1.1% Diploma: 5.7% 0.4% Degree: 7.6% 2.7% TOTAL: 53.8% 46.2% Eight out of ten retrenched workers came from the manufacturing sector. Many were low-skilled blue-collar workers. More women than men were retrenched. About six in ten who were retrenched in the last quarter of 1999 found jobs by March. We received our 200,000th hit on 26 Jun 2000! |
NEW WEBSITES Interauct.com is an online and procurement solutions service provider dchee.com for local designer Doreen Chee's dresses and bags. Inuovi.com is the website of local makeup label Inuovi. FirstIndependent.com.sg is the website of independent financial planners. It offers unit trusts, money market funds as well as stocks to investors. Asiaxis.com is a financial portal launched in late June 2000. It provides immediate mobile phone notification of news and stock prices. 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. 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 886 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 on 30 Jun 2000. 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. Ban Hin Lee Bank Berhad has merged with Southern Bank Berhad and the combined entity is now known as Southern Bank Berhad. 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.
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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?
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 Singapore River Fiesta from 22 Jul - 9 Aug 2000. Venue: Singapore River. A Vocal Recital by Ying Huang (world renowned soprano) Piano: J.J. Lenna 23 July 2000 8pm Victoria Concert Hall National Day Parade at the Padang on 9 Aug 2000. 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. |
The top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week
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Saturday 8 July 2000
Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday said that the MAS will issue licences, before the first quarter of next year, to a new type of financial adviser who will have a wider-than-average range of investment products for customers' financial planning needs, including insurance policies, unit trusts and stocks. The independent financial advisers will not be connected with banks, insurance companies or fund managers. This means that they will represent the interests of their clients, not the financial institution they represent.
The Housing & Development Board (HDB) plans to take back three flats whose occupiers were convicted of "killer litter" offences. It will acquire all three flats compulsorily. These will be the first flats reported to be acquired for this reason since 1991 when a family who lived in a rented flat in Dover Rd was asked to leave after being convicted twice for killer litter offences.
A former POSBank manager who rose from bank teller to branch manager was yesterday jailed for four years by a discourt court for misappropriating S$320,000 from the bank. Jaslyn Chee Lai Meng, 38, took S320,000 from a branch she was managing and then stole another S$325,000 to cover up the first theft.
A delivery man raped his eight-year-old daughter in the living room of their Hougang flat. He raped her twice when she was 11. He also molested her once when she was 13. The 42-year-old man was yesterday jailed for 11 years and ordered to be given 24 strokes of the cane. The court heard that he first raped her in 1992. The girl reported the rapes to police on 1 Feb 2000. She is now in a girls' home.
A 10-year-old boy was found dead at the foot of his block of flats at Blk 877 in Tampines St 84 on Thursday night. He lived on the 10th storey. Png Ming Kian was the youngest of three children in the family. His death brings to three the number of children falling from high-rise blocks this year. Since January, two other boys, both aged three, had fallen when left alone at home. One of them died while the other survived.
Asia
Sydney: Sydney taxi drivers and the companies they work for have been told to improve their services or face heavier fines after rising complaints from visitors that too many simply got lost. New South Wales Transport Minister Carl Scully said on Thursday that locals and visitors were exasperated with cabbies' lack of local knowledge.
Around the world
London: Runaway Oxford University maths prodigy Sufiah Yusof has been found alive and well by police in a London suburb, but wants her parents kept away from her.
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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.