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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
The WEATHER TODAY: Slightly hazy. Showers with thunder in the morning mainly over southern, western and eastern Singapore. WATER TIDES High tide 2.43am 2.8m 5.07pm 2.3m SUN Sunrise 6.56 am Sunset 7.07 pm MOON Moonrise 12.49am Moonset 12.23am PSI: 67 (moderate) TEMPERATURE: 24-33 degrees Celsius (updated daily at 7am Singapore time)
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Cemetery - Singapore's first virtual cemetery- has been
launched by us at Getforme.com. You can access the Cemetery by clicking
the button at the top-left corner of this web-page. It has eleven sites- Raffles, Warren,
Holloway, Somerset, Mount Zen, Serenity, Eternal Bliss, The Final
Resting Place, Nothingness, Make My Day & Precious Pets. Membership in the first two, Raffles
& Warren, come free of charge. Raffles site is meant
for deceased persons who have devoted a greater portion of their
lives in selfless service for the benefit of Singapore. Warren,
named after British Bombardier Stanley Warren who drew the
pictures on the walls in The Changi Chapel, houses memorials of
World War II veterans. Space in the other eight sites can be
purchased for a one-time payment of S$38 per memorial. For this
price, there is a one-page web-memorial devoted solely to the
deceased. Visitors can leave virtual flowers; cards; gifts, such
as teddy bears; and messages. Pets are not left out here. For a
one-time payment of S$20, a one-page web-memorial can be
purchased.
There's even a reservation service, where living persons can
reserve memorial space in any of the eight sites. Singapore Cemetery is Just A Click
Away at Singapore
Cemetery. NEW WEBSITES Charity1cent is
The Charity1cent Initiative Website which provides complete
resources on websites donating to charity. 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. 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.
SporesCity
The Singaporean website community Set up your company's
website here. More... We are now 547 pages thick and growing. 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.
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.
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.
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?
Reports by two
Singapore American School students that they were the victims of
abduction attempts have led the school to warn parents to be on guard.
The private school in Woodlands, in a circular sent out to parents some
weeks ago, alerted them to a report by an 11-year-old student in
February that a woman had tried to abduct him. The boy, who was walking
home from school, said the woman had driven up in a green mini-van and
offered him a lift. When the boy declined the lift, she got out of her
car and tried to grab him.
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.
Singapore's First Virtual Cemetery
Launched!
The top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week
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Wednesday 10 May 2000
Deputy Prime Minister BG Lee Hsien Loong yesterday said in Parliament that banking was a service that must be paid for, just like electricity and water. We have no reason to treat bank charges any differently and have them subsidised by the government, or compel banks to provide services for free. He added that the S$2 monthly fee the bank intended to charge those with less than S$500 in their accounts "is not a big sum".
Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng yesterday said in Parliament that landlords are bound by law to conduct three checks on tenants. If they fail to do so and their tenants turn out to be illegals, they risk going to jail for the mandatory minimum os six months. The Immigration Act requires a landlord to check the original immigration or workpasses of a prospective tenant, check that these particulars match those in the passport, and check with the person's employer to verify his employment.
The former Singapore Airlines cabin-crew supervisor who allegedly pocketed S$35 million of company funds intends to plead guilty to his crimes.
3000 cable television subscribers in Singapore will be picked to be the first on the island to sample Internet television in a few month's time. Besides surfing with Internet television, users can also send e-mails.
Comfort and Yellow Top taxi meters will run faster from 12 June 2000 and hailing them inside the CBD on Friday and Saturday nights will cost S$1 more.
Asia
Tokyo: Japanese police yesterday arrested the founder of a foot-reading cult, Hogen Fukunaga, 55, suspected of telling followers that they would get cancer unless they handed over thousands of dollars.
Around the world
Atlanta: Millions of Americans were digging out wallets, dusting off their lucky charms and hoping against hope as the jackpot for a popular multi-state lottery swelled to a record US$325 million (S$555.8 million).
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.