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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
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The WEATHER TODAY: Partly cloudy. Showers in the late morning and early afternoon mainly over northern, eastern and central Singapore. WATER TIDES High tide 7.54am 2.2m 8.26pm 2.4m SUN Sunrise 6.59 am Sunset 7.11 pm MOON Moonrise 3.41am Moonset 3.16pm PSI: 29 (good) TEMPERATURE: 25-32 degrees Celsius (The weather is updated daily at 7am Singapore time) For more information, call Meteorological Service Singapore Tel: (65) 542 7788.
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Car insurance premiums of some motor insurance companies in Singapore have gone up, on average, by about 10% in the past few months. The premiums are expected to go up even further in the coming months as insurers, who now bear the brunt of losses from their insurance business due to under-pricing of premiums, find that they can't even break even. In the past three years, motor insurance companies in fighting for a bigger market share had allowed their insurance premiums to drop to inadequate levels, while vehicle-repair costs (labour and materials) continued to escalate. This has resulted in heavy losses for motor insurers. It's being said that for every dollar in motor premiums collected last year, insurers paid about 90 cents in claims and about 30 cents in expenses. Even with the general increase in premiums, insurers will make sure that good drivers pay lower premiums, vis-à-vis others, by the application of the No-Claim Discount, as well as the Offence-Free Discount. |
NEW WEBSITES ClarkeQuay.com.sg is the website of Clarke Quay Festival Village, a shopping mall converted from godowns. fundsupermart.com offers unit trusts. WorldRemind.com is all about getting an automated system to page you to remind you about your appointments. SalesCity.com.sg is a one-stop shopping information site for sales and promotions happening around Singapore. SingaporeHomes.com.sg is a property portal. DMG.com.sg is the website of DMG & Partners Securities, a member of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd. sailing.org.sg is the website of the Singapore Yachting Association. You can also find useful tide tables. singnet.com.sg/~scfinfo is the website of the Singapore Canoe Federation. 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. |
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 691 pages thick and growing. Public Holidays NATIONAL DAY is the next public holiday. It falls on Wednesday 9 August 2000.
Singapore Cemetery Warren Message Board Father's Day falls on 18 June 2000. |
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New Clubs/Societies: *Stage Pals 41A Bedok Ria Crescent #04-36 Stratford Court Singapore 489929 (24 May 2000) *Screenwriters Association (Singapore) 57 Greenfield Drive Singapore 457951 (25 May 2000) 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. 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. |
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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, getting an employment pass, remuneration structure and corporate culture. Useful Services Relocating to Singapore?
AF2000 is Temasek Polytechnic's 3rd international Singapore Animation Fiesta 2000 website. The festival runs from 9 - 11 June 2000 at SICEC Suntec City. 1 - 25 Jun 2000 7th International Piano Festival takes place from 29 Jun - 2 Jul 2000. Concerts at 8.30pm nightly at Victoria Concert Hall. 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. 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. |
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Monday 12 June 2000
Pump prices at the oil stations are going up. Caltex is leading this round with a 5-cent increase per litre of petrol and a 4-cent increase per litre of diesel from 12 Jun 2000.
Taxi-driver Mr Lui Chong Fatt became the 800000th person to own an HDB flat. He received his keys from Acting Prime Minister BG (NS) Lee Hsien Loong at an HDB key-hand-over ceremony in Sengkang estate yesterday.
Asia
Seoul: North Korea sprang a new surprise when it asked South Korea for a one-day delay in their historic summit, citing "technical reasons".
Tokyo: Japan's Ministry of Finance will no longer use the Nikkei-225 as a key economic indicator and will call on other government agencies to follow suit, a report said on Saturday.
Around the world
London: Key players in the shaky Middle east peace process reacted swiftly to news that President Hafez al-Assad had died, all mourning his loss and some pledging to press on towards a settlement.
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.