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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.
Singapore's water is clean and safe to drink from the tap. There is no need to boil it.
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The weather TODAY: Mainly fair except for showers in the morning over southern Singapore. We had a hot afternoon yesterday with temperatures as high as 34 degrees C recorded. This is expected to continue today. High tide 8.45 am 2.4m 10.07 pm 2.5m Sunrise 7.01 am Sunset 7.09 pm Moonrise 4.37 pm Moonset 4.13 am PSI: 58 (moderate) Temp: 25-34 degrees Celsius (updated daily at 6am Singapore time)
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Today Saturday 15 Apr 2000
In Singapore
For the first time, the Housing & Development Board (HDB) will be offering wall-less flats. Dubbed "white flats", these flats will be S$13000 to S$15000 cheaper than Premium flats of the same size. They will be available in Punggol 21.
The boom of a crane from a North-East MRT construction site at Sennet Estate crashed onto two houses in the Upper Serangoon Road area yesterday morning. No one was hurt, but the occupants had to move out.
Asia
Beijing: Chinese Pandas are to be given Viagra to improve their sex drive and save the species from extinction.
Jakarta: The Indonesian government is to go ahead with VAT in Batam.
Kuala Lumpur: Police act to stifle pro-Anwar street protests.
Around the world
Washington: The US federal authorities said on Thursday that they had broken up a Los Angeles-based drug-trafficking ring that used the Federal Express overnight delivery system to ship tonnes of marijuana across the US.
Courtesy of The Straits Times
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