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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
What's New on our website
Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park
Pioneer Class of 2000: Singapore Management University
Abstract of Currency Notes & Coins In Circulation
Top Ten Books at POPULAR Bookstores
Top Ten Books at W.H.Smith Bookstore
Singapore Crime Situation for Jan - Jun 2000
CityLink: Singapore's First Subterranean Mall
Newly Registered Public Accountants
CPF Contribution Rates Over The Years
HDB Flats Built Over The Years
The WEATHER TODAY: Showers with thunder in the late morning and early afternoon. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Late morning and early afternoon showers with thunder. WATER TIDES High tide 12.15am 2.4m 11.24pm 2.8m SUN Sunrise 7.05 am Sunset 7.14 pm MOON Moonrise 7.27pm Moonset 6.59am PSI: 44 (good) TEMPERATURE: 24-32 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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Top 50 Schools (Express) In Singapore
The Straits Times has released its Top 50 Schools (Express) List. Raffles Institution remains at Number 1 place. Raffles Girls' Secondary School pipped The Chinese High School to take Number 2 place. Here are the top five schools for 2000 in order of rank: 1. Raffles Institution 2. Raffles Girls' Secondary School 3. The Chinese High School 4. Nanyang Girls' High School 5. Dunman High School For the full list, please click TOP 50 Schools
We received our 300,000th hit on 26 Jul 2000! |
NEW WEBSITES IceRed.com is a community messageboard for people living in Singapore & Hongkong. Post or view messages on schools, work and play. Legends-resort.com is the website of The Legends Golf and Country Resort in Malaysia. It is a masterplanned resort. AsiaUnitTrust.com is an Asian portal on unit trust; very comprehensive and good coverage. Includes screening and financial calculations. Tengjeehum.com is the website of Singaporean artist Teng Jee Hum. His works are showcased on the website. Smxasia.com is the website of Stars & Movies Exchange of Asia. Buy and Sell your favourite Stars and Movies with FREE money. Use your profit to buy things in their shop. Learn, have fun & be rewarded. VirtualBanking2000.com is an online web conference co-ordinated by RMR Plc. It provides over 100 papers, audio and video presentations from key players in the industry. It also has 'live' discussion forums, an online exhibition hall and free Internet-based training on a variety of subjects in the e-college. All free for those who sign up as delegates. For more information, please e-mail jay.mandevia@rmrplc.com. TiongChoon.com.sg is the website of car dealer Tiong Choon. Med.nus.edu.sg is a stress management website. Great for students as it has tips for students coping with stress. SetthaPalace.com is the website of Settha Palace Hotel Laos. It is a French Colonial Hotel in Ventiane, Laos built in 1930 and fully renovated in 1999. Eyeball.com.sg or the print version, a morning tabloid, Project Eyeball, is a new newspaper set to hit the streets on 12 Aug 2000. Coming to you from Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). one-99shop.com has gone online! 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 1,081 pages thick and growing. Public Holidays DEEPAVALI is the next public holiday. It falls on Thursday 26 October 2000.
Madam Kang's Kitchen Message Board Singapore Cemetery Warren Message Board Registration for national service for all male Singaporeans and permanent residents born between 13 Dec 1982 and 12 Mar 1983 started on 31 Jul 2000 and ends on 29 Sep 2000. For those born between 13 Mar 1983 & 12 Jun 1983, registration starts on 2 Oct 2000 & ends on 24 Nov 2000. |
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New Societies Registered: *Ultimate Players' Association (Singapore) 67 Cavenagh Rd #03-06 Le Chateau Singapore 229621 (27 Jul 2000) *International Cuisine Association (Singapore) 111 North Bridge Rd #07-28 Peninsula Plaza Singapore 179098 (28 Jul 2000) *National University of Singapore Theatre Studies Alumni & Resources Association 14 Sunset Vale Singapore 597239 (3 Aug 2000) Change of Address *British Chamber of Commerce 10 Collyer Quay #03-04 Ocean Bldg Singapore 049315 (22 Jul 2000) *University of Dubuque Alumni 51 Bras Basah Rd #01-02 Singapore 189554 (19 Jul 2000)
PEOPLE SEARCH: Let us flip through the phone book to help you find someone you wish to contact urgently. Email your request to peoplesearch@getforme.com. |
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.
Current issues affecting
our community: Scholarship Bond-Breakers Debate School Discipline: Put the cane in our teachers' hands |
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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?
International Guitar Festival 2000 from 31 Aug - 3 Sep 2000. Includes seminars and workshops. French Artists In Singapore Paintings by nine renowned French artists are being showcased. 3 - 16 Aug 2000. 160 Orchard Road Level 4 Orchard Point Exhibition Hall. 11am - 7pm daily The Spirits Play 17 - 20 Aug 2000 at The Battle Box; 25 - 26 Aug 2000 at Victoria Theatre. A TheatreWorks Production. The one-month-long Hungry Ghosts Festival starts on Monday 31 Jul 2000 and ends on 28 Aug 2000. The Lantern Festival follows thereafter. See Entertainment for more information on 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 - disasters, drowning cases, Hotel New World...
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Tuesday 15 Aug 2000
Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for a four-day informal visit. He is accompanied by Mrs Lee and senior officials.
The number of conjunctivitis cases here has more than doubled over the past two weeks, according to the Ministry of Health. In a statement yesterday, the Ministry said that on average, government polyclinics treated about 800 patients with sore eyes each week.
Among seven year olds, more than one in four is myopic, compared with one in eight in 1996. By the time they are nine, more than two in five suffer from myopia, or short-sightedness. Overall, 34% of young children in Singapore are short-sighted.
Two people have been given two-month jail sentences each for killer-litter offences. Pua Kin, 53, admitted throwing three empty glass bottles from the fifth-floor kitchen window of her Tampines flat at Block 837 on 12 Jul 2000. Lisa Ho Soh Tee, 43, was also jailed after she admitted throwing a metal bucket from her seventh-storey flat in Hougang Ave 3. No one was injured in either incident.
United Overseas Bank (UOB) Asia yesterday admitted that it had "erred" in its handling of the eWorldOfSports.com initial public offer (IPO) and apologised for its actions. In particular, it said it was sorry for not making "sufficient disclosure which would have given a fuller picture" of the IPO for the click-and-mortar sporting goods retailer.
Asia
Tokyo: Japan was a nation in shock yesterday after a 15-year-old newspaper delivery boy with a 10-cm-long survival knife slashed a family of six as they slept - killing three of them - in a rural community in Oita prefecture in south-western Japan early yesterday morning. Press reports quoting the youth said he intended to murder the entire family of farmer Kazumasa Iwasaki, 65, because he had been ticked off a week ago for allegedly peeping into the Iwasaki's bathroom. Mr Iwasaki's wife, his daughter and a grandson were killed in the attack.
Around the world
Washington: The latest information released by United States investigators about the fatal EgyptAir Flight 990 reinforces the theory that its co-pilot crashed the plane deliberately, say US aviation experts. The Boeing 767 plunged into the sea an hour out of New York on 31 Oct 1999, killing all 217 on board.
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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.