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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.
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Raymond Han You can e-mail him at editor@getforme.com
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The WEATHER TODAY Slightly hazy. Showers
with thunder in the late morning and early afternoon. TOMORROW'S WEATHER
Slightly hazy. Late morning and afternoon showers are expected for
Saturday and Sunday. WATER TIDES High tide 12.13am 2.7m
- SUN Sunrise
6.57 am Sunset 7.04 pm MOON Moonrise 8.23am
Moonset 7.59pm PSI: 46 (good) TEMPERATURE:
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time) For more information, call Meteorological Service Singapore Tel:
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TIBS Taxi
launched its Internet booking service for its taxis on 30 Aug
2000. You can book a taxi at their website at www.etaxis.com.sg but you
first need to register with them.
Upon registration, you will be given a password and a personal
identification number. You also need to indicate five pick-up
points. When you next visit the website to book a taxi, they
will use their Global Positioning System to get a taxi for you.
Once you confirm the booking, the taxi number plate and its
estimated arrival time will be shown on the screen.
Best of all, you do not need to worry about not being able to
get through to an operator which would be the case if you had
used phone-booking. This service is especially useful to
overseas visitors who come to Singapore often as they can book
the taxi first when they are still in another country.
Online booking fees range from S$2 to S$16, depending on the
time of the booking and whether it's a current or advance
booking.
The
other taxi operators have yet to start an online booking
service.
We received our
400,000th hit on 22 Aug 2000!
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NEW WEBSITES
HDBuilders.com is an online
hub which facilitates and manages the whole spectrum of business
processes in the construction industry. You can access
information on tenders, HDB, classifieds as well as suppliers
and contractors.
Uneedtrust.com is a
one-stop unit trust portal; includes detailed and comprehensive
information on Singapore funds industry.
LivingWoman.com is an
on-line, one-stop, one-source, lifestyle portal for women in
Asia, focusing on personal well-being. Read a wealth of
information, go shopping, search specialised services, create
your own personal e-blackbook and win prizes.
V-3000.com does web-design,
hosting and promotions.
Swadhin Productions is an
independent performing arts promoter. Inaugurated this
year (2000), the company aims to organise creative, experimental
and quality performances in Singapore & other parts of Asia.
For more information, please contact Swadhin Productions at Tel:
(65) 366 0234 Fax: (65) 363 3097.
AutoHub21.com is a new
vehicle online auction website where you can sell your used car
to dealers actively bidding for it. Presently, they have 18
dealers listed. A flat transaction fee of S$100 is charged upon
successful sale during the promotional period from Aug - Dec
2000.
BusinessTrends.com.sg
is a recruitment website for job seekers and companies seeking
employees.
Olympics.com is the official
website of the Sydney Olympics 2000. Officials predict a
staggering total of 6.5 billion hits for the site.
Eyeball.com.sg
or the print version, a morning tabloid, Project Eyeball, is a new newspaper
which hit the streets
on 12 Aug 2000. Brought to you by 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 which went online in late August 2000. It provides
a one-stop centre for people to find lawyers. Click New Websites for the rest of the
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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 1,280 pages thick and growing. Public
Holidays DEEPAVALI is
the next public holiday. It falls on Thursday 26 October 2000.
General
Message Board Madam Kang's Kitchen Message
Board Singapore
Cemetery Warren Message Board BackPackers'
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,
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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?
Waykool
Band Just Jazz Series A new
trend of jazz influenced music - Acid Jazz - took the industry by
storm and Waykool Band will entertain the audience with their unique
acid jazz music style which reflects the latest style of jazz music. 17
September 2000 5pm - 8pm Fountain Court@CHIJMES For information,
please call Tel: (65) 3377810 CHIJMES 30 Victoria Street
Singapore 187996 Tel: (65) 337
7810 Fax: (65) 337 9589 Click
CHIJMES
Invisibility
Rated P(G) and performed in English and Mandarin Presented by Drama Box Written by Quah Sy Ren
Adapted & Directed by Sim Pern Yiau
Performed by: Alvin Chiam, Caroline Fernandez, Zelda Tatiana Ng
& Yeo Yann Yann 13 - 17 Sep 2000, 19 - 23 Sep 2000 8pm
Ambient
Asia “Chilled-out grooves and traditional cool” 22 Sep 2000 The
Courtyard, National Library at Stamford Rd 7pm End your day on an eclectic note with the
unique music of two of Asia’s top instrumentalists, Sara T
and Jessica, on erhu, sanxian and pipa. An exotic blend of
club sounds and dance beats rendered from traditional Chinese
instruments. Admission is Free. Everyone's welcome
See Entertainment for more information on
local
happenings!
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7 and still counting That's the number of MediaCorp Studios artistes
so far to have resigned to cross over to rival MediaWorks set up
by the SPH group.
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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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Friday 15 Sep 2000


The second volume of Senior
Minister LEE Kuan Yew's memoirs will hit local bookstores today at noon.
The English version, From Third World To First, is published jointly by
SPH and Times Publishing Group, and the Chinese version, solely by SPH.
They will be sold at S$36.05 and S$32 respectively.
Juvenile offenders will be
assessed by psychologists before a court sentence is passed to separate
the recalcitrant from those whose waywardness may be a passing phase.
Offenders who commit mistakes and teenagers who are mentally disabled
are likely to undergo programmes to help them get back into mainstream
society, said Chief Justice YONG Pung How on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago's
Graduate School of Business opened its Asian campus at the 115-year-old
House of TAN Yeok Nee in Clemenceau Avenue yesterday. This is the
business school's third campus, after its first two in Chicago and
Barcelona in Spain.
Hand, food and mouth disease
is not a dangerous illness, but it is contagious. Parents should keep
infected children at home so they do not spread it. In Singapore, there
was no record of death from the disease, Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang
said yesterday. From 1 Oct 2000, hand, foot and mouth disease, together
with Nipah virus and Legionaire's disease, will be made notifiable.
As part of Civil Defence Day
today, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will hold its annual
island-wide Public Warning System exercise. The important-message
signal, lasting a minute, will be sounded at 12.05pm.
In a world's first, LOH Peng
Chum, a lecturer with Singapore Polytechnic, has perfected a way of
making lilac-coloured gold for use in jewellery. Local jewellery chain
Lee Wah has clinched global rights to Mr Loh's technique for three
years.
Asia
Kuala Lumpur: Soldiers will
be stationed on islands in Sabah waters in the wake of two mass
kidnappings from resort islands off the state's coastline.
Xiamen, China: China
yesterday executed its most senior cadre to date for graft, as closed-
door court trials in the massive Yuanhua smuggling and corruption
scandal entered their second day. According to the Xinhua news agency,
Beijing's No.1 Intermediate People's Court executed CHENG Kejie after
the nation's top court rejected his appeal after he was convicted of
graft in July.
Around the world
Paris: Air France will ban
smoking on all flights from 1 Nov 2000.
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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.
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