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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
Local Talents (Music) Budak Pantai
Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) Members
Singapore Power on hike in power tariffs
Food Stalls Suspended From Business
Nanyang Technological University Vital Statistics for 2000
Food Stalls Suspended From Business
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
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: 25-33 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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Book a taxi on the Internet with TIBS Taxis
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 list. |
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.
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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Change of name of insurance company: MMI General Insurance Limited to Allianz Australia Insurance Limited (21 Mar 2000) Not. No. 2500 dated 13 Sep 2000. Institutions approved for termination of pregnancy (abortion) for 2 years from date in brackets: *Healer Women's Clinic Blk 153 Serangoon North Ave 1 #01-508 Singapore 550153 (31 Aug 2000) *Allan Clinic for Women Pte Ltd 3 Mount Elizabeth #14-06/07/08 Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre Singapore 228510 (19 Sep 2000) *The London Clinic & Surgery for Women Pte Ltd Blk 253 Jurong East St 24 #01-269 Singapore 600253 (26 Sep 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.
The OG Building at People's Park, along with its overhead Bridge is being demolished from 30 Aug - 15 Sep 2000. |
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: Death of child at childcare centre suspected to be caused by foot, hand and mouth disease Insurance agents who use "survey" ruse to collect personal information Timeshare companies which use high-pressure sale tactics Late Power Supply utilities bills Speakers' Corner opens at Hong Lim Park |
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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! |
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. 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... |
The top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week
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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.