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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.
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Raymond Han
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The WEATHER TODAY Slightly hazy. Showers in the late morning and early afternoon mainly over northern, western and central Singapore. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Winds should be from the south-east. Showers should be confined mostly to the afternoon. WATER TIDES High tide 12.13am 3.0m 12.37pm 2.8m SUN Sunrise 6.56 am Sunset 7.03 pm MOON Moonrise 9.08am Moonset 8.45pm PSI: 52 (moderate) TEMPERATURE: 25-32 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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Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew turns 77 today
In 1965, when Singapore became a Republic, I was only seven years old. Back then, I wore singlets; made layangs from paper and sticks; watched - no, to put it correctly, heard programmes being aired on television from outside some neighbour's corridor, and went to pasar malams for some night-life. Today, our kids enjoy colour television programmes in their homes. Most have been to McDonald's often. Some even wear branded clothes and accessories and carry pagers and handphones. Many play computer games at home on their computers and go window-shopping along Orchard Road. Every home has a telephone and a refrigerator, not to mention a whole gamut of electric appliances. Yes, the children of today are very lucky, and they have one man to thank - Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Without him, I daresay there would not have been any future for this island Republic known as Singapore. Without him, I am sure, our children would never have enjoyed peace and tranquility or an affluent lifestyle in Singapore. He turns 77 today and we at Getforme.com wish him Plenty More Good Years Ahead! 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 1,288 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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Saturday 16 Sep 2000
The second volume of Senior Minister LEE Kuan Yew's memoirs hit local bookstores yesterday 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 are sold at S$36.05 and S$32 respectively.
A National University of Singapore undergraduate (NUS) who went into a women's toilet and used a digital video camera to film a student urinating was jailed for three weeks yesterday. KOH Chit Joo, 24, who has since graduated with a degree in civil engineering, pleaded guilty to trespassing a women's toilet and insulting the modesty of the 21-year-old woman by intruding into her privacy. The incident happened in a sixth- storey toilet at the NUS Engineering faculty on 5 Nov 1999.
Asia
Jakarta: President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday ordered the arrest of the youngest son of former President Suharto to prevent an escalation of terror following the Jakarta Exchange bombing.
Sydney: The Olympics opened here yesterday. Runner Cathy Freeman, 27, Australia's gold-medal hope for the 400m and 200m, set the Olympic caudron ablaze before a 110,000-strong crowd during the opening ceremony.
Around the world
London: The British Board of Film Classification has said they will take more of a hands-off approach to movies and videos for viewers aged 18 and older, but will be even stricter about violence and drugs in films for minors. They say the new guidelines, issued on Thursday, stem from a survey of more than 3000 people from all demographic groups which showed that British adults believe they should be allowed to watch what they want.
London: Childhood asthma is worsened by stress, according to research published in the British medical weekly, The Lancet. Highly stressful events, such as the break-up of a home through divorce or the death of a grandparent, triggered asthma attacks, which began about two weeks after the event and persisted for several weeks, they found. A total of 90 Glasgow children aged 6 to 13 with chronic asthma were monitored for 18 months by a British-Finnish team led by Seija Sandberg of Helsinki University's Hospital for Children and Adolescents.
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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.