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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
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The Esplanade - Theatres On The Bay
The WEATHER TODAY: Partly cloudy. Showers with thunder in the morning and early afternoon affecting most areas. OUTLOOK Afternoon showers are expected for the next two days. WATER TIDES High tide 1.33am 2.8m 3.16pm 2.3m SUN Sunrise 7.01 am Sunset 7.13 pm MOON Moonrise 11.30pm Moonset 11.04am PSI: 43 (good) TEMPERATURE: 24-31 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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National Day First Combined Rehearsal
The National Day First Combined Rehearsal will be held at the Padang this Saturday afternoon (24 Jun 2000). If you plan to be in the area, you just might want to change your plans as many roads will be closed to traffic. Affected roads in the area will be closed to all traffic according to the following schedule: 1. Roads closed from 1pm to 11pm. -Beach Rd (between Stamford Rd & Middle Rd) -Bras Basah Rd (between Beach Rd & Nicoll Highway) -Raffles Ave (between Raffles Link & Stamford Rd -Side road of Republic Ave (between Nicoll Highway & Republic Ave) -Stamford Rd (between Raffles Ave & North Bridge Rd) -St Andrew's Rd, Coleman Street, Collyer Quay, Colombo Court. Connaught Drive, Empress Place, Esplanade Drive, Fullerton Rd, Java Rd, Nicoll Highway, Old Parliament Land, and Parliament Place. More... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Visit the zoo for half-price on Sunday 25 Jun 2000. The Singapore Zoological Gardens is slashing its admission charges to mark its 27th Anniversary. Adults pay S$6 and children between 3 & 12 years old S$2.50. |
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NEW WEBSITES meet-in-singapore.com.sg lets you find out all about exhibitions, conventions and meetings happening in Singapore. You can also get free brochures on meetings, incentive travel, conventions an the exhibition industry. Sashasbears.com sells all types of teddy bears. CreationStreet.com is a renovation portal which puts you in contact with renovation contractors, suppliers and designers. There's even an auction section as well as classifieds. e-mart.com.sg is a virtual supermarket. It has a wide variety of quality and fresh products. There is free delivery for orders above S$70. It is the online arm of Singapore Food Industries Ltd. 8daysonline.com is the website of 8 days, a local Entertainment & Television Weekly magazine. Snow City is the website of a new attraction, Snow City, in sunny Singapore. MotorSales.com.sg sells bikes from Kawasaki, Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha and others. SingaporeMint.com.sg is the website of The Singapore Mint which sells banknotes, cashcards, phonecards, MRT cards, coins and other collectibles. Eyeball.com.sg or the print version, a morning tabloid, Project Eyeball, is a new newspaper set to hit the streets and the cyber-highways in the middle of the year. Coming to you from Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). one-99shop.com is coming to you soon! 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. |
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 761 pages thick and growing. Public Holidays NATIONAL DAY is the next public holiday. It falls on Wednesday 9 August 2000.
Singapore Cemetery Warren Message Board Know of any good guest houses? Tell us! Write to us at help@getforme.com. |
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New addresses of Societies & Clubs: *Swedish Women's Educational Association Int'l (Singapore) 98 Binjai Park Singapore 589886 (2 Jun 2000) *Association for Gifted Children 466 Lorong 3 Geylang Rd Singapore 388934 (6 Jun 2000) NEW: Subscribe to our Weekly Internet Edition mailing list so that we can keep you informed of the latest happenings in Singapore. To subscribe, click SINGAPORE.
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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. Settling-In Assistance: For foreigners who intend to study, work and live in Singapore Tel: (65) 323 8402 BUILDINGS TO BE PULLED DOWN The 17-storey Cathay Building, which houses Cathay Cinema (opened on 3 Oct 1939), is to make way for a new 15-storey shopping-office-cinema complex. It was completed in 1941. COMFORT & YELLOWTOP taxi fares have gone up! CITYCAB fares will only go up on 26 Jun 2000. So it is cheaper to take a ride in CityCab & TIBS taxis in the meantime. |
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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?
1 - 25 Jun 2000 7th International Piano Festival takes place from 29 Jun - 2 Jul 2000. Concerts at 8.30pm nightly at Victoria Concert Hall. Harvard Din & Tonics 2000 a cappella with a twist at Chijmes Hall, 8pm on 17, 18, & 19 Jul 2000. Presented by Caldwell Arts Entertainment. Tickets at S$25 (adults), S$20 (students). Hotline: (65) 332 6274/332 6285 or click CaldwellArts. The World's Biggest Matchstick Creation "Tien An Men" made from 2 million matchsticks Exhibition & Demonstration at Chinatown Point Podium B (Singapore Handicraft Centre)10am - 10pm. Now till 25 Jun 2000. See Entertainment for more 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.
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Friday 23 June 2000
Starting 1 Jul 2000, motorists caught on the phone while driving will have to go to court and face not only a hefty fine but also jail, 12 demerit points and perhaps a ban too. Worried by an increase in the number of motorists who phone-and-drive, the police will stop offering the option of composition fines to those who are caught. First-time offenders wil face a maximum of six months' jail or a S$1000 fine or both, along with 12 demerit points. Repeat offenders will face a fine of up to S$2000 or a year's jail or both. On top of that, they may be banned from driving or have their phones taken away.
A teenage girl fell from her family's fourth-storey flat in Serangoon Ave 2 and survived, but fractured her right arm and bruised her head. Norerliani Bahari, 17, apparently climbed out of the kitchen window on Wednesday morning, after apparently being locked in at home. She was alone at the time.
Areas zoned for light industry, general industry, warehouses, as well as business parks, will now be allowed to accommodate ebusinesses, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said yesterday.
Asia
Beijing: All 42 passengers and crew were killed when a Chinese domestic airliner crashed in the suburbs of the central city of Wuhan yesterday, after being struck by lightning.
Beijing: More than 180 people are dead or missing after an overloaded boat capsized yesterday on the Yangtze River in south-west China, the semi-official China News Service (CNS) reported.
Around the world
London: Police in Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands quizzed suspects in the deaths of 58 Chinese migrants hidden in a truck as China charged yesterday that Western countries encouraged racketeers by granting political asylum to illegal immigrants.
Courtesy of The Straits Times
News updated by 8.00 am daily.
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.
ECONOMY
The consumer price index (CPI) for March 2000 dipped by 0.3% compared to February 2000. Food prices fell by 1.6% due mainly to cheaper seafood, vegetables and fresh pork. The cost of transport and communications fell by 0.2% due to falling car prices.
The CPI is used as an inflation gauge by measuring the change in the prices of a fixed basket of goods purchased commonly by most households.
The Government has forecast that inflation will be within 2% this year.