Established in 1999

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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If you are thinking of migrating to Singapore, first of all you need to apply for permanent residency in order to live in Singapore. Non-Singaporeans can become Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs) by obtaining an Entry Permit (an application for an Entry Permit is an application for Singapore Permanent Residence). Processing time will vary from case to case. Singapore offers permanent residency to foreigners under two basic schemes:
1. Employment Pass Holders (P or Q Pass)
2. Investors & Entrepreneurs.
For 1. The applicant has to be working in Singapore on an Employment Pass. The applicant should generally hold acceptable tertiary or professional qualifications or earn a basic monthly salary of more than S$2,000/-. The applicant can apply for permanent residency immediately after being issued with a P or Q Work Pass. Three-year work permit holders may also apply as the application is considered on a case by case basis.
For 2. Applicable to foreign investors with substantial capital and good entrepreneurial track records. The applicant must deposit at least S$1.5 million with the Government. Please liaise with the Singapore Economic Development Board at: Immigration Facilitation Unit, Singapore Economic Development Board, 250 North Bridge Road, Raffles City Tower #24-00, Singapore 179101.Tel: (65) 3362288 Fax: (65) 3396077. Alternatively, you could also visit the Singapore Economic Board Website at www.sedb.com.
For applications under scheme 1, you'll need to submit the completed application forms (obtainable at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consular website) to PR Services Centre, 5th Floor SIR Building, 10 Kallang Road
Singapore 208718 together with the following documents: MORE...
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COMING SOON NEW WEBSITES!
Eastciti.com was launched on 18 Apr 2000. It is a lifestyle website, big on stars, with video, music, TV and movies online.
Moneycast.com.sg has an online stock game in which you can win a grand cash prize of S$10 000. The Game is divided into 6 weekly contests and starts on 17 Apr 2000.
Venomclub.com has been launched. You can now view the action in this nightspot without leaving your computer. Six cameras pan the dance floor and lounge areas from 10.30pm - 3am, Tuesdays to Sundays.
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).
GettingHere.com, which offers listings of short-haul tour packages tour operators want to sell off quickly, will be launched on 17 May 2000. Click GettingHere.com for a preview.
New AsiaBuilders.com to provide comprehensive listings and product catalogues for the construction industry. To be launched end Apr 2000. Click AsiaBuilders.com for a preview.
SporesCity The Singaporean website community Set up your company's website here. More...
We are now 471 pages thick and growing.
New! The new Cartier boutique has opened at Ngee Ann City #01-33 & #02-04. Tel: (65) 734 2427.
New! The new Louis Vuitton shop has opened at Ngee Ann City.

GOVERNMENT SNIPPETS
Singapore High Commission in London has launched its website.

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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.
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.

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, getting an employment pass, remuneration structure and corporate culture.
Useful Services Relocating to Singapore?
     The Singapore Jewellers' Association (SJA) has advised tourists to buy jewellery from retailers accredited with the Singapore Jewellers' Association or who carry the Jeweller Trust or Case Trust logo. Its announcement follows a series of complaints by tourists from China who told the Chinese daily, Lianhe Zaobao that they were "ripped off" by jewellers in Singapore who sold them fake products.

TOURISTS
Tourism Board
Tourist Arrival Statistics
We wanted to post a picture of the Singapore Official Guide here for you to take a look but the publisher, Singapore Tourism Board, has refused to give its permission.
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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Today Tuesday 25 Apr 2000

In Singapore

A hit-and-run driver fled on foot after an accident, leaving a scooterist and his pillion rider pinned under his car on Saturday. A man surrendered to the traffic police yesterday.

The Singaporean who masterminded the first known kidnapping case here in a decade pleaded guilty in the High Court yesterday and was jailed for life. Vincent Lee Chuan Leong, 33, who kidnapped the 14-year-old daughter of a rich businessman here last September had demanded a S$330 000 ransom from the girl's family.

Asia

Sabah: Six heavily-armed masked men stormed Sipadan island off Sabah on Sunday, forced 20 people (eight Malaysians, two Africans, two French, three Germans, two Finns, two Filipinos and one Lebanese) into a fishing boat and took off towards the Philippines.

Around the world

London: A British woman gave birth two weeks early so that her terminally-ill husband could hold their baby before he died. The man died three days later after holding the newborn baby in his arms just once.

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.