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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.
The Editor
Raymond Han You can e-mail him at editor@getforme.com
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The WEATHER TODAY: Cloudy. Showers with thunder in the late morning and afternoon. WATER TIDES High tide 2.39 am 2.5m 5.00 pm 2.0m SUN Sunrise 6.58 am Sunset 7.08 pm MOON Moonrise 0.33 am Moonset 12.52 pm PSI: 47 (good) TEMPERATURE: 24-32 degrees Celsius (updated daily at 6am Singapore time)
FrontPages Currency Converter Singapore Currency Notes My E-mail Under Singapore
law, any person who is employed in Singapore and any Singaporean
seaman who is employed by an employer under a contract of service
or other agreement entered into in Singapore must contribute to
the Central Provident Fund (CPF). The following are included - company
directors who are engaged under a contract of service and paid
a salary on top of fees received, part-time & casual
employees whose wages exceed S$50 per month, all school
leavers or students working on a part-time or temporary basis
(except during gazetted school holidays), National Service
(reservist in-camp training), Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs),
above 55 years old, domestic servants who are not employed on work
permit, family workers, hair stylists/barbers, lorry drivers,
market research interviewers, and undergraduates not employed
under a training programme as approved by their institutions. Who do not need to pay CPF?
They are foreigners on Employment Pass, Professional Visit Pass or
Work Permit; partners, sole proprietors & the self-employed;
and employees working overseas. However, any persons registered as
partners, sole proprietors & self-employed and earning more
than S$2400 a year need to contribute a percentage of their net
trade income to their Medisave Account. The Medisave contribution
rate is 6 - 8% depending on their age group and is subject to a
yearly income ceiling of S$72000. MORE... 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.
The Singaporean website community Set up your company's
website here. More... We are now 472 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.
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.
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 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.
The top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week This website is updated daily between 10.00 pm & 12.00 am Singapore time (+8 hours GMT). Contact us at help@getforme.com P.O. Box 162 Hougang Mall Post Office Singapore 915306 Tel: (65) 282 4221 Fax: (65) 281 4785. The business name getforme.com is registered in the Republic of Singapore under Certificate of Registration Number 52908811L
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Wednesday 26 Apr 2000 In Singapore POSBank & DBS Bank account holders have to top up their account balancs to the minimum of S$500 or face a monthly service charge of S$2 for not maintaining that minimum. POSBank & DBS Bank commence the new charges in June. Singapore citizens can soon make speeches in public at the Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park in August 2000. All they need do is to register their intention to speak at the Kreta Ayer Neighbourhood Police Post, which is next to the Speakers' Corner, and show their identity card or passport to prove their citizenship. Approval will be granted on the spot. They can speak on any topic, so long as they avoid speeches that will incite feelings of hostility between racial or religious groups. Reverend Canon Dr John Chew, 52, was yesterday installed as the eighth Anglican bishop of Singapore, leader of 25000 Anglicans here, as well as those in Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Asia Manila: Philippine Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf yesterday claimed responsibility for abducting 21 people from the Malaysian island of Sipadan, off Sabah on Sunday. Bangkok: British tourist, Miss Andrea Taylor, 23, was killed and her father and sister wounded when a bull elephant ran amok at a seaside resort in Pattaya, police said yesterday. Around the world London: The British worker has won back his right to strike without fear of losing his job as a new law took effect that employers warn could revive the industrial confrontatins of the 1970s. The legislation, effective on Monday, protects the worker from dismissal during the first eight weeks of a strike, provided the walkout does not contravene the rules of industrial action. 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.
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