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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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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...
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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 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.

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Singapore Government Website   Police Ministry Of Education Consular Matters & Migrating (known as permanent residency)
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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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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.