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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
The WEATHER TODAY: Showers with thunder are expected in the afternoon. WATER TIDES High tide 3.09am 2.4m 5.28pm 2.1m SUN Sunrise 6.56 am Sunset 7.08 pm MOON Moonrise 0.48am Moonset 1.08pm PSI: 54 (moderate) TEMPERATURE: 25-33 degrees Celsius (The weather is updated daily at 7am Singapore time)
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Great Singapore Sale
starts today!
The Great Singapore Sale is here! Starting today, thousands of shoppers, foreign and local, will descend on the shops round the island. The festival is into its seventh year and this year's festival will run till 9 July 2000. Also getting a share of the action are Internet sites, such as nececity.com and fashion-on-the-web.com, run by the Singapore Retailers Association and the Textile & Fashion Federation respectively. The festival will be launched at Ngee Ann City at 7.30pm. Popular Hongkong star Chan Chung Ling has been invited to perform. She will share the limelight with a million-dollar diamond-studded dress. If you are in Singapore today, why not hop over to Ngee Ann City on Orchard Road to join in the action. If you are elsewhere in the world, do log on to nececity.com and fashion-on-the-web.com and share in the spirit of the festival. |
NEW WEBSITES iwant-in.com.sg was launched on 25 May 2000. It is a bilingual entertainment portal with Internet radio service. purpletrain.com is an online portal with a host of elearning services. It's your global gateway to an online diploma and postgraduate programmes. It's brought to you by the Informatics Group. substation.org The Substation is a place dedicated to the research, interaction and practice necessary for the creation of an original, indigenous voice for Singapore's arts and culture. rikvin.com helps you to find out how to go about incorporating your business in Singapore. weboffice.com.sg helps you to order office stationery and supplies which will be delivered to your doorstep within 24 hours. meyson.com.sg is a jewellery store chain with 13 outlets in Singapore. They offer trendy jewellery set mainly in white gold or platinum. PetsJunction.com helps you to source pets and pet accessories by connecting you with the merchants. 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 611 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 THE GREAT SINGAPORE SALE starts today! |
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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.
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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. |
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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, getting an employment pass, remuneration structure and corporate culture. Useful Services Relocating to Singapore?
Singapore International Dragon Boat Festival 3 - 4 Jun 2000 at Marina Bay. AF2000 is Temasek Polytechnic's 3rd international Singapore Animation Fiesta 2000 website. The festival runs from 9 - 11 June 2000 at SICEC Suntec City. 1 - 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. |
The top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week
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Friday 26 May 2000
A five-year-old girl drowned at the Tampines Swimming Complex on Wednesday evening while a survival swimming test was under way. Loi Yong Qing's father said yesterday that the girl drowned in the short time he and his wife had taken their eyes off her to watch their six-year-old son who appeared to be in trouble.
Asia
Manila: A lone gunman who hijacked a Philippine Airlines Airbus A-330 jet leapt out of a door mid-air over Manila yesterday, after robbing the 290 people on board. Armed with a grenade, he had a parachute for his dramatic getaway. The plane landed safely with the passengers safe and unscathed.
Around the world
Washington: The US Congress yesterday passed a bitterly-contested trade bill that allows China to enjoy tariff privileges without having to seek extensions on an annual basis.
London: Scientists have produced a pill-sized camera you swallow to allow diagnosis of bowel complaints. A team at the Royal London Hosiptal came up with the pill measuring just 11mm by 30mm.
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.