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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
What's New on our website
Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park
Pioneer Class of 2000: Singapore Management University
Abstract of Currency Notes & Coins In Circulation
Top Ten Books at POPULAR Bookstores
Top Ten Books at W.H.Smith Bookstore
Singapore Crime Situation for Jan - Jun 2000
CityLink: Singapore's First Subterranean Mall
Newly Registered Public Accountants
CPF Contribution Rates Over The Years
HDB Flats Built Over The Years
The WEATHER TODAY: Slightly hazy and warm. Showers in the morning, mainly over southern, western and northern Singapore. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Slightly hazy with late morning and early afternoon showers. WATER TIDES High tide 9.24am 2.2m 8.15pm 2.5m SUN Sunrise 7.02 am Sunset 7.11 pm MOON Moonrise 3.43am Moonset 4.17pm PSI: 58 (moderate) TEMPERATURE: 25-33 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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Drama Box presents " INVISIBILITY " Rated
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INVISIBILITY Performed in English & Mandarin 13 - 17 Sep 2000, 19 - 23 Sep 2000 8pm Rooftop of Chang Clan General Association No. 23 Lorong 29 Geylang Tickets at S$21 SISTIC (10% off for students, NSF senior citizens & PAYM members) Enquiries: Tel. (65) 324 5434 Drama Box Written by: Quah Sy Ren Adapted & Directed by: Sim Pern Yiau Performed by: Alvin Chiam, Caroline Fernandez, Zelda Tatiana Ng & Yeo Yann Yann There will be a free shuttle bus service from Aljunied MRT Station to the venue. The pick-up times are: 7.15pm, 7.30pm & 7.45pm. We received our 400,000th hit on 22 Aug 2000! |
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NEW WEBSITES Bikers Homepage fulfils all your motorcycling needs in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Info, rides, ads, links, tours, pics, hangouts, and much more. Today.com.sg is a search engine. Home-Club.com.sg is an online grocery shop launched on 23 Aug 2000. They deliver during working days but you can get free delivery with orders exceeding S$30. You can also return unsatisfactory goods within 7 days. BookNTravel.com is a travel website with bargain fares from the region (Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia & New Zealand). It is an e-commerce initiative of Chan Brothers. IceRed.com is a community messageboard for people living in Singapore & Hongkong. Post or view messages on schools, work and play. Legends-resort.com is the website of The Legends Golf and Country Resort in Malaysia. It is a masterplanned resort. AsiaUnitTrust.com is an Asian portal on unit trust; very comprehensive and good coverage. Includes screening and financial calculations. Tengjeehum.com is the website of Singaporean artist Teng Jee Hum. His works are showcased on the website. Smxasia.com is the website of Stars & Movies Exchange of Asia. Buy and Sell your favourite Stars and Movies with FREE money. Use your profit to buy things in their shop. Learn, have fun & be rewarded. Eyeball.com.sg or the print version, a morning tabloid, Project Eyeball, is a new newspaper which hit the streets on 12 Aug 2000. Brought to you by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). one-99shop.com has gone online! 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. wwlegal.com is a legal website coming online in August 2000. It will provide a one-stop centre for people to find lawyers. |
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 1,168 pages thick and growing. Public Holidays DEEPAVALI is the next public holiday. It falls on Thursday 26 October 2000.
Madam Kang's Kitchen Message Board Singapore Cemetery Warren Message Board Registration for national service for all male Singaporeans and permanent residents born between 13 Dec 1982 and 12 Mar 1983 started on 31 Jul 2000 and ends on 29 Sep 2000. For those born between 13 Mar 1983 & 12 Jun 1983, registration starts on 2 Oct 2000 & ends on 24 Nov 2000. |
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New Societies Registered: *Association of Professional Investigators 808 French Road #06-179 Kitchener Complex Singapore 200808 (3 Aug 2000) *Pets Enterprises & Traders Association (Singapore) 16 Pasir Ris Farmway 2 Singapore 519316 (4 Aug 2000) *English Language & Literature Teachers Association (Singapore) English Language & Applied Linguistics Division, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 469 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259756 (7 Aug 2000) Change of Address *British Chamber of Commerce 10 Collyer Quay #03-04 Ocean Bldg Singapore 049315 (22 Jul 2000) *University of Dubuque Alumni 51 Bras Basah Rd #01-02 Singapore 189554 (19 Jul 2000)
PEOPLE SEARCH: Let us flip through the phone book to help you find someone you wish to contact urgently. Email your request to peoplesearch@getforme.com. |
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.
Current issues affecting
our community: Scholarship Bond-Breakers Debate School Discipline: Put the cane in our teachers' hands |
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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?
Singapore Youth Choir with Magic Songs Conductor: Jennifer Tham 29, 30 Aug 2000 8pm Victoria Concert Hall International Guitar Festival 2000 from 31 Aug - 3 Sep 2000. Includes seminars and workshops. "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown" Directed by Roberta MacDonald A Musical Dinner Theatre Experience brought to you by Caldwell Arts Entertainment & Golden Apple Dinner Theatre 16 - 31 Aug 2000 CHIJMES Hall Invisibility Rated P(G) and performed in English and Mandarin Presented by Drama Box Written by Quah Sy Ren Adapted & Directed by Sim Pern Yiau Performed by: Alvin Chiam, Caroline Fernandez, Zelda Tatiana Ng & Yeo Yann Yann 13 - 17 Sep 2000, 19 - 23 Sep 2000 8pm The one-month-long Hungry Ghosts Festival starts on Monday 31 Jul 2000 and ends on 28 Aug 2000. The Lantern Festival = Mooncake Festival = Mid-Autumn Festival follows thereafter. See Entertainment for more information on 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 - disasters, drowning cases, Hotel New World...
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The top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week
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Saturday 26 Aug 2000
A special provision will be made in the penal code to target killer litter, spelling out harsher maximum penalties for culprits, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday. Although flats would still be taken back, this measure was reserved for "very serious, or recalcitrant offenders", who would also be debarred for five years from buying or renting another HDB flat. In cases which do not warrant such severe action, the culprit and his household would have to relinquish their high-rise flat, but could still buy or rent an HDB flat on the ground or first floor. But, he would not be allowed to buy or rent one on higher floors, for at least three years from the date of conviction. In less serious cases, Mr Mah said, the HDB will issue a final written warning.
Parents who do not send their children to primary school can be fined up to S$5,000 or jailed up to one year, or both, under the proposed Compulsory Education Bill presented at yesterday's Parliament sitting. If the proposed Act is passed, parents must send their children - born after 1 Jan 1996 - for at least six years of primary education in national schools. Parents who do not comply will have to answer to a compulsory education board.
Loo Cheng Lip, 34, was yesterday sentenced to 15 years' jail and 18 strokes of the cane after he had pleaded guilty to raping his maid on 14 Feb 2000 and using criminal force on her during her four-month stint with the family. He terrorised the young Indonesian maid from the day she started work, forcing her to strip so that he could inspect her body. Over the next four months, he intimidated her and harrassed her for sex constantly. In the end, the oil company technician raped her on the marital bed in his flat at Choa Chu Kang.
Mr Ernest Wong, 55, will retire as United Overseas Bank (UOB) president at the end of next month. He will then take over from Mr Lim Hup Seng as the chief executive officer of the Media Corporation of Singapore on 1 Oct 2000.
Asia
Hongkong: A Hongkong legislative candidate resigned yesterday as vice-chairman of a pro-Beijing political party amid revelations he had leaked confidential government documents to a client of his public relations business. Mr Gary Cheng said he will shut down his two public relations firms to avoid any future conflicts of interest - but insists he is staying in the race for a legislative seat to be chosen on 10 Sep 2000.
Around the world
Washington: Despite years of intensive efforts to improve the performance of American students, scores in reading and science staggered in the 1990s and the achievement gaps between blacks and whites has widened, according to the latest measure of long-term trends in the nation's classrooms. Over the 30 years of the federal assessments, the only substantial gains among overall students were in mathematics. The results were released on Thursday by the US Education Department's National Centre for Education Statistics.
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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.