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Horoscope: ASTROLOGY ZONE® by Susan Miller view ORCHARD ROAD ' live' now!
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.
The weather TODAY: Partly cloudy. Showers with thunder are expected in the afternoon mainly over northern, eastern and central Singapore. High tide 3.15 am 2.4m 5.28 pm 1.9m Sunrise 7.06 am Sunset 7.28 pm Moonrise 1.03 am Moonset 1.22 pm PSI: 46 (good) Temp: 24-32 degrees Celsius (updated daily at 6am Singapore time)
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Take a stroll down North Bridge
Road. Click the logo to enter Looking for a
caterer? Select Catering, which runs a cafeteria in Hitachi Tower,
also provides catering service for functions, such as opening
ceremonies, family days, theme parties, seminars, birthdays,
housewarming and church weddings. Prices range from S$9 - S$11 per pax
for a minimum of 30 paxs. For this price you get curry chicken,
fish fritter, fried sotong, deep-fried sotong ball, Foo Yong crab
meat egg, oyster seow bai chye, fried bee hoon, bean curd jelly
and cordial drinks. If the menu doesn't suit your needs, you can
choose another on their list. Food warmers, table settings, and
disposable wares come with the deal. If all you want is High Tea,
they have a seven-course package which starts at S$5. They also deliver dinners to your
home five days a week. For two persons, they provide 3 dishes, a
soup and rice for S$195 per month. There's even a deluxe version
if you pay S$48 more. You can click SELECT
CATERING to visit their website or call them. Their telephone
number is (65) 852 3333 ext. 363 (Sherry) , ext. 364 (Kim Tien). COMING SOON
NEW
WEBSITES! GettingHere.com, which offers listings
of short-haul tour packages tour operators want to sell off
quickly, will be launched in Apr 2000. Click GettingHere.com for a
preview. MPH Bookstore goes online on Saturday 1
Apr 2000. It will have up to 2.5 million books for your
selection. Click MPHOnline.com
for a preview. Standard Chartered Bank has tied up with
Pacfusion.com to launch its Internet banking service on 28 Mar
2000. Click PacFusion.com 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.
i-one.net to sell groceries online this month. Click i-One-Grocery for a preview. We are now 362 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. NEWSLETTER
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
BUILDINGS TO BE PULLED DOWN
NATIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING: National Development Minister
Mah Bow Tan told Parliament on 7 Mar 2000 that the National Library
Building in Stamford Road would have to go.
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?
TOURISTS 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.
Select Catering for catered food
The top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week
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Today Tuesday 28 Mar 2000
In Singapore
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has reduced ERP rates at the East Coast Expressway (ECP) and Fort Road gantries by 50 cents between 7.30am and 8.30am. But it has increased the rates, by 50 cents between 8.30am and 9.30am, at the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) gantries on the east-bound lanes of Adam Road and Mount Pleasant Road slip road.
Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) is to build another 30 incubator units for technology start-ups at its technology centre at 20 Ayer Rajah Crescent. It already has 29 units here.
A Singapore tour leader who took a tour group to China has been detained at a golf resort in Guilin after the management of her tour agency failed to settle a S$10 000 bill with the retreat.
Asia
Sydney: Women tourists were warned yesterday by the Australian police to turn down drinks from strangers after Chinese and Japanese tourists were drugged and sexually assaulted.
Around the world
Moscow: President-elect Vladimir Putin has chosen Japan as the first foreign state he will visit after his election victory - a gesture that could be interpreted as a symbol of a new Russian approcah to Asia.
Courtesy of The Straits Times
News updated by 8.00 am daily.
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