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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
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The Esplanade - Theatres On The Bay
The WEATHER TODAY: Showers with thunder in the late morning and early afternoon over many areas. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Showers with thunder are expected in the late morning and afternoon showers on Friday. WATER TIDES High tide 7.54am 2.2m 8.07pm 2.5m SUN Sunrise 7.02 am Sunset 7.14 pm MOON Moonrise 3.21am Moonset 3.48pm PSI: 28 (healthy) TEMPERATURE: 25-32 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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Cheers! to NTUC Fairprice's convenience shops
NTUC Fairprice, which runs a chain of 82 supermarkets in Singapore, last week launched its convenience shops. The new name for the shops is Cheers. For a start, the co-operative has opened 14 such shops around the island. Except for Cheers Nanyang Polytechnic & Cheers Pasir Ris Resort, all the outlets are open 24 hours. In the next five years, NTUC Fairprice plans to have at least 100 Cheers! outlets in Singapore. This compares with the present 113 24-hour convenience shop outlets being run by 7-Eleven. This new kid on the block, which started as a pilot project called Cheers Nanyang Polytechnic to test the waters, has been around since August 1998. However, the 7-Eleven chain celebrates 17 years in Singapore this year. Will Cheers unseat 7-Eleven as the prime choice of Singaporeans? Only time will tell. But, customers have much to cheer about because competition will only bring about lower prices for them, not counting the added convenience of having a wider choice of 24-hour shops to serve them during the wee hours of the morning. For a list of the Cheers outlets, please click Cheers. We received our 200,000th hit on 26 Jun 2000! |
NEW WEBSITES njoyicecream.com sells ice cream at their website. Popular flavours are Shhhiok! & Coffeebreak. Also available at leading supermarkets, convenience shops and petrol marts. Lucky7.com.sg is the website to visit to get your joss-sticks, incense paper and Hungry Ghost Festival food and beverages. PropertyMegamart.com where you can buy and sell your property. meet-in-singapore.com.sg lets you find out all about exhibitions, conventions and meetings happening in Singapore. You can also get free brochures on meetings, incentive travel, conventions an the exhibition industry. Sashasbears.com sells all types of teddy bears. CreationStreet.com is a renovation portal which puts you in contact with renovation contractors, suppliers and designers. There's even an auction section as well as classifieds. e-mart.com.sg is a virtual supermarket. It has a wide variety of quality and fresh products. There is free delivery for orders above S$70. It is the online arm of Singapore Food Industries Ltd. 8daysonline.com is the website of 8 days, a local Entertainment & Television Weekly magazine. 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 830 pages thick and growing. Public Holidays NATIONAL DAY is the next public holiday. It falls on Wednesday 9 August 2000.
Madam Kang's Kitchen Message Board Singapore Cemetery Warren Message Board Know of any good guest houses? Tell us! Write to us at help@getforme.com. |
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New addresses of Societies & Clubs: *Swedish Women's Educational Association Int'l (Singapore) 98 Binjai Park Singapore 589886 (2 Jun 2000) *Association for Gifted Children 466 Lorong 3 Geylang Rd Singapore 388934 (6 Jun 2000) 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. Settling-In Assistance: For foreigners who intend to study, work and live in Singapore Tel: (65) 323 8402 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. COMFORT, YELLOWTOP and CITYCAB taxi fares have gone up! TIBS fares will only go up on 3 Jul 2000. So it is cheaper to take a ride in TIBS taxis in the meantime. |
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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?
7th International Piano Festival takes place from 29 Jun - 2 Jul 2000. Concerts at 8.30pm nightly at Victoria Concert Hall. Harvard Din & Tonics 2000 a cappella with a twist at Chijmes Hall, 8pm on 17, 18, & 19 Jul 2000. Presented by Caldwell Arts Entertainment. Tickets at S$25 (adults), S$20 (students). Hotline: (65) 332 6274/332 6285 or click CaldwellArts. Vengaboys Live In Concert 2000 22 Jul 2000 7pm Siloso Beach, Sentosa 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.
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The top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week
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Wednesday 28 June 2000
Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a ministerial statement on salary revisions for the public sector when Parliament sits tomorrow. It will include a review of the salary benchmarks for civil servants.
The Singapore Arts Festival will continue in its new direction of commissioning controversial shows like Desdemona and Hot Water, despite the debate and controversies they have generated, said Mr Liu Thai Ker, chairman of the National Arts Council (NAC).
Doctors in government service can expect their pay to go up next month by up to 25%, with junior doctors getting the biggest pay rise. Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang said public health costs will rise by 5 - 8% a year as salaries go up and also because of expensive medicine and improved treatment.
Leading ophthalmologist Vivian Balakrishnan has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). The 39-year-old associate professor is a President's scholar.
Asia
Sydney: Up to 1,700 illegal immigrants will be freed from Australia's overflowing detention centres after being declared bona fide refugees, Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock announced yesterday. This amounts to just over half of all illegal immigrants held in Australia and follows warnings by Mr Ruddock that thousands more boat people are waiting in Indonesia to enter the country.
Around the world
Hamburg: Two fighting dogs, a pitbull and a staffordshire terrier, savaged a six-year-old Turkish boy to death on the premises of his school here on Monday, igniting calls to outlaw or place severe restrictions on fierce dogs. The dogs injured two other children and dozens more had to be treated for shock, police said.
Washington: Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush has called for a overhaul of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service to bolster border control and better welcome lawful newcomers to the United States.
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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.
ECONOMY
Consumer prices fell by 0.4% in Jun 2000, as lower costs of transport, communications and clothing more than offset rises in housing, health and education and stationery.
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.