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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.
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The WEATHER TODAY: Showers with thunder in the
predawn hours and early morning over many areas. Thereafter partly
cloudy. TOMORROW'S
WEATHER Late morning and early afternoon showers with thunder are expected
for tomorrow and Tuesday. WATER TIDES High tide 0.15pm 2.6m
11.13pm 3.1m SUN Sunrise 7.03 am Sunset
7.15 pm
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Hey! It's Sunday today.
Shouldn't you be joining the crowds for that
Singaporeans-never-miss exploration tour of the new underground
CityLink Mall which stretches from Raffles City to Suntec City?
Or wouldn't you want to
join the long snaking queues at the army camps, also taking
place today, for those coveted free National Day Parade tickets?
But you might be too late, because the queue started forming
last evening! Yes! Those chaps have queued overnight for the
tickets.
If not, I guess you could
be one of those who enjoy lazing about the house. Good news for
you, then, BECAUSE there's this online grocer which provides
home delivery for whatever you order from them. As long as your
order is above S$70, the delivery is done free of charge.
Otherwise, a service charge is levied (S$5 for orders between
S$50 & S$70 and S$10 for orders less than S$50).
E-mart is run by Singapore
Food Industries Ltd. This means you are assured of good quality
and fresh products. In fact, they provide a 100% guarantee on
the freshness of their products.
And because it's Singapore
Food Industries, you have a wide range of items to choose from.
Here are some of their products on sale:
- exotic fruits, leafy
greens, tarts, quiche, poultry, pork, seafood, soft drinks,
ice-cream, cereals, canned food, beer, wines, herbs & tonic,
dog food, diapers, shampoo, salads, detergents, pizzas,
ready-to-cook, etc.
Why not hop over to their
online store for a look? You don't even have to dress up - just
click on your mouse and you are there. Click e-mart now!
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Singapore's first
underground mall, CityLink Mall,
between City Hall MRT and Suntec City, opened yesterday!
We received our
200,000th hit on 26 Jun 2000!
If you have
any comments or questions, please e-mail us at editor@getforme.com.
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NEW WEBSITES
AcmaBooks.com is a new
online bookstore launched on 17 Jun 2000. It offers about
500,000 titles at discounted prices.
debtdomain.com, founded by
a group of bankers and launched on 14 Jun 2000, lets banks and
other financial institutions buy and sell multi-million-dollar
market loans online. It charges a fee to buyers and sellers for
successful deals.
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.
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. wwlegal.com
is a legal website coming online in August 2000. It will provide
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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 862 pages thick and growing. Public
Holidays NATIONAL DAY is
the next public holiday. It falls on Wednesday 9 August 2000.
General
Message Board Madam Kang's Kitchen Message
Board Singapore
Cemetery Warren Message Board BackPackers'
Message Board Cathay Cinema screened its last movie show on 30 Jun 2000. The 61-year-old building is
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GOVERNMENT
SNIPPETS
National Service for all males
who are Singapore citizens or permanent residents and born
between 13 Dec 1982 & 12 Mar 1983.
The total number of COEs for
tender in July 2000 will not exceed 9168.
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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
OG Albert Complex opened for business on
Friday 29 Jun 2000. It replaces OG
People's Park which opened its doors for the last time on
Thursday 28 Jun 2000. The 28-year-old OG Building at People's
Park will be demolished and a brand new 7th storey OG Building,
double the size of the existing building, will be completed in
the middle of 2002.
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!
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TOURISTS Tourism
Board Tourist Arrival Statistics BackPackers'
Corner Luggage Repair Rent A Car 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.
Good Eats
10 MUST VISIT places
FleaMarts
Shopping Complaints
Nature
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The top ten fiction and
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Sunday 2 July 2000
Water from Indonesia could
be piped to Singapore in about five years if a massive engineering
project involving overland channels and undersea pipelines gets off the
ground. The project, estimated to cost at least US$1.5 billion will
harness a water catchment area 80 times the size of Singapore, in
Indonesia's Riau province.
The law will be changed to
stamp out rogue commodity-trading firms, Trade and Industry Minister
George Yeo told Parliament yesterday. The target of the changes are
firms that use strong-arm tactics to recruit unsuspecting clients to put
money into trading activities, whose promises of rich rewards lead to
losses instead.
A 14-year-old schoolboy was
found dead in a macabre manner by his sister when she returned to their
Choa Chu Kang Central flat on Friday night. Eugene Yang Zi Le's hands
and feet were tied with red raffia string and his mouth covered with
black cloth tape when the teenage girl came home at around 9pm. Police
are investigating.
Asia
Hongkong: About 300
disgruntled Hongkongers marched through the streets yesterday on the
third anniversary of Hongkong's handover, calling on Chief Executive
Tung Chee Hwa to step down.
Around the world
London: Hundred of thousands
of British motorists angry at rising fuel prices are planning a mass
petrol-buying boycott on 1 Aug 2000 and then every Monday after
that.
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 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. |