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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.
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Previous FrontPages Currency Converter Singapore Currency Notes Sungei Buroh Nature Park
Sungei Buroh
Nature Park is all about getting close to birds that are native to
Singapore. When was the last time you had a look at an egret? Do
you know what it looks like? Did you know the egret is native to
Singapore? Where else besides the Nature Park can you find the
egret?
Well, the
answer to the last question is this: busy Singaporeans can take a
glimpse of the egret - a white bird with long black legs
& feet or black legs and yellow feet - at the open field next
to Jurong East MRT station. Some egrets can be found grazing there
almost every day. But, of course, the best place to look at the
bird, and other birds, such as the Heron, Sandpiper, Whimbrel,
Redshank and the Plover, is Sungei Buroh Nature Park. But, birds
are not the only attraction, there are butterflies, monkeys, fish
as well as interesting plants, such as the carnivorous Slender
Pitcher Plant, to grab your attention. In fact, on 27 May, 9 Jun
& 24 Jun 2000, the Park has this PRAWN-WATCH activity.
It goes on from 9am - 11am. You can watch how traditional farmers
harvest their prawns right there at the Park.
Take time off
from your work, take your loved ones or your children along. They
will surely love the extraordinary experience and, not least, the
escape from the concrete jungle.
Going there is
quite easy. You just need to board TIBS bus service No. 925 from
Kranji MRT Station. On weekends and public holidays, the bus will
stop at the Park entrance but on weekdays, you have to alight at
Kranji Reservoir carpark and then take a 15-minute walk to the
Park. If in doubt, ask the bus captain.
For a preview,
visit their website which is Just A Click Away™ at sbnp.org.
NEW WEBSITES efrenchkiss.com.sg
is an online lingerie boutique started by two friends, Gina Toh
& Laura Lee. Biz-Calendar.com
is a personal e-organiser, scheduler, reminder (through phone
& pager), and Unified Messaging Service (UMS). You can
download real-time web pages to fax machines. It also has
English & Chinese email readers. AF2000
is Temasek Polytechnic's 3rd international Singapore Animation
Fiesta 2000 website. The festival runs from 9 - 11 June 2000 at
SICEC Suntec City. asianparenting.com was
launched on 2 May 2000. It addresses the concerns of Asian parents
and has articles dealing with family planning, pregnancy, birth
issues and childcare matters. It also has an ovulation
calculator, gender predictor and name finder for new parents. Moms4moms.org
is a website on mums for mums by mums. bowtieAsia.com
dedicates itself to linking e-angels to promising Internet &
Infocomm Start-Up Companies. 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). GettingHere.com, which offers listings
of short-haul tour packages tour operators want to sell off
quickly, will be launched on 17 May 2000. Click GettingHere.com for a
preview. BANKmates: Get a Personal Assistant to do your errands in
Singapore.
SporesCity
The Singaporean website community Set up your company's
website here. More... We are now 516 pages thick and growing. New!
The new
Cartier boutique has opened at
Ngee Ann City #01-33 & #02-04. Tel: (65) 734 2427. Renamed! The Lasalle International Design School is now
Raffles Lasalle International Design School. GOVERNMENT
SNIPPETS Singapore High Commission
in London has launched its website.
NEW:
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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.
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?
The Singapore Jewellers' Association (SJA) has advised tourists to
buy jewellery from retailers accredited with the Singapore
Jewellers' Association or who carry the Jeweller Trust or Case
Trust logo. Its announcement follows a series of complaints by
tourists from China who told the Chinese daily, Lianhe Zaobao that
they were "ripped off" by jewellers in Singapore who
sold them fake products.
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 This website is updated daily between 10.00 pm & 12.00 am Singapore time (+8 hours GMT). Contact us at help@getforme.com P.O. Box 162 Hougang Mall Post Office Singapore 915306 Tel: (65) 282 4221 Fax: (65) 281 4785. The business name getforme.com is registered in the Republic of Singapore under Certificate of Registration Number 52908811L Copyright ©1999, 2000 All rights reserved Just A Click Away™
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Friday 5 May 2000 Singapore Pools is to open 50 new betting outlets islandwide soon. This will bring the number of outlets selling 4-D, Toto, Singapore Sweep and other lottery tickets to 200 from the present 150. Former top banking regulator at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Koh Beng Seng, has been appointed deputy president of United Overseas Bank Group (UOB). This is the number four position in the group. Asia Tokyo: The 17-year-old youth who terrorised his hostages on a bus for over 15 hours was overcome by police in a pre-dawn attack yesterday. Reports here said that in late February this year, the youth had shut himself up at home with a knife, prompting his mother to put him in a psychiatric hospital. On Wednesday, he returned home for what was to have been a one-day visit, but disappeared around noon. Around the world New York: A taxi driver is far more likely to be killed on the job than any other worker in the United States. The review of Department of Labour data shows that in the 1990s, the homicide rate for cabbies averaged 30 for every 100 000 workers. The national average was 0.6. 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.
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