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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.
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Raymond Han
You can e-mail him at editor@getforme.com
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The WEATHER TODAY: Showers with thunder over many areas in the late morning and afternoon. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Late morning and afternoon showers with thunder are expected for tomorrow and Sunday. WATER TIDES High tide 10.18am 2.4m 9.39pm 2.8m SUN Sunrise 7.03 am Sunset 7.15 pm MOON Moonrise 5.12am Moonset 5.45pm PSI: 51 (moderate) TEMPERATURE: 24-32 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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National Day 2nd Combined Rehearsal
The 2nd Combined Rehearsal for the National Day Parade at the Padang will be held this Sunday, 2 Jul 2000. If you plan to be in the area, perhaps, you may want to change your plan as many roads around the area will be closed. Just last week, the 1st Combined Rehearsal coincided with a major concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, as well as Singapore Arts Festival programmes at Victoria Concert Hall. Many drivers were caught unawares. If you just want to watch the parade, remember to keep out of the way. Affected roads will be closed according to the following schedule: 1. Roads closed from 1pm to 11pm. -Beach Rd (between Stamford Rd & Middle Rd) -Bras Basah Rd (between Beach Rd & Nicoll Highway) -Raffles Ave (between Raffles Link & Stamford Rd -Side road of Republic Ave (between Nicoll Highway & Republic Ave) -Stamford Rd (between Raffles Ave & North Bridge Rd) More... We received our 200,000th hit on 26 Jun 2000! |
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 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 847 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: *Experimental Theatre 10 Anson Rd #15-14 International Plaza Singapore 079903 (12 Jun 2000) *Confucianism Society (Singapore) 27th floor Apex Tower 70 Anson Rd Singapore 079905 (15 Jun 2000) The total number of COEs for tender in July 2000 will not exceed 9168. 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. 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! |
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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Friday 30 June 2000
Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday announced a major overhaul of the civil service reward system. Life-long employment will become a thing of the past, with government administrative officers serving fixed terms in top positions, ensuring renewal in the civil service. All civil servants will get an average salary increase of 13%. This pay wage rise includes National Wages Council adjustments. From this year, all civil servants are eligible for a performance bonus of at least half a month. Eventually, the performance bonus will be built up to at least one month.
The government does not plan, yet, to merge the COE car categories into a single classification, said Communications and Information Technology Minister Yeo Cheow Tong in a Business Times interview published yesterday.
M1, Singapore's 2nd biggest mobile-phone operator said yesterday that it will be offering IDD service from September 2000. Price wars are likely to erupt with M1's entry, dragging IDD rates down even further. Since StarHub's entry into the IDD arena in April 2000, IDD rates have plummeted on average about 60%.
A pre-dawn police raid on two private flats in Balestier Road flushed out 153 illegal immigrants who had been squatting there under cramped conditions.
Nine Asia-Pacific airlines, including Singapore Airlines, are setting up an online travel agency, in what is believed to be a joint investment of about US$100 million (S$172 million). The yet unnamed portal will be launched in the fourth quarter of this year.
Asia
Jakarta: An Indonesian ferry packed with hundreds of refugees fleeing violence in the Maluku Islands sank yesterday. It was not clear if there were any survivors, officials said.
Around the world
Havana: In the end, the seven-month battle over Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez ended with a simple ceremony at Havana's international airport attended by the 6-year-old's family and 800 schoolmates.
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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.