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. Water Singapore's water is clean and safe to drink from the tap. There is no need to boil it.
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Kang's Kitchen Chilli Crab Robinsons opens another store in Singapore today at Raffles City. It is expected to draw the young, fashionable crowd with its new imported private labels. Robinsons marked the new store's opening by placing 11 full-pages of advertisements in The Straits Times today. The new outlet is opened from 10.30am to 8.30pm from Sunday to Thursday, and closes an hour later on Friday and Saturday. Robinsons is Singapore's premier department store and has been an inseparable part of our shopping history for the past 142 years.