13 Mar 2000
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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. |
The weather TODAY: Showers with thunder in the afternoon mainly over northern, eastern and central Singapore. High tide 9.35 am 2.4m 11.11 pm 2.4m Sunrise 7.14 am Sunset 7.20 pm Moonrise 4.48 am Moonset 5.08 pm PSI: 40 (good) Temp: 24-32 degrees Celsius
FRONT PAGES: Currency Converter Singapore Currency Notes My E-mail Get For Me: Singapore Zoological Gardens The Singapore Zoological Gardens has a website which is bound to keep you and your children entertained. It has interactive games and maps to keep you busy. A Latest Happenings section tells you more about the new exhibits as well as animal species, such as the rare proboscis monkeys from Indonesia, which are housed at the zoo. Take a look at their colourful pictures - it's true, a picture is worth a thousand words. You can also browse through the Night Safari, the world's first wildlife park built to be viewed at night. Some other sections on this website are: Animal Adoption, Walking Trails and Conservation. Why not pay their website a visit today? Click Singapore Zoo.
NEW LAUNCH: G.K. Goh has announced the launch of their online stock trading site. Click GOHDIRECT. COMING SOON: i-one.net to sell groceries online this month. Click i-One-Grocery for a preview. COMING SOON: A new website which has an auction mall, shopping plaza and more. Click i-mall21.com for a preview. COMING SOON: A new website IP3000.com which claims to have over 7 000 000 websites indexed, including Europe and Asia. It says it is the largest information and media search engine on the web. Click Internet Portal 3000 to get a preview now. POLL: Do you like our new RED colour? Tell us. Click HERE. NEW: New M1 shop opens at #B1-19/20 Paragon Shopping Centre. Other branches are at #B1-18-19 Tampines Mall and #01-16-17 West Mall. NATIONAL SERVICE: Central Manpower Base (CMPB) National service registration starts on Monday 31 Jan 2000 for all male Singapore citizens and permanent residents (PRs) born on or between 14 Jun 1982 and 12 Sep 1982, and ends on 10 Mar 2000. GET FOR ME: Save the ACS (Anglo Chinese School) clock tower An appeal for support. BOOKS: Top Ten KINOKUNIYA Bestsellers Top Ten MPH Bestsellers Top Ten BORDERS Bestsellers Top Ten TIMES Bestsellers Shows the top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week. SHOWS: Top Ten Shows Features the current popular movies screened in local cinemas. Movies Lists the current movies showing in local cinemas. GOVERNMENT: Singapore Government Website Ministry Of Education Police 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. ANNOUNCEMENTS: We are now hosted with WEBVISIONS.COM. EXPATRIATES: 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. TOURISTS: Tourism Board Tourist Arrival Statistics USEFUL WEBSITES: AtoZasia.com For jobs, properties, shopping, food and auctions. Catcha.com.sg A Singapore search engine. GET FOR ME: New Books ON SALE NOW AT LEADING BOOKSTORES Singapore: A Pictorial History 1819-2000 By Gretchen Liu Price: S$61.70 (excludes shipping) You may place your order with us at support@getforme.com. The road shown on the front cover was Holloway Lane. It has recently gone the way of the Dodo and in its place is an open ground awaiting redevelopment. In the background is St Joseph's Church in Queen's Street. The picture of the front cover of the book has been posted here with the kind permission of the publisher, Editions Didier Millet Singapore.
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News Flash Today Friday 3 Mar 2000 In Singapore Fatal road accidents dropped to 25-year low last year, but motorcyclists and pilllion riders were still the most vulnerable, making up 85 of the 197 who died last year. Anyone who threatens another with injury will be jailed at least six months, Chief Justice Yong Pung How said yesterday when he allowed an appeal and added a six-month jail term to the S$3000 fine imposed on technician, Chang Choon Meng, 27, for threatening to throw his ex-girlfriend out of a 12-floor window. Those who sat for the GCE "A" level examination last year can obtain their results at 11 am from their schools tomorrow. Private candidates will get their results by post. They can also get them at the following websites: www.moe.edu.sg or www.moe.edu.sg/exams. Asia Jakarta: The haze has returned in Indonesia, blanketing large parts of Sumatra as government officials warned that the country could be in for an environmental crisis as serious as the one three years ago. Around the world Pennsylvania: A black gunman killed two whitemen and critically injured three others on Wednesday before surrendering to the police after a bloody rampage near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The rampage started with a row over a door repair with a maintenance man, who was the first to be killed. Maputo: Thousands of flood victims in Mozambique spent their sixth day in trees and on rooftops as rescue pilots flew perilous missions to rescue those stranded in the country's most devastating floods in living memory. Courtesy of The Straits Times News updated by 8.00 am daily. 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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