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Get for me: New SingTel Customer Service Centre

SingTel has opened its new customer service centre at Crown Prince Hotel along Orchard Road. It is located exactly opposite Mandarin Hotel in the premises vacated by ESPRIT recently.

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.

Pacific Internet has revised its pricing for its plans.

Easy Access: previously S$9.95/mth now S$4.95 for 13 hours/mth

Easy Access Plus: previously S$24.95 for 32 hours/mth now S$19.95 for 40 hours/mth

Unlimited Access: previously S$100/mth now S$29.95/mth

Their hotline: 1800 872 1455 Their hotsite: www.pacific.net.sg

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Did You Know?

Blanco Court in North Bridge Road was completed in 1982 by the architect Urban Redevelopment Authority.

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News Flash Today, Thursday 6 Jan 2000

In Singapore

Singapore stocks suffered their third largest-ever loss yesterday after an overnight plunge on Wall Street.

A 8-year-old woman who called herself Datin Sharinah and pretended she was Brunei royalty conned a diamond merchant out of S$7.2 million of jewellery and pawned it to support her lavish lifestyle.

6-year-old school girl Xie Yangyang's first day at school turned into a nightmare when she had to spend the night locked in a school bus.

Kim Eng office raided by CAD.

Asia

Tokyo: Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult, already in the grip of tough new legislation, now faces a wide tax investigation into its lucrative computer businesses.

Around the world

Washington: Struggling Israel-Syria peace talks nudged on by Clinton.

Somersworth: VP Al Gore has won the endorsement of Senator Edward Kennedy, a US political icon, as he fights former Senator Bill Bradley's challenge for the Democratic Party's 2000 presidential nomination.

Courtesy of The Straits Times

News updated before 8.00 am daily.