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%

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Other official languages: Mandarin, Malay & Tamil.

The weather TODAY: Slightly hazy and warm.  High tide 12.18 am 2.6m  11.52 am 2.9m   Sunrise 7.13 am Sunset 7.19 pm Moonrise  7.58 am  Moonset 8.20 pm   PSI: 53 (moderate) Temp: 24-34  degrees Celsius    

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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.

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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. 

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Singapore: A Pictorial History 1819-2000

By Gretchen Liu

Price: S$61.70  (excludes shipping)

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 Tuesday 7 Mar 2000

In Singapore

Unscrupulous  estate agents are believed to have teamed up with loansharks to fleece hundreds of flat owners here by offering them big cash upfront even before the properties are sold. But they will later charge exorbitant interest rates of about 20% each month because the "cash upfronts" are actually illegal loans from loansharks.

Satelite pictures have shown a sharp rise in the number of hotspots in Sumatra which has caused the slight haze over Singapore yesterday afternoon.

The National Library building will have to go, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan told parliament yesterday.

Asia 

Tokyo: A Japanese housewife yesterday pleaded guilty to strangling a neighbour's two-year-old daughter in a case that shocked Japan and ignited debate over the intense competition in Japan's prestigious kindergartens.

Jakarta: Haze from a rising number of hotspots in Sumatra has passed hazardous levels and a government agency in Pekanbaru has called for a state of emergency to be declared in affected areas.

Around the world

California, USA: A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, carrying 142 pasengers and crew from Las Vegas, overshot the runway at Burbank Airport in California on Sunday, hitting a car with a woman and child and narrowly missing a petrol station.

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