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The weather TODAY: Showers with thunder expected in the afternoon mainly over northern, western and central parts of Singapore. High tide 1.45 am 2.7m 1.16 pm 3.0m Sunrise 7.17 am Sunset 7.21 pm Moonrise 10.02 am Moonset 10.24 pm PSI: 35 (good) Temp: 23-32 degrees Celsius

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Get For Me: Give a real rose plated with gold

Valentine's Day is approaching. Have you run out of ideas for a gift? Look no further. RISIS has come up with real roses which are plated with 24K gold or pure Rhodium (white gold) using their patented electroplating technology. As real roses are used, every stalk is unique. No two stalks are alike. The roses are priced at S$88 per stalk.

Available at RISIS shop #01-084 Suntec City Mall Tel: (65) 338 8250, RISIS Orchid Centre at 1 Cluny Road Singapore Botanic Gardens Tel: (65) 475 5104 and all leading departmental stores.

AsiaOne.com offers from today 100 red bouquets of tulips for online auction. Bids start from S$1. Visit them now at ASIAONE.COM

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

USEFUL WEBSITES: AtoZasia.com For jobs, properties, shopping, food and auctions. Catcha.com.sg A Singapore search engine.

GET FOR ME: New Books

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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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Join Lycos Asia's online quiz at www.lycosasia.com.sg now.

In conjunction with the Millennium Dog Show, Lycos Asia is holding a homepage design contest at Tripod Asia, an online community of Lycos Asia network. Just build a site dedicated to your pet in Tripod Asia before 30 Jan 2000, and you could win S$1000 cash and a chance to walk away with an iMac in their lucky draw.

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News Flash

Today Wednesday 9 Feb 2000

In Singapore

Fire destroyed a wet market at Kebun Baru Mall in Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 early yesterday morning. The fire gutted at least 74 of the 168 stalls.

A former Environment Ministry (ENV) officer was charged yesterday with cheating the ministry of almost S$770 000 while working there. Wong Seng Toong, 46, then a senior technical officer, cheated the ministry by helping two contractors to make false or inflated claims for work and took a cut out of the payments made by the ministry.

The 27-year-old woman who was raped in the Bukit Batok Nature Park on Sunday morning is now brain dead. Her injuries suggest she may have been attacked by more than one person. The CID's Special Investigation Section has taken charge of the case.

Asia

Hong Kong: US fleet led by USS Stennis steams into HK in the biggest US naval visit approved by Beijing since the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade was bombed by Nato planes last May.

Around the world

Belgrade: Less than a month after the slaying of Serbia's most notorious warlord, the Yugoslav Defence Minister was gunned down in a Belgrade restaurant on Monday night in what the government has called a "classic act of terrorism".

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