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   Hallo everyone
   It's Monday again. Coca Cola launched its new slogan Coca Cola Enjoy with free drinks on the house at Civic Plaza, Ngee Ann City the last few days. I paid a visit on a hot Saturday afternoon and what met me on arrival was a real ICE-COLD Coke. I mean, in spite of the sizzling heat, the organisers, true to their mettle, made sure their boys dispensed ice-cold Coca Cola to everyone in the long, snaking queue. It sure was worth the wait. And what's more, as an avid Coca Cola fan, I was on cloud nine! Why? The Coke came in green glass bottles with the words Coca Cola moulded into the glass. It sure made my day that Saturday. That bottle has since joined my collection of Coke memorabilia.
   Temperatures in the past two days soared to 35º C. But, it was a welcome break from the storms which enveloped the island the previous two weeks. We can safely resume our Explore Singapore tours. This Saturday, we will take you to Chinatown to have a look. However, we will avoid the New Bridge Road area, where the Great Southern Hotel and Majestic Theatre landmarks are located, as it is a construction site for the new North-East MRT line. See you next week.

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COMING SOON NEW WEBSITES!
Eastciti.com is being launched tomorrow 18 Apr 2000 at 4pm. It is a lifestyle website, big on stars, with video, music, tv and movies online.
Moneycast.com.sg has an online stock game in which you can win a grand cash prize of S$10 000. The Game is divided into 6 weekly contests and starts on 17 Apr 2000.
Venomclub.com has been launched. You can now view the action in this nightspot without leaving your computer. Six cameras pan the dance floor and lounge areas from 10.30pm - 3am, Tuesdays to Sundays.
Eyeball.com.sg or the print version, a morning tabloid, Project Eyeball, is a new newspaper set to hit the streets and the cyber-highways in the middle of the year. Coming to you from Singapore Press Holdings (SPH).
GettingHere.com, which offers listings of short-haul tour packages tour operators want to sell off quickly, will be launched on 17 May 2000. Click GettingHere.com for a preview.
New AsiaBuilders.com to provide comprehensive listings and product catalogues for the construction industry. To be launched end Apr 2000. Click AsiaBuilders.com for a preview.

SporesCity The Singaporean website community Set up your company's website here. More...
We are now 456 pages thick and growing.
New! The new Cartier boutique has opened at Ngee Ann City #01-33 & #02-04. Tel: (65) 734 2427.
New! The new Louis Vuitton shop has opened at Ngee Ann City.

GOVERNMENT SNIPPETS
Singapore High Commission in London has launched its website.
    The deadline for the electronic filing of tax returns has been extended by three days to 18 Apr 2000.

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BUILDINGS TO BE PULLED DOWN
The 17-storey Cathay Building, which houses Cathay Cinema (opened on 3 Oct 1939), is to make way for a new 15-storey shopping-office-cinema complex. It was completed in 1941.

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.
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TOURISTS
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Tourist Arrival Statistics
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.

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Today Monday 17 Apr 2000

In Singapore

Ronald Searle, 80, a former prisoner-of-war in Changi Prison has been awarded the coveted title of Cartoonist of the 20th Century. He secretly made hundreds of pencil and ink drawings illustrating the terrible life suffered by fellow PoWs in Changi. His drawings are now kept at the Imperial War Museum in London while he lives in quiet retirement in the south of France.

Singaporean freelance designer Shien Wee, 28, beat six other contestants from Asia to win the Asian Young Fashion Designers Contest last night.

A 12-year-old schoolboy fell five storeys from a unit at Block 92 of the Hillbrooks condominium and died early Saturday morning.

A young Indonesian maid who arrived here only a month ago fell 11 storeys to her death on Saturday evening, apparently while trying to take in a bamboo clothes-pole.

Asia

Seoul: Young South Koreans professionals are going for upscale, all-night bathhouses, which are changing the lifestyle of many of them. In most 24-hour saunas, one can wash, relax in the sauna, change clothes and sleep for 10000 won (S$14.50)

Around the world

London: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch will undergo radiotherapy next month after being diagnosed with prostate cancer following a routine medical check in Los Angeles last week.

Washington: Police arrested about 600 protestors and closed their headquarters in a show of force on Saturday, just ahead of the organised rallies at the IMF and the World Bank.

Courtesy of The Straits Times

News updated by 8.00 am daily.

SINGAPORE SLING

30ml Gin

15ml Cherry Brandy

120ml Pineapple Juice

15ml Lime Juice

7.5ml Cointreau

7.5ml Dom Benedictine

10ml Grenadine

A dash of Angostura Bitters

Garnish with a slice of pineapple & cherry

The Singapore Sling was created by Raffles Hotel bartender Mr Ngiam Tong Boon.