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GET FOR ME: Save the ACS (Anglo Chinese School) clock tower

Two weeks from today, the 50 year-old ACS clock tower at Barker Road will be demolished in the process of rebuilding the campus.

Some old boys of ACS are trying their level best to rally other old boys from around the world to sign a petition to appeal to the board of governors to reconsider its plan to get rid of the clock tower.

If you are an old ACS boy, you can support their cause by visiting their website to register your name in their petition.

So far, old boys from as far away as Japan, Britain and Australia have given their support.

getforme their website: ACS OLD BOYS' PETITION TO KEEP CLOCK TOWER

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Singapore: A Pictorial History 1819-2000

By Gretchen Liu

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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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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 Saturday 22 Jan 2000

In Singapore

Telecoms market to be freed up fully from April 2000. With immediate effect too, limits on foreign ownership of telecoms companies here have been scraped. This means that foreign players can set up shop here without having to find strong local partners to take a majority stake.

1000 apply for 100 places in Singapore's newest university, the Singapore Management University (SMU).

Expect higher tides and possible freak floods from today till Tuesday.

James Lye quits TCS.

A Cisco police corporal was charged in a district court yesterday with taking bribes from two drivers, in return for being lenient, and turning a blind eye while inspecting their goods.

The Skills Development Fund has set aside about S$90 million to support structured on-the-job training for 500000 workers over the next five years.

Asia

Hanoi: Viet adoption ring leaders get long jail terms.

Around the world

London: A British Court has jailed four men for forging up to GBP50 million (S$139 million) in a scam which, when detected last year, forced the Bank of England to redesign its GBP20 banknote.

New York: CBS News breaks taboo by inserting digital ads. The image is inserted digitally into the scene behind their reporters.

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