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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%

Working Language: English

Other official languages: Mandarin, Malay & Tamil.

The weather TODAY: Showers with thunder expected in the afternoon and early evening affecting most areas.  High tide 2.41 am 2.6m  3.00 pm  2.6m    Sunrise 7.16 am Sunset 7.21 pm   Moonrise  11.36 pm  Moonset  -   PSI: 37 (healthy) Temp: 23-32  degrees Celsius    

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    Get For Me: New Car Mart Centre (Automobile City)

     Car buyers can rejoice now that a new S$100 million car mart centre has opened in Singapore this week. This 40 718 sq m new eight-storey building at 61 Ubi Avenue Singapore can house some 2000 cars under its roof. New & used-car dealers, together with car insurance companies, have set up shop next to car accessory shops as well as restaurants, offices and a food court in the same building named Automobile Megamart Building. It is also known as Automobile City.

     It's so convenient! Previously, car buyers had to travel to different car marts around the island and walk through open-air car parks at the mercy of the sun and rain. Now, they can stroll through the 80 showrooms in the building and take their pick from the cars on display here.

NEW LAUNCH: G.K. Goh has announced the launch of their online stock trading site. Click GOHDIRECT.

COMING SOON: A new website which has an auction mall, shopping plaza and more. Click i-mall21.com for a preview.

COMING SOON: A new website IP3000.com which claims to have over 7 000 000 websites indexed, including Europe and Asia. It says it is the largest information and media search engine on the web. Click Internet Portal 3000 to get a preview now. 

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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.

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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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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  Tourist Arrival Statistics

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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News Flash        

Today Friday 25 Feb  2000

In Singapore

All signs point to growth in economy hitting the upper end of 4.5 to 6.5 % forecast for this year, says MTI.

An 11-year-old girl became the seventh and youngest person to be charged with assaulting a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly confined in an Ang Mo Kio flat for over two weeks in December and early January.

The body of a Bangladeshi woman, believed to be murdered, was found in a Geylang hotel room on Wednesday night. She had checked in alone at Fragrance Hotel in Lorong 6 last week.

Asia 

Bandar Seri Begawan: The Brunei government announced yesterday it was taking Prince Jefri, younger brother of Sultan Bolkiah, to court over alleged improper use of state funds.

Manila: Thousands of Filipino villagers fled their homes yesterday, shortly after ash and molten rocks rumbled down the slopes of Mayon volcano in its first major eruption in seven years.

Around the world

New York: In one of the biggest cases of immigration fraud, some 1000 Chinese living in Brooklyn and Manhattan were swindled by a fly-by-night operation which promised to ease the way to citizenship - for a fee. 

Courtesy of The Straits Times

News updated by 8.00 am daily.

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The Editor

Raymond Han

You can e-mail him at editor@getforme.com