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Get for me: Where to buy or sell second hand items?

CASH CONVERTERS has been around for the past few months. Their store at Tampines Central 1 has been doing so well that they have recently opened another branch to buy and sell used goods. This new shop is located in Toa Payoh Lorong Six. Anyone who has used TVs, VCRs, cameras, musical instruments, computers (Pentium 133 & above), LD/CD/VCD/DVD players, original CDs/LDs/VCDs/DVDs, household appliances, sporting goods, power tools, jewellery, watches, etc. may exchange these items for CASH instantly.

This is good news for those moving out of Singapore or moving to a new home and therefore do not want to lug these things to the new place. However, the goods must be in good working order.

Why not drop in on them right now and see about turning those unneeded items lying around in your home into ready cash?

They are open from 10.30 am to 9.00 pm daily and their stores are at:

12 Tampines Central 1 Blk 190 Toa Payoh Lorong 6 #01-510

DBS Tampines Centre #01-03 Singapore 310190

Singapore 529573 Tel: (65) 354 3380 Fax: (65) 354 1480

Tel: (65) 788 7800 Fax: (65) 788 0226

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News Flash Today, Tuesday 21 Dec 1999

In Singapore

SIA takes a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic in a S$1.62 billion deal.

A Chinese engineer was found dead at the bottom of a block of flats in Yishun Ave 4. His wife was found dead on the bedroom floor with her head and upper body covered with a blanket. Their six-year-old son was found asleep on a sofa in the living room. Police believe this to be a murder-cum-suicide case. The couple had arrived from the city of Chengdu in Sichuan province a year ago.

Singapore-made goods are being sold overseas at a record rate.

A divorcee returned home from work to find his six-year-old son locked in the toilet, bruised and bleeding from an assault by his second wife.

A sixty-nine-year-old woman, who was being driven to a wedding dinner, died on the spot in a crash on Sunday evening between an SBS bus and the car she was in. The driver of the car was one of her five sons.

Asia

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga was discharged from hospital yesterday.

Around the world

London: British actor Desmond Llewelyn who became famous as Q, the James Bond gadget expert and the series' last link with the 60's, died in a car crash, aged 85.

Detriot: The Ford Model T, the first mass-produced car in automobile history, has been voted Car of the Century by a panel of 132 trade journalists, beating the Mini and the Beetle among others.

Courtesy of The Straits Times

News updated before 8.00 am daily.

Christmas is just around the corner. Have you started shopping yet? For the benefit of those living overseas, we will post here over the next few weeks pictures of shopping centre facades decorated for X'mas.

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