An offer for print edition subscribers

Here’s my suggestion if you’re interested in getting access to the government’s newspaper.

(1) Find a friend or relative who already subscribe to the print version.
(2) Get them to sign up for the online version on your behalf.
(3) Pay them.
(4) Find 6 other people and split the subscription between them.
(5) Don’t get caught.

Presto, you get all the news for $1 a month.

Of course you could get in trouble with the mata (malay for police). Haha. But, Singaporeans are damn good at dodging bus fares, even with the new EZ-link system, this should be peanuts!

Disclaimer: The author is not responsible for any actions taken by it’s users who do read this article and blah blah blah …

Dear Reader

We have received emails and phone calls from many of you on our subscription plan for The Straits Times Interactive (STI). We thank you all for giving us your feedback, which is important to us.

An offer for print edition subscribers
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One common complaint was that many of you are already subscribers to the print edition of The Straits Times and you feel we should not make you “pay twice” for two similar products. We have therefore decided to offer existing print subscribers a 50% discount off the STI subscription rates.

With this change, print subscribers who want access to STI will need to pay S$36 for a six-month subscription (or S$6 a month) instead of S$72; the 12-month subscription rate will cost S$60 (at S$5 a month) instead of S$120.

We hope that with these new rates, print subscribers will continue enjoying the paper in the mornings as well as our paid-access online offering.

The offer on group rates
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We have also received numerous enquiries from companies and institutions for group-access rates.

Groups that are already subscribing to multiple copies of the print edition will be eligible for special discounts. The discounted group rates for print-plus-online bundles will be advised later.

Group rates for online-only subscriptions (for non print-subscribers) are as follows:

* 10 to 19 users: S$1,080 a year (a 10% discount)
* 20 to 34 users: S$1,920 (20% discount)
* 35 to 49 users: S$2,940 (30% discount)
* 50 to 74 users: S$3,600 (40% discount)
* 75 to 99 users: S$4,500 (50% discount)

For groups of 100 or larger, please call Customer Service at 6388-3838 during office hours or email [email]stics@sph.com.sg[/email]

Extended period to browse ST Interactive
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All registered readers will have from now till March 19 to browse the new, beefed-up version of STI before it is closed off to non-subscribers on March 20, instead of March 15 as originally planned.

If you decide to take up a subscription, you may sign up for it online from March 11. If you do so between March 11 and 19, you will be given free access till the end of March. Your subscription kicks in on April 1.

Free news still available at AsiaOne
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For those who don’t want to sign up for online subscriptions, we’d like to reiterate that a selection of free news from across the SPH newspapers will still be available on our AsiaOne portal. We would like to welcome you to this site: http://www.asiaone.com

Yours sincerely,
The STI Team

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.
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