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Would anyone know whether there's any florist that is opened for business now? It seems like they are still not allowed to open shop yet? Or would the big supermarkets sell flowers? Preferably in the Northeast area, if there is any... Thanks.

SINGAPORE - A florist here said her online shop set up on the popular e-commerce platform Shopify was hacked in May, resulting in a loss of $24,000. Checks by The Straits Times showed dozens of other merchants around the world have had their accounts hacked as well. They posted their experience on online forums. The Canadian e-commerce firm has more than 500,000 merchants that use the platform to set up online shops for which the business owners pay a fee for services provided by Shopify. Transactions are made through Shopify, with merchants holding accounts with the company. Shopify then transfers the proceeds to the merchants' bank accounts. Florist Wendy Han, 32, said when she was settling bills on June 12, she logged into her account only to discover that her business had zero proceeds for the month. She said the shop's revenue on average per month is between $70,000 and $90,000. Ms Han, who set up the online flower shop Floristique in 2018 with her husband Shaun Chuan, said hackers had entered the shop's Shopify account and changed the company's bank account to the hackers'. As a result, sales proceeds went directly to the hackers' account instead. "We got the shock of our lives when we realised that we might have been hacked," said Mr Chuan, 33. The couple made a police report here and also alerted their bank. A police spokesman said investigations are ongoing. The couple also contacted Shopify, which investigated and informed them that their account had been compromised on May 28. Losses they suffered were from that day. According to Ms Han, the company claimed to have notified the owners about this via e-mail, but the couple denied receiving any notification. Shopify had also clarified with them that it was "not liable for any damages or losses incurred as it is the merchants' responsibility to keep all username and password information secure and confidential". The e-commerce platform has since temporarily stopped transferring the company's earnings to all bank accounts, to prevent further losses. Mr Chuan said the company should have asked for verification before changing the bank account details. "It's a feature they should implement," said Mr Chuan. Ms Han posted her experience on Floristique's Facebook page on Friday (June 14), warning other business owners to protect their hard-earned money by changing their passwords often and to set up two-step verification for their accounts. "As a florist business, we don't earn a lot. This loss has made quite an impact on us," said Ms Han. "I never expected that this would happen to us. I hope that people will be more vigilant as there are more of such online scams," she added. The Straits Times has contacted Shopify for a response.

My colleague who is also a prominent "star" in this forum received FLOWERS today! I wonder who gave her de!!!! Anyway she told me her friend gave her to celebrate friendship day. SAF day, national day, children day i got heard before. But i didn't know there is friendship day. NPNT. . . What do u think arh @babyblade ???? Hmmmm. . . . Must we continue CSI further????

Hi Folks: Why is is so ? What is the significance?

24Hrs City Florist 24Hrs City Florist is the only florist in Singapore that operates every day throughout the year, even on Sundays and public holidays. The location of 24Hrs City Florist on Lavender Street also means that customers can drive by the store with their orders hand-delivered via its unique ‘Drive-By’ service. Established in 2004, 24Hrs City Florist is a Singapore-based international florist providing flower delivery anywhere in Singapore and around the world. Over the years, 24Hrs City Florist has been increasing its variety of products and services to our better serve its customers, allowing the florist to receive many praises for its wide variety of fresh floral designs, creative gift ideas, good customer service and its coveted 24-hour reliable delivery service. 24Hrs City Florist was presented the top 10 Online Performance Award between 2009 & 2010 from Hitwise, a global online competitive intelligence service and have been awarded with the Singapore Quality Brand award 2013. A good way to express your heart and soul to a loved one is through a bouquet of flowers The intrinsic, exquisite beauty and fragrance of flowers trigger happiness and heighten feelings of satisfaction, which are difficult to convey in words and other gifts. Constantly infusing fresh ideas into its floral designs, 24Hrs City Florist gives its customers an experience reflecting the sense of care, good taste and thoughtfulness. 24Hrs City Florist provides fresh floral gifts for any occasion including birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, grand openings, wreaths and many more. Floral and gift hampers for special events such as Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, Mother’s Day, Hari Raya, Deepavali and Christmas are also available. If there is a need for something extra special, 24Hrs City Florist also offers hand-designed and uniquely crafted character flower arrangements such as Hello Kitty bouquets, Smiley bouquets, Angry Bird bouquets, etc. More importantly, 24Hrs City Florist has a team of professionally trained florists to ensure that flowers are arranged with the highest standards and appeal. The physical shop is open from 9:00am to 6:00am every day. Flower delivery service operates 24 hours a day and there is also same-day delivery for orders as late as 8:00pm. 24Hrs City Florist is located at 161 Lavender Street #01-05 Singapore 338750. For more information, please call 6396 4222 or visit http://www.24hrscityflorist.com.

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FarEastFlora.com Pte Ltd Make Someone Smile Today with FarEastFlora.com™, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia's leading online florist! As a pioneer in recognizing the Internet's commercial potential, we started our internet store in 2000 in Singapore and now offer over 1000 choices in flowers, gifts, plants and hampers. On top of that, FarEastFlora.com™ also specializes in floral decoration for weddings, events, customized corporate gifting and more. Being part of InterFlora, a worldwide florist association, we can also cater for customer's needs by sending flowers and gifts to more than 140 countries. In our continuous effort to ensure that our customers receive only the best flowers, we have close collaboration with growers and major flower exporters around the world to ensure that we receive fresh and high quality flowers like roses, gerberas, tulips, sunflowers, carnations and other nature's. This helps to ensure that your gifts arrive fresh, beautiful and perfect! Aspiring to bring smiles all around, our team of more than 60 smile-makers in Singapore, 20 smile-makers in Hong Kong and 15 smile-makers in Malaysia are dedicated to bringing you the highest level of service. Continuously innovating, our team strives to bring fresh and creative gift ideas like Flower Memo® andBox of Blooms®. On top of that, brand partners like Crabtree & Evelyn, Marriott Singapore, Sins and many others have collaborated with us on different occasions to bring you interesting product offerings. We want to be a part of your every special moment, which is why we have flowers & gifts for all occasions: Birthday, Anniversaries, Love & Romance, Get Well ,Congratulations and the list goes on! Not forgetting our special promotions rolled out for all holidays:Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Bosses' Day, Secretary' Day and more. In October 2006, to serve the Asia Pacific region, our team ventured into Hong Kong with www.FarEastFlora.com.hk. Always going the extra mile, we opened our first concept retail store in Hong Kong in July 2009 at Flower Market. With our sights set on expansion, other than our online e-commerce website www.FarEastFlora.com, we are proud to announce our first retail outlet in homeland Singapore! Our newest outlet at City Square Mall, Singapore's first eco-green mall, that opened in November 2009. Come by and visit us at B1-16! With the immense success in Singapore and Hong Kong, we continue our pace to Malaysia in 2010. www.FarEastFlora.com.my is launched in March 2011. The Malaysia one-stop floriculture centre is located in Bangsar, the up-scale location located in Kuala lumpur. With the same concept in Hong Kong, we provide the only walk-in fresh flower cold room of approximately 3,000 sq.ft in Malaysia. In our constant strive to enable easy and hassle-free ordering of flowers and gifts on-the-go, our first mobile app SG Florist was launched in August 2011 so that our customers can experience convenience at their finger tips. Other than incorporating both Singapore and Hong Kong’s product offerings in one app, SG Florist also allows for a seamless buying experience by fully integrating payment with credit cards and PayPal all within the app. We are proud to be the winner of ZDNet Asia's SMB of the Year 2006 and the Singapore Service Class Award. We are the creator of Flower Memo®, a patent-pending innovation that displays color images on flowers, and Box of Blooms®; which won the Singapore Packaging Star Award 2005 and AsiaStar Award 2005. You are our motivation in our quest for more meaningful yet unique gifting ideas. FarEastFlora.com Pte Ltd 565 Thomson Rd Singapore 298184 Phone: +65 6251 2323 Website: www.FarEastFlora.com Our customer service team is eager to be of service! Just call us or order online! With our hassle-free return guarantee, you can now shop with confidence!

hi bros, i need help to do this. how to give my ideal girl flower on her office table everyday for 20 days in 1 month. but i would like to keep it discrete for the start. is there anyway to pay a florist to do it with cash and without name and they execute this task everyday using different style and flowers? have anyone done this before and roughly how much would it gets to, i reckon 1 thousand dollars would suffice. oh, anonymous means cannot even see my face. thought of on-line, but that will have credit card trace too. please help.

Within walking distance of the MRT.... Ai, need flowers for....something.

Any bros seen ths b4 in singapore? I thinking of buying it.

Rode to work today as I was late. From a distance can see a few cars signalling left from extreme right lane. It's along aye towards ecp during peak hour about 9am. When I got closer a wish and stream was trying to filter left but to no avail due to traffic.. Then I realised what happen.....this Hyundai atos open up a cap of at least 20 car lenght This is driving those behind him nuts man!! Peak hour, 20 car lenght gap, highbeams.... it is impossible driver in his forties with specs didn't realise, with his left hand on the steering, right elbow rested on window edge and right cheek relaxing on right plam... Wah..........Really Hippi man! Hair a bit messy, relax and not bothered with the world.. Flowers decals all over car with one BIG one on bonnet.....Hip man...Should drive a VW van instead. I am not upset as i just rode pass and a sudden clear stretch of road for my tyres to chew. What I am trying to ask is....WHY THE FARK GOT PEOPLE LIKE THAT?? What is he thinking and doing? Why Why Why.....anyway alot of funny people in this world Were you behind this guy this morning? and ya...if i were to be driving today.....I AM IN JAIL NOW FOR TWISTING HIS HEAD OFF....

Need help... i allowed flowers from trees that fell onto my car to dry there and now when I tried to remove it...there is the petal imprint on the paint! I really do not know if the petal have actually eat into the paint or it's just a stubborn stain ...but I can't seem to wash it off....any advise?? Thanks...