City Weekly, 16 July 1999

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  • 24 1 CITY Weekly THE ARTS, EN I IiRTAINMENT, FOOD AND COMMERCIAL NEWSPAPER MITA (P) 281/10/98 E-mail: focuspub9cyberway.com.sg FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1999 V 01.12 N 0.28
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 668 2  -  Strong backing behind new tenants draws crowds, boosts confidence By ANGELICA TAN HOMING in on the gaps left by former tenants such as Celebrities Asia, L A Wharf and Canadian Muffins, new tenants are roping in bigger crowds for Orchard Cineleisure. Besides Coffee Club Xpress,
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  • 139 2 IMAGINE skiing down a snowcovered slope at breakneck speed against the icy breeze cutting into your face. Now imagine doing this at Jurong Town Hall Rd in sunny Singapore. It is certainly not mission impossible, as the Singapore Science Centre and NTUC Income Insurance Co-operative
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • THE ARTS
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      371 3  -  Ovidia Yu gets into the spirit of things By CELINE TEO WHILE researching for the upcoming TheatreWorks musical, “Haunted”, local playwright Ovidia Yu discovered, to her disbelief, that seemingly normal people have encounters with ghosts too. Ovidia, 38, admitted she was only familiar with Western stories of ghosts
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    • 225 3 THESE days, you will not catch Ovidia Yu (right) riding her Kawasaki Vulcan motorbike or driving her old Ford Laser. She was diagnosed with epilepsy about six months ago. Now under medication, she has to remain seizure-free for a year before she can go back
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    • 193 3 DIRECTOR Casey Lim calls TheatreWorks’ fourth musical their blockbuster. Apart from a stunning cast that includes Jacintha Abisheganaden, Tan Kheng Hua, Pam Oei and Selena Tan, it also marks a return to the stage of TheatreWorks’ founder member, Lim Siauw Chong. Siauw Chong, who once shared the same
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • AT THE MOVIES
    • 531 4  -  Thriller about homicidal college students full of twists and turns By CELINE TEO What happens? THERE is a rumour that if your roommate kills himself, you automatically get straight As because of the emotional stress. So Chris (Michael Vartan) and Tim (Matthew Lillard),
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    • 95 5 3 SPECIAL SETS FOR 10 PAX m:it PEKIHC PICK SET fMOWBSE) (Z&i FREE Peking Duck on your next visit (worth $48 \i:n ABALPNE k SEAFOOP SET ft-COURSE) FREE dish of Abalone on your next visit (worth $80 BUPPHA JUMPS OVER THE WALL SET (8-COIRSE) pUS \i:rr I FREE dish of
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 215 5 FORCES OF NATURE What: Ben Affleck* (right) is on his way to marry Maura Tierney when he bumps into Sandra Bullock who casts doubts about his readiness for marriage. They prove, in this romantic comedy, that the most powerful force of nature is love. Good. Where: Bishan*, Boon Lay*, Bugis
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    • 83 5 PLUNKETT AND MACLEANE What: Robert Carlyle and Johnny Lee Miller (right) are the two highwaymen based on real life characters. They successfully rob the rich until Liv Tyler unwittingly jeopardises their operation. So-so. Where: Bishan*, Bugis Junction, Century, Lido, Plaza* and Suntec THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR What: Craig Bierko goes back
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  • 271 6 Music O A Night With the Stars Join deejay Q-Ken, a cappeHa group Vocaluptuous and Dance Ensemble Singapore for fun-filled entertainment. Hosted by TCS B’s Kym Ng and Lina Ng. Tomorrow, 7.45 pm. Open field beside Yew Tee MRT Station. Free. R J: From Now On
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    360 6  -  COMPILED by SARAH NG Exhibition Super Luxury Art Machine Tour Using box museums by artists from various countries, the second Danger Museum project aims to explore the notions of exhibition and space. Till July 25, noon-7 pm daily. Closed on Mon. Plastique Kinetic Worms, 68 Pagoda St. Free.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Car Care
    • 355 7 IF YOU’RE planning to drive up north to Malaysia for a short trip, here are some tips from the Automobile Association of Singapore (AAS). //N Speed limit The speed u limit on the NorthSouth Expressway is 110 kmh. Overtaking When overtaking, remember that there is
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    • 302 7 PEOPLE can be so stressed by a breakdown that they sometimes don’t think about what needs to be done. One of the most common mistakes people make while waiting for their vehicle to be recovered is to forego common sense and road safety practices. When
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    • 133 7 GO ON a break with a difference. Join a treasure hunt on wheels, organised by'the Automobile Association of Singapore. The two-day event, on Aug 8 and 9, will include an overnight stay at Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza in Johor Bahru with breakfast, lunch and dinner. Participants
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    • 84 7 DRIVERS now have an effective way to clean and wax their cars simultaneously, saving time and water. Shinex is a disposable two-in-one wipe which has special cleaning and waxing agents. It gets rid of grime, tree sap and bird droppings without using any chemical compounds which could
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    • 389 8  -  They get priority at one-stop workshop Where to go SHELL SIMPANG BEDOK is at 331 Bedok Rd. Opening hours are from 8.30 am to 6.30 pm (MonSat) and from 8.30 am to 5 pm (Sun). Closed on public holidays. Call 743-1987 for 24-hour towing service. For
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • THE ARTS
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      182 9 Sept 9 (Thur) H Fro| Farafina (Burkina Faso) Papa Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (India) Lo’Jo (France) Percussion Orchestra with Ramani Thiagarajan (India) Ramli Sarip with Brothers to Brothers (Singapore/Malaysia) i Ranganikethan Manipuri Cultural M Arts Troupe (India) J§F Singapore Indian Fine Arts Telek (Papua New Guinea) Sept 10 (Fri) Ayub
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    • 105 9 Time: 7 pm (Thur and Fri, gates open at 6 pm); 6 pm (Sat and Sun, gates open at 5 pm). Tickets: $l2 (concession) and 15 for opening night. $l5 (concession only for one-day pass), $2O (one-day pass), $32 (two-day pass) and $4B (three-day pass) on Fri-Sun. One-day
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    • 214 9  -  By SARAH NG Rr* KICK off your shoes and dance the night away to uplifting world music at the Late Nite Dance Club, a new addition to this years World of Music Arts Dance (Womad). On top of performances by 18 acts, avid dancers can
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 300 10  -  By CELINE TEO THE move “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” may have dsne well at the box office but its soundtrack has not. Apparently the film did not leave audiences with the right emotions. Record company, Warner Music, confirmed
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  • 445 10 Letter I REFER to the article, “Business good on one side, bad on other” (City Weekly, Page 2, June 25, 1999). You mentioned that “the construction works for the Chinatown Heritage Centre, which started three months ago leaves half the street barricaded”. This
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • 300 11  -  By ANGELICA TAN CHOCOLATE confiserie, Les Gourmandises, which boasts a stock of over 100 types of candy, has closed its oudet at Scotts Walk. But chocoholics, do not fret. The confiserie, known for its gourmet candy such as French handcrafted chocolates, which are
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  • 158 11 A GOOD seafood dinner could set you back by quite a bit. But at New Park Centra’s New Park Cafe, seafood aficionados can have their fill at the “East Meets West Seafood Buffet Dinner” (above). The gamut of ocean delights includes lobster
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  • EATING OUT
    • 484 12  -  By KOK SHEU SUM IF ONE of the maxims about eating from a good hawker stall in Singapore is to go to the one with the longest queue, then nobody should miss Peter Leow’s Hakka Yong Tau Foo stall at Ghim Moh
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • BITES
    • 90 13  -  By ANGELICA TAN IF YOU fancy hawker favourites in the cool comfort of a hotel, head for York Hotels White Rose Cafe. At $B.BO per dish, its local repertoire features seafood mee goreng and chye tow kway. For this month, the spread has been expanded to include shredded
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      84 13 TILL Aug 15, you can have a taste of Australia at Movenpick Marche. The restaurant at The Heeren is featuring an extensive menu of Australian meats, seafood and vegetables. Served on a rotation basis, the items include Australian bouillabaisse, pumpkin cream soup, veal schnitzel and sirloin steak.
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    • 81 13 THE tobies ore laden with spicy delights from the riistcrffel kitchen at Alkaff Mansion's buffet high tea. Help yourself to traditional Indonesian favourites such as bergedel Jawa (Javanese-styie meat croquette), satay, tefur bungkas berkuah (mince meat coated egg) and bebek befufu (roasted duck in Beninese spices). Leave
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    • 99 13 LE MERIDIEN’S Cafe Georges celebrates Bastille Day with a French buffet spread. The executive chef has whipped up a feast of provincial French cuisine, such as hare pate, smoked duck breast with walnuts, and chicken liver terrine. Traditional French dishes include beef daube with
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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    408 16  -  Hardware is girl's best friend for Liesel By CELINE TEO MARILYN MONROE crooned that diamonds are a girls best friend but actor Liesel Bardorrek from Sydneys Strut and Fret theatre would have us believe that guns are far more useful. In “Gun in Cheek!”, a cabaret piece
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  • 335 16 COUNTDOWN TO THE MILLENNIA MANIA CELEBRATIONS ordinary circus. Its a circus with no animals that is set to take Singapore by into the new millennium. WHk d|#d«a theater extravaganza which combines gymnastics, dancing, acrobatics and trapeze acts into a futuristic marvel v vV: .V
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