Timeszone Central, 2 February 1989

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  • 14 1 Timeszone Central Every THURSDAY with your Straits Times February 2,1989 Vol. 2 No. 5
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  • 51 1 STILT-WALKER 25-year-old Chng Tang Keat was standing tall last Sunday. That’s because he was the highest stilt-walker standing at 1.22 metre? in the Chingay procession rehearsal held at Orchard Road. Catch Chng and the rest of his stilt-walkers on Feb 12. More pictures on Back
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  • Article, Illustration
    115 1 IF there is anyone who possesses an overwhelming passion for gifts, Pans Mei Ping is j one of them. That’s why she was so determined to set up her own gift kiosk at Funan Centre. Mei Ping, 26, always believed in surprises U as a child. She would
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 36 1 A Happy Lunar New Year to all Timeszone Central wishes all its readers and advertisers a Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year. There will be no publication next week. We will be back on Feb 16.
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  • Article, Illustration
    1196 2  -  COMPILED BY TINA A KHAN djUiEXHIBITIONll Art exhibition by Outram Park Art Club Teachers. Over 100 works, including watercolour, oil, Chinese brush painting and calligraphy, will be on display. Place: Orchard Point Exhibition Hall (3rd floor). Date and time: Till Saturday from 10 am to 8 pm daily.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Letters to The Editor
    • 122 4 MY friend and I were waiting for a bus at a deserted bus stop near a construction site at 7 pm. We felt rather afraid and were glad when we finally saw a bus coming. But to our dismay, it did not stop even though
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    • 215 4 I WENT to the Audio/Visual Material Room of the National Library (Bedok Branch) during the school holidays. I have never been there so I was unfamiliar with the borrowing system. I made enquiries at the counter but the librarian adopted a “can’t-be-bo-thered” attitude.
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  • TimesZone Central FUNNYLINES
    • 132 4 I WAS in a department store when I overheard a conversation between a mother and her daughter. The mother said: “Girl, yon are only allowed to spend $2O on yonr Christmas gift.” The little girl looked around the store and finally decided
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    • 110 4 MY friend Rinda and I were at a bus stop when we saw a guy staring at us. I was not sure if he was staring at me or Rinda, but according to her he was staring at ner. She was delighted and kept murmuring:
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    • 132 4 I HAD to go to school for a walkathon. When I arrived in school, we were given walkathon T-shirts. I changed into it and put my T-shirt in a plastic bag. I went to the school hall and sat witn my class. Then
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 420 4 $2O for the best letter WRITE to Timeszone Central if you have a point to raise. We will pay $2O for the best letter and $5 for any other letter published. The letters should be short and to the point. Ideally, they should not exceed 150 words. All letters should
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    • 104 4 MOST of us must have had a funny experience at some time or other. Timeszone Central welcomes contributions from rea ders who have had similar true life experiences as those published here. The joke could be on you, which, of course, makes it better. But it need not necessarily be
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    • 70 4 M published will win $2O. We’ll also pay $5 each for all other items published. They must be original and must not be copied from joke books or other publications. Send your story to The Editor, "FUNNYLINES,” c/o Timeszone Central Level 2, News Centre, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore 1334. Give
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 186 5 KALA Mandhir (Temple of Fine Arts), a cultural and nonprofit organisation, will be staging its three-day “Festival of Dance and Music” starting from Saturday. About 100 members, including some of their Malaysian counterparts, will be performing at the festival. The programme, which starts at 7 nightly,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 180 5 A)# fg£ 5) MAXIMUM CREDIT CO.. (PTE) LTD. 16th Anniversary Special! Mi 1 TOSHIBA Free GW This exclusive 'Good Fortune’ Golden Snake is yours absolutely free when you purchase a Toshiba Colour Television (14" to 32”), Video Cassette Recorder or Refrigerator. Hurry! Offer good while stocks last. 1 B*a« Additional
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  • 377 6  -  By TINA A KHAN A TUNE from a Cantonese opera, sung falsetto style, filled the hall. The energy used to belt out the song belies the slight figure sitting alone on the stage. In another performance, a man put aside his walking aid and, strumming on
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  • 319 6 Cairnhill 0 *****37 LEARN cartoon drawing in a three-month course starting tonight from 7 to 9 pm. Fee: 140 A three-month make-up and skin care course will start on Feb 12 from 10 am to noon. Fee: $35. Jalan Besar 0 *****10 Senior citizens can attend a
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  • 58 6 VOLUNTEERS are needed for the Yoons Women Moslim Association annual flag day which will be held on Saturday. Those interested can register at the National Library and its branches, City Plaza, People’s Park Complex, High Street Centre and Centrepoint from 8 am. Funds raised will be channelled towards
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 231 6 300 ORCHARD READ, #O3-09 THE PROMENADE SINGAPORE 0923. CALL: *****98,*****13 HAMPERS BOUQUETS SALE Creatively designed bouquets, ranging from $35sBo(with 3 Gifts). Order 3 bouquets get CASH DISCOUNTS or 5 to get 1 FREE BOUQUET! Special-packed good value hampers from $BO above. (Using both REMY MARTIN VSOP X. O. SPECIAL) Order
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    • 37 6 V a. 4th Anniversary "Free Gift Festival" SET LUNCH:FROM slB++ SET DINNER:FROM s4o++ TEPPANYAKI,SHABU-SHABU, SUKIYAKI^USHI,TEMPURA,ETC. SUNDAY FAMILY SPECAL FREE DRINKS (up to 3 glasses) JAPANESE RESTAURANT SUNTORY 402 Orchard Road mm/02 Delfi Orchard, Singapore 0923. TEL: *****11
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 95 7 Making a statement with tennis and golf wear GOLF and tennis wear make their distinctive statements in sports fashion this season. With an interesting range of printed fabrics, from 100 per cent cotton to mixtures of cotton and acrylic, sportswear has come a long way from being
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  • 76 7 Cerruti offers fresh approach to ties, scarves KNOT up with this nifty collection of fanciful silk ties, scarves, and ties and handkerchief sets. With an emphasis on lighter shades and designs paisley and tiny floral prints Nino Cerruti offers a fresh approach to these classic accessories.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 438 8  -  UFO experts say they’re caused by alien spacecraft By FRANKLIN R RUEHL National Enquirer. SCIENTISTS are baffled by large mysterious circles that appear overnight in fields around the world but UFO experts say they are left by the landing of extraterrestrial spacecraft. The perplexing circles have been showing
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 49 8 r m LAI WAH RESTAURANT TRADITIONAL CANTONESE CUISINE AT REASONABLE PRICES WITH EXCELENT SERVICES. Special Lunar New 'Yu Sher.g' from 7th February. Fish porridge, Chicken porridge others. *.#> 377 C Jalan Besar Blk 44 Bendemeer Road Tel: *****22, *****03 Tel: *****60, *****61 (Closed on 4th, sth 6th Feb 89) V
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    • 276 8 n=o G=n l. E goN^ Come ...taste the Teochew Raw-fish Special prepared specially for you from 7th to 20th February 1989 and celebrate the prosperous New Year with us. Hung Kang Restaurant. The finest and most delicate Teochew cuisine await the discerning palate of the connoisseur. Feast your eyes and
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • YU SHENG
    • 729 9 YU SHENG is prepared and served Cantonese style at Sin Leong Restaurant along Upper Serangoon Road ana Happy Restaurant in Lion City Hotel. The raw fish is served with pickled vegetables, shredaed radish and carrots, preserved fruits, peanuts, crackers, lime juice, oil and plum sauce. Diners
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    • 163 9 Dragon Phoenix Restaurant, 6th floor, Outran) Park Tel: *****29/*****88/ 220-2284 Price: $lB (4 persons); additional plate of fish $4 Available: Feb 7 to 20 Royal Court Restaurant, #Ol-01, Royalville, 833 Bukit Timah Road Tel: *****77/*****71 Price: $22 (small), $44 (large); additional plate of fish
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    • 412 10/11  -  By BRIDGET TAN THE speciality at Kirin Court,. Devonshire Road, is doubleboiled shark's fin with farm chicken. The soup, a clear consomme, is decidedly far superior to the starchy concoction served at many restaurants. It is enhanced by the farm-fresh chicken, doubled-boiled to
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    • 345 10/11 FOR the reunion dinner, why not make your own raw fish salad? Here’s how with a helping hand from the chefs of Tang Court Cantonese Gourmet Restaurant, Dyrfasty Hotel. Besides ikan parang ($23 +,543 the restaurant also offers salmon yu
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    • 420 12  -  By MING RODRIGUES RAW fish is a popular delicacy widely savoured by the Japanese. No true-blue Japanese restaurant is without sushi and sashimi, two raw fish specialities from the Land of the Rising Sun. According to Mr Robin Koh, managing director
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 291 9 V*' i r\, 'VV4 (t urn b* I isvrrvv/ "irj-. f _i ■waSP" CHAO YUE CUN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT ..On the eve of the LUNAR NEW YEAR we're serving YU SHENG (both Cantonese and Teochew Styles) to usher in the Year of the Snake. 9 A complimentary plate of fresh steamed
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  • Page 10/11 Advertisements
    • 222 10/11 o m £w:j!tfinr®n nriißmtymrnnfi fl&wnrwnniu jrnnmtfprfliie BANGKOK GARDEN THAI RESTAURANT 15, Claymore Drive, Hotel Negara Singapore 0922. Tel: *****33 Celebrate the Lunar year zvitfi our delicious Thai %azv fish m s V 4 N The best of Thai cuisine!! 0 We are dosed on 5 6 Feb 0 Business will
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    • 366 10/11 4f ffi VAN PALACE RESTAURANT Blk 25 Outram Park #O6-433 Singapore 0316. Tel: *****16 *****17 Business Hours: Bam—2.3opm 6.3opm—llpm From 7-2-*****120-2-89 USHER THE GOLDEN SNAKE YEAR WITH A "LUCKY" FEAST Fa Chai Yu Sheng Mini Budda Jump Over The Wall SCL& Pi-pa Duck Steam Tankara Fish Fried Scallop With Brocoli
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 235 12 ORCHID IRNTERN ATTRACTIVE PACKAGE mm (toon i i PER table S' OINNER/SHOW 10 PERSONS mmUT'. sew a L 3 s3o+ PER PERSOISj; irge on Tea. Towel and V sls++ PERRIBSOI < I DINNER/SHOW Package Dinner No Charge on Tea, Towel and Miscellai NON-DINERS Enjoy Two International Floorshows One Normal CHINESE
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    • 66 12 GRAND OFFER FROM 7th Feb. *B9 (Only till 20th Feb. 'B9) Please produce this coupon for FREE Dry Ouster with ha Loi... for per table. (Unlimited Purchase) Complimentary Remy Martin XO for every Set menu $298 (max. 4 tables) 0 e# jb r 4 MAPLE LEAF KESTAUKAMT PTE ITP #Bl-55
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  • BITES
    • 249 13 GOODWOOD Park Hotel now has three Chinese restaurants with the opening of Chang Jiang Shanghai Restaurant, where one can dine with fine boneware china by Narumi, 18k gold-plated chopsticks and crystal glasses. Chang Jiang, meaning “long river”, refers to the Yangtze Kiang, which is the
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    • 140 13 ENJOY the nutritious and buttery avocado served in a variety of ways at Movenpick Restaurant. For something spicy and fruity,' try avocado curry, which is chunks of apple, pineapple, banana, pimento, onion, sweet potato and avocado with a curry sauce in a puff pastry case, vol-au-vent. The curry
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    • 75 13 HAVE a steaming hot dinner from Feb 4 to 20 at Tai Pan Ramada Hotel. Besides beef, pork and chicken to cuttlefish, liver, quail eggs, lettuce and cabbage, there are also fatt choy, prawns and Chinese mushrooms. At slB+ (adult) and sl4+ (child), dinner is from 6.30
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    • 164 13 FROM today till Feb 20, guests at Long Jiang Sichuan Restaurant, Crown Prince Hotel, can have unlimited servings from the lunch menu of 38 items priced at s2B+ (adult) and sl6+ (child). The price includes a complimentary glass of mandarin punch and a serving of
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    • 76 13 TILL Feb 20, a selection of festive goodies will be on sale between noon and 8 pm at Dynasty Hotel’s forecourt. The items offered include traditional favourites such as Chinese sausages, dried mushrooms, black moss, dried oysters, longans and abalones as well as kumquats and walnut cookies. There’s
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    • 307 13 A DINNER buffet of festive favourites will be served from Feb 5 to 20 at Orchard Terrace, Orchard Hotel. It costs $lB (adult) and slo+ (child). During the same period, Hotel New Otani’s coffeehouse will be serving a daily buffet of about 20 items including yu
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    • 37 13 FEBRUARY’S offerings at Shangri-La’s Coffee Garden are steamed soon hock with pickled vegetables ($49.50++ for two persons); deep-fried scallops in orange sauce ($l9 and stir-fried chicken and shrimps with spring vegetables in beancurd skin (sl9+
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 25 13 ]T warFnTntcndoas GAMES SITS 1 VN RASA SAYANG ELECTRONICS 149 Rochor Rd, #Ol-22 Fu Lu Shou Complex, Singapore 0718 Tel: *****46 Bring this advertisement for
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    • 234 13 JOIN THE QUEUE FOR THE BEST DEAL! WjuLaSy CLEARANCE SALE $6O PACKAGE OFFER CAR SERVICING CAR SEAT COVER Sm^e $50.00 SUPERFLO XD MOTOR OR. 01FITTR SPARK PLUGS (4 Pcs) BG COOLANT BG 01. AOOniVE BOOT NASH CONTACT PONT LABOUR ENGff COMPARTMENT NASH TOTAL (Es> [MiiV FREE $lO petrol voucher tor
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  • VALENTINE’S DAY
    • 483 14 MELT her heart with a sweet offering "Mango Valentino”. The heartshaped sponge cake laced with mango and a touch of kirsch is available from Feb 7 to 14 at Boulevard Hotel s Cafe Carousel. It costs $2B for a one kg cake. Better still, woo her
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    • 167 14 WINE and dine with someone special in a romantic ambience on Valentine’s Day. Coachman Inn Restaurant’s set dinner, at ssB+, begins with “Honey Honey” (honeydew melon with prawns in a spicy sweet sauce), "Heart to Heart” (hot bird’s nest soup), cold salmoo with asparagus, and sweet
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    • 280 15 ADD a personal touch to Valentine’s Day by making easy-to-do gifts. They come in handy kits with the necessary materials such as fabric, fibre filling and cardboard. All you have to do is use fabric glue to bind the various parts and do a
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 230 14 VALENTINE’S DAY Set Dinner Dance 14 FEBRUARY 1989 At the Balmoral Brasserie, Romance fills on the 14th of February 1989 at 7.00 pm $38.00+ per person HONG BAO BUFFET LUNCH (’til 20 February 1989) except Saturday’s Sundays Celebrate Chinese New Year with our Hong Bao Buffet Lunch at our Atrium.
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    • 96 14 THE ’GOLDEN SNAKE’ NEW YEAR he hundredth year of the Snake is homonymous with th word prosperity. There is no better way to embark this auspicious moment with us in our New Year’s event. Fri, Sat 3rd 4th FebruaiY '89. A specially created Chinese New Year's buffet that befits the
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 30 15 For a real treat, come to Set Lunch Special Tea Set Dinner Fosters Olde English Eating House < Palentin£' Q)(Uf $25.00 !> 8.50 $36.00 277, Orchard Road, #O2-38, Specialists' Centre TEL: *****39
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    • 213 15 AIR FLOWN BEEF OUR SPECIALITY” w Cairnljill &trab 160 Orchard Road, #O2-01 Orchard Point, Singapore 0923 Tel: *****32, *****64 SET LUNCH $BJ»O+ DINNER by CANDLE LIGHT Monday to Saturday 11am —2.30 pm (Different Menu Daily) SL 4« X I KIKUYA .imanw: D\m L'WI T (HV,L 10 Eu Tong Sen Road
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  • Article, Illustration
    2017 16 LIVE MUSIC Act I, Mandarin Hotel. Bar prices. Local group Snapshots and Music Connections from the Philippines entertain. Tel: 737-4411. Alcove Lounge, Boulevard Hotel. Bar prices (Sun Thurs). First drink charge: sll+ (Fri, Sat and eve of public holidays). Happy hours from 5 to 8 pm. Entertainment by
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 399 16 MASSAGE STEAM BA BATH •Jr SAUNA a <iius'°, a en« e !?>> 'a U l,eU seS o «pe" e ',tens®^: yO<J f we f s s no s 5a s 5 y/itn ttacD PARADIZ DE SAUNA 1, Selegie Rood, #O4-06/11, Parodiz Centre, Singapore 0718 T#l: *****76 *****87 (10 00 am
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    • 63 16 Silver cK&SS?," ,Ce r 2m n Dom. m Z‘th b *th MASSAGE with TREE use of Sauna a Steam Bath SPECIAL PACKAGE $45 -.%>• Massage. Sauna. Steam-Bath e plus Hair-Cut Shampoo it We are open throughout the Chinese New Year. ALL ARE WELCOME OPENING HOLRSc 19 m lo midnight everyday.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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  • 122 20 Colourful Chingay but it’s only a rehearsal THE Chingay Procession at Orchard Road was a colourful spectacle last Sunday. The bright sun shone on a parade that tourists and Singaporeans applauded with much delight. Camera-buffs who lined both sides of the road clicked away happily. Promising something for everyone, the
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  • 284 20  -  By TINA A KHAN THERE I was at Bibi’s on Saturday night when this bibik, complete with handkerchief in hand, "gelek” up to the microphone. In true "mak kaypoh” fashion, she let her mouth do the work. To express herself better, one hand rested on
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 182 20 V r To welcome the year of the Snake Have a grand celebration at Kirin Court —XO XO AUSPICIOUS MENU $599 Complimentary with lqt Hennessy XO -mat**REUNION MENU $3B8 Sumptuous Dian Xin Lunch prepared by Hong Kong masterchef at $1.50 per basket Raw Fish Braised Black Moss with Dried Oyster
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