Weekend East, 30 January 1987

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  • 17 1 WEEKEND east Your. FREE weekly newspaper Tuesday/Friday, January 27/30, 1987 M.C.(P) No. 173/5/86 Vol. 2 No. 5
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  • 864 1  -  By BRIDGET TAN THE Year of the Rabbit will see a baby boom. More couples will be getting married and prospects for the economy are better in the second half of 1987. But investors will find the stock market quiet in the first half
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 160 1 Gong Xi Fa Cai greetings: Eos 15-17 INSIDE Missing boys’ parents’ only wish PAGE 3 Bill Cosby’s battle with drugs PAGE 13 FUNNYLINES: PAGE 6 Former actress’s 170 kg pussycat PAGES 10-11 Your horoscope PAGE 19 LIVE LETTERS: PAGE 7 3 families keep grand old dame going PAGE 20 wishes
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    • 51 1 s s 9V SHE eyes your eyes when she attends to yon. She also helps customers to look good. What does she do? Is she: 1. An eyebrow tattooist? 2. An assistant optometrist? 3. An eye make-up specialist? 4. A spectacle frame maker? Find out on Page 2 what she
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  • 124 2 Our what’s-her-line girl: Did you guess right? KEN TAN loves looking into your eyes. But it’s all part of her job. The 18-year-old assistant optometrist at Emperor Optics at Parkway Parade ’is trained to correct your eyesight. Ambition Said Ken, of Katong: “Ever since
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 137 2 Now when you think lenses, think PAVILION m We specialise in: Soft Contact Lenses (extended wear) Hard Contact Lenses Cosmetic Lenses Toric Lenses (Astigmatism) Tinted Soft Lenses, etc. Gas-permeable Lenses (Special rates for students and army personnel) We'll advise you on the lens that is most suitable for you. Tokyo
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    • 105 2 weekenpQ Distributed to 75,000 homes every week Serving the communities in Bedok, Changi, Changkat, Eunos, Fengshan, Geylang Serai, Joo Chiat, Kaki Bukit, Kampung Chai Chee, Kampung Kembangan, Kampung Übi, Marine Parade, Siglap, Tarnpines, and Tanah Merah. •r I IMPRESS ART-GALLERY A New Dimension in Art For the widest selection of
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    • 58 2 Let our friendly Instructress lead you to fitness shape after all the festive fun food Stretch Aerobics Dynamic Aerobics Social Dance Mon 9/2 7pm Fn 13/2 7pm Sat 14/2 2pm S3O/525/S2O p.m. Twice weekly (1 Day Course 1 Day Gym Sauna) AEROBICS INSTRUCTRESS COURSE 2 MTHS 5320 #O5-02/03 Parkway Parade
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  • 358 3  -  The missing schoolboys By TO CHEE ENG THE parents of the two missing 12-year-old schoolboys have only one wish this Lunar New Year that their sons will return home safely to them. Madam Tan Geok Kuan. 46. of Mergui Road, said: “l
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  • 241 3  -  By BRIDGET TAN COMEDIANS Wong Sa and Ya Fong will be the star attraction at a two-hour show at Parkway Parade today (Jan 27). A spokesman for Long John Silver’s, the organisers of the variety night, said the show would be
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 328 3 jft VnS 7 ft JeL t ;4 presents Cat /7n cm «3 o. sekn them on vP rock you alf night /aßfc*. jigppwp.*— H For those who fiave heard them on and in the film/‘NOW’’, they are he long with their rock repertoire. A At this POINT you’ve no worry,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • 395 4 Bedok 9 *****17 A CULTURAL show will be held at the centre on Saturday, Feb 7, at 7.30 pm. Changi 9 *****07 A 12-session piano course will begin on Feb 3 and classes will be held every Tuesday from 7 pm to 9 pm. Fee is $75. A
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 612 4 o*~'*~* .o'P' .XT V*' e'Y *>■? A Westin date for you and your Valentine iiit Mf ii ?;s ;?ss '•*t# 's<3s :?5S S?% i SSf •»!:^5 ;fSS fi?» ;??si 5 fsr 5555 *•< 555 H< H*! 5 ,M!E Strictly for romantics (at heart, aren't we all?) Westin Stamford and WEEKENDeast
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 52 4 TIDES Friday: 12.47 am (2.5 m), 5.41 am (1.2 m), 11.20 am (3.1 m), 6.23 pm (0.0 m) Tomorrow: 1.25 am (2.6 m), 6.26 am (1.1 m), 12.08 pm (3.2 m), 7.11 pm (0.0 m) Saaday: 1.58 am (2.6 m), 7.10 am (0.9 m), 12.55 pm (3.2 m). 7.55 pm
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  • COMMUNITY NEWS
    • 273 5  -  Chow Yang achieves his goal with a gold By IRENE TOH TWENTY-TWO-year old Hing Chow Yang beat thousands of students from all over the world to obtain a first (gold medal) in the 1986 London Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (LCCI) higher Marketing examination. Chow Yang,
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    • 66 5 CRUNCH, crunch!... and the excavator took a big bite out of the ground. At the controls was Dr Arthur Beng, the MP for Fengshan. He was officiating at the ground-breaking ceremony of the new community centre at the field next to Blk 115 in Bedok
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    • 221 5 GEYLANG Serai CC will be building a two-storey extension so that it can organise more and better activities for its residents. The extension, which will cost about $1 million, will have two squash courts, a senior citizens’ room, a child care centre, a
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 115 5 Cain self confidence improvement through our specially formulated courses, meant for women (above 13 yrs old) who desire to be beautiful and glamorous! Personal Beauty Care (4 wks —4*sl) $100) Skin Care Make-up Manicure Pedicure Haircare Products Deportment Poise Personal Grooming (lOwks-4MOrS2OO) Personal Beauty Care Social Etiquette Behavior Fashion Sense
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    • 224 5 m U U ii 4 y* r. 2& 3R tT 9. *§4 N i tI X 6 r 9 > -A THE RODOLPHE STORY. Rodolphe is one of the true creators, to whom fashion is as natural as breathing. .During his training at a Swiss School of Applied Art, he
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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
    • 101 6 MY sisters and I were watching TV when we heard the familiar footsteps of my brother, with whom I had quarrelled earlier in the day, in the corridor leading to our HDB flat. I was still angry with him, so I said loudly to my sisters:
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    • 61 6 I WAS too lazy to go to the fitting room to try on a white woollen sweater. So, I decided to wear it in front of a mirror, in public. As it fitted me well, I decided to buy it. I took off the garment, but also pulled
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    • 76 6 MY friend, who had just arrived from Manila to work here, was asked her name by an immigration officer. “Pilipina, sir,” she replied. The officer said he was asking for her name not her nationality. “I know you are a Filipina,” he added. “But my
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    • 61 6 MY granny, who is 68, went to visit a sick relative in hospital. On arriving, she enquired about her illness. My relative said she had ulcers. Granny, who was slightly deaf, thought she had cancer, and tried to console her. It was only after she got
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  • Junior funnies
    • 65 6 ONE day, while I was shopping, I spotted a classmate whom I was crazy about. I decided to follow her discreetly. When she entered a room, I also went in. When she saw me, she asked me what business I had to be in the room.
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    • 48 6 OUR physical education teacher told us to run twice round the track. But, we decided to cheat by running small rounds near the middle of the field. We didn’t fet away with it she made us do 20 frog jumps! OUND OUT, (14), Singapore 1542
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    • 50 6 WEEKENDeast has been receiving contributions to “FUNNYLINES” which have been copied unashamedly from joke books and other publications. Many have been rejected outright. Some, however, have escaped detection but were spotted by alert readers. Published contributions which are successfully challenged by readers will not be paid.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 552 6 WALK IN COMFORT WALK TO MERCIER... New range every week! 20% discount off selected designs Quality shoes from as low as $9.(10 Importers/Exporters/Manufacturers/ Retailers of high fashion quality ladies’/ gents’ shoes handbags. Authorised dealer for SPECIAL FESTIVE GIFT FOR YOU! FREE SHOPPING BAG worth $lO when you purchase $5O and
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 143 7 THE sad part is that in the White Paper is a parade of Tan Sris, Datuks, and politicians, some of them still in power, who have been taking money from the poor the hawker, the taxi driver, and the vegetable gardener in order to enrich themselves... it is
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  • Live Letters to The Editor
    • 127 7 IT’S so nice to be able to breathe fresh, smokefree air, in so many public areas for a whole week! To the organisers of "Smoke Free Week” I say a big "Thank you.” To those smokers who succeeded in breaking
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    • 67 7 THE lagoon in Sentosa is a good place to swim in. But the deep end of the lagoon is full of seaweeds. Also, the floats that run across the length of the lagoon have a lot of barnacles growing on them. Swimmers get cut quite
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    • 71 7 I LiVE at Koon Seng Road and have received letters addressed to my neighbours. Could the postman take more care in putting the mail in their respective boxes? So far, I have returned the misplaced letters to their respective owners because I know them. Imagine
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    • 42 7 I REFER to the letter “How big is Bedok reservoir?” (WEEKENDeast Jan 9 issue). We are pleased to inform the reader that the laterite track around the reservoir is 4.3 km long. CHOO WAI CHAN (Mrs), PRO, PUB
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    • 75 7 EVERY now and then I find litter “flying” through the windows of our HDB flat. I can only presume it was thoughtlessly thrown by our upstairs neighbours. Once, someone dropped a burning cigarette which got caught in a curtain and almost burned it. Trouble is, since we live
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 546 7 DRIVE-THRU LAUNDRETTE? YES!... WE ARE MAKING IT EASIER FOR YOU. COME A washy washy GIVE US A BEEP AND WE WILL COLLECT YOUR LAUNDRY FROM YOU. f *>2o MINUTES FREE CAR-PARK FOR DROP-OFF AND COLLECTION. £3. MAYTAG LAUNDRY 03. (Trzi i 5 MARINf PARApf HQAQ o QUICK-WASH LAUNDRETTE 30 East
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  • 136 8 GOODWOOD Park Hotel is flying in six chefs from the reputed Yang Zhou Restaurant one of the top seven restaurants in China —for its Shanghai cuisine promotion from Jan 30 top Feb 12. The chefs are led by Mr Li Yao Yun (pictured),
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  • EATS with HO AI TSEN
    • 283 8 “LOH AH! Loh!” were heard from diners at the Kukup Seafood Restaurant at East Coast Parkway last Tuesday. All except for Madam Agnes Wee, of Siglap Lane. At 84, who needs to “loh”! Still, from the looks of it, she enjoyed herself no less.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 184 8 TASTY DELICIOUS ROAST DUCK TRADITIONAL ZHU JIANG RECIPE IS OUR SPECIALITY! lW s m' OWCT lA‘ Our mouth watering Zhu Jiang Roast Duck will satisfy your taste buds Come for a hearty meal with us. Open six days a week, including Sundays and Public Holidays. Main Shop: 189. Paya Lebar
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    • 133 8 ItgMIIaMIIaMIIaMIIaMItaMItaMI SIN LEONG RESTAURANT 30TH JANUARY 87 (11.00 am) ONWARDS D Lucky Raw Fish Special $l6/- per order J Each purchase entitles you to 1 U Singapore Big Sweep Ticket. 0 (While Stocks Last) Suckling Pig (Big) $9O/i (Medium) $BO/CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL OFFER $2BO/- PER TABLE jj MENU Lucky
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  • Yu sheng
    • 301 9  -  By HO AI TSEN YU SHENG days are here again. It’s time for chefs to wield their knives on lots and lots of fish. Mayflower Airport Restaurant manager Loke Lum Sung estimates that they will have imported about 130 kg of xi dao fish
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    • 209 9  -  BRIDGET TAN DINERS can partake in "A Toss to Prosperity” when they order a special menu of 10 dishes specially prepared by chefs at Pine Court, Mandarin Hotel from Jan 28 to Feb 12. The raw fish salad will be available in salmon and xi
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 261 9 Wan Ton Noodle Shredded Chicken Noodle A A Shrimp Sampling Soup BBQ Pork Noodle Shredded Duck Noodle Shrimp Wan Ton Soup Roaat Pork Rib Noodle Moahroom Noodle Ginger ft Onion Noodle wP come# ACE ACE FAST FOOD PTE LTD. 80 Marine Parade Road, BI-21 Parkway Parade, Singapore 1544 Tel: *****37
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    • 282 9 WE ARE OPEN ON 30TH JAN (Closed on 27th-29th Jan) Come celebrate this Lunar New Year with us at Kukup at the East Coast Recreation Centre The Best Authentic Kukup Seafood at reasonable prices. Traditional Lunar New Year Menu FA CAI YU SHENG (Prosperous Raw Fish) HAO SHI FA CAI
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  • 501 10/11  -  She’s broke and homeless because of her love for her pet tiger By DAVID WRIGHT National Enquirer FORMER Hollywood actress Dee Arlen, a veteran of both movies and TV, reveals she’s homeless and broke because of her love for a 170 kg
    — National Enquirer; — pictures reproduced from the National Enquirer.  -  501 words
  • 108 10/11  -  By JIM NELSON National Enquirer PEOPLE who use artificial sweeteners are more likely to sain weight than people who don’t use them, an American Cancer Society (ACS) study reveals. The ACS studied 80,000 women who fit into two groups: those who bad been taking sweeteners
    — National Enquirer  -  108 words
  • Page 10/11 Advertisements
    • 177 10/11 YOU DON’T HAVE TO HUNT! Now you can throw out those impossible quotations. Accounts/tax/secretarial services/fascimile: telefax service/ graphic drawings/share registration/business co. invostigation/back-up servtces/registration/conference seminars/exhibitions/advertising, promotions/company registration/incorporated. Steno's/typist/answering/mailing/telex/translation/word processing/meeting rooms/ processing of visas/work permits. Planning itinerary organising business appointments in advance of client’s arrival. Interpretation translation facilities. Investment advice to clients
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    • 476 12  -  By HO AI TSEN STAMFORD Inter-food Court houses several stalls, among the 30 at its spacious Raffles Avenue premises, which are worth patronising. Coming from Whampoa Drive, Loy Kee's chicken rice is among Stamford In-ter-food Court's best offerings. After more than 30
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 255 12 0 The Real Taste of Northern Indian Cuisine and Mughlai Food. IT’S McMOHAN! OUR SPECIALITIES: ftpmm TANDOORI CHICKEN SHEEKH KEBAB CHICKEN SHAH JAHANI SAG MUTTON KASHMIRI PILLAU FISH MASALA NAAN CHOICE OF VEGETARIAN NON-VEGETARIAN DISHES McMOHAN RESTAURANT 1 North Bridge Road #O3-41 High Street Centre Singapore 0617 Tel: *****45 Our
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

  • 580 13  -  By BARBARA STERNIG National Enquirer FUNNYMAN Bill Cosby’s New Year’s wish is to rescue millions of youngsters from the deadly grip of drugs. “My wish for 1987 is that kids all over America will learn that drugs can wreck their lives,"
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 369 13 THE NEW AND EXCITING PUB IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD Listen to your favourite Western, Mandarin Cantonese hits and relax the evening in our cosy environment. m OPEN DAILY 4.00 pm to 12.00 am HAPPY HOURS 4.00 pm to B.oopm (No Service Charge) We have vacancies for PROs and Waitresses. Frankel Pub
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 160 14 <s s?<o <c* x/ X 'l o 5o Oo> > > o s V o <& Latest vv\ DX dll 'UiJi w (J eo** m \e*t> (a* 4>k<*** f d The ntw ultraHowpmt Ssmm 70 mm Zoom most compact multi-mode SLR with dual program convenience. Go for action shots or
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 366 14 TV MOVIES Father knows the best time for reunion SATURDAY J Saturday Matinee (Feb 7y. Father Knows Best Reunion, Ch 5, 4.20 pm The cast of popular American TV series (1954-60), “Father Knows Best,” shown in Singapore in the Sixties, are reunited for the first time in years. Jim Anderson
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    • 581 14 SPACEK...the small town girl. Spacek incurs jealousy of town’s layabouts rnoAV Friday at the Movies (Feb 6): Raggedy Mao, Ch 5, 10.30 pm Sissy Spacek stars in this portrait about a small American town in 1944. Spacek, bringing up her two sons alone and hitching up with a sailor on
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 633 15 glE|[gls] jgjEj [g!S][g Li 3 (MM! [gIGD (MU GdIIU HdM3 [MMI IsMJIMMI tllillsMl [UUH Holm GOM BißHaißi[giß|[gißi[mii3i[mißirciH3ircnß]fcn[3irciHaircnßifcnßifcnßircnigirci vl*/ (Erottm 80 MARINE PARADE ROAD ABI-70 PARKWAY PARADE SINGAPORE 1544 TEL *****55 Car dm Cafe Potpourri of Seafood, Local Western Dishes Opening Hrs: 11am —11 pm Closed on Mondays 697 East Coast
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 731 16 .^|^sl[^Bllcni3llcilE||cilElllsnßllsnßllsnßllcnisllcni3llcni3l[cill3llcni3llEnEllcill3llcniallcnEnrcilßllcillsl[si|lsl[silß| MMIEIHIMMKSMIIMM! HIM] E® IMIH (MMIIMIMaIMs IMPRESS ART GALLERY We wish our customers and triends a Happy Prosperous New Year! For the widest selection of framed or unframed art for your home and office. #O3-24, Parkway Parade, Singapore 1544, Tel: *****16 IRMR Wishes all clients and friends a Happy New
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 519 17 gl^{g^[gl^[ps](^[^f^[^fcTlßlfcTl[sl[cnsircn[3|[gl[j]icTl.[DliL i 151 [g [SQ (cj [b] *nl 51 [gls] [cTIGI [g [s] [q]El [g|s MIU Ml IS [gis] laMl IMMI [MS] dMI iaMl Cg El® HiMI IMIH (MS S WE CARE FOR EYE CARE Yes, we at EYECARE really do and we certainly know how Vision is among the
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 1065 18 Classified Ad Bank Classifications Deadlines Wednesday 4 00pm —for fun-on classified ads 7 working days classified display ads Phone Service 9am to S pm Mondays to Fridays 9 a m. to 1 p m on Saturdays Closed Sundays and public holidays Prepayment Some classifications of ads are payable in advance
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    • 97 18 26 Sports/ Healthcare SQUASH COACHING BY qualified coach in small groups or individual basis. Reasonable ratas. For details call Robert Yeo *****16. 29-b Holiday Accommodation SPECIAL RATED HOTELS: Avoid Disappointment Book Now OTEL offers Thailand. Hong Kong Taiwan. Indonesia. Malaysia. Bali *****70 30 Wanted WE REPAIR/8ERVICE air-con-ditionars. rafrigarators and washing
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 27 18 THE LOCKHORNS E 7-\ "A GOOD MUSBANP NEEDS TO BE STRONG, CARING AND SENSITIVE. YOU HAVE ALL BUT THREE OF THOSE QUALITIES.” I I s T i
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    • 43 18 THE LOCKHORNS “MY HOSOAND IS OUT IN THE CAR. HE’LL BE IN AS SOON AS HE GETS PSYCHED DP.* 1 THE LOCKHORNS i ?i f 7 "WE'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE MONEY ON A PSYCHOANALYST, LORETTA.I*VE GOTTEN OSEP TO THE WAY YOO ARC.
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  • SPORTSCENE
    • 308 19 NFL SOCCER STAR-studdend Geylang International were almost forced to pay for their complacency in a National Football League Div 2 match at the Jurong Stadium. Geylang, coached by former international Samsuddin Rahmat, were two goals up in the first half hour, the goals coming
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    • 243 19 SIXTY-FOUR teams have confirmed their participation in the in-ter-constituency netball competition which will begin on Feb 14 at the National Stadium Runway Netball Court, writes S GULAM. The teams have been divided into eight groups of eight teams each. Each group will
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    • 96 19 EAST COAST teams from Zone Three are in need of netball players for the coming inter-constituency netball competition. Netball players, who reside in the various constituencies in Zone Three and wish to take part in the competition, are requested to contact Lim Seng
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    • 505 19  -  INTER-CON BADMINTON By S GULAM TAMPINES pulled off the first major upset of the inter-constituency badminton tournament when they defeated seeded Tiong Bahru 3-2 to qualify for the second round of the competition. The unseeded East Coast team, with a number of former internationals
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 97 19 Choose ad size that works for you! You have a choice of placing ads in standard modular units or in any combination of the modules listed below: (a) 9cm 1 1 col $61.20 (b) 9 cm x 2 cot $122.40 (c) 9 cm k 3 col $183.60 Half (b) 4.5
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    • 77 19 '2L —4 A 9 JS-r ,v «-r l .v TQ f Lucky Ang Pow draw when you skate with us Bp from 29 January to 12 February ***** We wish one and all GONG XI FA CAI! r Discount Coupon “I 50 cents off admission rate when you present this
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 402 19 Your individual horoscope Start your week right with FRANCES DRAKE 0m mp Monday, February 2,1986 IF YOU ARE BORN TODAY, you are more sensitive than the typical member of your sign. You would make a fine psychologist, teacher, or writer as you have the ability to read others' characters well.
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  • 275 20  -  By BRIDGET TAN WITH a contented look "Ah Por" Madam Neo Hui Lan cuddles and gives her blessings to one-month-old Jocelyn Gan. Mdm Neo, 86, who is believed to be the oldest resident in Marine Parade, has every reason to share
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  • 66 20 TAKE your Valentine to the top of the world! Just imagine, a weekend stay for two plus other goodies at the Westin Stamford on St Valentine’s Day. Turn to Page 4 for details of WEEKENDeast’s Valentine special. WEEKENDeast will not be distributed on Feb 6
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 257 20 Distributed FREE to 75,000 homes every week. Telephone No: Editorial: *****00/*****00 Marketing/Accounts/Circuiation: *****33 VOD ISOTONIC DRINK A PRODUCT OF (f t• XXM EMPTIHG SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR A LAC ARTE MENU Lobster Thermidor Lamb and Prawn Kebab Oyster Hawaii Bay City Triple Header JACK’S GARDEN COFFEE HOUSE THE FAMILY RESTAURANT at
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