Weekend East, 27 March 1987

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    17 1 WEEKEND east Your FREE weekly newspaper Friday, March 27, 1987 M.C.(P) No. 173/5/86 Vol. 2 No. 12
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  • Article
    70,000 expelled by Turf Club
    441 1  -  By VICTOR SOH MORE than 70,000 racegoers were expelled in the last 17 years by the Singapore Turf Club from Bukit Timah racecourse on suspicion of illegal betting activities. This works out to an average of 40 expulsions every race day. All were “caught” by
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    409 TURFED OUT
    60 1 MORE than 400 racegoers suspected of illegal betting activities were expelled from Bukit Timah racecourse at last weekend’s races 220 on Saturday and 189 on Sunday. Their particulars were taken. It is not yet known how many cases were referred to the police. A Singapore Turf Club
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      215 1 Special 4-page Bibik pullout FROM NEXT WEEK YOUR WEEKEfWQ WILL BE DELIVERED WITH The Straits Times EVERY THURSDAY! See Page 13 THIS issue of WEEKENDeast will be the last delivered to your home under our present distribution system. From next week, WEEKENDeast will be delivered FREE every Thursday only to
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      53 1 jafi I* in i L___ RAHMAH is a no-nonsense professional. She’s a stickler for discipline and dress code. Is she: 1. A fast-food store manager? 2. A military policewoman? PICTURE BY CHEW YEN FOOK 3. A headmistress? 4. A police cadet corp instructress? Find out on Pages 8 and 9
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    Girls are better at making money than boys – but it’s only a game
    200 2 Girls are better at making money than boys but it’s only a game GIRLS swept the board at the “Whiz Kids of Board Games” contest at Parkway Parade. Ten-year-old Rita Tio oi Tao Nan School made more money than her male opponents in Monopoly. Siti Suhaila, 11, of Opera Estate
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    700,000 workers will be trained to use computers
    380 2  -  National Agenda discussion at Siglap CC By BRIDGET TAN THE National Productivity Board will be greatly involved in a training programme for 700,000 workers who have up to Secondary Two education. Mr Freddy Soon, a director of the National Productivity Board, said
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    Lock icon Donating blood in an emergency
    63 2 THESE residents were among 459 donors who took part in the second Emergency Blood Exercise in Tanah Merah. They came from Bedok, Changkat, Fengshan, Kampung Chai Chee, 'Siglap and Tanah Merah. The exercise covering the six constiuencies was to familiarise residents with blood donation procedures
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    Thrill of racing without injuries
    288 2 SCHOOLBOY Willy Ng and timber merchant Donald Wee enjoy speeding on the road Their radio control gas cars give them the opportunity to drive in the “Grand Prix races minus crash injuries Both enthusiasts were among 20 local and Malaysian participants who gathered for a
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    Has anyone offered to sell you these cameras?
    84 2 TWO cameras and accessories worth about $4,000 were stolen from WEEKENDeast photo-journalist Chew Yen Fook, who had left them in his parked car when visiting a relative at the Singapore General Hospital last Monday night. The serial numbers of the cameras are:
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    COMMUNITY DIARY
    231 2 Bedok *****17 THE CC will start a macrame course on Sunday April 5, from 2 pm to 4 pm. Fee: $25. Changkat *****08 A tour to Phuket island by air is being organised by Zone 4 RC from May 8 to May 12. Price: $539 for adults and
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    Kaki Bukit school reunion
    83 2 OLD pupils of Kaki Bukit Primary School are planning a get-together at Bedok West Primary School on June 14 at 2 pm. Said one of the organisers, Zizi Majid (Class of 1979): “The reunion is to rekindle old friendships and find out what has happened since
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      263 2 TASTY DELICIOUS ROAST DUCK TRADITIONAL ZHU JIANG /< RECIPE IS OUR SPECIALITY! /a 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 Road, S'pore 1440
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      52 2 TIDES Today: 4.08 am (1,2 m), 9.42 am (2.6 m), 4.41 pm (0.2 m), 11.15 pm (2.4 m), Tomorrow: 4.50 am (0.9 m), 10.30 am (2.8 m), 5.20 pm (0.2 m), 11.36 pm (2.5 m), Sunday: 5.24 am (0.7 m), 11.14 am (2.9 m), 5.56 pm (0.3 m), 11.51 pm
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      515 3 RISSEN SUPERMARKET SUPER SALES BETTER BUY! FREE GIFTS MANY MORE INSTORE JUST FOR YOU AT BLOCK 215, BEDOK TOWN CENTRE, SINGAPORE 1545 (FORMER SMART SUPERMARKET) GE Portable AM/FM Stereo Cassette Delos D-211TP-10 Combination with Compo Model 3-5661 Telephone with automatic (1 year warranty) dialer speakerphone U.P. $138.00 Now $119.00 UP.
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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
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      Ugly duckling
      94 4 WE were looking through some old photo albums at our aunt’s home. I came across a picture of a girl of about three years old. She looked rather funny, standing with one hand on her hip and the other scratching her almost bald head. “Who’s this ugly girl?”
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      Lost for words
      78 4 WE had a family dinner at a restaurant in an Orchard Road hotel recently. Midway through dinner, my grandfather wanted to visit the toilet. Being Chineseeducated, he wasn’t sure which was the Gents’. He was told to look for the sign with the shorter word. Unfortunately, as
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      What a gay occasion!
      114 4 I WAS driving along when I saw a white Mercedes Benz with wedding decorations on it Below the rear number plate was a JUST MARRIED” sign. Driving behind it, I could see the heads of the driver and two others’ in the rear seat. When the
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      Giving dad a ticking off
      60 4 I RECEIVED two nuisance telephone calls in quick succession. Each time the caller made offensive remarks. So, when the phone rang again, I picked up the receiver and immediately scolded the caller. Imagine my shock when I found out it was my dad who was
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  • Junior funnies
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      Floored by boring lesson
      68 4 WE were having another boring English lesson so I tilted my chair to keep myself awake while listening to the teacher explain ‘“clumsy.” All of a sudden, I lost my balance and went crashing to the floor. My teacher immediately pointed to me and told the
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      Haunting look
      91 4 I WOKE up late for school. While powdering my face, the phone rang. But when I went to answer it, the phone stopped ringing I was in a hurry, so without delay, I took my bag and ran to the bus stop. When the bus came I boarded
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    Quotable Quotes
    131 4 CTHE Malaya have thair own unique problems in Singapore. Lot that# problems be resolved by Singaporeans in a Singaporean way. W Kampung Übi MP Wan Hussin Zoori In Parliament last week. We make no enemies. We seek no one- mies. 7— Minister for Trade and Industry and Second
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  • Live Letters to The Editor
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      Chai Chee for free parking but conditions not favourable
      167 4 I REFER to the letter “Why Chai Chee should join free parking scheme” (WEEKENDeast March 6). It is not true that Chai Chee “is still monitoring the scheme.” The Citizens’ Consultative Committee and the Residents’ Committees made the decision last year
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      Exercise music is no lullaby
      90 4 I LIVE in an HUDC block near Bedok reservoir. Recent- 6™“? °f old folk practising qi gong at a nearby 2J uve o^ ll Pkytag their exercise music quite loudly. They often start at 6.45 am when most residents are asleep. It is especially annoying
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      Home used as workshop
      48 4 ONE of my neighbours is using his home as a motorcycle repair workshop. He revs the machines when he repairs or test rides them. My family and other neighbours also constantly smell pungent fumes from spray paints We into the matter. INTOLERABLE, Singapore 1542
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      Cleaning up after HDB cleaners have done job
      65 4 I HAVE to clean the corridor after the HDB cleaners have washed it because all they do is spray water. They don’t sweep away the dirt so I have to pick up where they have left off. I hope they will clean
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      102 4 ipr jf' P&. i !v m f v> *ma» a»M>rt*te«v>y <*" EmpText $2O for the best letter WRITE to WEEKEND—at H you havo a point to raiaa. Wa will pay $2O for tha boat lattar and $5 for any othor lattar publiahad. Tha iattara ahould ba abort and to tha
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      618 5 Ist Prize: 6 Days China, Hongkong, Macau Tour (Single) 2nd Prize: 5 Days Philippines Tour (Single) 3rd Prize: 5 Days Thailand Tour (Single) 4th Prize: 3 Days Cameron (Strawberry Park) By Air (Single) sth Prize: 3 Days Genting (New Casino Hotel) By Air (Single) 6th to 10th Prize: 2D3N Genting
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  • INSURANCE/SPECIALITY SUPPLEMENT
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      Policy that helps you pay premiums, too
      462 6 FINANCIER, a whole life insurance package from Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited, has been designed to give the policy-holder protection without being tied down with premium payments all his life. A spokesman from the company said that the scheme, introduced more than
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      Whole life, term cover, or an endowment policy
      301 7 LIFE assurance policies take three basic forms: Whole life, term cover and endowment. The WHOLE LIFE policy pays the full sum when the assured dies. Premiums are paid during the entire life of the assured. The policy provides permanent protection. It can
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      Another general role for the general
      226 7  -  TV NOTES by BRIDGET TAN ROBERT Vaughn, portrays General Douglas MacArthur in the The Last Bastion, set in the days when Australia was under threat of Japanese invasion. It will be telecast on April 2 on Ch 12 at 9 pm. The actor with
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      259 6 At Great Eastern Life, our growth has hardly been plain. In fact, you must be wondering why we have kept them to ourselves all this while. These facts reveal more than just how well we have performed. They speak of the trust and confidence our policyholders have in us; of
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      13 6 THE LOCKHORNS *vr AM I STARTING OR ENDING ANOTHER PAY OF QUIET DESPERATION
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      389 6 Your individual horoscope £512% Start your week right with FRANCES DRAKE Monday, March 30,1987 IF YOU ARE BORN TODAY, you are a progressive thinker and are drawn to a career in education. You communicate well and would succeed in advertising and the entertainment world. You are responsible and work well
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      382 7 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) 9 cm x 1 col 161.20 (b) 9 cm x 2 col 9122.40 (c) 9 cm x 3 col $163.60 Half (b)
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      485 7 \lHIGHLIGHTS A full grown woman in just a month T Sunday Matinee: Embryo, Ch 5, 2 pm SCIENTIST Dr Paul Holliston finally succeeds in his experiments of a living female embryo which matures into a beautiful 22-year-old woman in just four-and-a-half weeks. Their blossoming love affair is overshadowed by a
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    Hatcher goes to all depths to get sunken treasure
    363 8/9  -  By BRIDGET TAN BOYS merely dream of sea pirates and finding a wooden chest heaped with gold coins and other treasures. But Singapore-based salvage expert Michael Hatcher is really immersed in the business of treasure hunting. He has researchers working in
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    Discipline is Rahmah’s trademark
    189 8/9  -  OUR WHA T’S-HER-LINE GIRL: DID YOU GUESS RIGHT? Picture and story by CHEW YEN FOOK WHEN she’s on duty, Staff Sergeant Rahmah Abas Is a no-non-sense military policewoman. Her penetrating stare is enough to unnerve any sloppily dressed or ill-disciplined soldier moving about in camp. Of
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    Lock icon Doctor closes up wounds with glue
    53 8/9 London Sunday Express. A DOCTOR at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, England, has found a new way to close up wounds he uses superglue. Dr Carlos Perez-Avila said he has found it better, in some cases, than giving a local anaesthetic and
    — London Sunday Express.  -  53 words
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      302 8/9 CREATIVE LEARNING COMMERCIAL SCHOOL Here At Marine Parade To Serve You Courses commencing in April LCCI DIPLOMA IN MARKETING/PR FOR 1988 GCE ‘O’ English. Math D, Additional Maths, Accounts Commerce GCE ‘A’ GP, Econs.. Management of Business. Accounts Maths C ECKANKAR prtMßli talk on TW Tmh t Ptttan of Spirit
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      194 8/9 UNIQUE GIFT IDEAS Now Open At Parkway Parade Fresh Beautifully Created Artificial Flowers Pretty Shellcrafts (Horoscope and other designs) Chinese Velvet Dolls and Figures Fancy Electrical Appliances And a wide variety of gifts A RAMLIN FLORAL ART ENTERPRISE #Bl-94 PARKWAY PARADE SINGAPORE 1544 TEL: *****24 m Cain self confidence improvement
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      345 11 Fastest Claypot in the East! FOR ONLY 5* $2.50! CLAYPOT Chicken, Pork, Prawns or Combination. From ONLY $2.50! SET LUNCH Claypot, soup and drink. From ONLY $3.80! Prawn Mee, Mushroom Mee, Chee Cheong Fun. AT ALVIN’S CLAYPOT CORNER #BI-144 Parkway Parade nmnnnmininiHiniiiiHiiiiiHiiiiiiinininiiiHiiHiiiiiiiiinHiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiirniinlmnlHiiiiiiiiiiHiiiii^ Pick your choice of our seafood varieties and
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      467 12 Patronise any of these outlets and you could win a valuable Sanyo prize! Don't forget to attach the receipt to the coupon wintan/Zti REST, WWKD RESTAURANT wr x» v. ifc Give your taste buds a treat Liven up with our Ikan Pepes. Assam Fish-head Satay Udang Ukup Belanga or Ayam
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      734 13 SUPER VALUE FOR ADVERTISERS (ST WEEK, our readers were told that, beginning with the April 3 issue of WEEKENDeast, our distribution pattern would be changed to eliminate wastage and reach out to new readers as follows: 1 For readers living in our Phase 1 distribution areas (shaded blue on the
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      1802 14 Classified Ad Bank Classifications Deadlines Wednesday 4 00 p m tor run-on classified ads 7 working days classified display ads Phone Service 9am to 5 p m Mondays to Fridays 9 a m to 1 p m on Saturdays Closed Sundays and public holidays Prepayment Some classifications of ads are
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  • SPORTSCENE...with S GULAM
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      Lock icon The night Geylang’s stars didn’t shine
      381 15 TYRWHITT 1 GEYLANG INT’L 0 THE stars above them were shining ever so brightly, but Geylang International’s own stars failed to glitter, and they had to leave Bedok Stadium last Saturday night with their double mission unaccomplished. Geylang. with four current internationals and four
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    • Article
      Tiong Bahru regain glory
      68 15 DIV 1 FINAL TIONG BAHRU regained the glory that last won them the NFL Div 1 Cup in 1983 when they beat Tampines Rovers 2-1 in this year’s final at Bedok Stadium on Wednesday night. Abdullah Noor gave them the lead just before half time. Fardanshah
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      Justice prevails for Bo Wen
      339 15 NETBALL TO Bo Wen it was like justice prevailing in the end, though it came a little late. But to Bedok it was like daylight robbery. Last week, the East Coast team had walked off the Kallang Runway Netball Centre 13-12 "winners” of their game
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      TAMPINES WIN 3-1
      82 15 TAMPINES beat Tanah Merah 3-1 in an Intra-Zone Six 11-a-side soccer match, organised by the Changi Constituency Sports Club, at Cnangi on Saturday. In the otner scheduled match, Kampung Chai Chee received a walkover from Eunos, who failed to turn up. On Sunday, Changkat were leading Kaki
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      Under-19 7-a-side soccer tourney
      192 15 BRIEFLY... THE Intra-Zone Six under--19 seven-a-side soccer tournament, organised by the Tanah Merah Constituency Sports Club, will be held at the Changi soccer field on March 29 All teams should turn up at the venue by 8 am. TANAH MERAH CSC will hold its intra-con sepak
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      176 15 VICTORINOX Th« original SWISS army knife Survival Kit SOS Set 1. large btado 28 29 24 23 $l5O can opener with small screwdriver cap lifter with screwdriver wire stripper reamer scissors Phillips screwdriver magnifying glass wood saw fish scaler with hook disgorger ruler (cm Inches) naitfile with metal file nail
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    $800,000 extension for Marine Parade CC
    175 16 FIRST Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Mr Goh Chok Tong, who is the MP for Marine Parade, will officiate at the ground-breaking ceremony of the $BOO,OOO extension building of the constituency’s Community Centre on Saturday morning. The CC, which won the Community
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    Fire-bug burning doors at Marine Terrace
    140 16 A FIRE-BUG is terrorising residents in the Marine Terrace area by setting fire to their doors. In the latest incident in Block 18, a woman, who declined to be named, said she was with her maid in the flat when newspapers were set alight
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      227 16 WEEKE Distributed FREE to 75,000 homes every week. Telephone No: Editorial: *****00/*****00 Marketing/Accounts/Circulation: *****33 EMPTING SUGGESTIONS PROM OUR ALA-CARTE MENU Lobster Thermidor Lamb and Prawn Kebab Oyster Hawaii Bay City Triple Header JACK’S GARDEN COFFEE HOUSE THE FAMILY RESTAURANT at Level 1, Unit 30, Parkway Parade (Open daily from 11.00
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  • The BiBik Times
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      What is a ‘Bibik’?
      100 1 "Bibik" is the Peranakan term for an elderly lady or an aunt loved and revered in traditional Peranakan families because... ahem! they are superb cooks. That’s why the name of the luxurious restaurant at Peranakan Place is BIBI'S with a menu to tempt even the most
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      The Peranakans
      424 1 From a fascinating mix of cultures, customs and languages came their unique heritage... FROM THE 16th 20th centuries, the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca and Singapore became the “melting pots” for the widely-varied cultures of the Chinese, Malays, Indians, Indonesians, Arabs and Jews. The early Chinese settlers who
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      Tim sum a la Bibi’s – and it’s a first...
      504 1 Tim sum a la Bibi’s and it’s a first... NONYA TIM SUM:II a.m. 2.30 p.m.DAILY WELL, IT WAS BOUND to happen and who better to originate and introduce this exciting new taste treat than Bibi’s Restaurant located on the first floor of Peranakan Place. After many long months of experimenting
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      This is your invitation to a ‘must see’ wedding
      463 4 One for the family album: A Baba’s bride from Australia THE PERANAKAN Wedding Theme Party is a 45-minute cultural show presented at Bibi's Restaurant nightly (except Saturdays) by Instant Asia and the staff of Peranakan Place. It depicts the rich blend
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      61 1 WHERE'S W&l* restaurant UAH? UNDER ONE ROOF: THE CULTURAL AND CULINARY HERITAGE OF THE PERANAKANS Pages II 111 STOP PRESS BThe famous putu ptnng lady is back at Katak Ketik a: I Sample our delicious Nonya kueh chang Malacca style. We have the best roaeted meats in Orchard Road: Panggang
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      878 2/3 *****0 V V Jr V y V y Tpj ft K /IV M A V A v y V M v y\ .x ALL UNDERI ONE ROOF 0)0(D 0)00 to. The decor and atmosphere complement the mouth-watering delights of the Peranakan culinary heritage. The generous menu is well worth exploring.
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      158 4 For the Modern Romantic. An Old-fashioned VCfedding. Imagine die pageantry of a 100-year old 1 wedding ceremony unfolding before you and you're the bride! Bibi's helps you create those life-time memories with a genuine Peranakan Wedding of your own. Authentic in every detail, from the graceful tea ceremony and elaborate
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