Weekend East, 3 April 1987

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  • 17 1 WEEKEND east Your FREE weekly newspaper Friday, April 3, 1987 M.C.(P) No. 173/5/86 V 01.2 No. 13
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  • 326 1  -  By VICTOR SOH TWO-YEAR-OLD Travis Sia Ci Ming and his brother ARE twins. But Travis is much smaller and is only half his brother’s weight. He is also very frail, and tires easily when he plays with his twin brother. And when
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  • 96 1 THIS issue of WEEKENDeast is the first that is being distributed with Tbe Straits Times in Singapore’s eastern zone and some selected areas beyond it. To those of you who are receiving WEEKENDeast for the first time, we extend a very warm welcome and hope
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 51 1 JSOL Bride’s day at the zoo: Pgs 10,11 INSIDE Marriage on the rocks for Rocky star PAGE 15 A career in raising kids PAGE 8 FUNNYLINES and LIVE LETTERS PAGE 7 Facing up to a disease with no known cause or cure PAGE 2 $225,000 for a parking lot! PAGE
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    • 156 1 cP <9* 11 f WHAT'S HER LIRE? ■rifl CAREL must be very tactful at work and customers are made to feel at home and relaxed. What does she do? Is she: 1. A disc jockey at a lounge? 2. A public relations manageress? 3. A flight stewardess? 4. A bartender
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  • 523 2  -  By BRIDGET TAN SECRETARY Susan Ong, 27, lives one day at a time she is suffering from lupus. a chronic disease of unknown cause that affects the immune system, “I need to be careful about over exposure to
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  • 262 2 ABOUT one person in 2,000 in the United States and one in 250 in Jamaica have systemic lupus erythematosus, according to Tan Tock Seng Hospital doctors M Boey and Prof P H Feng, who wrote a guide for lupus patients The figures for
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 376 2 Distributed FREE to 65,000 homes A Serving the communities in Aljunied, Bew dok, Cnangi, Changkat, Eunos, Fengshan, Geylang Serai, Geylang West, Joo Chiat, Kaki Bukit, Kampung Chai Cnee, Kampung Kembangan, Kampung Ubi, MacPherson, Marine Parade, Mountbatten, Paya Lebar, Siglap, TamBlnes, Tanah Merab, and parts of Braddelt eights, Koiam Ayer, and
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    • 53 2 We Create A Handful Of Art And Skill Modelling Courses For Adults And Children Beauty And Skin Care Courses Fashion Design And Dressmaking Flower Arrangement Personal Grooming Hairdressing Aerobics Vocal Training Social Dance Swimming Classical Ballet For Children (5-6 Years) B #O4-00 BLOCK 205. HOUGANG ST. 21 (Above Hougang Oriental)
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 179 3 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC AX-30 IMS TYPEWRITER OUT-FEATURES ANYTHWIG ELSE i The new Brother AX-30 is an easy-to-carry typewriter that’s packed with features not found on typewriters in its class. Introducing Brother’s unique Word-Out function At a mere touch of this key, a complete word is removed for speedy correction. Then, there
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  • 444 4 Aljunied *0“ *****79 A TWO-MONTH qi gong 18 movements course starts this month. It will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8 pm to 9 pm. Fee: $15. A Genting Highlands holiday tour has also been organised for April 18 to 20. The tour costs $99 for
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  • 58 4 GEYLANG Serai is holding a National Agenda seminar on April 18 at the community centre at 2.30 p.m. It will be officiated by its MP, Haji Othman Haron Eusofe. “The topics covered will be as wide as possible. We leave it to the participants,” said Dr Ho
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  • 123 4 PARENTS, teachers and comunity leaders in Kaki Bukit are being invited to take part in a workshop to support the national antismoking campaign through an education and human values programme Two exhibitions, one on the National Smoking Control programme and the other on
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  • 91 4 THE first pile for the extension of Marine Parade community centre, which won the “CC of the Year" award for the third time last year, was driven into the ground last Saturday. First Deputy Prime Minister Gob Chok Tong (pictured above), who is
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 207 4 THRIFT STORE comes to Changi! Now, you too can buy a wide selection of goods at unbelievable prices. Books and magazines Children’s clothing Clothes Toys Ladies dresses Souvenir items and ornaments Our stock changes often come today and visit us regularly! .SALVATION \^\^ARMY s V s n Open Mon Sat
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    • 110 4 NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION 705 Serangoon Road Singapore 1232 Every year 200 people die needlessly of kidney failure. Most of them die because they cannot afford the high cost of dialysis. The National Kidney Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to saving these lives and we appeal to you to help
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 58 4 TIDES Today: 1.22 am (2 7m), 8.16 am (0 2m). 2 46 pm (2 3m), 8 27 pm (0.9 m) Tomorrow: 1 48 am (2.7 m), 8 49 am (0 3m), 3.28 pm (2.1 m), 8.42 pm (1.0 m) Sooday: 2.16 am (2 6m). 9 30 am (0 4m). 4.15
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 681 5 NEWSMAN TRAVEL 3RD ANNIVERSARY &747 HOLIDAY GRAND OPENING WIN 100 ATTRACTIVE PRIZES 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
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 770 6 SUPER VALUE FOR ADVERTISERS EGINNING WITH this issue of WEEKENDeast, we have changed our distribution pattern to eliminate wastage and reach out to new readers as follows: 1. For readers living in our Phase 1 distribution areas (shaded dark blue on the map) WEEKENDeast j a now delivered with The
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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
    • 81 7 EARLY one morning, we were having assembly when the mouth-watering smell of chicken rice permeated through the school hall. It had come from a stall in the canteen. “Hey, I smell something real pleasant...” But before I could complete my sentence, my classmate standing in
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    • 67 7 I WAS in a hurry so I rushed up the bus at the bus stop, dropped the 25 cents which I had in my hand for the fare, and took my seat. Only then did I realise the bus was otherwise empty; even the driver wasn’t
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    • 54 7 I WAS teaching idioms to a primary four class When we came to “beauty is only skin-deep,” I asked the class what it meant. A girl raised her hand and said, “I think it means that when we take away our skin, we won’t look beautiful anymore.” BURSTING
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    • 77 7 MY five-year-old brother and I were looking at a family photo album when we spotted two pictures one of him when he was three years old. and the other of my 10-year-old sister taken when she was a tiny one-year-old.
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  • Junior funnies
    • 121 7 I WAS doing my homework in my room when my five-year-old sister came in. She kept talking to me. So, to stop her from disturbing me, I gave her a blank sheet of paper and told her to draw a sun. A few minutes later, she handed me
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    • 60 7 I HAD overslept and was late for drama rehearsals. So, I quickly got dressed, grabbed the plastic bag which contained my costume, and rushea out of the house. When I reached school, I hurried to the bathroom to change into my costume but instead found my
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  • 140 7 IF he can lose his temper in that way on the rugby field, what guarantee can there be that similarly provoked he will not similarly lose his temper in uni- a form? 7— London Sunday Express columnist John Juror lashing out at the behaviour of England player Wade
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  • Live letters to the editor
    • 98 7 I REFER to "Saturday Nightmare” and "Humps will stop' hell-riders” (WEEKENDeast Feb 27V Residents in Joo Chiat Road face the same problems Many motorcyclists come to the many coffeeshops for supper and before leaving they would rev their machines and race down
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    • 80 7 Most Bunnylike... WHAT gave Warner Bros the idea that the Bugs Bunnies of the world find carrots irresistible? My daughter-in-law recently bought a pair of rabbits for her children. Having been a Bugs Bunny fan for more than 40 years, I naturally bought some of the choicest baby carrots for
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    • 66 7 THE Copyright Act will be enforced soon. It promises our local musicians more recording opportunities and improved royalties from record sales once the pirates are wiped out. I would like to appeal to radio disc jockeys to be more supportive of compositions by local musicians. As
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    • 95 7 THE only bus service I can take to Bedok Interchange is number 219. But it has been re-routed. So, if I want to get to the interchange, I have either to walk to the bus stop, which is far away from my block, and take a
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    • 35 7 THE recent increase in cigarette prices has helped a couple of my friends kick tne habit. I hope it will have the same effect among other youngsters ANTISMOKER (Miss), Singapore 1544
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 220 7 m idi, MOST of us must have had a funny experience at some time or other. WtEKENDeaat welcomes contributions from readers 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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    • 124 7 m /-.<• i. MM -,A-Cv-vX •Hx WE SPECIALISE IN CURTAINS GOOD PRICE FRIENDLY SERVICE QUALITY WORKMANSHIP FREE NORMAL SEWING D.V. (DUO VOLENTE) #Ol-32 Paramount Shopping Centre TEL: *****64 *****06 •sSr <** '■-:w i Tiff. 1 5- ’t;s*. V. r >. •ifj* v. t Drink Coupon Present coupon for tree drink
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    • 181 7 037 Complete range of auto accessories PARKWAY PARADE BASEMENT 81-104 Tel: *****58 Associate Co: Koon Lek Company Blk 125 Bukit Merah Lane 1 #Ol-174 Singapore 0315 Tel: *****69 *****96 WWS Cain self confidence improvement through our specially formulated courses, meant for women (above 13 yrs old) who desire to be
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • MOTHER & CHILD
    • 316 8  -  By PAUL F LEVY National Enquirer. WORKING women are beginning to view staying home and raising children as providing the same kind of freedom that women 20 years ago saw in careers, says a psychiatrist. “Women are feeling shortchanged by work," declared
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    • 171 8 BABIES will love the Maja milk bottle. It is specially designed to make it easier for the baby to suck from the bottle. At the same time, it helps to prevent wind after feeding. The bottle, developed and tested by a
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    • 158 8 ENJOY a short break from work and win a free vacation. Sun and sea seekers who buy the two or three days’ tour to Batam island and Tanjung Pinang can stand to win any of the 100 prizes of free tours to Asian destinations
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    • 278 9  -  By BRIDGET TAN SCHOOLTEACHER Patricia Maria Tan enjoys telling tales to children. Mrs Tan, 40, who has written books for children, will be conducting a workshop at the National Library Bedok Branch on how to tell stories. They will be held on April 4
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 161 8 if > *y\r-:-, r vP £/Vtap o l A A BoT T V makes bottle-feeding easier. Maja has been specially designed with a valve system which helps to prevent wind and at the same time makes it easier for the baby to suck from the bottle. With Maja, the baby
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 502 9  -  By IRENE TOH THAI workers have carved out a niche for themselves at Golden Mile Complex. Their needs are catered for by the many businesses selling an assortment of Thai products, from food, cassettes, and liquor, to newspapers, magazines, and currency. The name plates
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  • 185 9 CANON Marketing Services has introduced EOS. the world's most advanced auto-focus SLR system. The new EOS (Electronic Optical System! 620 and EOS 650 auto-locus (AF) camera is faster and quieter than current AF sLR svstems It focuses accurately and faster
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  • 200 9  -  OUR WHAT’S-HER-LINE GIRL: DID YOU GUESS RIGHT? Picture and story by CHEW YEN FOOK CAREL has been mistaken for a Hawaiian beauty but she’s really a simple, down-to-earth girl. Her radiant smiles and friendly disposition make her guests feel comfortable and very much at
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 187 9 r Computer Training Centre 8188 (Registered with the MINISTRY OF EDUCATION) ISN’T IT WORTH INVESTING IN YOUR CHILD? Soon, computers will be as common as telephones or TV sets in the home. And with more jobs being done through the computer, learning to use it has become as essential as
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  • 329 10/11 EVEN brides can be found in the zoo looking as pretty as pictures. Mr and Mrs Junaidi Aziz are among the growing number of couples turning up at the Singapore Zoological Gardens to commemorate their weddings Mrs Junaidi,
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  • 120 10/11 WEEKENDeast editor T S Khoo was elected to his 17th term as president of the Singapore Press Club at the club’s annual general meeting last Sunday at the Singapore Tennis Centre. Except for a brief period in 1973, Mr Khoo, former GrouD Editor
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  • 65 10/11 National Enquirer. ...we don't get goose bumps on our faces when we are cold, although we get them everywhere else? The tiny muscles that cause goose bumps are not present on the face. These muscles which are found on the chest, back, scalp, arms and legs surround
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  • 142 10/11 National Enquirer HERE are some tips to help you cut calories painlessly: HAVE a hamburger instead of a cheeseburger. Two slices of cheese contain 210 calories, according to a university newsletter MUNCH on pretzels instead of potato chips. The difference can be
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  • 204 10/11  -  By CHARLES MONTGOMERY National Enquirer. PARKING spaces on Boston's swank Beacon Hill can cost as much as a house one spot in a “car condominium" recently sold for a whopping US$lO5,OOO (about *****,000)! “When this garage went condo in 1979 you could buy your own
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  • Page 10/11 Advertisements
    • 198 10/11 DOUBLE THE EXCITEMENT WITH THIS IRRESISTIBLE SPREAD That, of course is Variety. In retail language, variety covers all merchandise that isn't food, fashion or furniture and furnishings. We have all varieties of Variety in the 100-plus shops in our Basement from appliances to artworks, from books to beer mugs, from
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    • 292 10/11 Choose the 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) 0 cm x 1 col $6l 20 (b) 9 cm x 2 col $122.40 (c) 9 cm x 3 col $183.60
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  • TV NOTES
    • 267 12  -  By BRIDGET TAN STYLISH Dynasty star, Linda Evans, swaps glamour for dirt and dust in “The Last Frontier The four-hour miniseries will be shown on May 21 and 22 on the feature film slot Alice Springs with soaring temperatures of nearly 38 degrees Celsius is
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 196 12 OCEAN FOOD CENTRE Beef Kway Teow/ Satay Western Food Duck Rice Peranakan Food Curry Rice Fried Hokkien Mee Fishball Kway Teow Mee Fish-Head Curry Ciaypot Seafood Kway Chap Yong Tow Foo Chicken Rice i Hot Plate Noodle BUSINESS HOURS: MON SUN 7.30 a.m. to 2 a.m. Few stalls to let)
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 694 12 HIGHLIGHTS ‘lsaura’ star fights slavery NEW SERIAL LUCELLA SANTOS as Little Missy. Little Missy, Ch 8, 6.45 pm, Saturday and Sunday A 168-episode serial on Brazilian society just before the abolition of slavery makes it debut. Lucella Santos, last seen as Isaura in “Isaura. The Slave Girl," is the abolitionist
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    • 488 12 i THE COUNT (George Hamilton), madly in love with fashion model Cindy (Susan St James). The Count gets his first taste Thursday Feature Special: Love at First Bite, Ch 5, 10.30 pm GORGEOUS George Hamilton is the Prince of Darkness who jets to New York in his casket with devoted
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  • FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL
    • 391 13  -  By HO AI TSEN THESE two coffee-shops in Joo Chiat Place look just like any kopi tiams. But look again and you will find these two yuntun mien (won ton noodle) stalls of class-less simplicity: Ho Hoe Chuan and Keong
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    • TIME OUT
      • 273 14  -  By IRENE TOH KAREN XAVIER seems a bit too young to be excited by cha-cha. But as it happened, she sang a cha-cha number while a couple danced to the music. Karen is the female vocalist of Swinging Silk, now performing at
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    • 450 15  - ‘The marriage is over I want out, says Stallone ‘She’s spending money like there’s no tomorrow’ By DIANE ALBRIGHT National En- quirer. ‘ROCKY’ star Sylvester Stallone has been huddling with his lawyers about divorcing his wife Brigitte Nielsen after just 15 months of marriage because he’s fed up with being
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    • 434 16  -  By PETER FENTON KIM Novak and her husband went onstage arm in arm at the Oscar ceremonies and looked like they were deeply in love but, in fact, they had just agreed to divorce ...Debby Boone sang a touching song while surrounded
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 372 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. OPEN DAILY 4.00pm to 12.00am HAPPY HOURS 4.00pm to 8.00pm (No Service Charge) We have vacancies for PROs Frankel Pub 109. FRANKEL AVENUE. SINGAPORE 1545 TEL:
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 330 14 Authentic Vfiai "Buffed Lunch. at Parkway Parade only Daily from 12 noon to 2 p.m. (except Sundays Public Holidays) r/t j ADULT $12,504- PER PERSON CHILD 6.00+ PER PERSON (CAR PARKING COUPON REDEEMABLE) PARKWAY THAI RESTAURANT 80 MARINE PARADE ROAD #O2 08 PARKWAY PARADE SINGAPORE 1544 TEL* *****83/*****11 1/6 Orchard
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 380 15 m c i Singapore’s very own rock im sensation. Catch this exciting m W quintet in action. A repertoire J B B that inc ludes onl\ the very Ix^t in Rock, Country Western and Rock N Roll. Mon Thur: Bpm to 12.45 am Fri, Sat Eve of Public Holiday: Bpm
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 242 16 Experience Tropical Paradise THE BIG SPLASH TAVERI w A Authentic food, reasonable prices and friendly service, set in this beautiful tropical paradise with its waterfalls, garden, background music for your feasting pleasure. This ideal place gives the best value for your money for family outings, company functions or just dining
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    • 91 16 wintatuflmuiv RESTAURANT WJ JB& 't* V- 4* m Give your taste buds a treat Liven up with our Ikan Pepes, Assam Fish-head. Satay Udang, Ukup Belanga or Ayam Panggang And something deliciously different Satay Goreng Aloyah Alkaff will personally prepare these for you at a price you can afford We
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    • 323 16 I 1 II §1 1 1 p 1 p 1 p p 1 p 1 p 1 p la P 1 P 1 P KOREAN BUFFET BARBEQUE ONLY ONE IN SINGAPORE “You’ll never want another love!’ for only $12.50 Adult 7.50 (Children) EATTCT YOUR m HEART’S 'y CONTENT ■Hi PLUS
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  • SPORTSCENE 1...with S GULAM
    • 316 17 INTER-CON NETBALL MARINE PARADE, the most improved team in the competition, continued their impressive winning run when they beat Alexandra 26-16 in the second round of the inter-constitu-ency netball competition at the Kallang Runway Netball Centre. The unseeded Marine Parade team had knocked out
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    • 411 19 OUR SPORTSWRITER PREVIEWS THE PRE-OLYMPIC SOCCER MATCH AGAINST INDONESIA AFTER a long period of preparation that included a four-game unbeaten run, the Young Lions are ready to face the Indonesians (Saturday 7.30 pm, National Stadium)and the Japanese in the pre-Olympics soccer competition. ‘‘We are ready,”
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    • 288 19 IT was his first competitive match in almost three weeks. Yet he was as slippery as ever, though his finishing could have been better. V Sundramoorthy, the only footballer on the payroll of the Football Association of Singapore, came back from a fourmatch suspension to
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    • 145 19 BRIEFLY... TAMPINES clinched the Intra-Zone Six under-19 seven-a-side soccer title with a 2-0 win over Tanah Merah in the final played at the Changi Soccer field last weekend. Eleven teams, all from East Coast, took part in the competition. Third placing went to Changkat, while Kampung
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    • 129 19 ABOUT 800 people are expected to run round the Bedok Reservoir on Saturday week (April 11). They will complete one lap round the reservoir, covering a distance of 4.3 km. The race starts at 5.30 p.m. This is the first time the reservoir is being
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 403 17 the first time outside China Presented for the first time outside China, the magnificent State Banquet of China is an unique dinning experience for gourmets who appreciate the best things in life. Outstanding Characteristics: The innovative style of ‘lndividual Serving' Ornamental bouquet with artistic vegetable carvings Figural tableware The State
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 942 18 Classified Ad Bank Classifications Deadlines Wednesday 4 00 p m. for run-on classified ads 7 working days classified display ads Phone Service 9 a m 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
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    • 116 18 14 Garage Sale ELKA COMPUTER ORGAN with sensor touch, sen-surround effect Selling cheap. Please call lor appointment *****46 alter 9pm NATIONAL WASHING MACHINE. Rising radio cassette amplilier. Suisan lour way loud-speaker, office electric calculator. Olympia 14-inch typewriter. 90 percent new Tel *****09. 18 House Renovation/ Services NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP lor
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    • 225 18 19-f Driving Tuition GUARANTEED BASIC THEORY. Full Course $370 free final theory Hourly driving City Plaza. #01-07 Tel *****49 21 Party Wedding Services WEDDING VIDEO RECORDING or other occasions. For creative, clear and reasonable price, contact *****88/*****74. David lor IHtpWa. 22 Pen Pals TALL CHINESE LADY. 28 seeks professional friends
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    • 142 18 23 Pets Aquariums l> AUSTRALIAN SILKY TERRIER. beautiful and cute female puppies. $320 Tel: *****74 or *****40 (evening) 24-a Accommodation Wanted FACIAL SPACE/ROOM required Preferably In a hairdressing salon in Bedok area. Please contact: *****49 26 Sports/ Healthcare YOUR BODY, OUR image Physique Is fitness, fitness is health Call *****90/*****30
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 112 19 r USA •i N. rii RESERVOIR RUNt ROUND 1 4.3 Kilometres 5.30 pm SATURDAY, 11 APRIL 'B7 RUNNERS ARE TO BE READY BY 5 PM FOR PARTICIPATION, CALL *****18 Race trophies, incentive Prizes and 50 lucky draws Major lucky draw prizes include: 1) Top Brooks Shoes 2) Staminade Products First
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  • 178 20  -  By BRIDGET TAN ACTRESS Huang Lifen, of Eunos Crescent, helps with the housework when she’s not working at SBC. It is the proper thing to do, for after all, she is the eldest daughter in the family. However, when she’s on TV,
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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