Weekend East, 10 April 1987

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  • 17 1 WEEKEND east Your FREE weekly newspaper Friday, April 10, 1987 M.C.(P) No. 173/5/86 Vol. 2 NO. 14
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  • 280 1 AN AVERAGE of five people a week last year dropped envelopes in the postbox and immediately regretted having done so, a Telecoms’ reply to a query by WEEKENDeast reveals. The response from Telecoms, which said that it received 256 requests for retrieval
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  • 256 1 IN an insurance company in Robinson Road, the hat went round for donations and about 100 members of the staff responded... At least a score of WEEKENDeast readers called us to find out how they could help... "We just can't sit around doing nothing,"
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 176 1 Fandi’s TV frolic: Back Page i tJ 1 f t* WHAT’S HER LIRE STEPHANIE has been involved in this traditional business since she was seven years old so much so it’s in her blood. What does she do? Is she: 1. A lantern maker? 2. A cobbler? 3. A wayang
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    • 28 1 it INSIDE Baby-sitter left holding the baby... PAGE 20 FUNNYLINES and LIVE LETTERS PAGE 6 Starting this week... New Feature: The latest in the music scene PAGE 12
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  • 669 2 SOME selected areas beyond Singapore’s eastern zone started receiving WEEKENDeast last Thursday with their Straits Times. Our reporters ask some of the new readers what they think of the Republic’s first and only free weekly newspaper... MR HO KIAM FONG, 29, jeweller, of
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 172 2 A New Dimension in Art For the widest selection of framed or unframed art: X Originals Oil, watercolour Limited Editions Posters/Prints Chinese Brush Paintings NEW ARRIVALS EVERY MONTH! Vi s s R M P E 5% 20% Discount on picture framing We offer: Customized framing A wide range of frames
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    • 219 2 -EEESfl Distributed FREE to 65,000 homes Serving the communities in Aljunied, Be* dok, Changi, 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, Tarnpines, Tanah Merah, and parts of Braddell Heights, Kolam Ayer, and
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 176 3 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC AX-30 THIS TYPEWRITER OUT-FEATURES ANYTHING ELSE «ll 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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  • COMMUNITY NEWS
    • 377 4 Aljunied a *****9 THE centre is organising an excursion for senior citizens on April 19. They will visit the Pasir Paniang Wholesale Centre, Toa Payoh Garden, and temples. Price: $3 Bedok 15f *****17 A three-month beauty culture course will begin in mid-April. Classes will be held every Thursday
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    • 308 4  -  By TO CHEE ENG SCHOOLBOY Mohamed Azam Abdul Aziz had a pleasant surprise when he opened his mailbox last week. In it was a letter no less from First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong himself. Mr Goh, also MP for Marine Parade, expressed his appreciation
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    • 320 4  -  By BRIDGET TAN ROGER MAK used to throw away old junk. He even wondered why people wanted to buy all "tnis rubbish." Today, he assiduously collects these old, unwanted furniture with broken legs, misplaced joints, detached carvings, and missing parts. He retrieves them from the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 531 4 ROMAN MAGIC MOP The most advanced, high quality mop in the world that keeps your hands free from dirt and water. High absorption of dirty water, tee times greater than ordinary sponge. There is no need to sweep the fleer, the special speage will absorb all dirt and dust. Easy
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    • 113 4 Special introductory offer IF YOU DO NOT subscribe to The Straits Times, you can still have a personal copy of WEEKENDeast delivered to your home. Just return the form below to: Focus Publishing Ltd, 80 Marine Parade Rd, #O2-06 Parkway Parade, Singapore 1544. KPlease enclose cheque/postal or money order for
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 51 4 Today: 3.28 am (1.4 m), 9.05 am (2.2 m), 4.13 pm (0.5 m), 10.32 pm (2.2 m) Tomorrow 4.10 am (1.1 m), 9.49 am (2.4 m), 4.43 pm (0.5 m), 10.46 pm (2.3 m) Sunday 4.40 am (0 9m), 10.26 am (2.5 m), 5.08 pm (0.5 m). 10.58 pm (2.5
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 644 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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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
    • 81 6 DURING our puppy’s short stay in our apartment, we toilet-trained him to do his daily business’ on old newspapers We later decided to give him to our relatives, who lived in a terrace house, because he was getting too noisy The puppy
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    • 72 6 MY brother and his wife went to London recently for their honeymoon Passing by a stall which sold Chinese tea at 50p ($1.50) a cup. he exclaimed in Hokkien, “tae-kor-pua!" My sister-in-law, who had been looking elsewhere, turned her head and asked anxiously, “Where?” She
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    • 87 6 I WAS walking along Orchard Road when I saw a guy who looked like a close friend of mine from the back. I ran forward and covered his eyes with my hands Then I asked him in my sweetest voice, “Guess who I am?”
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  • Junior funnies
    • 98 6 THE old woman followed me up the steps of the double-decker bus. When I reached the upper deck. I quickly sat down at the nearest empty seat. She walked unsteadily past me as she made her way to the front of the bus. Suddenly
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    • 85 6 WHEN my sister and I were little, whenever we saw our mother holding a cane, we would start crying and screaming, “Mum, we won’t do it again!” One day, my sister saw my mother holding the cane She started to cry and scream and I followed
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    • 71 6 MY friend and I went to a birthday party where I saw a handsome boy who had very neatly combed hair. While he was dancing and enjoying himself, someone pulled his hair and ‘it’ fell on the floor. His neatly combed hair was actually a wig!
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  • 136 6 A GOVERNMENT H which nurtures and protects inferior people, products and services just to win elections must direct Singapore towards irre- versible disaster. W Mr S Rajaratnam, Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's office, quoted in the new book "S Ra/aratnam: The Prophetic and The Political' edited
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  • Live Letters to The Editor
    • 189 6 I WAS driving to my bank to deposit some share certificates when I decided to stop at the postbox in Marine Crescent to mail my income tax return I picked up one of the two large envelopes lying on the dashboard,
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    • 84 6 I GOT up later than usual so I hurried to the bus stop. When I almost reached it, a bus (Service No 41) was just moving off Fortunately an old man, who was standing at the bus stop, saw me running towards it.
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    • 110 6 I HAVE been receiving WEEKENDeast from you for about a year now and I wish to congratulate you on producing a paper which is packed with interesting articles and news items, some of which appear even ahead of my regular paper. The
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    • 24 6 MY friends and I enjoy reading WEEKENDeast. Unfortunately it is a weekly. Can’t you publish it twice a week? SS, Singapore 1646
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 471 6 HAIR PROBLEMS CAUSES AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES Dr. V.M. Palaniappan, PH.D. an Ecologist Author of the book entitled above will be presenting a talk in Singapore on hair problems Causes and Preventive Measures. Palani's Herbal Shampoo Conditioning Oil will be introduced at a special price at the talk. Date 10th 11th
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    • 157 6 CONTRIBUTORS to JUNIOR FUNNYLINES should bo aged 15 and under, must give their NRIC number flf 12-plus), name, and address. Pseudonyms ere aßosrad. (Per these under 12, please give one of your parents’ Barnes for cheque We wW pay $lO tor the best effort and $5 for every entry pubffshed.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 195 8  -  OUR WHAT’S-HER-LINE GIRL: DID YOU GUESS RIGHT? Picture and story by CHEW YEN FOOK STEPHANIE Kiong has been making shoes since she was seven years old It's a family business and with only one other brother doing his own business in Hongkong, her
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  • 251 8 A COMPLAINT by a WEEKENDeast reader, who wrote to Live Letters (March 20) that he narrowly escaped getting soaked by water thrown from a balcony in Block 28, Marine Crescent, led to instant action by the Marine Parade HDB Area Office. But officers sent
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  • 197 8 A SONGKRAN festival and Thai food fair will be held today to April 19 at Sea View Hotel's garden poolside. Every evening at 6 pm. the 40-member Southern Cultural Village Show troupe from Songkhla will perform traditional Thai dances and reenact a Thai
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 503 8 CREATIVE LEARNING COMMERCIAL SCHOOL Here At Marine Parade To Serve You Courses commencing in April DOS n WORDSTAR n LOTUS 1-2-3 LCCI DIPLOMA IN MARKETING/PR FOR 1988 GCE ‘O' English. Maths D. Additional Maths. Accounts Commerce GCE ‘A’ GP. F.cons., Management of Business. Accounts fit Maths C BASK PROGRAMMING (ELF.M
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 84 9 iifKmftfflfli A*oOteipmCuba'fron, Etcfoic Ctyf i m L Daily Aerobic Classes Available on Mornings, Afternoons Evenings. Courses will be conducted twice a week. Price $35.00 per month. Various Aerobic Classes to promote Cardiovascular fitness, body tone-up and flexibility. Professional Aerobic Instructor. Special rates for students. 1 M. MARINE PARAOE ROAD, #O3-09
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    • 428 9 After 21 years, you can’t go wrong... Y\»» c o' oft tot vo» v dot' yot —ft **2 ‘Cause we’re concerned! 21 YEARS IN MUSIC EXCELLENCE ROBERT PIANO CO PTE LTD History of Robert Piano Co. Pte Ltd, Robert Piano Co Pte Limited, founded in 1966 at Tanjong Katong Rond,
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 576 9 Housewife gets more than she asks for... Saturday Night Movie: This Wife for Hire, Ch 5, 10.30 pm A mother-of-two and wife of a lawyer, Marsha Harper (Pam Dawber), wants more out of life. She turns housekeeping services for hire into an overnight success with the help of businesswhiz girlfriend
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  • 492 10  -  By BOB TEMMEY COVER your eyes because here is the face that could sink a thousand ships the winners of National Enquirer’s 1987 Ugly Mug Contest! Maria Del Castillo, 43, who has the distinction of being stuck with America’s ugliest mug, won the first prize of
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  • 181 10  -  By PHILIP SMITH THE way people react when they look at themselves in the mirror at home reveals a lot about their per* sonality, says an expert. Here are five common ways men and women respond to their reflection and what
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 156 10 eg/sinisigw itf n f -xm .r* A For a memorable wedding, come to L’oisean Blue Bridal Centre. We have a bigger shop now! With an even wider selection of beautiful wedding gowns, evening and cocktail dresses for you to choose from! We will tailor the design of your choice. We
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  • Music Review
    • 317 12  -  by R.Gnook IT has been 10 years since I last wrote for a record review column. The long lay-off doesn’t help when I have to decide what albums to review. Although my tastes range from light-classi-cal to hard-driving rock, I
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    • 310 12  -  By TO CHEE ENG SIX HUNDRED runners have signed up for the Bedok Reservoir Run this Saturday after the organiser put in an advertisement in WEEKENDeast last week. Sports Management Pte Ltd said more were expected to sign up before registration closes.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 260 12 BALLET RAD ISTD SYLLABI CONDUCTED BY SUPERVISOR MRS. HUNG YEE SKIPP TERM BEGINS ON 3 MAY 'B7 ALSO AVAILABLE: MODERN TAf CLASSES FOR ALL GRADES FOR CHILDREN FROM AGE 5. FOR REGISTRATION PLEASE CALL Last Coast Ke> reation Centre 1000 East Coast Parkway Singapore IMA Tel 242H290 (above McDonald's! Songkran
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 367 12 Your individual horoscope Start your week right with FRANCES DRAKE mP Monday, April 13,1987 IF YOU ARE BORN TODAY, you are creative and practical, but sometimes have difficulty reconciling these qualities. Though you know how to market your creative ideas, you are not always wise in the handling of funds
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  • 342 13  -  By BRIDGET TAN CHEF Robin Sing has been cooking ever since he was in school. Whenever his mother was busy, he would eagerly volunteer to cook a meal for the family. So, it was only natural that after leaving Changkat
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL
    • 489 14  -  By HO AI TSEN WANT a taste of Chinese cuisine prepared by Beijing chefs for a lavish Chinese banquet? Go to the China Palace Restaurant before April 26 and you can dine on cuisine from the Chinese State Banquet menu. It was a
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    • 376 15  -  By BARBARA STERNIG LASHING out at a published report that says he and Phylicia Rashad are feuding, Bill Cosby says it’s nonsense that he and his TV wife are extremely close and have been that way since “The Cosby Show” hit
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 806 16 SUPER VALUE FOR ADVERTISERS FROM APRIL 3, our distribution system was changed to eliminate wastage and reach out to new readers as follows: 1. For readers living in our Phase 1 distribution areas (darker shade on the map) WEEKENDeast is now delivered with The Straits Times every Thursday if they
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • SPORTSCENE 1
    • 470 18  -  ...but an uphill task faces us in Tokyo captures the magic moments of Singapore’s triumph over Indonesia last Saturday By S GULAM SINGAPORE, with lingering memories of a massacre two years ago, face an uphill task when they take on Japan in their second pre-Olym-pics qualifying round
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    • 266 18  -  ...but he says: I was off-form S GULAM. HE has had better nights. If not for the last-minute opportunist goal, it would have been a really bad outing for him. Though the national team had just beaten Indonesia 2-0, and he had scored what could prove to
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    • 336 19 INTER-CON NETBALL MARINE Parade were relegated to the losers’ pool after they were thrashed 10-24 by defending champions Serangoon Gardens in the inter-constituency netball competition at the Toa Payoh Indoor Sports Hall last weekend. Though they put up a gallant show, their more experienced opponents
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    • 196 19 VOLLEYBALL LAST year's champions Tampines opened their campaign witn an easy 150, 15-4 win over Eunos in the inter-constituency volleyball tournament at Toa Payoh Sports Hall last Sunday. Tampines, who are favoured to retain their title, took less than half an hour to beat
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    • 27 19 THE venue for Bedok CSC’s Intra-Constituency badminton tournament has been switched from Bedok Community Centre to Temasek Junior College. The first ties were played yesterday.
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    • 63 19 DEFENDING champions Kaki Bukit were knocked out of Intra-Zone Six soccer tournament when they lost 0-1 to Fengshan in the losers’ pool. Hosts Tampines Constituency Sports Club continued their winning run by beating Changkat 3-1 in the winners’ pool. Kampung Chai Chee beat Changi 4-1 in another
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    • 351 19  -  By IRENE TOH DESMOND KOH, top state swimmer in the under-14 age group, nurtures one dream: to be a record-breaking swimming champion. Three weeks ago, Desmond, 13, performed with flying colours, winning 12 out of 13 events at the Singapore Amateur Swimming
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    • 108 19 THE East Coast Recreation Centre will be giving free coaching lessons on racquetball to promote the sport. The game is similar to squash with a few exceptions. The racquet resem- bles a tennis racquet but has a shorter handle. The court is also bigger Racquetball may be
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 25 18 Rest of our games SINGAPORE’S remaining pre-Olympics qualifying round fixtures: April 12 vs Japan (away) Ajtril 26 vs Indonesia (away) May 14 vs Japan (home)
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 105 19 Choose ad size that works for you! You have a (a) 9 cm x 1 col $61.20 choice of placing (b) 9 cm x 2 col $122.40 ads in (c) 9 cm x 3 col $183.60 standard Half b 45 C m x 2 $61.20 modular units Half 4.5 C
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    • 39 19 USA RESERVOIR RUN D N 13 0 H Kilometres 5.30 PM SATURDAY, 11 APRIL’B7 RUNNERS ARE TO BE READY BY 5 PM FOR ENQUIRIES, CALL *****18 BT»m lIMSHPOMt rz Managed by Sports Management Pie Ltd Sponsored By BROOKS USA
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  • SPORTSCENE 1
    • 470 20  -  ...but an uphill task faces us in Tokyo captures the magic moments of Singapore’s triumph over Indonesia last Saturday By S GULAM SINGAPORE, with lingering memories of a massacre two years ago, face an uphill task when they take on Japan in their second pre-Olym-pics qualifying round
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    • 271 20  -  ...but he says: I was off-form S GULAM. HE has had better nights. If not for the last-minute opportunist goal, it would have been a really bad outing for him. Though the national team had just beaten Indonesia 2-0, and he had scored what could prove to
      — Pictures by CHEW YEN FOOK  -  271 words
    • 336 19 INTER-CON NETBALL MARINE Parade were relegated to the losers’ pool after they were thrashed 10-24 by defending champions Serangoon Gardens in the inter-constituency netball competition at the Toa Payoh Indoor Sports Hall last weekend. Though they put up a gallant show, their more experienced opponents
      — Picture by CHEW YEN FOOK.  -  336 words
    • 196 19 VOLLEYBALL LAST year’s champions Tampines opened their campaign witn an easy 150, 15-4 win over Eunos in the inter-constituency volleyball tournament at Toa Payoh Sports Hall last Sunday. Tampines, who are favoured to retain their title, took less than half an hour to beat
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    • 27 19 THE venue for Bedok CSC’s Intra-Constituency badminton tournament has been switched from Bedok Community Centre to Temasek Junior College. The first ties were played yesterday.
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    • 63 19 DEFENDING champions Kaki Bukit were knocked out of Intra-Zone Six soccer tournament when they lost 0-1 to Fengshan in the losers’ pool. Hosts Tampines Constituency Sports Club continued their winning run by beating Changkat 3-1 in the winners’ pool. Kampung Chai Chee beat Changi 4-1 in another
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    • 351 19  -  By IRENE TOH DESMOND KOH, top state swimmer in the under-14 age group, nurtures one dream: to be a record-breaking swimming champion. Three weeks ago, Desmond, 13, performed with flying colours, winning 12 out of 13 events at the Singapore Amateur Swimming
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    • 109 19 THE East Coast Recreation Centre will be giving free coaching lessons on racquetball to promote the sport. The game is similar to squash with a few exceptions. The racquet resem- bles a tennis racquet but has a shorter handle. The court is also bigger. Racquetball may be
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 25 20 Rest of our games SINGAPORE’S remaining pre-Olympics qualifying round fixtures: April 12 vs Japan (away) Abril 26 vs Indonesia (away) May 14 vs Japan (home)
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 103 19 Choose ad size that works for you! You have a (a) 9 cm x 1 col $61.20 choice of placing (b) 9 cm x 2 col $122.40 ads in (c) 9 cm x 3 col $183.60 standard Half (b 45 C m x 2 $61.20 modular units Half C j
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    • 45 19 USA ■ML* RESERVOIR RUN D N 13 O H Kilometres 5.30 PM SATURDAY, 11 APRIL’B7 RUNNERS ARE TO BE READY BY 5 PM FOR ENQUIRIES, CALL *****18 sum fiwsHfONi •as ft ill Q n r Managed by Sports Management Pie Ltd Sponsored By BROOKS USA
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  • 237 20  -  By VICTOR SOH A BABY-SITTER in Johor Baru is in a fix as office boy Tay Chuan Hock and his girlfriend Leong Bey Jee, whose help police are seeking to solve the $1.2 million bank computer fraud case, have left tneir five-year-old daughter
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  • 41 20 TANAH Merah Constituency Sports Club has won the Singapore Sports Council's “Most Active Constituency Sports Club” award for their promotion, organisation and participation in 1986. The award was introduced last year to promote interest in sports among constituencies.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 431 20 WEEKEi i Distributed FREE to 65,000 +1 homes Telephone No: Editorial: *****00/*****00 Marketing/Accounts/Circulation: *****33 FANDI FROLIC HE TAKES PART IN TV SKIT WITH TEAM-MATE MALEK WHAT better way to relax and calm any pre-Big Match nerves one may have than to take part in a TV skit with veteran comedian
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