Weekend East, 1 April 1988

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    17 1 WEEKEND east Your FREE weekly newspaper Friday, April 1, 1988 M.C.(P) No. 64/5/87 Vol. 3 No. 12
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon End of Wonderland
    301 1  -  Visitors unaware of closure still coming back for more thrills By EDWARD LIM THIS is what is left of Wonderland, Singapore’s only outdoor amusement park. Work has already started to turn the site into a car park, which will serve an indoor stadium to be built across
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  • Article
    The datuk says ‘no’ to release of Fandi, Malek
    560 1  -  By S GULAM FANDI AHMAD and Malek Awab have failed to obtain their release from the Kuala Lumpur FA and thus are unable to accept the offer from the FAS to return to Singapore. The FAS last week made offers to
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      146 1 April TV bonanza: Pages 8,9 I I I r Nikon W Nikon NikonW koi' The world’* unbeatable autofocu* defection speed of 0.17 second achieved with AF Nikon 35-70mro TCISA Converter at l-2.8m The world’s only all new Nikon design AM2OO autofocus system with 200 CCDs (Changed Coupled Device) elements the
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      42 1 Yena Trading Company Tel: *****28 INSIDE The convent girl who became a Buddhist nun PAGE 3 Sutari loves the wild life PAGE 2 FUNNYLINES and LIVE LETTERS PAGE 4 The ‘working’ housewives PAGE 12 Our What's-her-line girl is on the Back Page
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  • Article, Illustration
    Harry keeps his ‘bloody’ date for the 50th time
    246 2  -  By EDWARD LIM ACCOUNTS executive Harry Ng Kok Hai is the Blood Bank's best friend. Last week, Harry, 33, gave blood for the 50th time, and will be presented with a gold medallion from the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. Mr Ng,
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    Sutari ventures off the beaten track
    661 2  -  By BRIDGET TAN WHENEVER he takes his annual leave, Siglap Venturer Sutari Supari packs his camping gear to go off the beaten track. He says: “I’m in love with the outdoors! I always head for the jungle, partly for adventure, to tread where few
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      77 2 i THINKING OF LENSES? CALL PAVILION FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES! y W > H r •> 'sar We specialise in: Soft Contact Lenses (extended wear) Hard Contact Lenses Cosmetic Lenses Toric Lenses (Astigmatism) Tinted Soft Lenses, etc Gas-permeable Lenses Tokyo Contact Lens Research Institute Certificate Contact Lens Practitioner Member: National Eye
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      128 2 TASTY DELICIOUS ROAST DUCK TRADITIONAL ZHU JIANG RECIPE IS OUR SPECIALITY! /a 4 ■S# ft Our mouth watering Zhu Jiang Roust Duck and Chilli Sparc Ribs will satisfy your taste buds. Come for u hearty meal with us. Open six days a week, including Sundays and Public Holidays Main Shop:
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • Article, Illustration
    Former Convent girl who became a Buddhist nun
    471 3  -  By MING RODRIGUES BUDDHIST nun Venerable Sek Bao Shi was once a Katong Convent girl very much involved in the activities of the Roman Catholic faith and had originally wanted to be a Catholic nun. In school, religious knowledge was a favourite
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  • Article
    Lock icon Ways to reduce eyestrain when you read
    223 3  -  By PATTI BOECKMAN National Enquirer. READING in bad light can cause eyestrain, and if you tend to be nearsighted, it can make your problem develop even more quickly, says an expert. But you can help reduce eyestrain and possibly slow developing nearsightedness by
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      186 3 Pharmaton Capsules An effective aid to good health One Pharmaton’capsule a day will help to maintain your well-being, relieve tiredness and improve physical fitness. Available at all leading pharmacies, drugstores and the local distributor: an ptOOOCt o 4r ENQUIRIES ARI WELCOME ES 2$ ft f L A Pg s) INDRUCCO
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      154 3 An Endless Life For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Speaker: Dr G.D. James Time: 7.30 pm -9.00 pm Date: 1- 3 April Venue: Bethesda (Frankel Estate) Church 4La Salle
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    Community diary
    192 4 Bedok m *****17 A THREE-month rollerskating course will begin early this month. Fee: $10. Fengshan 9 *****36 Learn to speak English in a three-month course starting April 7 from 7 to 9 pm Fee: $40 for members; $45 for non-members Joo Chiat 9 *****57 Learn to make nonya
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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
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      ‘Borrowing’ a bus ride
      139 4 I BOARDED the bus and opened my wallet to show the driver my bus pass which is placed in a transparent compartment. All I have to do is to flip open the wallet without having to take the pass out. I was about to walk to
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    • Article
      Answering a duck call
      63 4 I WAS helping my friend babysit his precocious six-year-old sister Karen when the phone rang Karen answered it and told us later that the caller had said: "Kwek, please Karen promptly replied: "I am not a duck, and so I cannot quack' ,f and hung up
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      Dad ’s milk formula
      85 4 MY three-month-old nephew refused to drink his milk He was hungry but refused it no matter how much we tried to coax him to drink it. Later that day. the mystery unravelled itself The baby’s father was preparing the milk and the grandmother was watching nearby
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  • Live letters to the editor
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      I’m a Filipino maid who can read and count
      140 4 I AM a Filipino maid who has been working in Singapore for 18 months All this time, I’ve been doing the marketing every week and I've been going to different markets in the hope of finding an honest stallholder They cheat
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    • Article
      Rubbish chute doors not locked
      92 4 THE recent newspaper report (Straits Times, March* 12 issue) of a break-in in an Ang Mo Kio flat through the bish chute has prompted me to write this letter. I am a resident of Übi Avenue 1 and I have noticed that the rubbish chute
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      Signboard to include Blocks 6,7
      66 4 I REFER to the letter "Riddle of the missing Blks 6,7” (WEEKENDeast, March 11, 1988) by Ms Peggy Teo. We wish to thank the writer for bringing this matter to our attention. We have arranged for the signboard along Bedok South Avenue 2 indicating “Apt
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  • JUNIOR FUNNIES
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      Look gals, no hands!
      71 4 RECENTLY, my friend and I went to the East Coast Park to cycle. When we were cycling past a group of girls, my friend tried to show off he let go of the handlebars. Instead of impressing the girls, he lost control of the hike and
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    QUOTES
    157 4 THEY (social H workers) should not be seen as dogooders to be given charity wages. Mr Ngiam Tee Liang, president of the Singapore Association of Social Workers. WE have an obli- gation and we have to live up to it. But the question was that of dollars and cents.
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      135 4 IS NOT METAL flks for quality products, imitation is inevitable. Brass beds at DAT-CO, however, are difficult to match (let alone imitate with metal structures). So, when quality really matters to you, insist on DAT-CO. Here. “BRASS IS BRASS.” > 1 Some features characterizing our quality: pure brass Tarnish resistant
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      218 4 MOST of us must have had a funny experience at some time or other. WEEKENDeast 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 so. If
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      884 5 NEWSMAN TRAVEL 80 Marine Parade Road #BI-34 Parkway Parade Tel: *****90 *****22 Head Office 100 Orchard Road #O2-38/39 Meridien Shopping Centre Tel: *****22 *****33 Branches :81 Anson Road B1 -06 Dai-lchi Hotel Tel: *****00 10 Eu Tong Sen Street #Ol-10 Furama Hotel Tel: *****61 #Ol 15 Glass Hotel Shopping Centre
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    Experience heaven on earth with Carding’s Angels
    248 6  -  By MING RODRIGUES CHARLIE’S ANGELS sizzled the goggle-boxes in the Seventies; now, in the Eighties, it’s Carding’s Angeb who are all set to heat up. not the TV screen, but The Lounge at Hilton Hotel. Formed a year ago and fresh from the
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    Songbird Karen’s solo‘flight’
    188 6  -  Our what’s-her-line girl: did you guess right? Picture and text by CHEW YEN FOOK SONGBIRD Karen Xavier stumbled upon a singing career by chance. She was still in school when a musician friend persuaded her to join them at their singing rehearsals, which got her interested in
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      202 6 A Rolls Rovcc Wcddiijq \'To a 4C RR COURSE CHINESE PR DINNER AT $238 INCLUSIVEOF SOFT DRINKS. FOR f\Ql IRIFS. CALI *****11/ *****73 ‘Duke c Hotel (Formerly Ambauaaor Hotel) 42/46 Meyer Road Singapore 1543 m ROCKY’S PIZZA PASTA <•) Rocky's West 61 Sunset Way, Clcmcnti Park Shopping Centre Singapore 2159
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      173 7 VI Make your|Sss stretchy in our 7-Day Special!!! *750 —*1,350 1 Most popular Bedroom Suite 88 J M Kiddy's World Children Bedroom Set -c Jk Monday Tuesday *550 rei r- $590 *750 f *990 j ft j n *990 *490 *990 111 *220 *750 4 *i' < *550 Wednesday Thursday
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    TV BONANZA
    885 8/9 Celebrate SBC’s 25 years of television with BRIDGET TAN (linin' v 1 "SOMETHING old. something new" that’s SBC’s package of specials in April to mark 25 years of television. Take a nostalgia trip with Gomer Pyle. Gilligan, Maxwell Smart. Phil Silvers, Colonel Klink, Simon Templar.The Cartwrights, The Barkleys,
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    What’s in store for the kids
    170 8/9 GUESS who’s in Alice in Wonderland (April 7)? The lavish production of Lewis Carroll’s bestloved tale has a cast of superstars. Anthony Newley is the Mad Hatter; Roddy McDowall, the March Hare; Telly Savalas, the Cheshire Cat; Robert Morley, the King of Hearts; Ann
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      308 8/9 o ft V HAVING TROUBLE HANDUNG YOUR HOUSEHOLD? Part-Time Maid Service for Apartments/Flats FROM JUST $120.00 PER MONTH (ONCE A WEEK) $190.00 PER MONTH (TWICE A WEEK) Based on 3-member family with 3-bedroom apartment. CALL OUR HOTLINE: *****11 (8.30 am-5 PM) *****29 (after 5 PM). cm m The 5 IN
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      296 8/9 Dress up your Hari Adil Fitri Side! We have of •A le this XgAVdJI cushion covers, tablecloths 1 > curtains. RAIDRIS CREATIVE DESIGN DECOR .77, c i <■/, >//,</ i( f o,'7.s7n>J!) V/1 #Ol 24/25 Paramount Shopping Centre /A Tel: *****01 ‘A Hand Made Gift U Cheaper And Dearer To
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      107 10 mm- 1 W»-j i*tr, >« > Jw m M. n /t s *Oy v 2*/C *4 /r ig < r /f f^Sy s •t **sr sx> yoty O/Uly s 39 3/7 /u >O/-/c e UKI FAMILY ICE SHAVER Demonstration at: ScWSIII #BI -37/38 Parkway Parade Tel: *****88 TANGS SUPERSTORE (From
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  • DOWNTOWN with MING RODRIGUES
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      Shoe prices that let you walk away comfortably
      335 11 SHOES hardly ever come cheap, quality shoes that is, lest you're the type who doesn't mind stocking up on pairs that come at low cost but have just as low durability power. Years 01 buying every cheap shoe in sight has not
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      209 11 Enjoy The Best For Less At MILANOS rrr \i V A 'X A Our new Milano Pizza restaurant is now at Parkway Parade. East Coast customers can now enjoy a full meal at Milano’s. Start off with our famous home-made soup, or crispy salad from our salad bar... And follow
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  • MOTHER & CHILD
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      The moonlighters
      562 12  -  By MING RODRIGUES MORE and more housewives are venturing into part-time careers from selling beauty products, Tshirts, and Tupperwares, to stuffing envelopes and giving tuition adeptly juggling not just one but sometimes three jobs at a time while looking after the home and family. These are the women
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      GIFTS FOR BABY
      160 12 EVERY time a relative or friend has a newborn, it’s difficult to think of anything beyond the usual, mundane baby gift set to present to the infant. But now, you can present baby a delightful gift with a difference. Baby Love, at Middle Road, has come up
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      133 12 m P: CHILD CARE CENTRE »•*>* Sc»oo» Bond pnm»n Ro»d Redo* I u TO •EDO* NEW TOWN WE ARE HERE Long Beac h Seafood Centre s<W| TO TAMPINES AND SIMEI IN °*a Simei Av# Come and enrol your child NOW at Big- Apple Child Care Development Centre where a rich
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      975 13 Classified Ad Bank 1-h Religious Notices YOU ARE INVITED THIS EASTER TO esm ST April 1988 ND April 1988 Good Friday Service 10.30 am -12.30 pm Evangelistic Outreach Time 7.30 pm -9.30 pm Time ISTair Specials: Bethel Youth Choir and Chinese Choir Service will be interpreted into Mandarin, Teochew, Cantonese
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      88 14 WALK IN COMFORT WALK TO MERCIER.. &S itjfm 7? ■ff* New range every week! Up to 30% discount on selected designs Manufacturers/Retailers of high fashion quality ladies'/gents' shoes handbags Authorised dealer for MERCIER I SHOES If ANDBADS PTE LTI) #Ol-48/49 Parkway Parade Singapore 1544 Tel: *****25 176 Orchard Road #O2-24A
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      433 14 Using brains not guns to fight crime THURSDAY Ohara: The Intruders, Ch 5, 9.30 pm PAT MORITA returns on screen as the offbeat detective who prefers ingenuity and brain power to crack a difficult case than resort to guns. Pre-Holiday Movie: Still Crazy like a Fox, Ch 5, 10.30 pm
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      164 14 TV By BRIDGET TAN SUNDAY Sunday Morning, Singa pore, Ch 5, 9 am SBC’s Sunday breakfast show, patterned after those in the United States and Hongkong, makes its debut, ifosting the show are Tisa Ng and Paul Kuah. Presenters Karen Lim and Kala Krishnan begin with a brief commentary before
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      67 14 STAR SPOTLIGHT CATHERINE OXENBERG plays a duke's wife in the comedy-mystery ‘‘Still Crazy like a Fox'' (Ch 5, Thursday, 10.30 pm). BILLY JOEL brings his show and family (supermodel Christie Brinkley and daughter) to Moscow in Pop Club (Ch 5, Saturday, 8 pm). GREG EVIGAN discovers that he is made
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  • SPORTSCENE ...with S GULAM
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      Did the umpire really have to be so strict?
      536 15 INTER-CON BADMINTON AFTER saving his team from the brink of defeat, and leading them to the final after a five-year absence, former international and Tampines skipper Lee Ah Ngo commented that the standard of refereeing in the inter-constituency badminton tournament was
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      Geylang step up training in bid for double
      433 15 POOLS CUP FINAL AFTER last week’s debacle against Tiong Bahru in the President’s Cup, which spoilt Geylang International’s hopes of a unique treble, team manager Patrick Ang has spared no effort in preparing his team both mentally and physically for tomorrow night’s
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      Tampines shock seeded Thomson
      244 15 INTER-CON NETBALL UNSEEDED Tampines RE" d off a big upset when relegated fourthed Thomson to the losers' pool with a 29-23 win in the second round of the inter-constituency netball tournament last weekend. It was a creditable win for the East Coast side, as they had
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      Bedok win Snr Citizens gateball championship
      71 15 BEDOK finished tops in last week’s Senior Citizens’ gateball championship to win the S Rajaratnam Cup at the People’s Association gateball courts. Tanah Merah came in second with Serangoon Gardens gaining third place. Geylang Serai finished fourth The tournament, which was organised with the
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      Swimming lessons
      27 15 CHANGKAT Constituency Sports Club is organising swimming courses for their residents Those interested should contact George Lee, of LeeWay Sub-Aquatic at City Plaza (tel *****08).
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    Lock icon Beans feat
    35 16 London Sunday Express. VENTURE Seout Alan Shaw, 20, of Colchester, England, is claiming a world record for eating 3,924 baked beans the equivalent of four cans with a cocktail stick, in four hours.
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    Lock icon Keeping a lid on vitamin C
    101 16 National Enquirer. ORANGE juice loses about 2 per cent of its vitamin C per day when refrigerated at 2 to 5 Celsius, reports the Nutrition Action Healthletter. A study which examined 17 brands of reconstituted orange juice found that after 20 days, a glass
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      258 16 WEEKEi i Distributed FREE to 65,000 homes Telephone Nos: Marketing: *****33 (8 lines) Editorial: *****00/*****00 Accounts/Circulation: *****82/*****52 m KM# WHA T’S HER LINE? FOR Karen, hitting the right key is veryimportant. She was first introduced to her job when she was in school. What does she do? Is she: 1.
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      56 16 Bl I 6 W APS /^s/cEI LEVEL 3-45/46 VCEKTREPOMT IbIINCH BREAK, Shopping break. You deserve a break at BULLS A BEARS on level 3 Centrepoint, across the street from Somerset URT station CONTINENTAL CUISINE... 4-course set lunch sB+ HAPPIEST HOURS IN ORCHARD ROAD... all drinks at special prices, 11.30 am
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