Weekend East, 17 March 1989

Microfilm: NL19543
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 WEEKEND east Your FREE weekly newspaper Friday, March 17, 1989 MCI (P) No. 89/5/88 Vol. 4 No. 10
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  • Article
    Condominiums act on dog nuisance
    707 1  -  By BRIDGET TAN A PRIVATE condominium in the East Coast has decided to implement HDB-like rules for its residents who own dogs: Only toy dogs are allowed^ But the management committee of Bayshore Park has decided not to impose the Housing and Development Board’s "one
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      166 1 Midair nightmare in pics: P 8,9 HAIRDRESSING 300 ORCHARD ROAD »03 09 THE PROMENADE SINGAPORE 0923 7 *****8 ***** 13 m Picture by CHEW YEN FOOK HER LINE? Find out on Page 4 what she does JASWANT KAUR’S job has got to do with money though she never gets to
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      46 1 INSIDE A bend that drives drivers round the bend PAGE 2 The ‘baby’ of the disc jockeys PAGE 3 FUNNYLINES and LIVE LETTERS PAGE 6 From tiffin meals to catering for parties PAGE 10 Feather-light souffles PAGE 11 Snake ‘milking’ a hit with kids PAGE 16
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    BEDOK BRANCH LIBRARY
    251 2 HDB Social Responsibility Exhibition Place: Foyer. Dates and times: March 27 30 from 10 am td 9 pm. Admission Free. “Tales ‘n’ Things” for pre-schoolers. Place: Storytelling Room Dates and times: Tuesdays at 7.30 pm and Wednesdays at 2.30 pm (English) and 3.30 pm (Malay). Admission: Free.
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    The bend that’s driving drivers round the bend
    214 2 DRIVERS using Lengkong Empat, Kampung Kembangan, just before Lengkong Tujoh, had better be careful if there is another car coming in the opposite direction. The lane that leads up the slope is so narrow that a few vehicles have ended up in
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      470 2 (TK EDITORIAL *****00/*****00 ADVERTISEMENTS *****52 St HAIRSTYLING team Official Hairstylist: Miss Singapore/Universe 1989 Pageant Make-up Artiste Discovery Award 1989 tion By ANDY, MARY, KENNY, BENEDICT Y1 /lfTl 80 Marine Parade Road, #O2-50 Parkway Parade, 5(1544). Call: *****21 *****45 for appointment Come with this coupon to en/oy this promotion otter Vtlid
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    Georgina’s sound of music
    568 3  -  She’s the baby of ‘The Perfect 10’ By TINA A KHAN ‘‘l LOOK young 9 the girl asked. She thought for a while and said: "Maybe it’s because I don’t have any make-up on." Speaking rapidly, eyes bright and alert, Georgina Chang, of Marine Crescent, has
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    Jaswant’s never bogged down by routine work
    110 4 Our What’s-her-line girl: Did you guess right? KASWANT KAUR, 19. works at the Development Bank of Singapore as an operations assistant in tne Credit and Loan section, dealing with housing loans She is contented with her role and wants to "do her level
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    COMMUNITY DIARY
    167 4 Joo Chiat tST *****57 Learn to speak Thai in a three-month course starting on March 26 from 6 to 8 pm Fee $4O for members; $42 for non-members Kaki Bukit W *****23 Go for a tea dance at Paramount Hotel this Sunday from 3 to 7 pm Those
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      207 4 Bird droppings can destroy the paint work of your car. Raindrops from tree leaves can cause tiny ‘spider-web’ scratches on the paint work. m s? A a N>1^ SUI ym Yi Too much sun can make your car look dull. 4 r '..--AT: You may be able to CLEAN POLISH,
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      131 4 We specialise in logo designing, colour separation and all kinds of printing. f* n> if I ej 'iiats lai*. |il Hill's in s n A 13 it 'f iiaa t ltanhh& Jasigi'i aaina 35 Kallang Pudding Rd Blk A #O7-08 Tong Lee Bldg S pore 1334 TEL 747-4519 747-0630 FAX
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    Quotes Quotes
    136 6 EVERY person at the top is pretty lonely. No, the solitary part is that you realise you have very few friends. I keep telling the children to be careful when they choose their friends, that finally you will have as many friends as you have fingers on your
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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
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      A cure for poison...
      151 6 Read the label on a medicine bottle? WE had to hold quite a few rehearsals before the actual performance of the annual school play. In one scene, someone dies mysteriously after drinking some medicine.’ A fellow actor, playing a doctor, was supposed to check the bottle
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      Poor consolation for an injured friend
      190 6 RECENTLY, my uncle and I went to hospital to visit his friend who was badly injured in an accident. When we arrived at the ward, there were about 30 friends and relatives waiting to see him. On seeing so many visitors. a nurse told
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  • GROWING PAINS
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      Second in name only
      131 6 THE school holidays were starting soon but my son still nad not got his report card I asked him i! his teacher had told him his results My son, who was in Primary One, said: "No, but I know I’m second boy." I felt very glad
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      Dad’s baby
      56 6 MY little cousin is used to visiting relatives who are in hospital to deliver their babies. When my dad was admitted recently, she was one of his first visitors. After looking around the room, she approached my dad and asked. “Uncle, where is the baby you gave birth
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  • LIVE LETTERS
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      Taken for a ride after renting bike
      186 6 MY friends and I went to East Coast Park to cycle. We walked to the nearest bicycle station and one of my friends, obviously a first timer, chose a bike with a broken brake line. He made do with it as most of
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      The lizard’s not so common after all
      98 6 I USED to regard the common house lizard or chikchak as an unwelcomed trespasser in the house. It is ugly and has the dirty habit of leaving droppings everywhere. One day, a relative came to visit with his seven-year-old son, who was bom
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      154 6 SINGAPORE’S FIRST EDUCATION TOY CENTRE FOR YOUR CHILD Q Early Child The Quality li il of the Early Years... Creativity so much depends onjt. 218 Orchard Road #O3-08/09/10 Orchard Emerald Centre Singapore 0923 Tel: *****79 purchase even fot lot* rftEE child $4O session pier IMPRESS ART GALLERY #O3-24 Parkway Parade
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      135 6 \r m MOST of us mutt have had a funny experience at tome time or other. WEEKENDaaat welcomes contributions from readers who have had aimilar 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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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      125 7 RANK XEROX a L rrn mi ini 1 i III! till mi Order a new Xerox 7007 Fax today and p need never worry about it letting p down. Thanks to our unique 1 year replacement guarantee Because should you have any problem, well give you another one absolutely tree
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    Lock icon Midair nightmare
    633 8/9  -  By CHRIS FULLER, LEN KATZ, STEVE HERZ, JIM NELSON and DAVID WRIGHT Na- tional Enquirer IN the blink of an eye, eight souls perished as their seats were sucked through a gaping hole in a United Airlines 747. But the horror had just begun. Left behind in a
    — Na-; tional Enquirer  -  633 words
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      1161 8/9 STH ANNIVERSARY “SPECIAL OFFER” Wavelength E e Mon-Sat. 10am-7.30pm Closed on Sunday Open on Public Holidays FREE Ample Parking Space From 9 March to 9 April ’B9 CUT $lB now $13.80 PERM $55 now $38.00 CUT STEAM $43 now $28.00 NATURAL STYLING PERM at $65.00 above with FREE Steaming at
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      190 8/9 ROBERT PIANO CO. PTE LTD 295 Tanjong Katong Road Tel: *****77 *****46 SAMICK PIANO 2ND KEYBOARD FAIR SAMICK MODEL SU 105 (H 105 cm) USUAL $2,945 Special Offer from $2,650 SAMICK The only Korean piano using the Imperial German Scale designed by Mr Klaus Fenner. SAMICK has been awarded both
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    Tea and kuih for tea
    521 10 EATS WITH MING RODRIGUES FOR an exotic tea, savour traditional, hard-to-find Indonesian kuih and linger over interesting cups of European tea at Parkway Parade’s Oleh Oleh Teahouse. Take your pick from about a dozen colourful assortments of rich, coconut and gula melaka- based kuih, including
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    From tiffin meals to catering for parties
    121 10 FRIENDS Paulette Wong and Ng Lai Chan, both in their thirties, run a bustling seven-year-old business. Miriambelle Catering offers not iust Nonya sweets but budget tiffin meals lor the too-busy-to-cook working person and buffet spreads for tea, cocktail, lunch and dinner parties. It
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    20 varieties
    154 10 Today, at their four-vear-old outlet in Tanjong Katong, Miriambelle offers 20 varieties of Nonya kuih priced from 30 to 70 cents each. They include kuih lapis, sago, kuih salat, ondeh onden, kuih dadar and its popular kuih koci. You can also opt for a bowl of home-made tau
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      370 10 a ,-7ea SFcuMHiritm Enjoy traditional authentic home made kueh kueh like Kueh Lapis. Abok Sagu, Bingka Übi and Pulot Hitam, etc Try our special imported European blend tea like Apricot, Strawberry, Earl Grey and our own speciality OLEH-OLEH BLEND tea plus freshly brewed coffee ©left ©leh teahouse B1 -115 Parkway
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    Souffles as light as feathers
    469 11 EATS WITH BRIDGET TAN YOU must not miss the feathery light souffles which executive chef Beat Burgi has included in a menu featuring specialities of the season at Latour in Shangri-La. A difficult decision with five choices including chocolate souffle with pear compote, passionfruit souffle
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    Lock icon Fascinating facts about fingernails
    153 11  -  By MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN National Enquirer FINGERNAILS grow faster if you bite them and a man's nails grow more quickly than a woman’s. Here are more fascinating facts about nails from Dr Richard K Scher, a professor of clinical dermatology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centre in New
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      287 11 TOOPILE §EI\I§ATOOI\I E.W. Express Restaurant Disco rU/CVDDrcC 6 Raffles Boulevard #O3-119/121 Marina Square Singapore 0103 Tel: .*****18 ■tirnjlßfllfflKMlßMSrttH Operation Hours: Weekdays Spm-Jam lriS.it tv Ivt ol ftihli < Holidays s pm- lam cJcA'/ Spend $3O here and get a chance to win IST PRIZE A return airticket to LONDON Courtesy
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  • WHAT’S ON AT PARKWAY PARADE
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      Easy way to make your own music
      141 12 FOR those who want to have fun making music without having to go through the time-con-suming process of learning a musical instrument the traditional way, they can now do so with the Personal Music Creator (PMC 100 Composer) from Philips Launched last weekend
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      Travelling Science Centre
      174 12 YOU have heard of travelling circuses, now see the travelling ex- hibits of the Science Centre, Called \he “Starball on Tour Exhibition", it is aimed at bringing science closer to the public. The highlight of the exhibition at the basement of Parkway Parade is the model of
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    Win 10 pc off your meal at restaurant
    269 12 A REGULAR customer of Long Beach Seafood Restaurant, Mr Peter Tam Kui Pui, drove home with the top prize of a Ford Laser car worth $39,000 PARF Said the 33-year-old senior manager: "I probably had more than 10 lucky draw coupons in
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    Unclog your drainage problems
    118 12 UNCLOG your drainage problems with a revolutionary new plumbing device that tits easily into any bathroom or kitchen gully as well as pedestal or squat-type toilet bowls Bailey's Blue Rods from England is lighter but stronger, convenient, and more comfortable to handle than the usual pump.
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      259 12 M Si M tS FIVE STAR HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE RESTAURANT 224 East Coast Road Singapore 1542 Tel: *****01 Opening Hours: spm lam JQI I l s, EAST COAST HOAD PAD GREAT TASTE IS OUR BUSINESS 4 *1 A > 4 CHICKEN BEAN SPROUTS CHICKEN CLAW CUTTLEFISH We offer tasty food
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      115 12 SPECIALLY PRICED! w Vertical Blindss3.so p.s.f onwards Venetian Blinds--50% discount Gg&g INTERIOR DESIGN 112 East Coast Road Katong People s Complex #O2-50 Singapore 1542 Tel *****50 *****50 Taste the original kueh lapis (Layer Cakes) from Indonesia Hi* wC *A* l n aith HA Trade Consumers Enquiries: Tel: Sole Importer: Vitasoy
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      568 13 Ninja and police take on the Japanese mafia WEEKENDeast FRIDAY Friday at the Movies: Revenge of the Ninja, Ch 5, 10.30 pm AN action-packed film in which a skilled exponent (Sho Kosugi) in ninjitsu has to use his skills to help the police solve a series of drug-related murders and
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      630 14 Classified Ad Bank Classifications Deadlines T uesday 4 00pm (or run on classified ads 6 working days classified display ads Phone Service 9 00am to 5 00pm Mondays to Fridays 9 00am to 100 pm on Saturdays Closed Sundays and Public Holidays Prepayment Some classifications of ads are payable in
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      287 14 13 Education/ Instruction Don’t miss it again NEW CLASSES Courses at affordable fees: Mathematics (Pr 3 Pr 6) $2O Maternities (Syll D) (Sec 1- See 4) $25 Additional MatemaUcs (Sec 3 Sec 4) $25 ‘AO’ Mathematics (Advanced Leveb) $25 Mathematics (Syll C) (Advanced Levels) $25 For enquiries, call: *****50 Please
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      311 14 13-a Education: Computers HAVE AGO AT COMPUTERS! ENROL NOW (Normal or Intensive) T 1 W* f f I The future is theirs. Let Lingo Computer School help you to ensure them the capabilities needed to succeed. STUDENT COURSES Primary 1- Primary 3 (Junior 1) Primary 4 Primary 6 (Junior 2)
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  • SPORTSCENE ...with S GULAM
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      Lock icon Will Geylang do the trick again?
      455 15 PREMIER LEAGUE FAVOURITES Geylang International’s hopes of retaining their Premier League title rests in their own hands. Two of their three remaining opponents, whom they will play in the next fortnight, are their main rivals for the $30,000 championship prize-money. If they can win
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      End of road back to Premier League for Tampines Rovers
      163 15 TAMPINES ROVERS’ fivematch unbeaten run came to an end when Gibraltar Crescent humbled them 4-1 in a National Football League Division One match over the weekend. Tampines had had a fine run in recent matches after their early season struggle.
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      4-1 win puts Marine Parade in group final
      228 15 INTERCON BADMINTON THIRD-seeded Marine Parade qualified for the group final in the interconstituency badminton tournament with a 4-1 win over Ang Mo Kio. However, the scoreline did not reflect the East Coasters’ struggle for the win in the Group Four match. Unseeded
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      Tanah Merah score year’s biggest win
      255 15 INTERCON NETBALL DEFENDING champions TANAH MERAH chalked up the biggest netball win of the year when they thrashed TAN JONG PAGAR 60-1 in the inter-constituency tournament over the weekend The victory gave Tanah Merah a berth in the Group One winners' pool final, where
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      SOCCER SNIPPETS
      79 15 KAKI BUKIT Constituency Sports Club will hold a seven-a-side soccer tournament on March 26 at the Bedok Stadium Entrance fee for the one-day affair i# $35 For details and applications forms, participants are requested to contact Kaki Bukit Sports Liaison Officer Chain Singh at pager: *****79. EUNOS CSC
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      337 15 CLASSIFIED AD BANK 19-f Driving Tuition 21 Party Wedding Services 21 Party Wedding Services SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTIONS WITH new car, power steering Hourly/complete course Send/fetch arrangeable *****62 *****38 Sell It Through WEEKENDeast Classifieds *****52 21 Party Wedding Services WEDDING VIDEO RECORDING or other occasions For creative, clear and reasonable price, contact:
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      43 15 MASSAGE with FREE use of Sauna Steam Bath SPECIAL ?< PACKAGE $45 Massage, Sauna, Steam-Bath plus Hair-Cut Shampoo rt I IF 'V <?> ALL ARE WELCOME OPENING HOURS: Dm lo midnight mcyday. THE HEAITH CENTRE 2nd Floor Century Park Sheraton Singapore Nassim Hill Singapore 1025
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    Snakes alive! The kids just love it!
    153 16 SOME thought it was amusing, others were captivated, but all 200 schoolchildren watched mesmerised as the hissing, writhing reptile bared its fangs and venom dripped into a glass container. The children were at the Singapore Zoological Gardens last Monday watching snake keeper Ben
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      214 16 igSBBSSEEIsSBSIsIsSIIISSSI is is is IS IS IS 0 ZBahjpit m a a a a a a apd Jcodjew Buffet lst-23rd March 'B9 Great Value! Two tempting buffets in one. Hokkien specialities of prawn rolls, hokkien mee, pork rib soup and Teochew favourites like braised goose meatsambal kangkong, k stewed chicken
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