Weekend East, 4 December 1998

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  • 15 1 WEEKEND east MITA (P) 080/10/98 Vol. 13 No. 47 E-mail: focusDub@cvberwav.com.sa Friday, December 4, 1998
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 220 1 YOUR WEEKLY NEWSPAPER EVERY hRIDAY PRIKRRID RY COHORT PIAWISTS 1871 IMPORTED 16 YUfti A'AMAHT? EATES IGINAI EUROPEAN ABLE Solt Agents Slngapr* t Malaysia GRAMERCY MUSIC (S) PTE LTD 293 Tanjong Kotong Road Singapore *****6 Tel: 345 3815 1 V ipjpt-l. r gobdies to pull in crowd s&p/k V r Xt*
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  • Christmas shopping in the East
    • 362 2  -  Andrea turns shrink to help mum By CELINE TEO AS A shrink in 'Tiger’s Whip she did not have the chance to practise any psychotherapy. But off-screen, sexy Andrea D' Cruz (right) is a real couch therapist who graduated last
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    • 240 3  -  By ANGELICA TAN and ANDRE YEO GONE are the days when Orchard Road was the place to go to shop for Christmas. With most new towns designed to be self-suffi-cient, Christmas shopping can now be done at your neighbourhood mall without jostling with the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 198 2 jWJTi3TT* Distributed free with The Straits Times every Friday 82 Genting Lane. News Centre. Level 2. Singapore *****7 News Desk: 740-1214/1199/1200 Marketing 740-1151/2 Tough As Nails vr&I&SM 535& **.2 ItonvmTH #o H n/i2 SPORTS CONNECTION PTE LTD^w bww. #0606/07 I Car** nfreJßehind Kirtofcuniya Bookjtomj Parade tree rrfwirs W 298 9435
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    • 46 2 DUNMAN HIGH SCHOOL ALUMN Conducts Special Lesson on j!a/l/(3vX/t&4frUl^ For the two lessons, you will learn the art of home display to boost the Christmas ambience v Fee (2 lessons): $5O Date: 12 19 Dec 98 (Saturdays) Place: 222A East Coast Rd Call *****11 for reservation
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 246 3 jP” Suckling Pig Shark’s Fin Set Menu it L: 'Monk jumps over the mil (For 10 persons) Usual: s2oB' 1 Cold Dish Combination 1 Shark’s Fin Soup with Crabmeat Roasted Suckling Pig 1 Deep Fried Soon Hock Fish 1 Steamed Live Prawns Braised Cabbage in Teochew-style Braised ‘E-Fu’ Noodles Sweet
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 245 3 EASTPOINT MALL AND WHITE SANDS EASTPOINT MALL Children’s playground Till December 13. Admission is $5 per hour and $3 per hour tor shoppers with a combined receipt of $3O in the mall. Yo-Yo performance A Christmas Fairytale musical, stage games and a guest appearance by Malaysian duo, Island, tor this
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    • 151 3 PARKWAY PARADE AND CENTURY SQUARE PARKWAY PARADE Christmas Card Making Competition Dec 19 and 20, Noon to 5 pm Meet the Power Rangers Turbo This weekend and the Small Soldiers next weekend 2 and 5 pm. Fairy, Elf and Reindeer Dec 8, Noon, 3 and 6.30 pm. Santa Claus Dec
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  • NEWS
    • 97 4 PRETENDING to be deaf and mute, foreigners on social visit passes are illegally selling toys and potpourri here. Brought in by syndicates, these foreigners usually approach and harass prospective customers in public areas such as bus interchanges, food centres, MRT stations and shopping centres. They show
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    • 413 4  -  Some ‘kangtao’ start at $1 By ANDRE YEO TWO young local technopreneurs launched Singapore’s first online auctioneering website on Tuesday. It allows browsers to buy mainly IT products by bidding, with some items starting from as low as $l. Called kangtao.com.sg, it was
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    • 125 4 RUNNERS from four CCs in the Tampines GRC will make a dash for charity. The Charity Dash ’9B cum Tampines Sports Carnival will start from the Tampines West, Tampines East, Tampines Central and Changkat Changi community centres and end at the Tampines Stadium. Mr Mah Bow
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    • 430 5  -  THOMSON ROAD JOY RIDE CRASH By ANDRE YEO THE unlicensed driver in the car crash which killed three youths should not have been allowed in the vehicle in the first place, said Dr Chin Hoong-Chor of the National Safety Council of Singapore. Dr Chin, who
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    • 173 5 SWENSEN’S will open a new outlet at DBS Tampines Centre with a new look next Tuesday, signalling its re-positioning efforts towards a trendy image after 20 years here. This is its third new branch in five days. The other two open today at the renovated
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 494 4 Pasir Ris Bay Fishermen's Village Elias Road, Pasir Ris Car Park D (Bus Service No. 403 from Pasir Ris MRT) New Fishing Pond open for your viewing on 6/12/98(Sun) at 11am till Ipm Buffet party will be served All are welcome! Fish for less at Singapore's only Pro-fishing facility Unlike
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    • 163 4 Free installation of purchase for 8 lights and W W o a? ■•moti Control Wall Fan i r i Standing Fan C 32W Oiling Light Will Light c 22WOIHng Light $2B Special Offer $9B and above Cash Carry 5 years warranty If Water Heater Rewiring Package Lighting Package 3Rooms $l,OBO
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 105 5 What Say U?: See Page 13 1999 Registration Open Now For Play Groups Early Starters Programmes PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES To develop your child's Intellectual Capability, Motor Skills, Emotional Maturity and ability to interact with confidence (1) PLAYGROUPS (18mths 21/2 yr-olds) (2) EARLY STARTERS (21/2 3 yr olds) 3 days wk Mon
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    • 272 5 We’ve Made Something Good Even Better. 3 11^ AAV* AAVIC IS NOW AT KAKI BUKIT AVE 4 THE NEW AA VEHICLE INSPECTION CENTRE is now open with iarger premises at Kaki Bukit Avenue 4. It will continue to be one of the most modern inspection centres in Singapore, easily accessible
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  • 186 6 I AM in my early twenties. Due to my oily face and occasional eczema, I have been taking evening primrose oil for the last three years. I have since recovered from the eczema although the oily condition of my face subsides only for a period.
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  • KORDEL'S HEALTH COLUMN
    • 254 6 I AM 38 years old and had given birth to my third child last November. Since then, I have been experiencing numbness and pain in all my limbs, especially when I sleep. It intensifies when there is a draught or when a fan blows
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    • 271 6 It’s worse in air-con room I HAVE been suffering from sneezing and runny nose for three years. It occurs two or three times a week. Each time I consult a doctor, they tell me it is an allergy. Only one doctor recommended taking pills.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 231 6 KORDEL’S 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HEALTHCARE fl ShDoseSDlHl 0 X e 0 +7 14 t'* *>. s* saw x O' is #5 S I. X? E II I 8&X *N IT S THE NEAREST THING TO NATURE'S PERFECT FOOD! Only Kordel's Pure Barley juice powder is 100% young green
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    • 78 6 Supplements for smoker Ask a question and get a $5O gift pack GOT a health problem or a nutrition query? Fax your question to 745-1022. Or, write to: Mr Shatter Cottier, Kordel’s Health Column, WEEKENDeast, Level 2, News Centre, 82, Genting Lane, Singapore *****7. Please confine your queries to nutritionrelated
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 119 7 i WEEKENDeast Friday. December 4.1998 a Mrnm. ‘■Vw-W v r gBf <8e£ m r Ja r:>; nr 'wt N V I vdfflkm \/y AT?/ K. ■W ft AV v •sv > Y//> V*\i V v r <2 r I'-CjKT A V A 1 AT f 1 BSjj.., -vjfxT v y:
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  • Christmas in the East
    • 466 8  -  Restaurant offers seafood at special prices SELINA LUM BACK in 1982, Long Beach Seafood Restaurant created one of Singapore’s most well-known seafood dishes black pepper crabs. Now, there is even more incentive for Singaporeans to seek out this hot favourite. The restaurant’s famous black pepper
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    • 248 9  -  ANGELICA TAN FOR A gift idea, this promotion may be music to your ears. Till December 31, Gramercy Music is having discounts of up to 30 per cent for its upright and grand Bohemia pianps from the Czech Republic. With prices ranging from
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    • 73 9 GET into the Christmas mood with the delightful sounds of the cello. The Cello Club, which was founded three years ago, will present a Christmas cello soiree. The repertoire includes wellknown movie and television themes and a medley of carols and festive favourites. The performance will
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    • 443 10  -  One more can be achieved at salon CELINE TEO GET the right haircut J this Christmas the new overlap cut. Do not worry that the style does not suit you as the stylists at Pro Trim Hair Studio believe that it suits all face shapes
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    • 348 11  -  It offers three beauty packages at reduced prices SELINA LUM ’TIS the season to party again. And if you are anxious about turning up at Christmas parties looking less-than-perfect, don’t worry. At Italian Spa, not only can you get help for skin and wrinkle problems,
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    • 296 12  -  ANGELICA TAN MANY will have fond memories of weekends with the family at this popular shopping centre. When Parkway Parade opened about fifteen years ago, shoppers from all over the island flocked to the shopping centre in informal beachwear or slopped
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    • 92 12 INSTEAD of trawling the malls for gifts, why not make them with your own hands? This holiday, take up pottery or jewellery making at the LaSallc-SIA College of the Arts. So, go ahead and have yourself a DIY Christmas. Pottery for beginners Date: December 7,9,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 323 8 t J u e've made dining out more affordable! LONG BEACH SEAFOOD RESIAIRANT (Main Branch) Tel: 445 8833 (Next to S'pore Tennis Centre) 1018 East Coast Parkway. (Lunch, Dinner Supper 1 lam-3pnn spm- 12.15am). Sweet Yam with Gingko Nuts Famous Black Pepper Crabs BBQ Nilotica Red Fish Steamed Fish with
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 207 9 one rF rr-r- 6 Feel Good and Look Beautiful ■Mika »U«J» $45 Full tody AHA Peeling Massage Normal SAS Face Body How can you Restore its firmness, Reshape Your Bust and Refine Your Figure? /OQ% tJboilif illinvnuuj Our Salon Treatment using Body Wraps to help combat fatty deposits and water
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    • 77 9 ELiSA H4W nuson > l //rai/Hf <Uc J i 20% less Available at the following outlets: 5000 F Marine Parade Road Tel 241-3268 #Ol-26 Laguna Park #Ol-27 Ginza Plaza Tel 872-2168 #Ol-29 Liang Court Tel 339-9168 #O5-35 Ngee Ann City Tel 733-9688 A mawoac House 100% USA Cotton Made-to-order Quilt/Tablecloth/
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 123 10 gderuiv me cvat/ Bool? Pro Trim Hair Studio ou jx j£Hlllt Pro Trim 2 East Point Mall V' *r Pro Trim 3 Ngee Ann City A c v 1 In Conjunction with the opening ot our 4th outlet and to WELCOME our NEW Stylists, Jasonn Chong John Tang at our
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 166 11 >r* Italian Spa the revival touch You're trapped in a stressful lifestyle and you can't wait to break away if not for a luxurious moment. If you're seeking for a haven where you can unwind totally after a hard day's work, Italian Spa is the perfect retreat for you. Whether
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 236 12 PIANO WAREHOUSE CLEARANCE SALE Exam Model Piano Great Special I Oam 6pm *5-6 Dec. '9B (Sat Sun) 2 Days Only. Blk 3014. Bedok Ind. Park E #O2-2148 Tel: 449 4866 20 Second Hand Pianos Good quality and highly affordable. Complete with free tunings, piano accessories and guarantee. fr. $799 10
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    • 97 12 Decor PotlC Sale of studio pottery, aromatherapy burners, incense holders, bowls platters, tea pots, figurines, etc. Weekends: 10am spm Weekdays: ?\ease call first. 33 Yarrow Gardens (off Siglap Kd) Tel: *****65 3* m m LUXURY MOTOR SUPPLIES SERVICES Blk 9006, Tampines St 93 #01*204 Singapore *****0 Wholesale Supplier Installer of
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  • what say U?
    • 416 13 Teens give thumbs down to joy ride TWO young girls died in a car crash last week when they accepted a lift from a friend who did not have a driver’s licence. Goh Sock Ling, 15, and Zhou Ytifen, 14, were killed when
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 121 13 i isten To The Best Of British Speakers Design CELESTION A3 exploiting the full potential of YAMAHA DSP-A1 (both iYi:na:iiaM***** winners) In our Home Theatre set up The magnetically shielded Celestfon A3 Is crafted to meet the demands of recording technologies where sources like CD, Home Theatre Dolby AC3 DTS
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    • 202 13 The standard of our OJT system being recognised by Institute of Technical Education (ITE) t JACKSPEED AUTOMOBILE (S) PTE LTD Blk 9006, Tampines Street 93, *Ol-202, Singapore *****0) Behind Safra) HOTLINE: 784 4228 Fax: (65) 787 4886 E-mail: jackauto&pacific.net.sg visit r CALTEX <o <9taa Purchase 9.2 mm High Performance Cable
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  • FILM
    • 353 14  -  More of the insect world after ‘Antz’... By ANDRE YEO COMPARISONS have been made with “Antz” but “A Bug’s Life” is better simply because it is funnier and much easier for kids to understand. What it’s about A colony of ants have, for a
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    • Article, Illustration
      93 14 A MUST-SEE even though the grasshoppers, especially Hopper/ may be a little too grotesque for some kids. And do not leave the cinema when the credits roll. The film-mak-ers have oddod something completely original a bloopers sequence with the insects goofing around in between takes and fouling up their
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 937 14 Bedok Centre Electrical Co. Blk 214, Bedok Town Centre, #Ol-163 Te1:*****32/3 DPC 395 Portable CO Player 4MB memory capacity, 10-second DASC Compact body Max 4 internal battery capacity for long boor playback Max playback time of 25 hours Line-out connection for home use Auto power off KRF-V7771D Audio Video Surround
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  • WEEKEND food
    • 330 15  -  By ANGELICA TAN FANCY dining in an art gallery? Having a meal at Klimt’s Cafe feels just like that. Named after the renowned Austrian artist, Gustav Klimt, the small gallery-cafe spotlights a showcase of works by local as well as foreign artists.
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    • 16 15 jrW Cook hokkien mee the way you like it in your home: Page 16 a ■k
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    • 222 15 Classic Viennese for dessert FOR dessert, a house speciality which goes well with the Julius Meinl coffee is the Viennese classic, the Sacher Tote ($6), a thick chocolate cake served with a side of whipped cream. Another recommendation is the Palatschinken ($5), a confection of crepes filled with a sweet
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  • Singapore Favourites
    • 748 16  -  By Lee Geok B oi THE long queues at my favourite fried hokkien mee stall in Serangoon Gardens prompted me to cook my own one day. I even took the trouble to get a piece of pork fat from the butcher for lard. The butcher was more
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 101 16 P dj® Gl® di® dT® di® dj® (a ©3 d® dj® £§®(M® d) d!®ta®tsi da® d*® d? da da® §i] Ellb©i.3iyj!S|E:JSE;J!S!i3!s'il{li)(lD©©©lt3©!l®Ellk©J@El!3}E:il3J©Jl3©) c^. i&mmm s**d Stance PotfUaA Authentic Home-Made Holdden Pohpiah Roll-it-up yourself style r* y Mon Than Just Good Pohpial i® Also enjoy Hokkien/ Teochew specialities like Steamed Fish (Teochew
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    • 77 16 *1 vf Nonya Restaurant 14 Aliwal Street Singapore *****7 Tel: 299 3239 (opp. The Concourse. Beach Road). Opening hours: 11.30 am- 130 pm 6.00 pm- 10.00 pm AUTHENTIC HOME COOKED NONYA FOOD Prepared by our noted Nonya chef,The Ong sisters Monica (previously from Paramount Hotel) and Daisy. Come savour the
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  • BITES
    • 87 17 SAVOUR Nonya favourites such as ayam buah keluak, itek sioh, satay babi and bakwan kepiting. At Grand Plaza Parkroyal’s St Gregory’s Brasserie, the buffet lunch also includes mee siam, kuih pie tee and laksa. For dessert, there is bubor terigu, bubor jagong, pulot hitam, bubor chacha, apom
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    • 103 17 FORGET the Christmas turkey. TVy this dish of roast chicken with com sausage stuffing instead. When you dine at Traders Hotel’s Ah Hoi’s Kitchen, you will receive this complimentary dish. The whole chicken can also be ordered among the restaurant’s menu offering of barbecued crocodile
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  • 297 17  -  By ANDRE YEO COMPATIBILITY is just as important as chemistry in a relationship and a matchmaking company here wants to reduce your odds in finding that ideal partner through a computer. Set up last year, the company, partners, uses an American computer software called Single
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    • 91 17 7“> L-> the It chat party 1 153 331 (english version) :e new friends in a “FLASH” (cantonese versing Coz y° u can chit chat with so mahy party friends on the line. a So come on down, e party is on! M Ladies CM (english) T7HH UUL! (cantone TVHU
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  • 506 18 Things to do during the school holidays Fly high LEARN how to make paper aeroplanes, then fly them in a contest. The sessions will be held at the Singapore Science Centre on December 19 and 20 from 11 am to 12.30 pm and
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 78 18 Playhouse Child Development Centre ...where your child is loved and nurtured. Our Services: Integrated Thematic Activities Supplementary Montessori Lessons Swimming Lessons Computer Aided Lessons Speech Drama Letterland Phonics Reading Programme Chinese Calligraphy Library Trips Small Groups And School Excursions Waterplay And Sandplay Transportation available. Childcare Services (18 mths 6 years)
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    • 104 18 Cheong lkan run Panggang Istimewa Kuay Tcow Chang Fned Oyster Kueh/ lett Apom Batik Chendol 20 November to 6 December 1998 Venue Bali Hut Coffee House Poolside Garden Price Lunch, sl6.Bo+++ Dinner, sl7.Bo+++ Child, slo.Bo+++ 'Restrictor ippltts I Prices subject to 10% service chute. ctsssndGST. You've never tasted them so
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  • DIARY
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      58 19 DANCE Duende Del Flamenco Led by award-winning dancer Yoko Komatsubara, the dancers of the Sol de Espana Dance Company will display the fire and passion of true Flamenco December 11 and 12, 8 pm. Kallang Theatre. Tickets at $75, $55, $40, $25 and $15 available from Sistic. I
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    • 230 19 EXHIBITION Questions Filipino artist Michael Cu Fua's fifth solo exhibition features paintings, assemblages and mixed media collage transfers which represent the artists’ questions on the world. Tomorrow till December 11, 11 am to 9 pm. The Substation Gallery. Free. A Year in Asia Sydney-based French artist Marc
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 1436 19 The Magical Adventures of Robin Hood This musical comedy pantomime, written and directed by Denise Marsh, promises to be a fun-filled show for the family December 10 and 11. 7.30 pm; December 12 and 13, 2 and 6.30 pm. Victoria Theatre. Tickets at $l7, $22, $25 and $3O available from
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 1030 20 Your Guide To Better Buys Services WEEKEND CLASSIFIED Call Hasanah,Tel: 740-1152 or Sandy, Tel: 740-1291 Fax: 745-1022 OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES 16 OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES 1 6 MASSAGE 30 MASSAGE <• 30 FOR THE YOUNG 76 FOR THE YOUNG 76 FOR THE YOUNG 76 iflß KsSim rn Vour Personality 1900-912-0010 Get
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    • 1055 21 Your Guide To Better Buys Services WEEKEND CLASSIFIED Call Hasfinah Tel: 740-1152 or Sandy, Tel: 740-1291 Fax: 745-1022 FOR THE YOUNG II I FOR THE YOUNG I FOR THE YOUNG 76 I 76 ■I 76 EAST COAST CHIICMUN 1 HOUSE MONTESSORI PROGRAMME 327 BEDOK ROAD, SINGAPORE *****8. tel: 242 5354
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 1917 22 Advertisement persann! milh ncn> (fiends and eld pals. Or simply leave year nnm personal message. To respond to advertisers, make sure you have their personal box number To advertise yourself, just phone and leave your message Calls are charged at 75 cents a minute on domestic phones. 80 cents on
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 973 23 Your Guide To Better Buys Services WEEKEND CLASSIFIED Call Hasan all, Tel: 740-1152 or Sandy, Tel: 740-1291 Fax: 745-1022 MAKING FRIENDS MAKING FRIENDS -’lO2 102 SINGAP POPULAR MOST IfiJING mm wiin Virtual My iend? Chat, meet i INSTANTLY INTRODUCERS 103 INTRODUCERS 103 900-*****21 L’WW’.v' MAKING FRIENDS MAKING FRIENDS -’lO2 111
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 868 24 MOTOGARD QUALITY CAR SERVICES RECESSION BUSTER NEW TYRES AT RECESSION BUSTING PRICES (On World Renown Brands) i MOTOR CAR TYRES A. 175/70x13 B. 185/70x14 C. 185/65x14 D. 195/65x15 E. 185/60x14 F. 195/60x15 G. 195/50x15 ea. ea. ea. ea. ea. Mea. ea. VAN LIGHT TRUCK TYRES H.165x13 BPR I 185x14 BPR
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