Weekend East, 5 November 1999

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  • 16 1 WEEKEND east MITA (P) 006/10/99 Vol. 14 No. 44 E-mail: focuspub® cyberway.com. Friday, November 5, 1999
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 273 1 YOUR WEEKLY NEWSPAPER EVERY FRIDAY They’re learning to speak English from the experts, plus other schools for your kid on Pages 7-12 <** x, M A Katong Park to undergo changes Page 2 WEEKENDeast wishes its Hindu readers a Happy Deepavali. >1 M-M v f ft i m A y
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    • 49 1 Violin/Viola/Cello/D. Bass r} ja 'Music Sbte /CHINA TO S'HROIT Qiina/Czech Rep./Germany/Franoe/ftalt//USA/UK/E.Euroj3e Olliers. Dealing in New Collector String Instalments Student Orchestra- Master Models ‘Prices from $lBO onwards Professional repair/restore by our violin repairer's Istvan Sabo GRAMERCY MUSIC (S) PTE LTD 293 Tanjong Katong Road Singapore *****6 Tel: (65)345 3815 o
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  • NEWS
    • 310 2  -  By ANDRE YEO KATONG PARK, one of Singapore’s oldest parks, will undergo some light redevelopment, the National Parks Board (NParks) said on Wednesday. NParks’ director of parks management (north and east division), Simon John Longman, said there were plans to install some exercise equipment,
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    • 387 5 Gift-bearing volunteer helps out with patients after own hospital stay CLOTHED in a white coat, chirpy Jessie Ang busies herself at Changi General Hospital. But she is not a doctor or nurse. Instead, Jessie is one of several volunteers who helps take care of patients,
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    • 432 6  -  By SARAH NG BEATRICE Ong Bee Ai is only eight but she is busy as a bee. Although she started ballet first, at the tender age of three, and piano at four, Beatrice’s heart is on the string
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 190 4  -  By ANDRE YEO VIOLINISTS who need to repair their stringed instruments will find this piece of good news music to their ears. Gramercy Music has brought in a professional violin repairer from France so you don’t need to send your stringed instruments to Europe
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  • 213 4 LETTER I SUPPORT other nature lovers’ views to keep Pulau Ubin as our last unspoilt wilderness. Sentosa was our first attempt to create a recreational island for the urbanised population of Singapore so there is no need to apologise for this man-made resort. Many years
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 34 4 I LET US TAKE CARE OF YOUR DAILY DINNER 3+l DELIVERY SERVICE m V- > J.X jj| v* -fe. TONG CHIANG KITCHEN No. 376 Race Course Road Singapore *****5 Tel: 297 6346 Pg: 952 *****
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 73 5 MITOFOOD IZAKAYA CHOBEI RESTAURANT 451 Joo Chiat Road #Ol -04 Bneezeway in Katong Singapore *****4 Te1:440 0092 Fax :440 2093 I I The most detail tasty food served in East Coast I.EBITENPURA MAKI Prawns TenpuraMaki 2. SHAKE TENPURA MAKI Salmon Tempura Maki 3. UNA-TAMADON Eel with Sheddred Eggs on Rice
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    • 296 5 20t£ Bedok Centre Electrical Company Blk 214, Bedok Town Centre, #Ol-163 Te1:*****32/3 1 rz 7. 0/Aw i -i I Special »rice' ~vr If; TOSHIBA 43G9UXE (43”) with Free Woofer Stand (10 Sets Only) New Hi-bright Crt Hi-focus Technology Digital Controlled Colour Circuit Technology Ultra-clear Screen System Nicam Stereo Fastext TOSHIBA
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • OUR Kids
    • 344 7  -  DESMOND NG JUST let the kids carry on watching those television programmes and movies. It will probably improve their standard of English. That is what English school Morris Allen Study Centres believes. The established language centre specialises in teaching English to children from
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    • 146 8 REMEMBER catching fish from the “long kang” (drain) or feeding ducks and fish? Gone are the good old kampung days but in this age of computer games and Game Boys your kids can still experience the rustic kampung life. Pasir Ris Kids Kampong is organising a
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    • 435 9  -  ANGELICA TAN KIDS had a trick and treating time during Halloween at Sam’s Early Learning Centre, with sweets, a jack-o-lantem and fancy costumes being all part of the fun. Principal Sarnia El-Ibiary believes fun is vital to the child’s learning process. Which is why
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    • 249 10 IT’S HARD enough squeezing into that old cocktail dress. So, can you imagine a 1.76-m-tall man squeezing into a small metal box which is only as big as a 51 -cm TV monitor. Guinness Record holder, contortionist Daniel Browning Smith will fit himself and emerge from
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    • 215 11  -  LOH HSIAOYING GIVE your child a head start in learning English and Mandarin. Have them learn both languages from the experts. EtonHouse, an international pre-school that caters to both the expatriate and local communities, employs nativespeaking teachers from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand,
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    • 272 12  -  Centre’s programmes help kids work and play ANDRE YEO YOUR children will get the best of both worlds when this child-care centre opens its doors. They can learn in a conducive and spacious environment indoors and run around freely in the playground outdoors. Kinderland Academy at
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 327 7 A =s^ 97% of Students Show Improvement in English Grades By Mr. Morris Allen, Past President, Mensa (Singapore), Past V.P, Association of Gifted Children Many parents are concerned about their child’s English. Yet in Singapore, thousands of students find the learning of English boring difficult. With a small class size
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 169 9 Mandarin... Math... English... Letterland Phonics... Abacus... Calligraphy... Speech and Drama... Reading... Montessori... Music... Play and Art. > y r V v* s i i. \W 1f12p% i fi i&ftr wwec.-' Yv 1 to rotO s hS'dY \ft I v» su before W o a Y as fees to SSSO ha«
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 419 10 \fcs Mothergoose Child Development Centre 2 Jalan Hajijah Singapore *****7 (off Upp East Coast Road) OPEN HOUSE and REGISTRATION forYEAR 2000. Call: 445 6628. Date: 13th November ’99 (Sat) Time: 10am -12 pm/ 2pm spm •We prepare young children (2-6 years old) for their education requirements and life experiences. •We
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    • 220 10 3®S y aa T fS M -s,. -?>.aA Holiday Program 6 th 24 th Dec (2 4 yrs) Montessori activities, art/ craft, cookery, music and movement, excursions. Duration: 1/ 2/ 3 Week Time: S1 8:30 am -.10:30 am S 2 10:30am 12:30 pm Chinese Enrichment <ki K 2)/ Tuition pi
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 227 11 KIDS WORLD CHILD CARE Tanjong Katong Road 4A Boscombe Road (opp. NeeArni Pri. Services: TEL 440 6160 Full Day Care $270 7.30 am 6.30 pm Half Day Care $245 7.30 am 1.00 pm or 1.00 pm 6.30 pm Before After School Care $2OO (Pr.l-Pr.6) Curriculum Includes Integrated Language Arts (English
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    • 158 11 Standard English is OVR SPECIALITY m r //mi it.: m LIJJ t~ir .^l t <>•*■** v zm tr ig r i 'VWs |t|' i* nisi P! ZS* aa. K w m i V i fins m ESC n urser y y on INTERNATIONAL SCHOOI Classes available for Singaporean children froj
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 492 12 T Pasir Ris Park Elias Road (Carpark E) Tel 583 9030 Duck/Ftsh Feeding Kampong Fishing yMm m --f •or- Facilities Fond Size 8 Inches (Depth) Fish Aquarium Fish KAMPONG FISHING Children uses bucket net to scoop fish from the "Longkan”. Charges ;$8 per child per hour $2.50 for bucket net
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    • 139 12 HOUS/? Holiday Workshops For Children (4-12) Acrylic painting •7- Shirt painting Sculpturing Ceramic Pottery Jewellery Making Paper Clay Regular Monthly Class Children age 4-12 Secondary 1-4 Adult Recreation Class Christmas Gift Making Adult Jewellery Pendant Course. 2 Session. Fee SsBo Date: 10/12, 17/12. Time: 7:3opm-9:3opm. 2 pendants are made during
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    • 531 13 Exhibition Index.s99 A showcase of innovative interior design ideas by graduating students from the RMIT University Bachelor of Arts (Interior Design) programme by LaSalle-SIA. Tomorrow till Nov 14, 10 am-6 pm daily. LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, 90 Goodman Rd. Free. Nonentity Existence Singaporean
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • WEEKENDFOOD
    • 321 14  -  By ANGELICA TAN IT’S not every day that a restaurant gives away free food. So, when Pearl River Palace gave away free meals, buffet buffs came as early as 10 am last Friday, two hours before the lunch giveaway The giveaway was to launch an
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  • 389 15 This week, LOH HSIAO YING asks for recommendations of good places to eat around Bugis MRT station... ITan Kit, 28, human resource officer. “There is very good chicken rice at the Waterloo market. There’s always a queue.” Where? Leong Yeow Waterloo Street Chicken Rice, #Ol-81, Albert
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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    • 22 15 Next stop, Eunos MRT. If you know of any good places to eat near the station, call Loh Hsiao Ying at 740-1213.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • 417 19  -  By DESMOND NG ITS BIGGER, brighter, and better. Usually focused on the Serangoon Road stretch, the festival of lights has been extended to five other side street? this year, giving the area a busier and more festive feel. Those doing their Deepavali shopping are now
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 2095 19 It's more than just a friendship introduction line. You can invite friends for Mahjong Games, Exchange of CD's, Room Sharing, Car Pools, Invitation to Parties/Barbecues, Tracing of Collectibles such as stamps, toys, etc. f/et personal with new friends and old pals. C9r simply leave your own personal message. c c
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