City Weekly, 30 May 1997

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  • 25 1 CITY Weekly THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD AND RETAIL PAPER I DISTRIBUTED FREE WITH THE STRAITS TIMES MITA (P) 114/10/00 FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1007 VW.10 Ho.21
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  • 780 1  -  Raffles celebrates birthday with launch of own champagne and coffee-table book By CELINE TEO THE RAFFLES Hotel celebrates its 110th anniversary in style with a series of events that kicks off this month and will last till December. These include the unveiling of a
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 223 2 imi VA'P(L SEA VIEW HOTEL Ground Floor. 23 May 8 June 97 Poolside Garden Coffee House You can treat yourself. your friend* and your family to an unforgettable buffet of the finest foods from Penang, as well as Ipoh. The chefs are specially flown In for this occasion to cook
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    • 62 2 A NEW SALON BEAUTY TREATMENT FOR FACE* HANDS: THE TOTAL YOUTH BEAUTY TREATMENT' MATIS A complete beauty treatment for hands they are given the same attention as the bee, with the PARIS benefit of exfoliation, treatment to improve pigment madcs, a mask and a specific massage. P**to*"* tor IMtot-Obw (UK)
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 225 2 Calendar of events “A Salute To The Golden Age of Travel”, an exhibition of luggage labels and picture postcards from the Raffles Hotel Collection which traces the history of Grand Hotels in Asia over the past 110 years. JUNE Master Vintners of the House of Pommery in France will deliver
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  • RETAIL NEWS
    • 224 3  -  Cold Storage, Food Junction and over 50 others set up shop at Queensway centre By BALVINDER SANDHU A NEW shopping centre has “anchored" on our shores. Anchorpoint Shopping Centre will officially open its doors tomorrow. Located at the junction of Queensway and Alexandra Road, it
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    • 136 3 Buffets to bring out to LUNCH BUFFET I.liJtft Baked Black Pepper Crabs I|| 2. Prawn Saiad with Mixed Fruits 3. Speciai Hot Sour Red Fish ‘URfißw-? Fresh Scallop in Tapioca Mash &$S$/fiߧ Boiled Chicken in Chinese Wide ,jji INCLUDES HONG KONG TIM SUM TOTAL 30, Mr gyr FOOD Qourmet in
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  • MY LITTLE SHOP
    • 575 4  -  Family-run shop offers everything from old cameras, watches to Coca-Cola knick-knacks By PEARLIN SIOW THIS shop will appeal to those with a penchant for antiques. Passions Fine Arts, which moved to Clarke Quay about a month ago, started off as an antique and furniture shop in Sembawang
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    • 241 4 Australia Safe Company's line of high quality 2 3 hours Fire Resistive Safes offer a cost-effective wav to protect your belongings A combi Lock x W4BO x 0385 mm k Security 4 the only'- e $268 M Electronic win x D3Bsmm 28 $338 $438 $368 $6BO $9OO Call our Hotlines
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  • 214 5 A PART of Disneyland comes to town in October. With Disney Fest, the young and young at heart will have a chance to get up dose to their favourite mouse and other Disney characters. Disney Fest, presented by Disney Entertainment Projects (Asia Pacific) Inc, will be
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  • 170 5 POP An icon Andy Warhol leaves his mark on one of the world’s most classic women’s fragrances. Warhol, who was famous for depicting well-known or commonplace objects in vivid colours, most notorious being his Campbell’s soup cans in various coloured silk screens,
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  • Holiday Activities
    • 404 6  -  Giving animals the kindness they deserve By PEARLIN SIOW BE GREETED by yelps of excitement, mews of contentment and wagging tails the moment you step into this furry domain. This is the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. “I’m happy each time I come here because
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    • 177 6  -  By ANDRE YEO WHY not spend this school holidays with the animals we all love at our zoo? The Singapore Zoo is welcoming students aged between 14 and 20 to sign up as volunteers. As a volunteer, you’ll be assigned to a section of the zoo
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 292 6 SUPERS' FILING CABINETS CUPBOARDS LOCKERS Half Height Cupboard $165.00 Colour Gray. Beige. Brown/3e<ge Loam 1.2,4 *6 Compartment 4D Cabinet $186.00 30 Cabinet Full Height Cupboard $186.00 20 Cabinet $178.00 $165.00 LIVING ROOM OFFICE SYSTEMS PTE LTD 20 Shaw Road, #Ol-02 Ching Shine Ind. Building, 5’*****6. Tel: *****00, *****68 Fax: *****68
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    • 60 6 SNG ARMS CAMPING 9, Trengganu Street Singapore *****3 Tel: (65>-*****66 Fax: (65)-*****00 OUTDOOR RODUCTS LEATHERMAN Supertool MAG-LITE Torches SNGARMS Dome Tent LESS 40% MANUFACTURER, RETAIL A WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR Full range of Camping Equipment Handy Tools with more than 300 Brands from all over the World to choose from. l( I
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  • WEEKLY DIARY
    • 325 7 EXHIBITION “The Graphics of Showbiz Reel Art 5": More than 1,000 amusing and definitive film posters designed by renowned directors and graphic designers will be on exhibition. Through these posters, film-goers, television viewers and music connoisseurs will all be taken on an exciting journey into
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    • 300 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I REFER to the story, “Guiding you on right steps to hiring help” (City Weekly, May 9,1997). .The ministry would like to correct a statement made by the president of the Overseas Manpower Placement Agencies Association Singapore
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    • 110 7 DRAMA “Pillars”: A first-time collaboration between The Necessary Stage and Malay theatre group, Teater Kami, “Pillars” is a multilingual devised play which explores the histories, traditions and cultures of the Malays and Chinese in Singapore. Directed by Alvin Tan, it will weave folklore and fables of both
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • THE ARTS
    • Article, Illustration
      506 8  -  Two artists reveal the world of Armenian art By CELINE TEO DISCOVERED on the cold streets of Moscow’s black market, two artists from the little known country of Armenia give us a peek into their world through contrasting interpretations of similar themes. “Artmenia” is an exhibition featuring 37 paintings
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    • 332 8  -  By CELINE TEO A CHINESE documentarist discovers the similarities here between faceless rickshaw coolies of the past and Indian construction workers in the present for a local play. Documentary film-maker Wu Weng Guang, 41, from Beijing, who has been spending time with a
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • TWELVE HOT FOOD 12 HOT FAVOURITES
    • 459 9  -  Long Beach Seafood By PEARLIN SIOW MENTION the name of this restaurant to any seafood lover and you’ll see their eyes light up. Synonymous with excellent seafood. Long Beach has been whetting the palates of both Singaporeans and tourists for half a century. It started out
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    • 472 10  -  By PEARLIN SIOW NOTHING perks up the appetite like a light and tasty broth of stuffed bean curd soup. This is especially so when the niang dou fu is from the famous Koo Kee stall at People’s Park Food Centre. Feeling particularly bloated on the day
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    • 442 11  -  Pasta Fresca By CELINE TEO ITALIAN pizza and pasta have become favourites with Singaporeans. Judging by the number of local diners chowing down everything from Lasagne A1 Forno ($9.50) to Pizza Vegetariana ($14.50) at Pasta Fresca, in Boat Quay, Italian food is no more exclusive
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    • 334 12  -  Nonya Kitchen By PEARLIN SIOW THE excellent food here will make you forget that you are eating in a busy food court In fact the delectable Peranakan cuisine at Nonya Kitchen even surpasses some restaurants’. And, this should come as no surprise. After all, 41-year-old Anna
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    • 327 13  -  By PEARLIN SIOW POPULAR in the fifties, tau kwa pau is back with a vengeance and being served at various food courts thanks to Mr Bagus. The man behind that moniker wants to be known only as Mr Yeo. Mr Bagus started selling its stuffed
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    • 423 14  -  By ANDRE YEO ALONG the narrow road of Jalan Kayu is an eating house that sells what is reputed to be die best roti prata in Singapore. Thasevi Food Eating House has been in business since 1960 and its owner, Abdul Hathi, 58, was keen to
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    • 408 15  -  Balestier chicken rice By PEARLIN SIOW HAVE more than chicken rice here. Famous for its fragrant rice and tender chicken, Loy Kee also offers a variety of pork rib soups; noodle, macaroni and porridge dishes; as well as desserts and breakfast items at its Balestier outlet.
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    • 504 16  -  Geylang minced meat noodies By CELINE TEO ITS old family recipes get people flocking to this Geylang stall. The owner of Xin Kian Heng Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle, Mr Yap Peng Guan, 26, whips up a noodle dish that gets diners coming back for more.
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    • 395 17  -  Joo chai bak kut teh By PEARLIN SIOW IMAGINE succulent and tender pork ribs immersed in a steaming herbal broth. That is the kind of bak kut teh you can expect to find at Sin Heng Gaypot Bak Kut Teh. Located at Joo Chiat Road, this food
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    • 356 18  -  Samy's curry Restaurant By BALVINDER SANDHU JUST having a meal at this restaurant explains why it has been around for more than 40 years. Sarny’s Curry Restaurant started out in Tank Road in the mid-50s and has been at its new premises at Tanjong Pagar
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    • 468 19  -  Beach Road Prawn Mee By CELINE TEO THE popular prawn mee stall at 370, East Coast Road has changed its closing days from Tuesday to Sunday to cope with demand. The owner of Beach Road Prawn Mee, Mr Lee Chee Wee, used to rest on
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    • 391 20  -  Kingstand Vegetarian Restaurant By ANDRE YEO ASK a meat eater out for a vegetarian meal and most would say they would rather fast But as I found out, that could mean missing out on tasty offerings which are as good as meat dishes. A person who
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 259 10 MAIN BANCH Blk 32 New Market Road (People's Park) #Ol-1116 Singapore *****2 Tel: 535 3029 FACTORY: Blk 20 Toa Payoh Industrial Park #Ol-1013 Singapore *****2 Tel: 355 0788 Fax: 355 0266 i» itw Moo Koo Foo Bee Hoon m I i Kee Specialty Flshball KOO KEE YONG TOW FOO MEE
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    • 267 11 S i^nta ■v < m FRESH AUTHENTIC ITALIAN CUISINE PASTA FRESCA DA SALVATORE WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF ITALIAN CUISINE THAT OFFERS YOU THE FINEST AND FRESHEST INGREDIENTS DAILY, WITH A TOUCH OF SOUTHERN ITALIAN HOSPITALITY. yOUR GUIDE TO ITALIAN CUISINE FOR ALL OCCASIONS CATERING SERVICES Ax Anywhere you fed
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    • 438 13 0 W WILL NEVER i y i m REGRET eating r m OUR CHIU RECIPE IS SO SECRET, EVEN WEDONT KNOW WHAT'S IN IT. It#** 6 By PEARUN SIOW POPULAR in the fifties, tau kwa pau is back with a vengeance and being served at various food courts thanks to
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 69 14 s-’i xv 19 THASEVI FOOD EATING HOUSE S The Traditional And Popular Roti Prata In Singapore S 5 f h Specialities:. Fish-head Curry, Fried Mutton Cutlets, Tandoori Chicken, Mutton Ribs, Nasi BeriyanL Daily: 6 am -10.30 pm Every Friday: Closed from 12 pm 230 pm Rest Day: Last Friday of
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 95 16 V"" i Bg. *jrf INCED SHROOM OODLE pJLj fJwAcii|f )h Lorong 8 w2QB&eylang Road (Between Lor 6 8) on Monday and Friday) jfrftdephone: 741 3140 (Closed on Tuesday) ~ls 7am 2pm 3.30 pm 11 pm MUSINIS:S HOUR* 4pm lam T minced meat noodle in AND ONLY deep-fried GoldenK&fu with fragrant
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    • 93 18 m 1 l “*%O s uurry 30 J3| .jA I JVo* all wafts of\ curry lead to Little India. The \from Dempsey Road, to the y Head sj famous It £v\Vt?a You may finddfamdffag that a statue is npiAnened aJffQl-05/OT, Singapore But once you've Sped Santy's traditio receipe cuisine, you'll
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 46 19 We specialist* in bit* prawn noodle. pork riband pij»'s tail soup. Prices range Irom $3, $4, $5, $8. $10 We arc open Irom Moil Sat Public Holidays Business I lours ;N:30 a m.- •>.()() pm. Closed on Sundays 370. East Coast Road Singapore *****1 Telephone 345 7196
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 206 20 pte Ltd. Vegetarian 4/UUOersOt^ e A>A~,.* JC /J i VEGATARIAN RESTAURANT PTE LTD IEIkJ Afl'fT’lfc* Toa Payoh Branch 190 Toa Payoh Central Lorong 6 #O2-516 Tel: *****66 Albert Complex Branch 60, Albert Street Albert Complex #O3-23 Tel: *****47 Buffet: 11.00a.m. -2.45p.m. 6.00p.m. -9.30p.m. Savour our vegetarian food whole heartedly. Special
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  • FILM
    • 456 21  -  Film deals with missing persons issue by focusing on one man's search for wife By ANDRE YEO WHAT would you do when your car breaks down in the middle of a deserted highway? Leave it there or let your wife go with a friendly stranger to get
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 417 21  -  By BALVINDER SANDHU YOU just have to get to Sesame Street in the next week. Starting tomorrow, Centrepoint will be bringing cheer and joy to both young and old by staging the Sesame Street “live” show. Come face to face with four of
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 160 21 (Govt. Reg No. *****735 J) Join us to meet new friends from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia etc. Please visit us or call us. Pen friend service is also available Opening hours Mon Fri 11.00 am 7.00 pm 151 Chin Swee Road #Ol-49 Manhattan House Singapore *****6 P S v 9 7373
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  • INTERVIEW
    • 355 22  -  But the similarity ends with the looks and clothes By BALVINDER SANDHU THAI girl group Angies has been dubbed “the Thai Spice Girls”. But, besides the fact that visually, the girls may remind you of the hot British group of five, the two have litde in common.
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    • 726 23  -  National hockey player Geraldine Ho hits No 1 spot with ‘Special Angel’ By BALVINDER SANDHU SHE wrote the song on the eve of her O level exam and ended up scoring an “A” for the paper and a number one hit. “I wrote the song when
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 1508 22 PERSONALITY 3168 Hi, everyone this is Linda, 21 a Malay. Would like to make more frets. Msa pis. 3185-Are U interested m getting to knowYtuma, 23 (music, night spots, movies)? If so, cal. 3268 -HI I’m Wati, 21 A a Secretary (phone chats, shops, movies). Gala more frds age 21
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 179 23 JtA.IL JLtA.ILIL New Tyre •175/70X13-$6O •185/60X14-$B5 (Excluding GST) Min purchase 2 pcs new tyres and get FREE > Off Wheel Balancing Wheel Alignment Check iir-cond check Cargo Platform Hand Truck Model: WT3OO Maximum Load: 300kgs Price: S$45.OQ/unit (Big) Ss39«Vunit (Small) Ss42.(XVunrt(AßS material) 120kgs Hurry While Stocks Last. If your steering
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    • 152 23 SILVER CRYSTAL (In the business of clock for 3-Generation) 01*21 KATONG MALI Former Katong People Complex 112 EAST COAST ROAD TEL: *****95 ing hr*: Tuet-Sun. noon -7.30 pm) tRS Import 100% German-made Grandfather, wall and table clocks from the famous blackforest clockmakers. ii OFFICE EQUIPMENT SALE P*p*f Shmddar Mad* r
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  • EATING OUT
    • 340 24  -  By PEARLIN SIOW THE cool elegance of this Cantonese restaurant is a welcome change from the garish red decor and tacky cheongsam-ckd waitresses of other Chinese oudets. Instead of the usual red and gold, subde tones of black and ivory have been selected to
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    • 447 24  -  By PEARLIN SIOW QUENCH your thirst with any of these colourful and refreshing creations. Made largely with tea and fruit juices, these drinks are said to not contain any artificial colourings or preservatives. That left me wondering how a particular concoction called
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 84 24 TEPPANYAKI Set A fl/ce v MisoSoup P/cfc/es Only King Prawn P Snow Fish I Salmon Mushroom Mixed Vegetables Ti if iryp TEPPANYAKI V King Prawn v Snow Fish I Salmon P Sukiyaki Beef I Chicken P Beancurd P Mixed Vegetables Japanese Green Tea Only Garlic Rice Miso Soup Pickles Japanese
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    • 151 24 When You Are Tying The Knot Of Eternity... CaJi on us and let us enlighten you on the necessary wedding banquet arrangements. We at Harbour City Restaurant promise a dinner reception of grandeur. Deliriously palatable our food; highly commendable -our service; romantically tuned-our decor ...Distinctively unforgettable-the evening. And it costs
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  • BITES
    • 104 25  -  By PEARLIN SIOW DUMPLING lovers will certainly enjoy these dumplings, prepared the traditional way and with wholesome goodness. Hua Ting Chinese Restaurant is offering fragrant rice dumpling? that are filled with freshly roasted meats, salted egg yolk, juicy mushrooms and creamy bean paste. For those who enjoy something
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    • 87 25 ENJOY this Sunday brunch buffet of great tasting Japanese dishes. The Pan Pacific Hotels Japanese restaurant, Keyaki, is serving a feast of delectable items such as sushi, buckwheat noodles served with cold sauce, poached spinach served with special sauce, deep-fried oysters, tiger prawns grilled with salt,
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    • 105 25 IN A hurry and yet still need to lunch in style? A 45-minute business lunch at the The RitzCarltons Greenhouse may be just the answer. Its made up of two courses, either an appetizer and main course or a main course and a dessert. For an
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 170 25 TOTAILV N€UI Is i$L /t Vi Poo €r Hong (Folk Singing) Hubble Teo Moll Special Promotion for Lunch <£ Dinner The First Tainan Du Xiao Yue Noodle in Town with Original Recipe from Taiwan economical Healthy Lifestyle s Z*>jotfrt t W6oU 7lm VcUmnm 'Jotk Sutfittf SaMtim! BEWARE OF IMITATION i
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    • 168 26 I KATONG \PARK a Our new team of pretty and gentle masseuse is specially groomed by Swedish trainer to ensure that you are totally relaxed and revitalised. ieop Entrance from F m* *9 BUKIT TIMAH HEALTH CENTRE •Attached Bathroom Sauna —r *oS* Business hours lOam-llpm csc i N a\ ion
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    • 368 27 ORCHARD EXECUTIVE HEALTH CENTRE Come and revitalise yourself in our newly renovated environment with our attentive and charming masseuses. CBP_ i Massage All rooms with Suana showers attached 400 Orchard Road #O4-19 to 22 Orchard Tower Singapore *****5 Te1:734 7778/738 SISB Business Hours: 10.00 am 11.00 pm MASSAGE STEAM BATH
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 324 28 ADVERTISEMENT Oi 9, Raffles Boulevard, Millenia Walk, #Ol-01, Singapore *****6. Tel: 337-7130 mrtt German theme restaurant and microbrewery Puff Johnson at Paulaner r r V,. 4-A-*' j > itw&bi One of America's most talented contemporary solo artists' Puff Johnson, will be performing at Paulaner BrMuhaus on July the 4th. Puffs
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