Streats, 15 January 2004

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  • 11 1 Streats Thursday, January is, 2004 e -mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p> 111/03/2003
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  • 636 1 32,000 tonnes of US meat stuck at sea as nations turn away ships Reuters Washington Countries that Use d to import American beef may n °w be pressured to continue doing s °> despite fears arising from the discovery of a case of mad cow disease
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    • 29 1 BEAUTY QUEEN EUNICE OLSEN HAS A SAILING MISSION PAGE 45 NDERGRAD JANE LEE AIMS TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST STUDENT CHLOEYAP HAS HER CAREER CUT OUT PAGE 4 PAGE 6
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  • Morning Rush
    • 547 2  -  Religious counselling for 10 JI, 2 MILF members Khmhwant Singh TWELVE people, found to be involved in terrorist activities, have been issued restriction orders (ROs) and will have to undergo a programme of religious counselling. Of the 12 issued with ROs on Jan 10 under
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    • 548 3  -  Lawyer advising members says SICC management has no right to force them to pay top-up levy for lease Conrad Raj going to be a crowded and fiery e *traordinary general meeting (EGM) at the Singapore Island Country Club in Thomson Road on Monday, judging by Lie exchange
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    • 379 4  -  NUS team to climb highest peak but Jane Lee sets sights lower for now By Ho Lian-yi FOR now, undergraduate Jane Lee, 19, can only look on with envy as her National University of Singapore mates prepare for the adventure of a lifetime scale Mt
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    • 279 4  -  Sarah Ng AIRPORT customer service supervisor Omar Abdullah’s delicate handling of an elderly, sick and troublesome airline passenger has earned him a special award. Mr Omar, 45, who is with Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats), has won the Service Personality of the Year 2003
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    • 268 6 Wire services NEW YORK Long cited as a driving force behind the rising obesity rates in the US, the fast-food industry is embracing the latest dietary fads in a bid to re-invent itself as the weight-watcher’s friend. For those seeking to shed the kilos in
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    • 195 6  - Local food the latest ‘tourist attraction’ Gregory Leow THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) yesterday launched a six-month food drive, aptly named Let’s Makan, to actively promote local cuisine as a “tourism attraction” here. Among the many events being planned is the Magical Makansutra Food Safari, an STB-Makansutra tie-up. These food
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    • 498 6  -  By. Sarah Ng YOU might say that Ms Chloe Yap, 17, has her career all sewn up. At this young age, she is already designing her own bags and making her own jewellery. She has also come up with 25 dress designs for an
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    • 128 8 BUZZSTOP Reuters STRONG demand for laptop computers and camera-cellphones is set to give Singapore’s electronics suppliers a lift during the last quarter, analysts said. The trend is expected to extend into the first quarter for chip makers and contract electronics
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    • 35 8 A Filipino boy gazing aimlessly as his father builds a new shanty at a slum in Manila yesterday. The slum, which houses 20,000 people, was destroyed in a fire earlier this week Reuters
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    • 139 8 Toa Payoh fire TWO of the four badly burned bodies found after a fire at Toa Payoh Industrial Park on Tuesday have been identified by their next of kin. One is that of Madam Quek Sock Hoon, 33. She is the wife of Mr Ng Chit, 33,
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    • 140 8 Move confrontational, says Germany Reuters THE European Commission decided on Tuesday to seek a swift court ruling to overturn finance ministers’ suspension of EU budget rules for France and Germany. The decision to go to court sparked instant criticism from Berlin. German Finance Minister
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    • 130 8 UN official among 37 dead ap A JET was making a second attempt to land in heavy fog in Tashkent when it crashed short of the runway, killing all 37 people on board including the head UN official in Uzbekistan, officials said yesterday. Four foreigners
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    • 94 8 AP A PALESTINIAN activist blew herself up yesterday at the major crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip, killing at least four Israelis and wounding seven other people, Israeli rescue services and media said. The bomber, Reem Raiyshi, 21, who is a mother of two, blew
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    • 101 8 Reuters ITALIAN scientists are working on a pill that replicates all the health benefits of drinking a glass of red wine. The research, by scientists at the Pavese Pharma Biochemical Institute in Pavia, Italy, could allow teetotallers to enjoy the health advantages of wine, long
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    • 112 8 AFP JAPANESE toymaker Takara said yesterday that it is to sell a machine that helps people to have sweet dreams by providing a relaxing fragrance, slow music and key words while they sleep at night. Takara is to start selling “YumemiKobo”, or “Dream Factory”, in Japan
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    • 94 8 NUMBERS connected to the death of Cantopop diva Anita Mui have been a hit with 4-D lottery punters here. The most popular was 8037, the licence plate number on her hearse. Punters started buying the number on Monday almost immediately after Anita’s funeral was broadcast
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    • 178 4 i’m ing it you ‘‘io/i’ing too? 'loh-hei'\ [Cantonese] 1. stir and toss high 2. wild success in business or career, high profits, salary, bonus, etc. indulge in the Original engage a great Singapore creation Singapore's festive sashimi beloved secret-recipe sauce now here @the cradle of yu-sheng the World’s 1 St
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  • Financial
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      663 10  -  When the going gets tough, the tough go 1 shopping. When three overseas ventures failed, Loo Leong Thye bought himself a Porsche to show naysayers that his company was doing fine Sesdal By_ Choong Choon Yee WHEN three of Mr Loo Leong Thye’s overseas business ventures failed in
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    • 102 10 SINGAPORE Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo yesterday welcomed both US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick’s call to end farm export subsidies and EU trade chief Pascal Lamy’s comments on the willingness to be more flexible on the “Singapore issues”. “While it is unlikely that the
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    • 70 10 SINGAPORE Passengers of Singapore Airlines and Air Canada flying between South-east Asia and Canada will now have more options to choose from. THe two carriers will add 10 more code share flights from today, bringing the total number of such flights between them to
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    • 99 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE The Port of Tanjung Pelepas, which is halfowned by tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary’s Malaysia Mining Corp, handled 31 per cent more containers in 2003 as it gained new clients including Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corp. The Johor port handled 3.5 million 20-ft containers last
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    • 188 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE The Energy Market Authority (EMA) has hired the consulting unit of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu to advise it on the opening up of the electricity market. The regulator plans to allow power producers to compete to sell electricity to households as part of its
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    • 455 12  -  US Marine Corps’ management principles ‘perfect for business’ By Khushwant Singh SINGAPOREAN businessmen, who have a reputation for being too cautious about committing themselves to business tie-ups abroad, should jump to it like the US Marine Corps. Professor Peter Unsinger (above),
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    • 479 14 Commerzbank to scrap pension scheme for employees but not board members AFP BERLIN One of Germany’s main banks is to scrap its company-funded pension scheme for employees except for six people the management board members, including chairman KlausPeter Mueller. As a result, Commerzbank, the country’s fourth-biggest bank,
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    • 381 14 STI: 1,860.53 1.03 Reuters SHARES finished mixed yesterday as the market locked in profits in banking stocks such as DBS, but positive sentiment remained towards technology counters. The Straits Times Index slipped just 0.06 per cent, or 1.03 points, to 1,860.53 after hitting a new 34-month
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    • 24 14 *AS AT JANUARY 14 US$: 551.693 553.118 EURO: 552.150 Ss: 62.71 YEN Ss: RM2.244 Ss: HK54.585 Ss: 23.02 BAHT Ss: 4,921 RUPIAH
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    • 250 14 AFP SYDNEY Australia’s major communications carrier Telstra was under fire yesterday over an agreement to send 450 jobs to India in one of the largest examples yet of Australian firms transferring employment to low-wage countries. The part state-owned corporation described the deal as an
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    • 316 16 Some foreign brands don’t deserve their top billing, says Morgan Stanley AFP DEARBORN, Michigan US automakers have tweaked quality for decades, but buyers do not give them credit, Morgan Stanley said on Tuesday. Also, consumers think of imports more highly than they should. The
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    • 238 16 Reuters LOS ANGELES It’s been a year since the Fox television network shook off a fall ratings slump with help from a former underwear model posing as Joe Millionaire. Now the beleaguered network and its new top executive, Ms Gail Berman, are hoping to catch
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  • Comment
    • 798 18  -  By NICHOLAS FANG The Straits Times A QUIET comer of Clementi Sports Hall is my second home. Normally, I would spend some three hours each day and up to six times a week training without unlike many other glamour sports the glare of spotlights or the
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  • Vocal
    • 325 20 AS a 14-year-old, I find that some school rules are really unnecessary. More schools should start to relax certain rules which seem a bit absurd. Unless these rules are explained clearly, many students will be confused about why they are imposed and some may even defy
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    • 192 20 DURING the recent wet weather, I have noticed water seepage on SBS bus registration number *****98 P, on the service 80 route. Water seeped in from top of the windows as well as from the roof. Seats were wet, especially the three rows at the rear
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    • 69 20 EXPRESSWAYS have exit numbers and MRT stations have alpha-numeric codes. Now we need alpha-numeric codes for bus stops, too. It’s difficult to tell bus commuters where they should alight. If a code were assigned to a bus stop and displayed prominently so as to be seen from
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    • 168 20 YOUR writer Ms Magdalene Phang, who wrote about her single status in the commentary “So what if I’m single?” (Streats, Jan 14), found consolation in the fact that there is at least a 90-something grandaunt who does not ask those unpleasant questions about her marital
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    • 130 20 MS Magdalene Phang, in her commentary, articulated what I wanted to say to so many “insensitive folks” around me about being single. They take my Chinese New Year mood all the way down whenever I am forced to greet them. Singapore is a tough place for
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    • 162 20 IT is important to find out why, despite so much publicity and so many reminders given by the authorities, 84,867 Singaporeans missed the Economic Restructuring Shares (ERS) deadline. For these people, the Government said it would reconsider their appeals on a case-by-case basis. One thing is
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    • 85 20 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streafs@spti.eom.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be
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    • 306 21 SLIMMING BODY CARE w Jacelyn is as confident about her individuality as she is about her body. How does she keep it so slim and trim? Easy, she says, because beauty begins with Jean Yip. i* A i “Beautiful People” Success Story Jann can now step out feeling positive about
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  • Global
    • 387 22 Virus can spread easily, says WHO as S’pore announces Thai ban Wire services HANOI The bird flu that has raced through chicken farms in Asia and killed at least three people in Vietnam could become a bigger problem for the region than Sars, the World
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    • 196 22 Reuters BEIJING -A new variety of the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus that has emerged in southern China appears to be less contagious than the strain that killed more than 800 people worldwide last year. The present strain does not appear to be as
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    • 119 22 TOKYO Manga comics can constitute pornography, a Tokyo judge ruled on Tuesday, handing a one-year suspended sentence to the president of a publishing company. Judge Yujiro Nagatani, of the Tokyo district court, said that The Honey Room was “mostly devoted to undisguised, detailed
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    • 298 24 Washington may spend $2.5b to train couples in interpersonal skills WASHINGTON Promoting the institution of marriage in its traditional form between people of the opposite sex could be a Bush administration initiative as an election approaches, a press report said yesterday. Whether President George W Bush
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    • Article, Illustration
      32 24 Mr David Tyner a graduate student at Queen’s University, looking at an ice fort constructed by fellow students along the shoreline of Lake Ontario in Kingston, Ontario, on Tuesday AP
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    • 165 24 KUALA TERENGGANU Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) chief Abdul Hadi Awang has done an about-face on how non-Muslims should dress, saying that the Terengganu state government could not dictate what they wear. “Non-Muslims are free to choose their dressing and we cannot force them to dress like
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  • Medical
    • 239 28 Reuters LONDON In a tropical climate like Singapore’s, spraying underarm deodorants is widespread. But a new British study suggests that there could be cause for concern. Chemicals found in underarm deodorants have been detected in the tumours of breast cancer sufferers, researchers at the University of Reading
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    • 135 28 QAre frog’s legs high in cholesterol? Are they healthier than other meat such as chicken and beef? A The main dietary factor that increases blood cholesterol level is a diet high in total and saturated fat. Cholesterol from food also raises blood cholesterol, especially when consumed in combination
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    • 103 28 tuf T i ll Greet the Chinese New Year at Keyaki Japanese Restaurant. From 20 to 31 January 2004, you can enjoy an exquisite eight-course dinner complete with Japanese-style “Lo Hei” to usher in good fortune, for just 100 per diner*. For enquiries or reservations, contact Keyaki at 6826 8335,
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  • Thursday Tech
    • 565 30  -  tu ai ttoeM^Teyoum I d Sf^ tos in Hm MM the Lunar New Year? H?/ tngS( su>areto 8 j f the images 1 preprinting 8 I By BILLY TEO Computer Times THE coming Lunar New Year celebrations will see many memorable moments being captured
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    • 386 30  -  By_ Geoffrey Pereira The Straits Times IT’S crystal ball time of the year again, when future-gazers tell you what the year will bring. Some use a telescope and look a decade ahead. How fast will your computer be then? What will you get for $l,OOO
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    • 136 32 National Hero Khoo Swee Chiow S' O w i > i m > -rt I dare to dream... set ambitious goals, Persevere and ultimately, I achieve greater heights. Nothing beats being at the top. The thrill is to live each day to the fullest. I keep up the stride, knowing
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    • 134 33 National Hero Khoo Swee Chiow K: ®m m n I dare to dream... set ambitious goals, Persevere and ultimately, I achieve greater heights. Nothing beats being at the top. The thrill is to live each day to the fullest. I keep up the stride, knowing with every step I take,
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  • EasyStreats weekender
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      586 34 The organiser of the first international poetryfestival, runningfrom now to Sunday, tells GREGORYLEOW that poetry is more popular than some people think THIS is no obscure event for the select few. The organiser of Singapore’s first international poetry festival, Wordfeast 2004, says that poetry is more popular than
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    • 164 34 Wordfeast takes place from today to Sunday. The more than 20 programmes include: Sea-Side Slam Competitive performance poetry that could see you win $5OO if the audience likes your poem. When where: Today, 9pm to 11pm, at The Beach Hut Bar at Marine Cove, 1000 East Coast
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    • going out
      • Article, Illustration
        580 38  -  Ala Wm, mmrm i CARTE By Sharon Soh PLANNING a big family reunion dinner but don’t want the hassle of cooking and cleaning up? Want to take the family out for a good meal but grandma insists that eating at restaurants is extravagant? One place where you can
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      • 368 38  -  By GARY LIM CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN Starring Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff oo®®® PERHAPS it is just as well that Cheaper by the Dozen steered clear of the Christmas period here, which was when it was released in the US. For it would have been
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      • 415 40  -  By YVONNE KWOK THE COMPANY Starring Neve Campbell and Malcolm McDowell Directed by Robert Altman ooo.^® ROBET Altman’s first movie after Gosford Park is one of baffling beauty that will leave you bewitched and bewildered. The Company chronicles a year in the life of the
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    • staying in
      • Article, Illustration
        253 42  -  BjL Yvonne Kwok PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN ©OO©® VCD REVIEW IF you loved watching The Mummy and you can’t wait for the Indiana Jones trilogy to come in a special DVD boxed set, then you wouldn’t want to miss this rollicking adventure that features the same breed
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        247 42  -  By Gary Lim WISHING STAIRS oo©®® VCD REVIEW IT’S creepy. It’s scary. Alas, it’s not that original. All the suspense that was generated j from a thrilling opening disappointingly fell apart soon after. The flight of stairs beside a girlsonly high school is where all the action begins.
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    • 116 43 This year, weathermen celebrate the 50th anniversary of operational numerical weather prediction or computer weather models. The magazine of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration reported this week that they were first used in the US on July 1, 1954, by a joint weather prediction unit
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 44 43 Bpm, Channel U Shaun takes on a 2,500-year-old Chinese performing art acrobatics. His mission is to travel to Taiwan, to a famous college of performing arts to learn, within five days, the art of acrobatics. Will he live up to the challenge?
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      • 42 43 9pm, Star World (SCVIB) The premise may sound familiar: Fifteen beautiful women join one eligible bachelor for romance, fantasy dates and hopefully, love. But there’s a twist that only the women know the chosen woman receives US$l million.
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    • Happenin’
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        67 43 GNANA IN EVOLUTION Today till Jan 25, 11.30am-Bpm Monday to Saturday and 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday (closed on Jan 22 and 23, open till spm on Jan 21) Utterly Art (208, South Bridge Road #O2-01, tel 6226-2605); Free Indian artist P Gnana stages his fourth solo exhibition of mystic abstract
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      • 67 43 CASUAL CONCERT: SUNDAY SERENADE Sunday, spm Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets from $l5 to $24.75 at Sistic An informal hour-long concert with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and violinist Kam Ning. You can pose any question you wish to the performers on stage and learn more about the orchestra and classical
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    • 464 35 Tuck into fun-filled on Sentosa this Chinese ii w m v VM This Chinese New Year, Sentosa has lined up red packets of fun and festivities for all visitors. From value-for-money packages to calligraphy demonstrations with-a-twist, from thrilling stunt shows to traditional lion and dragon dance performances, it’s all happening
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    • 508 36 going Ti% 3 4 FORTUNE HOUSE We are open for Dinner on the Ist day of Chinese New Year (22nd Jan) Yu Sheng starts on 8 Jan 2004 m Double Boiled Treasure Pot $168" Only (6 pax) $30 (per additional pax) Advance Booking Please Take away available. Reunion Dinner Set
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