Timeszone Central, 19 January 1989

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  • 14 1 TimesZone Central Every THURSDAY with your Straits Times January 19,1989 Vol. 2 No. 3
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  • 351 1  -  By TINA A KHAN IT stares balefully at you through unblinking, yellow slits. Elongated, thick and limbless coils remind you that it could swallow you whole. But for the time being, it is people who are doing the
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    123 1 TRAVEL is Esther Sim’s first love and she has yearned to be in the travel business since she was 14. She says: M I used to envy my neighbour who was a travel agent. She was always carrying hig travelling bags and going on holiday. I told myself
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 95 1 Nikon THE CENTRE OF PHOTOGRAPHY NIKON CAMMA OMTKC CBWTREPOI NTSUPER PHOTO CENTRE PTE LTD,I76 ORCHARD ROAD #O5-10, SINGAPORE 0925 TEL: *****16/*****81 A twist to those snake tales: Page 5 4 ZGDffl IN ZQDHI OUT The world moves at your Command mTWiam ml ml illsi! rvm 4* t PERFORMANCE 35/80mm POWER
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    1250 2  -  COMPILED BY TINA A KHAN P»|l DRAMA ll Sophocles’ “Philoctetes” and Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” presented by Cheek by Jowl, a British theatre company known for its versatility and inventiveness. Place: Victoria Theatre. Dates and times: “Philoctetes" on today and tomorrow at 8 pm. "The Tempest" on Saturday at
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 120 2 OV r ,-v r v 1 x .<A ft Ur -J* 'R iL vY/iy^Xr t i Set Menu Steamed Lobster in Minced Garlic Sauce S Braised Whole Abalone in Oyster Sauce Braised E-Fu Noodle Double Boiled Har-S-Mar with Lotus Seed I(U Harbour City 60? Alexandra Road #O3-01, PSA Building. pore
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    • 82 2 UHu t e qu»p \o add' »o jOXf^, mb ,en Come ou a nd a P aoeseJOYFUL KARAOKE LOUNGE #O2-81/82 Class Hotel Shopping Centre 317 Outram Road Singapore 0316 Tel: *****37 SPECIAL LOW TRANSIT RATE For Single Double before 10 p.m. $2O! $3O Nett (2 hrs) Nett (3 hrs) STRAND
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 679 3 Newsman trm/U S 100 ORCHARD ROAD #O2-38/39 MERIDIEN SHOPPING CENTRE TEL: *****22 *****33 *****90 BRANCHES: a #BI-06 Dm-tchi Hot* TEL *****00 a #Ol-15 Glass Hotai Shopping Cantn TEL *****52 a #BI-34 Parkway Panda TEL *****00 a #O6-106 Far Eaat Plaza TEL *****66 INTER TRAVEL 100 Eu Tong Sen Street #O2-22
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  • 138 4 MOST of us must have had a funny experience at some time of other. Timeszone Central welcomes contributions from readers who have had similar true life experiences as those published here. The joke could be on you, which, of course, makes it better. But it need not
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  • 76 4 MY uncle, a jolly middleaged man, can’t seem to get rid of the habit of spitting out of the car window. One day, while in the car with me. he had the urge to spit. But instead of it landing outside, the spittle landed
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  • 120 4 I WAS in a hotel restaurant in New Zealand deciding on what to order for my meal when I came across a dish called “schnitzel” on the menu. I didn’t know what it was so I called the waitress over and asked her for
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  • 62 4 MY mother and I were visiting an aunt when mum asked her about her new washerwoman. “That woman! She stole two of my towels. Why doesn’t she buy her own?’’ my aunt askea. “Which two towels?” mum asked. “Oh, the ones that I took from
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  • 125 4 MY nine-year-old brother walks in his sleep. One day when we were watching TV, we heard the bedroom door open. It was my brother who was sleepwalking. We decided to follow him to see what he would do. He walked to the toilet. But instead of going in
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  • Letters to The Editor
    • 235 4 I LIVE opposite the East Coast Park near the East Coast Lagoon Food Rendezvous. Sometimes I hear the screeching of car tyres from the East Coast Park (ECP) Service Road. This started happening when the ECP Service Road to the hawker centre was
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    • 75 4 THE ATM/NETS scheme by OCBC, DBS, OUB and UOB would otherwise have been very successful if not for the stickers which indicate the ATM/ NETS automatic teller machines. Since the beginning of the scheme, some of the stickers have either been torn off or scratched.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 430 4 PC-CIDEA INSECT PAINT MA’MIFACTUKFD BY PRE WACOM rm: PKorcssiortAL rKfATMCfIT 2 V* if beautifies protects' against insects :E?g~ •SS5&* NO MORE HOUSEHOLD PESTS!! ARE YOU BUGGED BY COCKROACHES ANTS. MOSQUITOES. BUGS AND HOUSEFLIES? YOU CAN SOLVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS WITH PC-CIDE. The next time you pant your house, think of
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    • 93 4 i $2O for the best letter WRITE to Timouono Central if you have a point to raiao. We will pay $2O for the beat letter and $5 for any other letter pubkehed. The iettera ahould be abort and to the point Ideally, they ahould not exceed 150 worda. AD lettera
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  • 184 5 DO you have trouble breathing? Do you often wbeeze or feel a tightness in the chest? Do you suffer from pain and stiffness in your muscles and joints? In Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, the belief among many is that drinking snake soup mixed
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  • 84 5 THE third Ikenobo Ikebana Floral Exhibition will be held at Tangs from January 30 to February 4. Demonstrations and classes promoting this art will be conducted by the headmaster of the Ikenobo School in Kyoto, Mr Sen’ei Ikenobo, and his team of 30 instructors. Over 100 Ikenobo Ikebana
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 122 5 ‘Mamarita's yt < The Mexican Restaurant Drive, *w Specials Dally Set Lunch W/ 108, Faber Singapore 0612 TekTTMK ♦Happy Honrs 230 pm 25% on Bar W “ft* mgkok Steamboat Since 1957 COCA STEAMBOAT RESTAURANT #O2-10 Chinatown Plaza, Neil Road, Singapore 0208. Tel: 221 0883, 221 0924 Opens Daily: 12noon 11pm
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    • 237 5 Hakka Restaurantgg Business Hours: 11.30 am to 3 pm 6.30 pm to 10 pm Taste dd ms (Muss ®om? Odoim [Hiatt® Ocsd Hakka Chicken $6 Discount for lunch (Every Monday to Saturday) All are welcome Fried Abacus $lO Pork Bali Soup $8 Fried Hakka Noodle $8 Beef with Hakka Wine
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  • 261 6 SPECTATORS of this year’s Chingay procession on Feb 12 can look forward to a stage performance on the pedestrian mall at Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station. There will also be a fashion show and a special parade of hotel beauty queens and staff
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  • 179 6 Cairnhill 0 *****37 TAKE part in the three-day "Allegro Chess Tournament” starting on Jan 27 at 7 pm. Learn cartoon drawing in a three-month course starting on Feb 2 from 7 to 9 pm. Fee: $4O. Kolam Ayer 0 *****72 Children can enrol in a sixmonth art
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 289 6 Business Hours Mon-Fri 9.30 am to Bpm Sat 9.30 am to 7pm Sun/P.H. 9.30 am to spm Unit#* Hnirstyling A Beauty Salon APPOINTMENTS: 273-0859 CLOSED ON TUESDAYS BLK 113, BUKIT MERAH VIEW #Ol-554, SINGAPORE 0315 M 3* 1C 11 M n BEACH GARDEN SEAFOOD 15 Marina South #Ol-01 Marina Grove
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    • 268 6 COOL DOWN WITH US e We specialise in the planning design of all air-con systems Centralised, single, twin, tri-con multi-split room units for your economical budget Our services: Sales, repair, installation, maintenance, electrical wiring. P U B Tasting licensing for HDB HUDC apartments 24 hrt Complete eircon system installation 5
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  • BITES
    • 67 7 SAMPLE English fare at the Harbour Grill in Hilton Hotel till Jan 29. Gary Rhodes, head chef of The Castle Hotel in Taunton, which is one of six hotels outside London to have a Michelin Star, turns simple ingredients into gourmet specials. Chef Rhodes, whose cooking has been
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    • 233 7 THE Hubertus Grill in Century Park Sheraton offers executives a “Businessman Lunch” from Mondays to' Fri- days, between noon and 3 pm. A combination of a la carte and buffet dining, the lunch offers a lavish appetiser spread which includes prawns on ice and rock oysters, a
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    • 124 7 A WORLD buffet is on at Hotel New Otani's River Terrace Coffeeshop till Feb 4 Tuck in to 60 dishes spanning a host of international flavours local, Western, Japanese and Asian. Start on scallop cocktail, mussel and tuna salads, and a variety of soups. Then progress to sukiyaki
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    • 64 7 FOR the month of January, Senbazuru Japanese Restaurant in Hotel New Otani introduces pancakes prepared Japa-nese-style. Select from a variety of pancakes with either vegetables, beef, pork or seafood fillings, priced from s7++ to slB+ each from noon to 2.30 pm. You may also want to try the
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    • 72 7 TWO chefs from Hyatt Aryaduta Jakarta have been specially flown in to recreate spicy Indonesian fare for Plum’s Cafe at Hyatt Singapore. Till Jan 29, for both lunch and dinner, feast on authentic favourites such as gado gado, soto ayam, semur lidah (ox tongue in soya bean sauce),
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    • 57 7 SAVOUR Nonya kuih and dianxin at the new-ly-opened Bibi’s Theatre Pub. The high-tea promotion is on daily from 3 to 5.30 pm with tea treats served in a traditional three-tier Nonya basket. Price is $lO nett inclusive of free flow of coffee or tea. Nonya kuih at
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    • 232 7 A Mitsubishi Chinese New Year Super Sale! Showroom #Ol-41 Sim Lim Square Tel: *****55,*****27,*****41 CT-2102P 53cm/21’ Blue Diamond Flat square screen Earphone tack Automatic fine tuning (AFT) Special Price $5BO/ Free One Kambo Slow Cooker. a. m «Wi MR-278W 2-Ooor Retngerator Total Capacity 270 f Freezer capacity 65r Flefngerator capacity
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  • 35 8/9 Beef the basic cuts HA VE you ever wondered what cut of beef you are eating? Here we show you the basic cuts. The picture is published courtesy of the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation.
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  • 497 8/9 JACK’S PLACE ONE of the world’s most superior quality beef Harris Ranch beef is available at the Jack’s Place group of restaurants. With a special menu of four Harris Ranch steak selections to choose from tenderloin, striploin, ribeye and T-bone each melt-in-your-mouth dish is served on a hot
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  • Page 8/9 Advertisements
    • 173 8/9 coc °o o 0 c> It's not a story. It’s promotion of the two most popular meat of Chicken Beef. Lunch or Dinner from 2.1.1989 31.1.1989 •6 rw 5-COURSE SET MENU AT VALUE-PACKED PRICES Australian Airflown Grain-Fed Ribeye Chicken $11.90 (Normal Set Lunch at $6.50+ also available) oMan^«Jby Miff Citing
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    • 152 8/9 Beefing up at Jack§ Savour the best of U. S. Corn-Fed beef exclusively Airflown direct from the famous Harris Ranch of California. Served in away only Jack’s knows best, dripping with tempting, mouthwatering flavour in your favourite cuts of Tenderloin, Ribeye, Striploin or T-bone ideally grilled just for you!. V^lC
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  • 313 10  -  COACHMAN INN By BRIDGET TAN YOU can really savour juicy and tender steaks at Coachman Inn. That’s because the restaurant uses a broiler with volcanic rocks which ensures even heat distribution when preparing the air-flown New Zealand steak from grain-fed
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  • 214 10  -  EDOGIN JAPANESE RESTAURANT By TINA A KHAN EDOGIN Japanese Restaurant at the Glass Hotel has come up with a dish that will appeal to Singaporeans ana Japanese. This creation is called Gyuniku Shogayaki, prepared by chef Andy Son. It is served with rice, salad,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 302 10 What price satisfaction? '19.90 *VJ V-T, Or try a different kind of satisfaction our Set Lunch from only V.V'N *1: iff And it starts with our Set Dinner... Great tasting soup, juicy corn-fed U S. beef done to perfection (choose from tenderloin, sirloin, rib-eye or T-bone cuts), a mouthwatering king
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    • 97 10 GRILL ROOM COFFEE HOUSE The Best Value in Town Set Lunch at $4.50 only Continental Breakfast at s3.2o++only Executive Breakfast at $4.20 only Beer at $2.80 only to** 1 Tto* in to***: Other Specialties Grilled prawns on skewer Whole sole, lobster, crab etc... Western Chinese cuisine available at very reasonable
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  • 307 11 MARINERS’ CORNER IF you like beef and chicken, head for either Mariners’ Corner or its new outlet, Delight’s Corner, where they now serve both on the same platter. Tender and juicy ribeye steak is grilled, and chicken thigh, which has been deliciously marinated with
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  • 128 11 National Enquirer THE preparation time is 5 minutes and cooking time is between 45 minutes and 1 hour. It serves 4. Ingredients: 4 large slices beef, top round, '/4-incb thick; 4 slices bacon or salami; 4 slices cheese; 1 small onion, diced; 2 tbsps shortening; 1
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    • 197 11 K ORIENTAL FEAST (BUFFET LUNCH) daily between 12noon and 2.30 pm (except Saturdays Sundays) we serve the all-time CHINESE FAVOURITES at our Atrium. Man $15.00 nett Lady $lO.OO nett BEBT WESTERN 8.8. Q. LUNCH. (Saturdays I Sundays only) between 12noon and 2.30 pm At the Balmoral Brasserie, celebrate the best
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    1969 12 DINE DANCE E W Express, Marina Square. Happy hours from 12 to 8 pm. Diners: $l5 nett (Sun Thur); $l6 nett (Fri); $2O nett (Sat and eve of public holidays). Non-diners: $lO nett (Sun Thur); $l4 nett (Fri); $l7 nett (Sat). Entertainment by Edmund Hillary (nightly except Sun).
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 407 12 STEAM BATH ASAUNA <Av;.^ k 0 *£afc ffv $> es k -.25>r co m e te‘ °“jei)s eS mO sS^ n ce S m os cleS »<pe"® r teo s yO»J W efS sh° as e witn orn s L RO h^d ttoc DELIGHT HEALTH CENTRE (Former Dai-lchi Health Centre)
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    • 113 12 V; v '£/>';>! v |Cfc oic? n, F't **°t 28 MASSAGE with F REE use of Sauna Steam Bath C SPECIAL V PACKAGE $45 Massage, Sauna, Steam-Bath plus Hair-Cut Shampoo C °<>' -X> ALL ARE WELCOME OPENING HOURS: II am lo nudnigbl cmydajr. rHfc HEALTH C ENTRE 2nd Moor Ccniury
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  • 206 14  -  By MING RODRIGUES BRIGHT and cheery with eye-catching neons and a soothing pastel interior, Foodworks at Wisma Atria boasts some exclusive dishes you can’t get at other air-conditioned food centres. Smiler's Hut, one of its seven stalls, is unique with its wide range of quality
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 286 14 ONWWWWWWWWWWWWV^ SPECIAL TEMAKI cttcut or?nr iMJaili üB/l (19th 25th January. 1989) i Mii/ij/j/jnrrrrrjrrr/r/TrmrA AT $lB ONLY Temaki Sushi Set includes: Tekka Roll California Roll Ikura Roll Chawan Mushi Seafood Salad Soup Fruits Special Blend UCC Coffee ITALIAN CORNER 100, Orchard Rd. #O2-69. Merldien Hotel Shopping Centre. Spore 0923. TEL: 732-4405
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    • 58 14 EXCITING INTERNATIONAL SHOWS FOR TOUR EXCLUSIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT o 9 CHARMING HOSTESSES AWAIT TO KEEP YOU COMPANY SHOWTIMES 6 45 om ,9 15pm 10 45pm 12 30pm FOP FPI SAT t PukPc HoIMPn 0 45pm B 30 nm 11 13pm 1 3Qpm SEE MORE-ZTOR LESS it’s new! its special —fti
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  • 1237 15  -  By JIM NELSON WHAT will the New Year bring you in terms of money, love, career, family and other areas? Here's an astrological guide prepared especially for The National Enquirer by famed astrologer Lynne Palmer that shows what's in store for you: ARIES
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • 134 16  -  By MING RODRIGUES THE gentle elegance of the Chinese woman is captured this Lunar New Year with a fashion emphasis on soft, shapely silhouettes touched with a hint of the oriental. Incorporating asymmetrical wraps with stano collars and gathers, fabrics come in floral
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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