Weekend East, 15 May 1987

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  • 17 1 WEEKEND east Your FREE weekly newspaper Friday, May 15, 1987 M.C.(P) No. 173/5/86 Vol. 2 No. 19
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  • Article, Illustration
    95 1 Night six beauties conquered the fiery ‘beast’ THE dragon was no match for these Miss Universe ’B7 beauties who were treated to a seafood dinner at the UDMC Seafood Centre at East Coast Park. The 10-metre dragon may seem to weigh a ton but the six easily took
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 48 1 Zero’ hour for con victim: Page 3 I INSIDE WEEKEfWO food and entertainment contest winners PAGE 10 FUNNYLINES and LIVE LETTERS PAGE 4 Civil defence is a family affair PAGE 2 Four-page travel pullout Couple’s mid-air home PAGE 14 OUR WHAT'S HER-LINE GIRL IS IN THE BACK PAGE
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    • 122 1 $V’ Everything you ever wanted in a shopping and entertainment centre is found at Parkway Parade. There's always something exciting going on. Not only do we have more than 240 good-value shops and restaurants, and live entertainment spots every evening, we also hold frequent consumer promotions and exhibitions. More than
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  • 192 2 FOR the Pangs of Fengshan, it’s a family affair when it comes to civil defence. Following the example set by his wife and two older children, mechanic Mr Pang Hiok Whee is going to sign up for the next
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  • 299 2 THE NationaL Day carnival this year will be concentrated on Kallang, where the vast open ground will be turned into a fairyland from August 7 to 10. The organisers hope that about one million people will visit this year's carnival 200,000 more
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 178 2 WE SPECIALISE IN CURTAINS GOOD PRICE FRIENDLY SERVICE QUALITY WORKMANSHIP FREE NORMAL SEWING D.V. (DUO VOLENTE) #Ol-32 Paramount Shopping Centre TEL: *****64 *****06 Now when you think lenses, think PAVILION IS s Toric Lenses (Astigmatism) Tinted Soft Lenses, etc. Gas-permeable Lenses We specialise in: Soft Contact Lenses (extended wear) Hard
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    • 121 2 weekenpQ Distributed FREE to 65,000 homes Serving the communities in Aljunied, Bedok, Cnangi, Changkat, Eunos, Fengshan, Geylang Serai, Geylang West, Joo Chiat, Kaki Bukit, Kampung Chai Cnee, Kampung Kemban gan, Kampung Übi, MacPherson, Marine Parade, Mountbatten, Paya Lebar, Siglap, Tarnpines, Tanah Merah, and parts of Braddell Heights, Kolam Ayer, and
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  • 701 3  -  HUSBAND OF WOMAN CONNED OF $20,000 TELLS HOW SHE WAS CHEATED By TO CHEE ENG RETIRED contractor’s wife Madam Kok Yoon Lean, 65, first wrote “20” after the sign on her POSB withdrawal slip. Then, at the prompting of the woman who had accompanied her
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  • 123 3 POLICE suspect the gang that fleeced Mdm Kok Yoon Lean of her savings cheated another elderly woman about four months ago. On Jan 22, housewife Lim Lee Kheng, 56, was shopping in Orchard Road when she met three men and a woman. Mdm Lim withdrew $2,000
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  • 174 3 PARENTS can attend a series of talks on baby care presented by doctors at the Marine Parade Community Centre from July 7. The various topics to be covered are: DIARRHOEA by Dr Kuah Thuan Chong, senior paediatrician lecturer, National University
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 133 3 A GREAT WAY TO RENOVATE GREAT MONEY VALUE We do the complete range of renovation works. And our prices are attractive. We help our customers to check for themselves by offering item-by-item quotations. Quality for quality, we welcome price comparisons. GREAT RELIABILITY We assign trained supervisors to oversee every job.
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    • 47 3 We have moved! Our Marketing and Creative Services departments have moved to: News Centre 2nd level, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore 1334. Our new telephone number Is *****33 (8 lines) Our FAX and TELEX and editorial department numbers remain unchanged: Fax: *****91 Telex: RS ***** SNSNC Editorial: *****00
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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
    • 101 4 I BOUGHT a book for my three-year-old daughter whose birthday is near Christmas. I read her the story about the events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ. When we finally reached the last page, which was a picture of the manger scene, my daughter was delighted
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    • 73 4 MY friend and I were in her shop when an old woman came in. She told my friend that she wanted to knit a sweater for her dog and would like to know how much wool she would need When my friend asked her to bring her dog
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    • 78 4 I WAS in my teens when this incident happened My friends and I went with our dates to the school prom My partner and I happened to be dancing close to a couple who were laugning and joking. The girl's partner laughed so hard that, suddenly, his dentures
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    • 70 4 WHEN I asked my office telephone operator to contact a former colleague in Kuala Lumpur, she asked me for his name. I told her: “Mr Menon.” Two minutes later, she said my friend was on the line. The first thing he said to me was: “Could you please
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  • Junior funnies
    • 55 4 MY family went to a neighbourhood restaurant for dinner. When my father placed an order for venison, the waitress said the dish was not available. My father, who was quite disappointed, said: “What, no deer meat?” The waitress quickly replied: “No venison but got deer meat,
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    • 65 4 AFTER our oral examination, one of my classmates asked our English teacher why the invigilators kept smiling at him after he had answered their questions. She said it was because his answers were acceptable Another classmate said it was not so because when he told the
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    • 84 4 I WAS having some trouble looking for my aunt who recently gave birth to a baby girl at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital Then I saw a woman who looked exactly like her but she had her back towards me To surprise her, I put a congratulations
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    • 53 4 I OVERHEARD two pas sengers in the bus discussing the value of exercise. The first man said: “I bought myself a bicycle.” “Do you often use it?” enquired his friend. the time," he replied, “I move it from one side of the garage to the other.” LIU HANMING
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  • 163 4 C FOLLOW me around... I’m serious. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'll be very bored. 7 US Senator Gary Hart. 55. the 1988 Democratic presidential front-runner, denying a newspaper report that he was having an affair with a young Miami woman
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  • Live Letters to the editor
    • 144 4 LIVING in an HDB flat has opened my eyes to what Singaporeans really are. I have to bear with noise from children playing in the playground as well as the loud incessant chatter of adults. Besides that, I also
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    • 115 4 I WAS very disappointed at first when my employer would not even give me time off to attend Sunday mass. Now, three months later, I have come to realise that I can still find solace and happiness by serving the
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    • 68 4 I WAS returning home when a boy on roller skates zoomed past me in the void deck and nearly knocked me down. Then he and a few other boys skated off and nearly hit an old lady. Could the relevant authorities do something about this
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    • 94 4 I REFER to your article ‘“Cover up’ church tells parishioners” (WEEKENDeast May 1 issue). The priests of the Holy Family Church in Katong must be commended for their announcement that those who flout the dress code would not be admitted to church or be
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 571 4 RENT-A-CHARACTER 4 1 Having a ball? School Concert? w\ it /:> Masquerade or Party? Call *****91 We re the Costume Specialists. Costumes (designed ft tailored) Make-up Hi accessories Life size mascots StaytCnaft H-25 K.tlonn Plaza. No 1 Brooke Knud. Singapore 1542 Business hours: 11.30 am to 5.30 pm (weekdays) Close
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    • 90 4 m for or WRITE to WEEKENDaaat If you have a point to raiaa. Wa will pay $2O for tha boat letter and $5 for any other letter published. The lettera should be short and to the point Ideally, they should not ex* ceed 150 words. All lettera should be signed
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 151 5  -  By TO CHEE ENG KAKI BUKIT will be the first community centre in the East Coast to open an acupuncture clinic. From next month. Sualified volunteers rom the Singapore Acupuncture Association will be there to provide medical treatment. The clinic will be open
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  • 174 5 Aljunied *****79 A TALK in Mandarin on investment in stocks and shares will be held at the CC today at 8 pm. Changi “fif *****07 A talk on "Facts and myths of being a woman" will be held at the CC on May 18 at 7.30 pm. Gunos
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  • 120 5 THE Marine Parade Branch Library and Popular Book Store Co (Pte) Ltd are organising a contest to encourage reading during the June school holidays. Open to all children aged seven to 12, the contestants must borrow at least six books from the Marine Parade
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  • 46 5 TEMASEK Junior College at Bedok will be holding a dinner and dance at the Raffles Ballroom. Westin Hotel, on Saturday, July 18 The dinner is part of the college's 10th anniversary celebrations Those who wish to attend can contact the college at 442-8066.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 239 5 EMPEROR OPTICS CONTACT LENS *BI-072/073 PARKWAY PARADE 80 MARINE PARADE ROAD SINGAPORE 1544 TEU*****80 ******43 Vt 'l* □a QUALIFIED OPTOMETRISTS W&tSHBfD WM tHI GIMSAI OPWAI COONCH Clifton Yong Anna Yeo Patsy Kiu C.L. (A.D.0.) ENGLAND F.A.D.O. (LONDON) BACHELOR OF OPTOMETRY (HONS) UNIVERSITY OF N.S.W. AUSTRALIA BACHELOR OF OPTOMETRY (HONS) UNIVERSITY
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  • 119 6 AMERICAN pop group Miami Sound Machine, who shot to fame with its Latin hit single “Conga,” will be in town to perform at a fund-raising concert on June 22. The group, popular tor its blend of pulsating Latin rhythms and uptempo music, will
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  • 536 6  -  By HO AI TSEN IF you are dissatisfied with the usual fare served for your steamboat and are always asking for more of a certain item or an item to be left out, you don’t have to go through the hassle anymore. At the air-conditioned Katong Gourmet
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 161 6 r r Unisex Hairstyling Beauty Salon r r B1 -91/92 Katong Shopping Centre Singapore 1543 Tel: *****06 V Business hours: 10 am to 8 pm (Mon Fri) 10 am to 7 pm (Sat) We are closed on Sundays r With ESTER TEO in attendance PRICE cuts and perms (Valid till
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    • 188 6 ALVIN’S Claypot Corner #BI-144 Parkway Parade The Claypot Rice Specialist Fastest Claypot in the East! FOR ONLY $2.50! CLAYPOT Chicken, Pork, Prawns, Combination or Super. From ONLY $2.50! SET LUNCH Claypot, soup and drink. From ONLY $3.80! Prawn Mee, Mushroom Mee, Chee Cheong Fun. OCEAN FOOD CENTRE Beef Kway Teow/
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 90 7 WE CARE FOR EYE CARE Yes, we at EYECARE really do and we certainly know how It Because we are aware of the importance of your eyes and our principal aim is to help you enhance your vision with the assistance of the latest in modern ophthalmic equipment. At EYECARE
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 575 7 By BRIDGET TAN IfICHUKTS Tracking down a Nazi war criminal THURSDAY Thursday Feature Special: The House on Garibaldi Street, Ch 5, 10.30 pm THIS suspense drama based on a true story is about the smuggling of notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann from Argentina to stand trial in Israel. Israeli
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    • 71 7 Emma Samms, Peter Cushing, and Mickey Rooney. A young orphan, with the help of a beautiful genie ana a handsome prince (who, of course, wins the hand of a princess), rids the city of Jadur of an evil Caliph Film Focus: Mayerling, Ch 12, 8 pm Beautiful French actress Catherine
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    • 161 7 Behind the country bumpkin looks is a cunning lawyer Matlock, Ch 5, 10.30 pm ANDY Griffith may look like a country bumpkin in this new series which starts on Sunday May 17. But this cunning attorney is full of courtroom antics. With his lawyer daughter, Charlene (Linda Puri) and private
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  • 217 8/9 Swim star Peng Siong shows Miss Universe beauties how it’s done YOU’VE got to hand it to them I they can make a pair of chopsticks I go a long way. After learning how to use them to pick up their food, they also used them to decorate
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  • Page 8/9 Advertisements
    • 167 8/9 A AT PARKWAY PARADE FROM 22 TO 29 MAY ’B7 rIJ-V** I m Parkway Parade has a lot this Hari Raya as for any other occasion for the matter. With more than 250 shops retailing almost anything under the moon, it’ll be a breeze and a bargain picking your needs
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    • 139 8/9 Chris Hair Design Team Unisex Salon By: London-Trained Hairstylists. CUT $l5 onwards PERM $36 onwards We also conduct Hairdressing Courses for all levels FACIALS AVAILABLE Business Hours: Mon-Sun 10am-Bpm For enquiries, call: *****13 Blk 247. Hougang Ave 3. #Ol 460, Singapore 1953 'O/v o* I *xr WEDDING GOWNS SPECIALIST W
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  • 141 10 Our what’s-her-line girl: Did you guess right? SHARON Lee Meiling is still tied to her mother’s apron strings at least for now until she’s old enough Sharon's mother feels she is destined for greater things when she’s older. Sharon, 16, who is a promotion assistant
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  • 376 10 Food and Entertainment contest results "I NEVER dreamt I would win the first prize," said an excited Mrs Doreen Chia, a team manager, of Marine Parade Road. "I still can’t believe it." Mrs Chia, 35. said her prize of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 310 10 <337 Complete range of auto accessories PARKWAY PARADE BASEMENT 81-104 Tel: *****58 Associate Co: Koon Lek Company Blk 125 Bukit Merah Lane 1 #Ol-174 Singapore 0315 Tel: *****69 *****96 ■fr' 6 Off'! z°/y i G&th 4< Cc***y, ilO ##i. r foitprict Y*> c./ec* ts ft only C, tf*T+ our fhooj
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    • 111 10 NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION 705 Serangoon Road Singapore 1232 Every year 200 people die needlessly of kidney failure. Most of them die because they cannot afford the high cost of dialysis. The National Kidney Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to saving these lives and we appeal to you to help
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

  • Hari Raya Special
    • 301 11 GEYLANG Serai will be turned into a fairyland of lights for Hari Raya Puasa, which falls on Friday. May 29. The whole of Geylang Serai, part of Joo Chiat Road, and the stretch of Changi Road between Tanjong Katong and Still Road
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    • 199 11 HARI Raya will be here soon and it’s time to go shopping. For those looking for real bargains, there is the pasar malam organised by Marine Parade’s Neighbourhood A and I) Residents’ Committees on May 22 and 23, in front of Blk 46,
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    • 280 12  -  By BRIDGET TAN MADAM Siti Jamilah Osman, of Fidelio Street, who bakes cakes for sale during Hari Raya Puasa, wedding engagements and other festive occasions, shares a recipe of kek lapis prunes. A popular variation of the plain and spicy kek lapis,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 386 11 UlCane Bamboo Craft #O3-36 Tanpng Katong Complex S pore 1440 Tel: *****84 (Formally Yokoso) We specialise in custom-made cane rattan furniture for homes and office use Business Hours 2 00pm to 9 30pm (Including Sundays and Public Holidays) Sdtß a O RESTAURANTS Enjoy our highly acclaimed Malay cuisine, served in
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 388 12 IMPRESS ART-GALLERY X A New Dimension in Art. For the widest selection of framed or unframed art: Originals Oil, watercolour Limited Editions Posters/Prints Chinese Brush Paintings NEW ARRIVALS EVERY MONTH! We offer: Customized framing A wide range of frames Delivery and installation Visit our Showroom: #O3-24 Parkway Parade Singapore 1544
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    • 26 12 Visit Our New Showroom at #Ol-37/38, SPECIALISTS' SHOPPING CENTRE Opens MONDAY to SUNDAY 9.30 am to 6.30 pm □4KL4NDteI B iBKITC HENS *****88 INTERIOR TEL: *****78
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 1591 13 Classified Ad Bank Classifications Deadlines Tuesday 4 00 p m lor run-on classified ads 6 working days classified display ads Phone Service 9a.m. to 5p m Mondays to Fridays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Closed Sundays and public holidays Prepayment Some classifications of ads are payable in advance
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  • 480 14  -  By ROGER CAPETTINI TIGHTROPE walker Henri Rochetain had a high old time celebrating his 50 years as a high-wire performer he and his wife spent 18 days living in a house suspended on a wire ..25 metres (82 ft) above France’s Rhone River! And
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  • 165 14 "SINGAPORE is a very nice and clean city!” That’s the consensus of six primary school pupils from Bangkok, winners of a cleanliness contest among schools, which is part of the “Help Keep Thailand Clean' campaign. The children, aged 10 to 13, are from Wat Yannava
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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    • 105 14 Special introductory offer You can have a personal copyjof WEEKENDeast delivered to your home every week. Just return the form below to: Focus Publishing Ltd, Please enclose cheque/postal or money News Centre 2nd level,. order for $l2 for postage and handling 82 Genting Lane, charges. DO NOT SEND CASH. Singapore
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  • SPORTSCENE...with S GULAM
    • 381 15 FA CUP FINAL PREVIEW WITH Tottenham Hotspur hoping to make it their eighth successful visit to Wembley, and Coventry City wanting to win the trophy on their first try, this Saturday’s FA Cup Final could turn out to De one of the best in recent
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    • 49 15 TOTTENHAM: Ray Clemence, Gary Stevens, Richard Gough, Gary Mabbut, Chris Hughton, Osvaldo Ardiles, Steve Hodge, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Allen, Chris Waddle, Clive Allen. COVENTRY: Steve Ogrizovic, Brian Kilcline, Greg Dawns, Trevor Peak, Steve Sedgley, Nick Pickering, Mickey Gynn, David Phillips, Dave Bennett, Keith Houchen, Cyrille Regis.
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    • 166 15 ENGLISH First Division side Southampton should start off as favourites to win the Epson quadrangular at the National Stadium from May 20-28. Though Southampton will be coming without their most famous name England international goalkeeper Peter Shilton they still pack enough experience and firepower to win the tournament.
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    • 264 15 VOLLEYBALL DEFENDING champions Tampines came back from the brink of defeat to edge out Jalan Kayu to qualify for the seconcf round of the inter-constituency volleyball tournament. The East Coast team started off, as usual, with their fast attacking play, and won the first set
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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    • 235 15 J^BMOKS USA X ■JIL a RESERVOIR RUN ROUND 2 8.6 Kilometres 4.30 pm Saturday, 30 May 1987 Runners are to be ready by 4pm Entry forms are available at: Sports Management Pte Ltd Tel: *****18 or Browning Brooks Division 68, Orchard Road #03*21 Plaza Singapura Singapore 0923 Yl( TOKINOX Th«
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  • here and there
    • 102 16 LONDON: A young couple have reported the loss of ail their clothes except for what they were wearing John and Angela Clark, both 21, had packed the clothes in several plastic bags and left them outside their home before moving to their new flat. Before
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    • 195 16  -  By TO CHEE ENG A YOUTH group plans to go ahead and conquer Mt Ophir although a group oi hikers got lost on the mountain a fortnight ago. Aljunied Community Centre Youth Group will leave for the 1,287-me-tre high
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 349 16 100 WEEKEi 1 i Distributed FREE to 65,000 homes Telephone Nos: Editorial: *****00/*****00 Marketing/Accounts/Circulation: *****33 m V vs HER LIRE? SHARON meets rude people sometimes during the course of her job but that doesn 7 t deter her from doing a good day’s work. What does she do? Is she:
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 496 1 NEWSMAN HOLIDAY SPECIAL 80, Marine Parade Rd, #BI-34 Parkway Parade. TEL: *****90 100, Orchard Rd, #O2-30, Meridien Shopping Centre. TEL: *****22 *****33 BRANCHES 10, Eu Tong Sen St. #l-10 Furama Hotel TEL: *****61 81, Anson Rd, #BI-06 Dai-lchi Hotel TEL: *****00 #Ol-15, Glass Hotel Shopping Centre. TEL: *****52 NEWSMAN TRAVEL
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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