Weekend East, 28 August 1987

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  • 17 1 WEEKEND east Your FREE weekly newspaper Friday, August 28, 1987 M.C.(P) No. 64/5/87 Vol. 2 No. 34
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  • 392 1  -  PA also puts a ban on visits to ‘spooky’ homes No more ‘moonlight thrills’ By BRIDGET TAN THE People’s Association has stopped its youth groups from organising nocturnal visits to cemeteries and “haunted” houses. This followed a WEEKENDeast report that the Katong Community Centre’s youth
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 146 1 Bushman’s modern wedding: Pgs 10,11 INSIDE Soft toys up for 'adoption’ PAGE 2 Coping with old age PAGE 9 FUNNYLINES and LIVE LETTERS PAGE 8 Find out on Page 9 what they ’re doing.. Music review PAGE 15 COACHMAN-INN RESTAURANT 10 5-course set dinner American Express Cardmembers 5-course 1 set
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    • 82 1 01 Put on a Crocodile. Wear a Legend. available at -71 PARKWAY PARADE WHA T’S HER LINE? Find out on Page 18 what she does PICTURE BY CHEW YEN FOOK JESSIE’S job involves working with children. Her reward is the sense of achievement she feels at the end of each
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  • 177 2 SOME “deserving children from a home” will soon be the new owners of Father John Lee’s collection of more than 40 soft toys. Father John of the Church of the Holy Familyin Katong, is leaving at the end of the month for studies abroad. The
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  • 190 2 A CARNIVAL will be held at Kallang River to celebrate the opening of Kallang Sea Sports Centre. It will be held on Sept 12 at 3 pm. Canoeists from colleges, schools, canoe clubs, and People’s Association youth groups have been
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  • 60 2 THE Geylang Serai Zone A Residents’ Committee held their first National Day dinner at Haig Road last Saturday. The dinner, attended by 900 people, was also to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the RC Centre. MP for Geylang Serai, Mr Othman Haron Eusofe, was the guest-of-nonour. The
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    • 124 2 weekenpG Distributed FREE to 65,000 homes Serving the communities in Aljunied, Bedok, Cnangi, Changkat, Eunos, Fengshan, Geylana Serai, Geylang West, Joo Chiat, Kaki Bukit, Kampung Chai Cnee, Kampunq Kembangan, Kampung Übi, MacPherson, Marine Parade, Mountbatten, Paya Lebar, Siglap, TamRines, Tanah Merah, and parts ol Braddell eights, Kolam Ayer, and Potong
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 704 5 NEWSMAN TRAVEL 80 Marine Parade Road, 81-34 Parkway Parade. Tel: *****90 Head Office: 100 Orchard Road #0230 Mend ten Shopping Centre Tel *****22******33 Branches: •81 Anson Road B1 06 Dai Ichi Hotel Tel *****00 10 Eu Tong Sen St #Ol 10 Furama Hotel Tel *****61 #Ol 15 Glass Hotel Shopping
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  • 271 6  -  By BRIDGET TAN THREE La Salle pupils spent their June school holidays putting the finishing touches to the eye-catching mural (left) at Pasir Ris Secondary School. “It depicts the five values of the School Creed including respect for others, being caring, and working hard,”
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  • 336 6 Bedok fiT *****17 A THREE-MONTH aerobics course will begin on Sept 7. Classes will be held every Monday from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm. Fee is $35 Braddell Heights tsr *****58 A three-month folk dance course for senior citizens will begin on Sept 3. Classes will be held
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 284 6 Shop at National Shop and enjoy a host of benefits no other shop can offer National Shop is not your ordinary kind of retail shop. We don’t just sell you products and then forget about you. We’ve a comprehensive after-sales service package that is the talk of the trade. Plus
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  • 439 7 WITH business picking up in the electronics industry, firms are going all out to make their workers stay on. They are offering a host of fringe benefits ranging from free English lessons to cooking classes. What’s more, workers are
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  • 59 7 GENERAL AT PLAY... Brigadier-General Lee Hsien Loong, the Minister for Trade and Industry, playing with eight-month-old Zainol Nur Sulfiah, during his walkabout at Eunos and Kaki Bukit last Sunday. B-G Lee also dropped in at the Kaki Bukit carnival which was held to celebrate Kaki Bukit
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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
    • 85 8 WE were all in a bedroom at grandma's house. Sister Ah Yin was brushing her hair when a strand got stuck on her lips. Trying to get rid of it, she spat “paey!” Thinking that I was wanted (my home name is Peh), I answered “hah?” Cousin Ah
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    • 52 8 I WAS having steamboat with a friend at a hawker centre when a woman seated at the next table called for an extra side order of sliced fish The waiter, who had trouble pronouncing his "H" and "S", immediately called out to the kitchen for “Lice fiss.” STEAMBOWLED.
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    • 44 8 MY English teacher had trouble pronouncing Hanvu Pinyin names. He called my friend kambing (which means goat in Malay), to answer a question On hearing that, the class burst out laughing My classmate's dialect name is Koh Beng SAKUNA NADESEN, Singapore 1646
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    • 105 8 WE had just finished our PE lesson so we went to the toilet to change. I was about to wear my uniform when I saw a friend going into one of the cubicles. I quickly went to the cubicle next to his as I wanted to
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  • Junior funnies
    • 132 8 MY father was watching television when he noticed that our puppy was chewing something Dad didn't bother to switch on the lights when he went to find out what it was chewing He pried open its iaws and found what looked
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    • 83 8 MY aunt and I were baking a cake for my brother as it was his birthday When I went to wash up. I realised that I had dropped my earring but couldn’t find it. Later, when my brother ate the cake, we heard a loud "crunch."
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    • 92 8 MY cousins Clement and April and I attend art classes at the community centre. One Saturday, Clement forgot to bring his water container to class so I shared my paper cup with him After painting for a while. I went to change the water
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  • 129 8 THE only thing worthwhile in life is to do everything you can to make things better. Sure, people should laugh and celebrate. But what is there to celebrate if you’re not achieving- things? 7— Jane Fonda I’M an eternal optimist. I’ve had to be. I believe in
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  • Live letters to the editor
    • 135 8 WHAT a run! Most organisers make you run on bitumen roads which stretch on flat and boring But the New Zealand Forces run at Ulu Sembawang on Aug 16 is one to be treasured. We ran down hills and puff... puff, up them. We were
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    • 137 8 RECENTLY, my class was involved in selling flags in aid of a children's charity. We stationed ourselves in groups along Orchard Road, Shenton Way. and Bras Basah Road. The majority donated generously when we approached them. However, there were some who avoided donating by
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    • 72 8 MY friends and I were selling flags when we spotted a few Japanese men. We approached them and asked if they would donate some money to help the needy. To our surprise, one of the Japanese men followed by the others each
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    • 83 8 I REFER to the letter "Qigong takes over tracks" by Unhappy (WEEKENDeast Aug 7 issue). We thank the writer for his suggestion on practising qigong at the Bedok Sports Complex. Qigong instructors and enthusiasts have been advised to keep two or three lanes
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 406 8 FREE FACIAL (Worth $25) For every lady who participate in our September s Looking Good Beauty Promotion by 15th September 87. Aerobics Stretch Daily Morning, Afternoon, Evening Jazz Ballet Sun 13/9 10 am Freestyle Disco/Jazz Mon 14/9 Bpm Latin American Wed 16/9 8 pm Social Dance Fri 28/8 7pm Fri
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    • 141 8 m ■r fe/ MOST of us must have had a funny experience at some time or other. WEEKENDeast 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 necessarily
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    • 153 8 CONTRIBUTORS to JUNIOR FUNNYLINES should be aged 15 and under, must give their NRIC number (if 12-plus), name and address. Pseudonyms we allowed. (For those wider 12, please give one of your parents’ names for cheque payments.) We will pay $lO for the best effort and $5 for every entry
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 284 9 NO, this Mercedes 380 is not ploughing the land. It is levelling the ground so that the runway is flat enough for the model aeroplanes to take off. Driver Allen Chua has been doing it for the
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  • 473 9 LIFE can be meaningful in your old age just follow a few simple tips from Dr Anne Merriman FIRST, accept that you are growing ola “This means knowing that you can no longer do all the things you have done in your
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  • 151 9 London Sunday Express. PARENTS coping with temperamental children could solve their problems.by investing in a pet dog Scientists researching the relationship between people and their pets have discovered that families with pets are less likely to suffer from children's tantrums
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 111 9 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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  • Article, Illustration
    575 10/11  -  Ex-fashion designer weds bushman warrior By PATRICK WILKINS National En- quirer FORMER fashion designer Monika Leadismo does not blink an eye when her husband gets ready for work each morning slipping on a loincloth, checking his ivory earrings, and tailing his spear out of the closet. Her
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  • Page 10/11 Advertisements
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 323 12 LWAYS ON SHOW 1 KSLIDING SHOWER SCREENS DOORS Also available for long baths Imported from Australia Best Design Award “Non see through” unbreakable polystyrene panels 8 different frame finishes available Made-to-order, any size style Visit our showroom for the most elegant and latest designs of shower screens, slimline and vertical
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    • 41 12 sM MOVING can be trouble-free with VANPAC, the largest household removal company on the East Coast. Our ideal location simply mean greater savings on time and money. VANPAC INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD Your International And Domestic Door To Door Mover Phone: *****33
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 97 12 Master spy with a penchant for wine, women, and song THURSDAY Spies, Ch 5, 8 pm DASHING George Hamilton stars as lan Stone, the master spy who enjoys his jet-set life-style too much, so much so his superiors issued an ultimatum work with a young and inexperienced partner or opt
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    • 608 12 I STAR SPOTLIGHT OMr- GEORGE HAMILTON plays the spy with a penchant for wine, women, and song in "Spies.” (Ch 5, Thursday) JANE FONDA stars as the persistent TV reporter who pursues "The Electric Horseman." (Ch 5. Sunday) MARTIN SHEEN is the TV anchorman caught in a media controversy in
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  • 387 13 TV NOTES WITH BRIDGET TAN VALERIE Bertinelli, who plays the glamorous and wilful Maxi Amberville in I’ll Take Manhattan (Ch 5, Mondays, 9.30 pm), may have a shaky marriage on-screen with Jack Scalia who plays the love of her life, Rocco Capriani. But
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 183 13 wM m m 0 CAROLINE CHIA EDMUND LAU (FORMERLY FROM REDS SALON) PROMOTION OFFER NOW TILL DEC 1, ’B7 CUT $l5 CUT/PERM $3B Our Team Of Hairstylists: Yen Gregory Edmund Lau CleavanYan Caroline Chia FOR APPOINTMENT ONLY, CALL: *****05 80 Marine Parade Road #Ol-63 Parkway Parade Singapore 1544 ySJ&K&s Jsc6f
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • 385 14  -  By PETER FENTON National Enquirer FIFTY years ago it cost US$5.5 million* to make the blockbuster movie “Gone With the Wind," but Dustin Hoffman earned nearly that much for one recent film, “Ishtar,”
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  • 283 14  -  By JOHN LATTA National Enquirer YOU can snooze better at night by following the advice of leading sleep researchers. Here are tips from the Better Sleep Council: EAT A LIGHT SLEE-PY-TIME SNACK. Snack about an hour before you go to bed on foods
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 100 14 ALFRED GINO PRODUCTION S SALES INSTALLATION RENTAL Mobile Disco Services Discotheque Consultant D.Js./MCs/Comperes D.J. course Party Planners etc 6 Carmen Street Tel: *****28 P rea 1 edmoyapore's Band of the Year L Voted: Best Male Vocalist 1985 Moses Vadham Best Female Vocalist 1985- Ann Hussein Best Vocal Group 1985 Gingerbread
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    • 155 14 Equivalent then to Ssl6 5 million. HIDEAWAY DISCO LOUNGE i*. <r 1, NETHERAVON ROAD 81-03 HOTEL MERIDIEN CHANGI SINGAPORE 1750 TEL: *****33 o o* OPENS AT 4PM DISCO OPENS AT 9PM DAILY MONDAYS THURSDAYS NO COVER CHARGE. FIRST DRINK CHARGE. ALL DRINKS AT $5.50+ FRI. SAT EVE OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
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  • Music Review
    • 458 15  -  by R.Gnook these Liverpudians. ECHO THE BUNNYMEN ECHO THE BUNNYMEN (WEA): This is the first time I’ve heard the Bunnymen. Their music is fresh, with imaginative lyrics, strong rhythm lines and gutsy guitar work. It's definitely one of the better LPs released this
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  • 165 15 National Enquirer. IF you like barbecued fish and who doesn’t? it’s worth investing in a wire grill basket to cook this treat. Combined preparation and cooking time: 30 minutes. Serves 6 1 kg fresh or frozen fish fillets or steaks, or 6
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  • 286 15  -  By JOHN LATTA YOU can bounce back from defeat at work, at home or in school —by following these tips from a psychiatrist. GET RID OF THE PAIN If you want to cry, yell or punch your do it because you can’t bounce back
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 106 15 Special introductory offer You can have a personal copy of 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.
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    • 227 15 KUKUP SEAFOOD RESTAURANT PRESENTS MALAY CULTURE NITE on 28 August 1987 Dine in the only Chinese Seafood Restaurant for MUSLIMS and look out for specially arranged entertainment demonstration of the “BERSlLAT”(Traditional Martial Art), “RONGGENG” (Malay Dance) and a display of traditional Malay costumes Business Hours. Mon Sat 6pm 11pm Sundays
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous

  • 357 16  -  By BRIDGET TAN JAPANESE snacks are becoming very popular with Singaporeans. “We notice that nowadays, office girls buy them during lunch time," said Mr Cheong Wee Chong, store manager of Kimisawa at Orchard Road. Said Mr K Kiuchi, food manager of Yaohan: ‘‘Local children
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 198 16 7 Si k JB an m j Were branching out! h Our new Milano Pizza restaurant is in bloom now at Parkway Parade. East Coast customers can now enjoy a full meal at Milano’s. Start off with our famous home-made soup, or crispy salad from our salad bar... And follow
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    • 125 16 m OCEAN FOOD CENTRE Beef Kway Teow/ Satay Western Food Duck Rice Peranakan Food Curry Rice Fried Hokkien Mee Rojak Hot Plate Noodle Fishball Kway Teow Mee Fish Head Curry Claypot Seafood Kway Chap Yong Tow Foo Chicken Rice Cuttlefish Kang Kong BUSINESS HOURS: MON SUN 7.30 a.m. to 2
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 1634 17 Classified Ad Bank Classifications Deadlines Tuesday 4 00 p m lor run-on classified ads 6 working days classified display ads Phone Service 9 a m to 5p m Mondays to Fridays 9am to 1 pm on Saturdays Closed Sundays and public holidays Prepayment Some classifications of ads are payable in
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  • GOING PLACES
    • 128 18 OUR WHAT’S-HER-LINE GIRL: DID YOU GUESS RIGHT? JESSIE CHAN likes to work with children. During the past three years, her dream has come true. She has been teaching at the PAP kindergarten at Tampines. Jessie, 22. finds that children are so easy
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    • 267 18 DREAMING of a fabulous, unspoilt haven for a family holiday without having to pay the earth? Cebu, “Paradise of the Philippines,” with its unique beauty and charm, will captivate even the jaded holidaymaker. Orient Vacations Pte Ltd, is organising an attractive
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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    • 234 18 22 Pen Pals CHEERFUL DIVORCED GENTLE MAN in mid 30 s. no ties, an average person with secured employment, own home, leads an average lifestyle, who does not boast or show oft. most important, who is frank sincere. en|oys music, beach travel, do not smoke, gamble or drink, wish to
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous

  • SPORTSCENE ...with S GULAM
    • 554 19 MALAYSIA CUP ROUND-UP IT'S still a safe bet that Singapore will qualify for the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Cup tournament despite their 2-1 defeat by Johor at the National Stadium last Tuesday night. But the vital one point that will ensure
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    • 408 19 GOAL FAMINE ENDS FOR SUNDRAM INTER-CON SOCCER FOUR teams from the East Coast qualified for the Winners' Pool Group finals after scoring convincing wins over the weekend in the inter-con-stituency soccer tournament. CHANGKAT led the pack by upsetting seeded KEBUN BARU
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    • 109 19 SEPAK TAKRAW TWO successive victories in the Losers’ Pool last week put Changi CSC in contention for a berth in the second round of the in-ter-constituency sepak takraw tournament. Changi were stretched by Alexandra before they triumphed 2-1. But they were in top
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 97 19 RUNNING IS “SHIOK” The Mobil Marathon, Dec 20 1987 m Shiok (colloq.) Peranakan slang for satisfying’ That is what it's all about when you gear yourself for the Mobil Marathon on December 20. There’s still time but don’t wait too longor L you’ll be left behind! Admission: Free Official Drink:
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  • 229 20 THEY queued up to sign the book But this wasn’t the Great Book at Orchard Mall. A total of 650 Marine Parade residents queued up to sign the “great book” at (he constituency's National Day dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel last Saturday night Nearly 1,200 people
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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