Weekend East, 7 April 1989

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  • 18 1 WEEKEND east Your FREE weekly newspaper Friday, April 7, 1989 MCI (P) No. 89/5/88 V 01.4 No. 13
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  • 546 1  -  World’s youngest was a mum at 14, grandma at 30, great-grandma at 46 By JANICE GREGORY National En- quirer WEEKENDeast is seeking its readers' help in its search for Singapore's youngest great-grandmother. Do you know her? She is probably in her early or mid-fifties. Write
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    • 90 1 Blooming creation: Back .v\ 4 ZGDfll IN Z® 111 OUT The world moves at your command Nikon TWlOm SI3SSI mil t> j> X) Z* t» S 5J SsgoSS S* 113 m O O —i 2 §2 jSI cs a? s? THfHIGH PERFORMANCE 35/80mm POWER ZOOM AUTOFOCUS COMPACT WITH UNIQUE IMAGE
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    • 40 1 4 Nikon TWMX new Nikon JTFZGDfH INSIDE Starting this week... $5 for your best baby tale PAGE 6 Baby born after mum chokes to death PAGES 10,11 Crime prevention supplement PAGES 12-16 Our What’s-her-line girl is on the Back Page
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  • 173 2 OUR WHAT’S-HER-LINE GIRL: DID YOU GUESS RIGHT? HAPPINESS for Sharon Chua is making an angry and “heated-up" guest smile again. And she has done it so many times in the course of her work as guest relations officer at the Royal Holiday Inn
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  • 194 2 Joo Chiat fit .*****57 A THREE-MONTH restaurant cooking course will start tomorrow from 2 to 4 pm Fee $34 Kaki Bukit fit *****23 A seven-a-side soccer tournament will be held on May 28 for youth members Fee: $5 a team Kg Chai Chee fit *****78 The health club
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    • 480 3 THE ULTIMATE IN UPHOLSTERY |lg I P.E. COMPOUND AND FABRIC PROTECTION. I S 2 I AT P P AUTO CARE CENTRE Raindrops from tree leaves can also make the paint work of your car look dull. A Too much sun can make your car look dull. Yi >» Bird droppings
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  • 367 4 A COLLECTION of works by a group of young potters who studied under Cultural Medallion winner Mr Iskandar Jalil, of Kampung Kembangan, will be exhibited at the National Museum Art Gallery till Sunday. Members of the group take up pottery as a hobby and
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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
    • 131 6 No crossing by order I WAS taking my son to school While we were waiting for the traffic light to turn red and the green man to light up, my son, who was standing very near the traffic light, seemed rather eager to cross the road I was worried about
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    • 71 6 THE time for the dreaded Physical Fitness test finally arrived My classmate took his position for the standing broad jump With knees bent and arms swinging, he leapt in the air and landed with a thud Instead of getting up immediately, he reached for his
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  • JUNIOR FUNNIES
    • 83 6 I WAS given a puppy recently. It is not house trained yet. Once, my mother caught it urinating on the floor. She was so angry, she lifted the puppy by its neck and spanked it. The next day, my younger brother came and asked me how to lift
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    • 153 6 AFTER dinner, dad started writing Lunar New Year cards to my relatives. Mum was busy cutting fruits for dessert and I was looking for my aunts' and uncles addresses in the telephone directory. Dad gave the name while I looked for the addresses Then, suddenly, he
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  • 143 6 PEOPLE are no use as guards. They’re afraid to die. I’ll have a big problem with- m out my dogs. 7— A furniture fabric warehouse owner in Eunos Industrial Estate who keeps seven mongrels as guard dogs but will soon have to get rid of them because the
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  • LIVE LETTERS
    • 111 6 THE speed limit for cars on the fast lane along the expressway is 80 km an hour. But on rainy days, cars travelling along the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) towards Changi Airport have to slow down to about 30 km an hour
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    • 76 6 WE were having fried rice for lunch at People's Park Food Centre. We asked for more chilli because the six of us had to share a small plate of it. The hawker then gave us a whole long green chilli.
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    • 66 6 RECENTLY, I went to City Plaza near Geylang Road Many shops were displaying their goods and dummies in the corridor The goods take up so much corridor space that whenever it is crowded, it is difficult to walk. Shop owners at Lucky Plaza are not
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    • 211 6 BABY BLUES letter “WHERE do babies come from, mum?" Some parents just don’t Know how to answer that when their child wants to know about the birds and the bees at an early age. But kids have their own theories, too, about how babies came into this world. Tell us,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • MOTHER & CHILD
    • 254 7  -  By TOM SMITH National En- quirer YOUR child’s room is a disaster area. What should you do? Yell and scream? Threaten and intimidate? Or, give up and clean it yourself? None of the above, says Dr Ronald Drabman, professor of psychology at
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    • 71 7 Average child colours about hour a day Na- tional Enquirer THE average American child spends 27 minutes a day colouring with crayons and across the nation, people go through a staggering 2,500 million crayons every year. All those crayons total about 13.7 million kg which is enough wax to make
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    • 280 7 ROBERT PIANO CO. PTE LTD 295 Tanjong Katong Road Tel *****77 *****46 CX2ID MEP (H 121 cm) $4720 nett SR4 ORGAN $7090 KAWAI JAPAN’S BEST PIANO MAKERS TODAY Why take chances and settle for less Compare the difference and select the BEST. KAWAI the name you can rely on. PRICES
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    • 105 7 Choose the ad size that works for you! MODULAR UNITS You have a choice of placing ads in standard modular units or in any combination of the modules listed below: (a) 9cm 1 1 col $61.20 (b) 9 cm x 2 col $122.40 (c) 9 cm x 3 col $183.60
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 284 8 Winter of acid and ash FRIDAY Horizon: The Magma Chamber, Ch 12, 9.30 pm WHAT happens to the area after a big volcanic eruption? This programme examines evidence from the geological past which shows the effects of volcanic eruptions such as circular depressions 30 kilometres across It highlights the fact
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    • 173 8 Voices, Ch 5, 3 pm A young girl (Nancy McKeon) battles with schizophrenia while her parents struggle to come to terms with their daughter’s mental illness. Wild Refuge: The Rocky Mountain Adventures, Ch 5, 6.30 pm A new documentary series on the North American wilderness from the Florida Everglades to
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    • 157 8 WEEKENDeast right and Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics. The Travellin’ (iourmet, Ch 5, 11.05 pm Food critic' Mike Kalina travels to Rome where he visits a highly acclaimed restaurant, besides Tre Scallini, the home of a sinfully rich chocolate dessert called Tartufo. He also goes into the kitchen to prepare
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  • 911 9  -  Compiled by BRIDGET TAN TWENTY restaurants, coffeehouses and food outlets will be cooking up healthier options during Nutrition Week from April 7 to 13. It is initiated by the Ministry of Health in conjunction with World Health Day on April 7 to promote healthy eating
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  • 46 9 IN our story, "Get ahead with these flattering styles” (WEEKENDeast, January 27, 1989), we credited the hairstyles to Jeric See of Reds Hair Salon It has been pointed out that the hairstyles were in fact done by Reds Hair Academy. The error is regretted.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 419 9 md HAPPY RESTAURANT 15 Tinjong Kitong Rotd lion City Hotel 2nd level Singapore 1543 Tel: *****17, *****86 Special Promotion from 6 April 4 May ’B9 For every $260 or $350 spent per table 2 large Anchor Beer and 1 Large Guinness Stout will be given FREE Happy CoM Dish Shark’s
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  • 560 10/11  -  By REGINALD FITZ National Enquirer A NEARLY dead baby boy was taken from his mother’s womb more than 15 minutes after the woman choked to death in a freak accident and miraculously, the child survived The incredible life-and-death drama occurred last January 21
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  • CRIME PREVENTION
    • 559 12 IT'S six o’clock in the evening and Mrs Lim is on her way home after a tiring day at work. Yet, she has to prepare dinner for her children and husband who will be back in an hour’s time. However,
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    • 339 14 HOUSEBREAKING incidents at residential pre- mises occurred mostly in one-room flats and new housing estates, said Criminal Investigations Department director, Assistant Commissioner Chua Cher Yak. These areas attract housebreakers because they have fewer residents. However, most of these crimes could have
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    • 144 16 MADAM Magdalene Sng is a safety conscious householder. Her five-room HDB apartment in Tampines is wired with an alarm system It is a precautionary measure she has taken to ensure the safety of her home and family. Said Madam Sng. who is
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    • 194 16 THEFT of vehicles usually occur due to the carelessness of the owners. The thieves are mostly opportunists. They strike when cars are not properly protected. Car owners should remove ignition keys whenever they leave their vehicle unattended, no matter how short the time may
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    • It’s better to be safe...
      • 113 16 THE main advantage of keeping your valuables in safe deposit boxes with the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation is that the CISCO Centre is opened from 7am to 11 pm daily even on public holidays. Unlike commercial banks, there is no need for users to open an
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      • 143 16 LOOKING for a car alarm system? Consider the Stinger Series 100 from S Y Engineering Mechanical Works with its anti-hijack feature. That means when a thief forces you to hand over the car keys and drives off with the car, you can still switch on the alarm by
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      • 116 16 FOR a wide range of alarm systems for your Croperty, complemented y a full range of services, call Premier Security. You can choose from systems with American control panels to those from the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and Europe It costs $4OO for simple basic systems
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      • 107 16 FORCED entry by smashing glass panels or windows is a pattern of break-in that is quite common nowadays because most cars have alarms which deter burglars from forcing open the car door, bonnet, or boot. With the Philips SP 176 car security alarm system, even attempts to jack
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 176 15 Protect youß home Ai\d fAMily f ROM Remember, thieves use these methods to gain entry into your premises. v 1. BREAK-INS AND THEFTS 2. ARMED ROBBERY 3. THIEVES GAINING ENTRY THROUGH ROOFS Forcing open main doors y t± v r s X 1 5 S/A i. s A Breaking glass
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  • 487 17  -  By ALAN MacFADYEN National Enquirer NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Nancy Hollingshead blacked out, tumbled down a flight of stairs and woke up convinced she was 12 years old! Nancy did not recognise her husband or realise she was married. She had no recollection
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  • SPORTSCENE ...with S GULAM
    • 353 19 GEYLANG International are once again Singapore’s top club. They won the title that mattered most the Premier League —for the second year running. The East Coast-based club may have lost their grip on the Pools Cup and got knocked out in the President’s Cup,
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    • 253 19 NFL DIV ONE A HATTRICK by Kanacha Sundram gave Telok Knrau United a comfortable win over Tampines Rovers in a National Football League Division One match over the weekend. The former Geylang International striker ended his lean spell with a goal midway through the first half
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    • 268 19 PRESIDENT’S CUP FINAL JURONG TOWN Football Club stamped their authority as the knockout specialists by winning tne President’s Cup for the second straight year. They came back from a goal down in the first half to douse the spirits of Police Sports Association
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    • 164 19 BADMINTON THREE East Coast-based constituency sports clubs remained in contention for the final round of the inter-consti-tuency badminton with victor les in the losers' pool on Monday Defending champions Tampines East, Marine Parade and Kampung Chai Choc will battle it out with Hong
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    • 48 19 FAVOURITES Tanah Merah and Changkat carried their winning streak into the second round of the inter-constituency netball tournament on Monday Tanah Merah, defending champions and top seeded this year, trounced fellow East Coasters Eunos 35-13. Changkat had a tougher time beating Marine Parade 24-20
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    • 52 19 KAKI BITCIT CSC got off to a win mng start by beating Changi CSC 1-0 in the Intra-zone Si* soccer tournament which began over the weekend at the Geylang Stadium In another match. Tampine* North shocked former inter-eonsti tuency champions Oaagkal 2-0 The tournament is organised bv
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  • 82 20 National Enquirer WOMEN are better than men at detecting and identifying odours, but a woman's sense of smell diminishes temporarily during pregnancy. Surprisingly, more than 1 per cent of the world’s population have no sense of smell at all. These are just some of the
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  • 101 20 THIS floral headgear depicting the “Fun in the Sun" theme was a hit with the crowd which turned up for the Singapore International Shopping Festival parade at Orchard Road last Sunday. More than 600 models took to the street
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    • 50 20 WHA T’S HER LIRE? SHE is very good ai calming people down and is capable of handling difficult people. What does she do? Is she: 1. A psychologist? 2. A police officer? 3. A social worker? 4. A hotel guest relations officer? Find out on Page 2 what she does
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