Weekend East, 23 June 1989

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  • 18 1 WEEKEND east Your FREE weekly newspaper Friday, June 23, 1989 MCI (P) No. 172/5/89 Vol. 4 No. 24
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  • 271 1  -  Picture and text by CHEW YEN FOOK TWO heads are better than one. So the saying goes. But for this Golden Dragon fish (Arowana), having two heads can be quite a headache. According to its owner. Mr Joseph Ho, 28, of Rainbow
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 252 1 INSIDE: Parkway’s 4-page pul lour HENDRI W chM» Itcmnc* No C 0®37 OT SPECIALISE IN FILIPINO MAIDS Inclusive of: Bankers Guarantee, insurance, medical, replacement, all documentation fee Hendrick's maids to S'pore, are approved by the S'pore proper authorities. WE ORGANISED MAID S OFF-DA Y CALL: *****02 V M last C«M
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    • 24 1 INSIDE Catchy tunes help kids learn faster PAGE 4 FUNNYLINES and LIVE LETTERS PAGE 6 Jazreel Low in ‘My Sweet Rival’ PAGE 8 Os
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  • 257 2 Our What’s-her-line girl: Did you guess right? LIFE as a secretary in a private firm was getting boring for Rina Loh, 28, until got a job as an executive secretary in the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA). She virtually runs the office at Hougang
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 813 2 Local version of Snow White ENTER the world of fantasy and myth with PlayAct from Siglap Community Centre as it presents its version of "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs". The script and most of the production work were undertaken by the cast, which is made up of mostly young
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 134 3 vW s Pinewood is Expanding MDL: KRISTY-BED A J aBecause Of You <:>> J 7J9> lm il K 1 M .V, MDL: FLEXI-PINE WRITING CHEST It r P 3^ f 1 J i MOL: “SCREENALL-PINE” DISPLAY UNIT If you love the way the natural look of pine brings out the
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  • 382 4 Bedok fiT *****17 BEDOK Citizens' Consultative Committee will be offering bursary awards to needy and deserving pupils from Primary Two to PreUniversity living in Bedok GRC in August Application forms are obtainable from the CC and RC Centres Closing date July 4 Kaki Bukit fiT *****23 A night
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  • 258 4  -  By AGNES WEE IT’S no child's play to teach a child to sing let alone 40 children. It involves a lot of patience as kids get restless easily. But recruiting the children to form a choir proved to be an even tougher task, as
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 551 4 XIANG PHING Penang’s Favourite"! c„_ n:„u- ‘Tow Sar Piah’ is now in town! -Daily from Penang- Ideal for Baby’s First Month, Engagements, Weddings. Birthdays, etc. For FREE DELIVERY (2 boxes above), call: *****56 or at our retailer below. Now Available at: PADANG JAYA CAKEHOUSE Blk 119, Aljunied Ave 2, #Ol-12,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 820 5 13 Newsman travel 100 ORCHARD ROAD #O2-38/39 MERIDIEN SHOPPING CENTRE TEL *****22 (Overseas Dept) *****33 (M’sia Dept) Branches: #BI-06 Dai-lchi Hotel Tel: *****00 3l-34 Parkway Parade Tel: *****90 Ol-15 Glass Hotel Shopping Centre Tel: *****52 #O5-106 Far East Plaza Tel: *****66 AUSTRALIA smoAPOnt Atnunfs LoAJVrAj /llitalia PERTH Western Australia 6D
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  • GROWING PAINS
    • 107 6 MY six-year-old cousin was having dinner with us. After eating a few spoons of rice she said she could not finish her meal because she did not like the food My mother, on hearing that, said to her: ‘‘You must try to finish the rice or your future
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    • 111 6 RECENTLY, I brought my three-and-a-half-year-old daughter to a birthday party When we were about to leave, the hostess gave each child a present My daughter asked her what was in the present. She replied that it was a useful item that we used every day before sleeping and
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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
    • 134 6 AFTER trying out a pair of jeans in the changing room of a department store, I went to the cashier’s counter. It was only when I wanted to pay for them that I realised my wallet was missing! I searched all the possible places that I may
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    • 100 6 ALTHOUGH I’m not married. I’m called “Mrs” by the children I teach in a primary school. One day, one of my pupils asked me about my husband. When I explained to her that I was single, she seemed rather upset. However, she came
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    • 111 6 BABY BLUES DURING my childhood days, I thought that whenever a man and a woman kissed each other on the lips they would get a baby and it would grow in the woman's stomach. After all, that was what I saw on television and no one told
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  • Live Letters to The Editor
    • 109 6 THE words “local mail" and “overseas mail” on quite a number of post boxes have been scratched out or worn off. Since I write letters quite often, I know which slot to put my local (the left one) and overseas mail into But others who
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    • 76 6 RECENTLY, I have had to call the HDB Essential Maintenance Service office when my TV set went “snowy” after a storm. The fault obviously lay with the central aerial system. This letter is to say “thank you” to the woman officer who received
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    • 115 6 A FEW months back, I bought a book “Spycatcher” from Times the Bookshop at Centrepoint. It was in good condition. As soon as I got home, I began reading it. A week later, the first 34 pages of the book fell off.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 493 6 viewpoints “BOOKROOM WE SELL RENT #O5-48 Peninsula Plaza, 111 North Bridge Road, Singapore 0617 Tel: *****19 Service Hours: Mon Sat: 10am Bpm Sun/Pub. Holidays Closed We specialise in logo designing, colour separation and all kinds of printing *tanvfi?; cj nail ini'. (linns an 01 ft 53 St W naa laaAr
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    • 225 6 m 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 be so.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 266 7 K MODERN LIVING 17th World Trade Centre Hall 4 12 noon -10 pm Admission is Free. Free Chocolate Sampling The Most Modern Comprehensive Home Show MBU L "i iLfc' I, r m i ii ■n UM J I 9 DAYS GENUINE SPECIAL! yoNHr r*> f«>T| <*?_*** Samsung TV C8517F $530
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  • TV NOTES
    • 301 8/9  -  By AGNES WEE AFTER “Good Morning, Sir” bade its farewell, ‘‘My Sweet Rival’’, a 25-epi-sode drama serial made its debut on SBC 8 at 9.30 pm last Monday. Set in the competitive and ruthless business world, tne comedy revolves round a group of
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  • FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL
    • 298 8/9  -  By ELAINE TAN THIS seafood restaurant is unpretentious. It’s not even air-conditioned. Yet it has been in the limelight. SBC has used the restaurant twice recently to shoot its serials. The restaurant is Kallang Park Seafood Restaurant at Stadium Road, just next to
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    • 427 10  -  By MING RODRIGUES ALBUM covers featuring some of the pioneers of Singapore's music scene such as The Quest. The Mysterians, The Crescendoes, Naomi and The Boys, Family Robinson and Rita Chao line the walls. Placards resurrecting those good, old nightspots of the Sixties and Seventies
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    • 535 11 Barrel Lounge, Lion City Hotel. Bar prices. Happy hours from 5 to 7 pm. Tel: 744-8111. Barrel Pub, 883, Upper East Coast Road. Bar prices. Happy hours from 4 to 9 pm. Tel: 444-5918. Dickens Lounge, Parkway Parade. Bar prices. Happy hours from 5 to 8 pm. Entertainment
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  • Page 8/9 Advertisements
    • 1135 8/9 a ii 5] WENG FONG TRADING ENTERPRISE TEL:*****46 M m We specialise in alterations and extensions of private houses, condominiums, maisonettes, etc Our staff (architects, engineers, etc) are skilled, experienced and reliable We also have experienced contractors specialising in HDB flats: Flooring Cabinets Painting, etc Call us and we will
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    • 21 8/9 Patronise any of these advertisers and you could win a valuable prize! Don’t forget to attach the receipt to the coupon.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 490 10 HOW YOU COULD WIN All you need to do is to patronise a participating outlet (as from May 26, ’B9). attach their receipt to the official coupon found in WEEKEND—»t and send them to us Closing Date is July 14.1989 A Lucky Draw will be held on Saturday, July 15,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 140 11 JO} LIAM TIAM RESTAURANT 81 Upper East Coast Road Goodwill Court 10.30 am -10pm Te 1.*****82 Curry Fish Head Lemon Grass Prawn Pepper Pork Buah Keluak Ayam Samhal Sotong Steamboat Thai Otak Tom Yam Soup Lunch and Dinner Present this ad forlO% off on all orders v»ud an 30/6/89 QUALITY
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    • 421 11 Patronise any of these advertisers and yon could win a valuable prize! Don't forget to attach the receipt to the coupon. The original claypot specialist Lion City claypots (Sha Bao Fan) are prepared from original recipe in seasoned earthen wares Available for lunch and dinner in six scrumptious varieties Chicken,
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  • 197 12 TIPS FROM BEAUTY CONSULTANT MICHELINE ONG THERE is a new French computer, known as the C P computer, which is fast and accurate in detecting skin problems. What are the advantages of using a computer to detect skin problems? Normally, a beautician’s analysis
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  • 217 12  -  By THOMAS P RAMIREZ National En- quirer WARNING: Wearing acrylic nails can damage your own nails and even make them fall off, say experts. “Some women who use acrylic nails may pay a high price for this fashion fad,” says Dr Richard Kaplan,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 328 12 CARMELIA BEAUTY SALON #Ol-68 Parkway Parade, Singapore 1544 TEL *****50 Business Hours 11am Bpm daily Principal Julia Wong (Japan-trained Beautician) Eyelash Perm Eye Care Eyebrow Tattoo Natural Formation ol Double Eyelid Eyelme tattoo Facials $25 Skin Care $5O onwards Slimming/Body Toning $6O onwards Eyebrow Tattoo $l3O Eyeline Tattoo $llO w*
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    • 62 12 LQth Anniversary Promotion! (fe m m MODE r~ Hair-stylists from left to right Hoger, I Yvonne. Johnson, Linda, Ee-Meng HAI KSmj NO TEAM \\fc do great tiling to hair #Ol-54/55 Roxy Square Singapore 1542 Tel: *****96 I M tk r CHANGE the water in flower vases once a week. GET
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 156 13 FT7TI hi! H SECURITY SYSTEM MOST SUITABLE FOR HDB APARTMENTS AND PRIVATE HOUSES the most sophisticated system that can be plugged-in for immediate protection KEY FEATURES: 24-hr infra-red protection for homes/ offices/stores Portable and can be plugged in anywhere m a power point is available System can be extended up
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    • 137 13 V, WELCOME TO THE FABULOUS NIGHTSPOT IN J.B Mechinta NIGHTCLUB, DYNAMIC INTERNATIONAL STOWS specially for you SEE MORE for less SHOWTIMES 7.00 pm. 8.15 pm. 9.30 pm. 10.45 pm. 12.30 am. Sun Public Holidays Extra Show 4.30 pm FOR FURTHER INFORMATION e' o'* e a c MANILA SWINGERS PERFORMS AT
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 404 13 Bandits on the run Beer (Willeke Van Ammelrooy), Felix sets out to unravel the mystery of the “haunted” lift. Journey To The West (r), Ch 8, 4.45 pm. Based on a popular Chinese folklore, this series is about a monk, Tang San Zang, who travelled to India during the Tang
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    • 144 13 WEEKENDeast -t CAROL BURNETT (left) and ANN REINKING get in a tussle over AILEEN QUINN, who stars as orphan "Annie” (Sunday, Ch 5). JHs v!M drawn into a top secret assassination programme formed by a government operative, MacCleary. He is assigned to assassinate an elderly Korean man, Chiun, who is
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 1227 14 Classified Ad Bank Classifications Deadlines Tuesday 4 00pm fof run on classified ads 6 working days classified display ads Phone Service 9 00am to 5 00pm Mondays to Fridays 9 00am to 100 pm on Saturdays Closed Sundays and Public Holidays Tel: *****52 Prepayment Some classifications of ads are payable
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  • SPORTSCENE ...with S GULAM
    • 396 15 Malaysia Cup countdown starts WITH just 10 days to go before the Young Lions kirk off their 1989 Malaysia Cup campaign, an interesting battle is going on for places in the Singapore team. Only goalkeeper David Lee, sweeper T Pathmanathan, stopper Borhan Abu Samah
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    • 171 15 VOLLEYBALL TANAH MERAH and Tampines East are the only East Coast teams still in contention in the interconstituency volleyball tournament. Tanah Merah are wellplaced to qualify for the second round They will meet Kolam Ayer in their group winners pool final.
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    • 58 15 THE Laser Trophy 89 dinghy sailing national championships will be held at the East Coast Sailing Centre at East Coast Park this weekend. At least 30 members from sailing clubs in Singapore will take part in the races tomorrow and on Sunday. Those who are interested can
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    • 195 15 TABLE-TENNIS SECOND-seeded Changkat have withdrawn from the inter-constituency table tennis tournament to pave the way for a stronger East Coast challenge for the title. Changkat, runners-up last year, have joined forces with Tampines East who are also in Group 8 Under an amended
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    • 331 15 INTER-CON SOCCER EIGHT East Coast teams are vying for berths in their respective group winners' pool final of the inter-constituency soccer tournament. Heading the list are seeded Changkat, Eunos and Kaki Bukit. The rest are Bedok, Tanah Merah. Tampines East. Kampong
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 321 15 21 Party Wedding Services ICE-BREAKERS (Govt. Regn No. *****0/00M) BE PART OF OUR SINGLES' ACTIVITY! Please call our Singles' Hotlines M (English) *****67 For appointment, ring: *****45 (English) (Mandarin) *****46 For appointment, ring *****96 (Mandarin) Join our TEA DANCE on July 13 at Caesar's Entertainment, Orchard Towers. 300 people expected
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  • 218 16 Emergency Exercise: FOOD WATER FOR some residents of Palm Road Estate, Siglap, the combined Emergency Food and Water Exercise was a troublesome experience, especially when their taps ran dry last Sunday morning Miss Wendy Gui, who stays in a semi-detached house at Jalan Puteh, said:
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 342 16 §lßHcill3)(B|BHglEl[g|EHg|BHgp)|g|B||g|sHg|B EAST COAST GARDEN RESTAURANT Hong Kong Dian Xin from $1.50 per basket 9 course Dinner $l6O per table Set Meals INTRODUCTORY OFFER 2 persons: $lB.OO 4- 6 persons: $48.00 r~ —*7/73V> SANGA tw JAPANESE RESTAURANT TEPPAN YAKI Daily Set Lunch: $7.50 (Mon to Fri) $9.50 (Sat Sun) Executive Set
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    • 11 16 Telephone Nos: Marketing/Creative Services: *****45/*****52/*****92 Editorial: *****00/*****00 Accounts: *****06 Circulation: *****00
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  • ON PARADE HAPPENINGS AT PARKWAY PARADE
    • 379 1 NANYANG Optical at Parkway Parade has just been given a face-lift, breaking away from the conventional image of most optical shops in Singapore. With its open concept, the shop not only looks more fashionable, but also makes it easier for customers to
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    • 229 2  -  By AGNES WEE ALVIN is going bananas over his claypot rice. His latest addition to his many varieties of claypot rice is banana chiclien claypot. Alvin s Claypot Corner at Parkway Parade is still the “fastest claypot in the east.” It takes just about
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    • 267 4  -  By ELAINE TAN TO many of us Parkway Parade is a shoppers’ paradise. For others it is a gourmet centre. But for three people. Parkway Parade is much more than that. The three have just won Parkway’s Lucky Draw held on June
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    • 160 4 THERE are two things I would like to suggest to make shopping easier at Parkway Parade. THERE should be a ramp near the taxi stand at the main entrance for people on wheelchairs. Other shopping centres in Singapore are already doing this
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 58 1 LOOK BEnER, SEE BETTER AND FEEL BETTER WITH NANYANG OPTICAL << 3$ NANYANG OPTICAL Unit 81-58/59/60 Parkway Parade, 5 Singapore 1544 Tel: *****29 &2SL *****66 NAN ANG m fT i r* :s T C* U i /ml k 1 1 Practitioners: Patrick Y. W. Yoon Optometrist/Optican/Contact Lens Practitioner DIP. FBDO
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 218 2 Bird droppings can destroy the paint work of your car. Raindrops from tree leaves can also make the paint work of your car look dull. cause scran the pain m jy V re Too much sun can make your car look dull. Yl ilh eb r wo Regular cleaning with
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    • 117 2 ALVIN’S Claypot Corner #BI-144 Parkway Parade WHERE TASTE MATTERS WAIT < 4 MIN FOR ONLY $2.50! Aims GOXE HAXAXAS Try our chef s latest creation BANANA CHICKEN CLAYPOT CLAYPOT SPECIALITIES: WITH RICE OR MEE Your choice of Oyster Chicken, Salted Chicken, Banana Chicken, Pork, Prawns. Combo, Combination, Super or Special.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 102 3 PARKWAY PARADE’S ENDLESS ATTRACTIONS WIN $3,500 WORTH OF GIFT VOUCHERS OR SUPER HOLIDAYS WHEN YOU SHOP AT PARKWAY PARADE wimply shop at Parkway Parade from now till 9 September 1989 and with a minimum purchase of $20.00 and above, you are eligible to take part in our monthly draws. Win
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 351 4 Ahhlan Sssse? jd J *****5 *****72 CUT $l2-518 PERM 530 (Wella Lotion) CM C< hZ WALK IN COMFORT WALK TO MERCIER.. Introducing shoes handcrafted from deer skin for that perfect snug feeling! 30% DISCOUNT Manufacturers/Retailers of high fashion quality ladies'/gents shoes handbags Authorised dealer for 1 MERCIER SHOES HANDBAGS PTE
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    • 93 4 AEROMODE FAMILY SLIMMING PROGRAMME SLIM BY INCHES After 10 relaxed visits Experienced Lady Therapist guarantees slimming: Programme by Infra-Red Ray Sauna. Roller. Manual Massage, Drenalift Machine and Ferradic Machine. No Diet No Injections No Exercises No Drugs TEL: *****65 *****41 #O5-02/03 #O5-22 Parkway Parade Medical Centre Singapore 1544 M', i.O
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