Weekend East, 22 August 1991

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 WEEKEND east YOUR WEEKLY FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday/Sunday, August 22, 1991 MCI (P) No. 210/10/90 Vol. 6 No. 33
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Birdman of Cockpit Hotel
    268 1  -  By ELAINE TAN IF BIRDMAN Hoh did not receive a final warning from his wife who threatened to leave him, be would never have been given that name. Mr Hoh Hee Yong, 54, holds two portfolios at the Cockpit Hotel. He is a chef and also
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      41 1 Changi Airport in Johor? See Life begins at 70 for woman i T N r* v s UNLOVING COUPLE... Mrs Christina Chan and her 73-year-old husband Cheng Yean enjoying life together. She loves to cook Nonya food. Picture by ALEX LIM.
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      152 1 mtt/ton August Celebrations Special THE $199 Nikon W 2 YOUR AUTOMATIC REAL FRIEND IN PHOTOGRAPHY Auto Focus Auto Exposure Auto Flash Two-Sliot Self-Timer Focus Memory Auto Film Operation Focus Lock Close-up To 65cm Easy-To-Hold Grip Choice of Batteries 68 Buy a Nikon RF2 Now And receive a NikOtl Compact Camera
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  • What’s On
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      Getting more benefits from your travels
      383 2 COMMUNITY CLUB Marine Parade (*****77): Attend a course on Chinese knots on August 27 from 7 to 10 pm. Fees: $32 (member), $35 (non-member) for eight sessions. Learn clay craft (stage 1), starting this Sunday from 9am to noon. Fees: $32 (member), $35 (non-member)
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      659 2 TA 106 NEW SHAN TRAVEL S 745-9333 w* Branch: #Ol-08/11 City Plaza 810 Geylang Road (Opp Paya Lebar MRT Station) 91 Head Office: Maxwell House #Ol-02/04 20 Maxwell Rd S(0106) Tel: 220-4924 BSIN8 SIN CHUNG TOURS #O2-30 Pidemco Centre South Bridge Road Tel: 533-9888 TA 427 AUSTRALIA wnoAPpwt Aiwunts Brisbane
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      46 2 Articles printed in this issue of WEEKENDeast from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER are copyrighted 1991 by National Enquirer, Inc, Lantana. Florida *****. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner and any language without the prior written permission of National Enquirer, Inc, is ex pressed I y prohi-
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      363 3 0> w\ MC O A Taste Of -e W w w W W7 J he Nation’s Favourite Steak House Brings You Our Very Best Of Steaks Spiced With A Unique Flavour 2* < JACK’S SPECIAL STEAK A choiced portion of tender fillet, perfectly grilled to keep in all its juices,
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  • Community news
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      Cooking Nonya food keeps Mrs Chan on her feet
      839 4  -  By ELAINE TAN HOUSEWIFE Mrs Christina Chan is enjoying life again at the age of 70. The Marine Drive resident fought against all odds to live, battling with a terminal disease which threa- tened to destroy her physically and emotionally. Four
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      Lock icon Boys win – hands and legs down
      201 7 Boys win hands and legs down BABY shows are very popular, judging from the turnout at Geylang Serai Community Centre, last Sunday. The 120 babies who registered for the four categories from newborns to 24 months came from all over Singapore. According to Miss Johana Salim, chairman of the Geylang
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      525 4 ./V/ilio’s AlgaeFormulaied Virgina Olive Oil Miho Virgina Oil is a cosmetic treatment oil containing refined olive oil for tender skin and ehlorella ce. You may apply this oil on any type of skin. You can also use it for your face, hands, legs and whole body. Tune in to our
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      746 5 NEWSMAN GROUP Newsman tiias/U S 100 ORCHARD ROAD #O2-39 MERIDIEN SHOPPING CENTRE TEL: *****22 (20 lines) Branches: #BI-34 Parkway Parade Te1:*****90 #O2-27 The Adelphi, 1 Coleman Street Te1:*****26 SCAN TOURS 1 Coleman Street #6l-07 The Adelphi Tel: *****33 ta 615 JET HOLIDAY 10 Eu Tong Sen St #Ol-15 Furama Hotel/
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    Oops... somebody boobed!
    141 6 CHANGI is in Johor. Mersing is an island and Johor is the capital of Johor Baru! The map of south Malaysia and Singapore appeared in the Asia Magazine on August 16 under the title “Discover Asia”, a travel piece on how to get to Desaru. A WEEKENDeast
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    Take a shot at photography
    142 6 INTERESTED in photography? A seminar will be held at the NTUC Pasir Ris Resort on September 1 from 10 am to 5 pm. Organised by the Tampines North Photography Club, it will introduce photography to beginners and amateurs. The speakers are Mr Heng Kok Huat,
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      140 6 'L' I /Rr/T> in 2il2"«nu»CHOft^iij Buy Win A Holiday To Australia Kills ants in the nest Australian best since 1929. FIRST TIME IN SINGAPORE Distributed. By MICHAEL MARKETING Marine Parade P.0.80x 690 Singapore 9144 Tel: *****81 Fax: 65-*****96 *Available at Cold Storage Guardian Pharmacy a a I’d 'u a] CHOONG
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      174 6 SOJIN Height 131 Winners of the •~~r*ygr** "Diapason d'Or Elu Par Diapason Harmonie" Known internationally for fine sound with excellent build quality The Eagle Piano Co (Pte) Ltd (jtdbWieO ir\ 193a 166 Kitchener Road *Ol-00 Tong Guan Building Singapore 0821 Tel 298 2215 293 2282 298 0870 Fa* 296 0132
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      157 6 First Choice for Simple, Quick Easy Mowing DLE 30cm Electric Hover X Mower «v 4&. 300 T 30 cm Electric Grets Collecting Mower MET 25 (2 in 1) Electric Trimmer Lawn Edger For enquiries demonstration, please call: *****08 SOON LEE MACHINERY COMPANY Blk 3005 Übi Ave 3 #Ol-68 S pore
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      83 7 We buy and sell used (second hand) Rolex watches. Period 1 month to 50 years. Prices range from S3OO to #30,000. With premium guarantee assured. Other services include: Redeem or exchange prestigious brand of watches Gold ornaments and jewellery Pawn tickets > 4 mi Visit us at Wee Hwa Enterprise**
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      108 7 I WE’RE THE AUTHORISED DEALER FOR PROTON SAGA. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE’RE QUITE HAPPILY SURROUNDED. For just $29,300 on the I.3GL Sedan weekend car or $45,490 on the normal, you’ll now be getting rear seatbelts, a remote controlled central locking and alarm system, a third brake light, power
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • The good old days
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      Happiness is when dad comes home on pay day
      218 8 I WAS only five years old and my sister was six. My home was an attap house at Simpang Bedok, surrounded by bushes and huge trees. The last day of each month brought exceptional thrills and excitement to both my sister
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      Days when it is play, and more play
      79 8 THOSE were the days when we entertained ourselves playing “catching”; flying kites; playing in the longkang (drain); catching insects; and playing games like “What is the time Mr VJo\H",oh-bay-ah-som and lom chiam pass, ku-ti-kuti, angsana seeds, five stones, ping-pong and shells, rounders
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      Getting more from sour plums... in a nutshell
      79 8 I REMEMBER when I was young, I was given 10 cents for pocket money I would spend five cents on sour plums and pickled fruits. Besides the flesh, the nut inside could also be eaten To break the hard shell, I would
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      Papers aimed at small advertisers in both areas
      196 8 BOTH WEEKENDeast and Timeszone Central are distributed free with The Straits Times but in different areas. To get a copy each of both zonal newspapers, readers have to travel to the East and to central Singapore to buy a copy of The
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      More postage label vending machines
      78 8 WE REFER to the letter “Stamps should be self-adhesive” (WEEKENDeast, August 8). We would like to apologise to the writer for the inconvenience caused by the breakdown of the postage label vending machines. We are looking into how such breakdowns can be avoided and to
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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
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      Waiting for nobody
      54 8 MY LITTLE girl loves to press the door bell The moment she reaches home, she would demand that one of us carry her up so that she could reach the bell. When it sounds, she would say: “Nobody is at home; all the bodies are here waiting."
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      Calling my colleague on the double...
      174 8 Calling my colleague on the double ONE day, my colleague told me to page for her if one of her clients called up. Just so that she would know it is me, she added that I should put two nines after my phone number. When her client called up, I
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      117 8 New classes starting soon for patchwork and P quilts. Register early to avoid JV disappointment! i l u S' v via. ah# V v/ VIA At»V A wide selection of craft items like patchwork, quilts and DIY kits Ideal as gifts or home decorations {■i w in Quilts 5& 845
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      109 8 This contribution wins $l5. Repairs Services CEILING FANS WATER HEATERS Storage Tanks Instant Heaters (For All Brands Models) Electrical Safety Inspection Accept Trade-In PUB Licence No 3/4265 1 V ?t r\jc I EMARK 1 (Repairs Services) Dept 281 Taniong Katong Rd Singapore 1543 Tel *****83 tP \V v> •4^ O
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      48 8 m ANNUAL SALE v> DON'T MISS! Ready made chairs at cost price All stocks must clear. Cash Carry While stocks last! $lO5 (with hydraulic) $B5 (without hydraulic) Brilliant Office Chairs Pte Ltd Showroom cum office 203 Joo Chiaf Road Singapore 1542 Tel: *****98, *****35 Fax: *****49 V $149
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  • Feature
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      Lock icon Granny is a racing champ at 75!
      413 9  -  By PETER FENTON National Enquirer CLEO CHANDLER is a tyre-squealing, highspeed champion drag racer who beat some of America's best drivers last season even though she’s a 75-year-old great-grandmother! Incredibly, the granny never even got behind the wheel of a racer until she
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      Lock icon College professor led double life as world-class thief!
      425 14  -  Feller’s apartment was like Aladdin’s cave By JAMES McCANDLISH National Enquirer DR JOHN Feller was two “fellers” in one —a mild-mannered college professor and a worldclass art thief with U *****,000 (*****,000) worth of stolen museum pieces displayed in his apartment. The
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      Your old Beatles collection may now be worth a fortune
      311 15  -  By BILL O’NEILL NEARLY 30 years after Beatlemania swept America, Fab Four memorabilia is bringing in big bucks. Everything from The Beatles pins and games to pennants and magazine covers are worth much, much more today than they cost originally.
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      Town council
      45 15 IN our story “Use bins for burning of incense paper” WEEKENDeast August 15, 1991), we said Mr Tan Dek Liong was the deputy chairman of Tampines Town Council. Mr Tan is the property manager of the council. We are sorry for the error.
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      664 9 a SIMMONS MR. AMERICA Knock Down" Mattress Sale Vono Dlinlopillo King Kbil AMERICA (Special size c mattress available) wonderland new Stocks. First come first served (We accept orders through phone) now you can use an old mattress (any brand) to exchange for a MEW Dunlop Spring Orchid Popular mattress (Queen
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    Hitchcock of paintings
    315 10/11  -  By S T SHIMI IF WATER-COLOURS have only meant ethereal flowers and landscapes to you, Graham Dean’s compelling and unusual watercolour works will change your mind. The 40-year-old artist is one of a new generation of British artists creating waves with their paintings. Dean’s work has been
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    Lock icon True-blue Malaccan favourites
    508 10/11  -  She wakes up at 4 am to prepare Peranakan spread By ELAINE TAN MALACCAN coffee beans ground and brewed in the old-fa-shioned kopi tiam style, smooth-as-silk yellowskinned popiah, authentic Nonya mee Siam and colourful kuih dadar made in the uncompromising style of Peranakan cuisine are now available
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      208 10/11 >Teargai„\. if2o% off > AV U on our seafood menus Free Parking for the Kallang Beach Seafood patrons NOW ON TILL 31/9/91 except on Saturday Sunday 9V The chance of a life time for Muslim seafood lovers to savour the best of Muslim Japanese seafood delights at an unbelievable price,
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      195 10/11 DIFFERENT TASTES CAFE DfFEKNT TASTES aft v.-i. Especially for you. we have prepared our Curry Fish-Head personally and deliciously for your dining pleasure Each of our fish heads is individually prepared and it takes a little longer to have it cooked for that personal touch Come and savour the tantalising
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  • Weekend food
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      Hot favourites
      371 12  -  By CELINE TEO SERANGOON ROAD is not the only place for tantalising fish head curry, chicken masala and chilli crab. You can feast on these Indian favourites at Velu’s Curry in MacPherson Road. “Velu is my father’s name. Velu’s Curry has been around for over 40 years, but
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      Cakes to moon over
      88 13  -  Compiled by CELINE TEO MOONCAKES to celebrate the Chinese MidAutumn Festival are available at Hilton International Singapore’s mooncake counter from tomorrow till September 21. The mooncakes come with fillings like double yolk lotus seed paste ($7.70 per piece, $3O per box of four), jin hua ham
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      Half-price meals
      73 13 ENJOY Singapore food at half the price. For lunch, try bak kut teh ($4.25+ -I-) laksa ($4.25+ rojak ($3.25+ char kway teow ($4.25 and yong tau foo ($4.25+ For dinner, a buffet also featuring Singapore fare costs $13.80 (adult) and $B.BO (child). The offers, at Cafe Carousel, Boulevard
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      Game for ‘shiok’ hen?
      63 13 NATIONAL Day celebrations continue with a US poultry treat at Swensen’s, this month. Try mouth-watering “Real Shiok’’ US game hen ($15.50 limbo rock US chicken ($13.50 and all-star chicken combo ($14.50 Every order comes with a soup, a scoop of icecream and coffee or tea. SET
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      387 12 FT Experience the different touch of Thai Cuisine. Thai Chilli Crab Tom Yum Soup k Fish in Thai Sauce Beel with Kai Lan RECOMMENDED DISHES Crispy Fish in Thai Sauce Chicken Feet Salad Fried Thai Noodles We provide outdoor catering tor Thai/Chinese menu toe F B THAI FOOD CATERING 191
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      9 12 Velu’s Curry is at 536/538 MacPherson Road. Tel: 747-5114.
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      119 13 I LOVE TYPICAL HOME-COOKED PERANAKAN FOOD WHERE ELSE ....at Restaurant OPENING SPECIAL OUR SPECIALITIES Ayam Buah Keluak Bakwan Kepiting Babi Ponteh Hati Babi Bungkus Fish Head Curry Assam Satay Ayam Nonya Chap Chye Home Made Otak Otak and more delicious dishes available X 7.00 VOUCHER Redeemable at the NEW BRANCH
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      246 13 ROAST DUCK SPECIAL: THE RENOWNED > ZHU JIANG ttglflft RECIPE IS HERE! Zhu Jiang Roast Duck Chilli Spare Ribs Char Siew Roast Pork Our tantalising menu will definitely satisfy your taste-buds. Come for a hearty meal with us! mmmm KAY LEE ROAST MEAT JOINT 189 Paya Lebar Road, S’pore 1440
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      50 13 Sweet Success featuring Mira from the Phillipines Happy Hours: I.oopm B.oopm Beer at s3++ one mug, sl3+ one jug (Hors d'oeuvres are served free during Happy Hours) 30 East Coast Road *Ol-27/28 Paramount Shopping Centre Singapore 1542 Tel: *****48 Business Hours I.oopm 12.00 midnight Eve Of Public Holiday I.oopm I.ooam
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    Village walk
    29 14 THE Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) will hold a walkathon on September at 8 am at Marina Village to raise funds for its Helpline.
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      137 14 <> •3* -j •> ;v> SgS V* y *a r*T .id* ftJ& vJ». v| W J 4-w ♦V<dT J i V w 7* > y 4T ai V V d <4 y >*s s > r 'V r -v* r CALIFORNIA PISTACHIO Also available fresh durian, mango cakes and your
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      89 14 WEEKEmO Distributed with The Straits Times Address News Desk Level 2. News Centre *****14/*****99/*****00 82 Gentmg Lane Marketing Singapore 1334 *****45/*****52/*****51 Every Thursday 59,000 copies r One Plus One Craft Shop Service Is Our Business KNITWEAR Knitting Crochet Knitting Accessories Cotton Yarns Needle -Craft Wool Cross-stitch Antiques Old Watches Painting/Porcelain
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      684 15 Slim Naturally “My husband says I’ve never looked better!” Beverly Enrico f i V 3? “I feel better about myself too.” Opening Special! 30% Discount for our slimming packages for the first 100 customers. Valid from 22/8 -22/9/91 Our beauty services include Body Massage Post natal care Facial Treatments Eye
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      527 16 PROFESSIONAL LASER THERAPY FACIAL i SUMMING CENTRE AN INVESTMENT IN BEAUTY •—i>4 m m -i .programme g kg in ft Lose iKS atinentjust e e eeks. A ifl J u? se ctin o results. Miracle" Freckle Cream (Swiss Product) Effective results for treatment of freckles, marks, pigmentation, dark eye circles
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  • Arts update
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      Past catching up with the present
      552 17  -  By CELINE TEO THE past catches up with everyone especially those who try to run away or hide from it. The death of the patriarch of the Valle family their papang (father in Tagalog) forces his children and their families to make a trip
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      171 17 The Latest .r V* »s cm m Works Healthtronic CXWAVE 8-Pad System Over 10,000 sets sold during promotion! Extended Promotional Offer $228 Usual $320 The Healthronic The Electronic muscle stimulator and slimming system is the latest technological breakthrough that has the following functions: Removes excess fats and reduces weight effortlessly
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      122 17 FLORRISIMME BEAUTY CENTRE #O4-24 CUPPAGE PLAZA TEL: *****84 *****01 #O2-18 KATONG CENTRE TEL: 345 8220 BLKIBI #Ol-2936 ANG MO KIO AVE 5 TEL: 458 1885 2L Hours After Treatment Service FULL BODY MASSAGE SLIMMING PROGRAMME Only $350 for five effective treatments. (FREE Slimming product worth $5B) TUMMY FIRMING PART BODY
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      1161 18 Classified Ad Bank 1-b Car pools PAID LIFT REQUIRED from Seran goon Garden to Loyang. Changi To and fro, to reach Loyang by Bam Call *****02/*****21 xll 1-h Religious Notices UNATTACHED CHRISTIAN, AGED 28-55. bachelors, widowed, single parents, others register now Dating/matchmaking, non-grads, grads, post-grads, citizens, PRs accepted Discreet, dignified,
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