Weekend East, 27 February 1992

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    17 1 WEEKEND east YOUR WEEKLY FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday/Sunday, February 27, 1992 MITA (P) 4/10/91 Vol. 7 No. 8
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    Lock icon Who wants to buy my super heroes?
    355 1  -  Boy to sell his prized comics collection for charity By LINCOLN TAN LITTLE Ho King Li is put* ting up his super heroes for sale. The Boy Scout, of Country Park, Bedok Road, has been an ardent collector of Robin, Spiderman, X-men, Teenage
    — Picture by ALEX LIM.  -  355 words
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      6 1 School using laser discs: Page 4
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      199 1 rn FEE 1932 HOLD THE WINNING A %2 V New Nikon I Vinner With the uniaue supereyes flash, a Nikon innovation. Just touch and this system fires four times to eliminate all red-eyes effects and also open up vour subject's eye and make it big bright and beautiful. The auto
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  • Community news
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      Frogs, ice-cream promote good living
      168 2 PAPER frogs and icecream are used to promote “Healthy Living and a Healthy Environment” at Parkway Parade. Over 4,000 people have made paper frogs over the last two wee- kends, in exchange for cholesterol- and lac-tose-free ice-cream from Nutriline. According to the coorganiser, Mrs Grace
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      CC DIARY
      90 2 COMMUNITY CLUB Marine Parade (*****77): Join a shopping trip to Johor on Saturday from 8 am to 2 pm. Charges: $14 (member), $15 (nonmember). COMMUNITY CENTRES Geylang East (*****19): Learn about colour photography, starting tomorrow from 8 to 10 pm. Fee: $106 for 12 sessions. Kg Chai Chee
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      The colour purple for M Parade?
      85 4 MARINE PARADE may turn purple and blue. Sections on four Housing Board blocks in Marine Crescent and Marine Terrace have been painted with the colour schemes royal purple, pastel purple, royal blue and pastel blue, proposed by Nippon Paint. Residents have two weeks to
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      BABY FAIR
      56 4 MOTHERS-TO-BE can attend the 10th Sweet Cradle Fair at the Raffles City Atrium from today until March 4. Infant and maternity wear, strollers, babycots and milk bottles will be on sale. There will also be a talk, "Babies’ First Wondrous Year”, on March 21 from 2 to spm
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      School using laser discs to teach history, geography
      441 4  -  By SHARON LIM LASER discs are not only used for karaoke, but are now used for teaching students at Ping Yi Secondary School at Chai Chee Street. The school is using this modern technology in its multi-media teaching and is one of
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      482 2 K>VV/Family Laserl Your Neighbourhood Laser Shop 2000 titles available for Sales Rental m a •ilfff r*i LD Guide Description ol All Available titles Given Free to Members! 19 Tai Thong Crescent, 5(1 334) Tel: *****04/*****25 Business Hours: Mon to Sat 11 am 9.30 pm Sun Public Holiday 11 am 7pm
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      50 2 NEWLY RENOVATED AND COSY BILLIARD SALON No Membership Fee required ALL ARE WELCOME i»min |iM!ii Mi r-M liiMHnM *3 We Also Deal in Snooker Appliance, Cue etc. Business Hour: 10am 2am midnite O ’li.'/Z--3 GREEN ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT PTE LTD 112, East Coast Road #O3-23, Katong People’s Complex 5(1542). Tel: *****10
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      105 2 ONE THIRD CHOICE RENOVATION CONTRACTOR 170 Upp. Bt Timati #Ol-43 Bt. Timah Shppg Centre S(?1S8) Tel: *****28 *****41 Business Hrs: 10.00 am to 9.00 pm 1. Whole house ceramic flooring include skirting 2. Kitchen sink with 2 support, include 8” x 8” ceramic tiles. 3. Cooker stove or chopper board
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      297 3 20 Glorious Foodstalls To Satisfy Every Tastebud It’s delightful place offering a wide variety of tasty and yummy dishes to tempt everyone. Enjoy spicy and aromatic Indian and Malay, hot and tangy Thai. Distinctive Penang, Ole Mexican, shake a pizza. Munchy dogs and burgers, tall cool quenchers, and delightful desserts.
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      336 4 LET THE REAL YOU COME OUT DON’T DESPAIR We have the ANSWER for YOU! Safe, effective, fully guaranteed weight inch loss programmes for men and women, of all ages No side-effects No hunger pangs No diet No drugs No injections HURRY, CALL TOLL FREE NOW FOR A FREE CONSUL TA
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      101 4 A foif j§ f l^fll: 1 1 J; L' OLIVIA FINGER PRESS 548 Serangoon Road (Opp. Shell Station) S pore 0812 Tel: *****73, *****17 Daily Business Hours: 10a.m. to 10p.m. Foot Reflexology MASSAGE (Ancient Thai, Indonesia or Japanese Style) Above services are available for MEN at Ist Floor LADIES are
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      45 4 Articles printed in this issue of WEEKENDeast from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER are copy righted C 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 expressedly prohibited.
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      725 5 <D NEPAL mui HONG KONI Newsman Group Newsman travel 100 Orchard Road #O2-39 Meridien Shopping Centre Tel: *****22 Branches: #BI-34 Parkway Parade Te1:*****90 #O2-27 The Adelphi, 1 Coleman #BI-12 People’s Park Centre, 101 Upper Cross St. S pore 0105 SCAN TOURS JET HOLIDAY INTER TRAVEL VISTA HOLIDAYS 1 Coleman Street
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      496 6 o r a •> o V > 'ft r\ y A m r ■-ii Sr! m m£ “THE FUN COMES MARCHING IN” To Parkway Parade this School Holidays 14th 21st March 1992 Don’t miss out on the Fun competitions and Fun games planned just for you! Look at what we’ve
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  • WEEKEND PEOPLE
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      Nightingale of Dunbar Walk
      321 7  -  By YASMIN KHAN PENNY keeps her parents and neighbours up in the night. But they do not mind because it’s music to their ears, literally. Penny Tan Peng Leng plays the piano, organ, clarinet or saxophone at one in the morning “I practise at night because
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      Can your little one sing?
      79 7 IF YOU’RE between the ages of six and 16 and enjoy singing, then the People's Association’s Children and Junior choirs want you. To qualify for the junior choir, applicants must be between the ages of 10 and 16, and have a minimum of Grade Three
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      495 7 According to pr world renowned piano technician 1-2 yrs piano used by a beginner is as good as new. Used Piano Yamaha LUIOI, UIE, U 3. UX HS 5/8 Kawai Broadwood, and other European Piano New guitar $lBO Offer $60!!. Violin $175 Now $65 Shelley Piano Instruments 50 pcs in
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  • HOUSE PROUD
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      Furniture shops carve a niche in Katong
      234 8  -  By SHARON LIM KATONG, well-known for its food, is now a place for the home furnishing business. Four new shops in Tay Buan Guan Building are selling avant-garde and modern cane furniture, antique reproductions. carpets and other furnishing items. The shops have been
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      190 8 Motorised Retractable Awning Can be installed in front of shops and residence Durable, sunproof and alluminium system Gaily-coloured, sun resistance and water proof material Motorise manual operation 2 years warranty, free evaluation and measurement. Authorised dealer Jumbo Decorations Supplies Pte Ltd 711 EAST COAST ROAD. SINGAPORE 1545 CALL: *****77 FAX:
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      110 8 "CHAMPION" Wet Deck Overflow Systems Pools-Australia. ETDECK adds a new dimension to pool design and performance. I he sleek panels, now available in curved formation, are perfect for free-form pools, adding a modern touch of elegance. The skimming performance of WETDECK has to be seen to be believed. Because it
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  • TRAVEL SHOTS
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      Lock icon Snaky climb
      37 9 BY SOME quirk of nature, this coconut tree is snaking its way upwards instead of growing straight up. The shot was taken on the way to Phuket from Hatvai. Picture by DAPHNE WONG of Bedok.
      — Picture by DAPHNE; WONG of Bedok.  -  37 words
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      Lock icon Flush to the wall
      98 9 C H TING, Singapore 1542 THIS black cistern (Shires-LYNX) was left intact when a building at the junction of Boat Quay and Canton Street was demolished. It still has its flushing chain but not ♦he toilet bowl, attached to the outside wall of 40 Boat Quay.
      — C H TING,; Singapore 1542  -  98 words
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      Give detailed bus routes
      71 9 SIGNS at bus stops and the side of buses giving the route description of a service number must be more detailed. They have caused some confusion. For example, some bus services which state “Thomson Road” on their signs do not travel along the whole stretch of
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      105 9 Price of Move ONE night, I was playing with my two-year-old nephew. I asked him: “How much do you love me?” He replied immediately: “$1” So much for the value of love. ALICIA ANG, Singapore 1953 IS TIME! TRADE-IN YOUR OLD INSTANT WATER HEATER WORTH $BB.OO 6 year warranty on
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      338 9 12 h BEDOK CENTRE ELECTRICAL CO ANNIVERSARY Blk 214 Bedok Town Centre #Ol-163 Tel: *****32/3 SYSTEM SYSTEM it* rum* i«ciruv Sffl WSB& EH NV-F55 AM World Entertainer Hi-Fi VTR Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System. Hi-Fi Karaoke functions. NTSC 3.58/4.43 MHz Hi-Fi Recording and Playback. O O O < •> K6BO (Multi
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  • Weekend food
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      CAMPFIRE DINING
      559 10  -  Our reporter checks out a new Mongolian restaurant downtown... By CELINE TEO DINE like the Mongolians, or at least try to, in this Singapore Mongolian restaurant which tries to make it as authentic as possible. The Mongolians used to hunt and cook their meat fastened with three giant
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      Feast on venison and veal
      83 12  -  Compiled by RINA PECK TRY this selection of venison dishes. Enjoy double-boiled deer tendon with Chinese herbs (s6++), stir-fried veal with pancake (sl2++) and stirfried veal with dried red chilli (slo++). Also, try braised veal tendon in brown sauce or Chinese-style fried deer steak (sl2++).
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      Do-it-yourself popiah for lunch
      87 12 WANT to roll your own popiah? Spread out the popiah skin, coat it with sweet black sauce and pounded chilli, then place the tasty filling of prawns, bean sprouts, roasted peanuts and turnips that are simmered to- gether, on the skin and roll it all up.
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      Stewed, roast lamb
      74 12 ENJOY 18 grilled or roasted lamb dishes at a Spanish lamb promotion. Try roasted shoulder of lamb cooked Segovianastyle (s3o++), lamb chops (s24++) or leg of lamb fillet (s24+ both served with vegetables and potatoes. Lamb stew with white beans ($22 F and lamb casserole with almond
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      Spicy Thai buffet
      60 12 DON’T know where to lunch on Sunday? Tempt your taste-buds with a Thai buffet of seafood tom yum. hot and sour boneless chicken feet salad, laksa, green curry chicken, fish otah served in crab shell, deep-fried fish topped with spices and many more. The buffet costs $12.90+
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      Tropical concoction
      38 12 “CARIBBEAN Delight'' is scoops of HaagenDazs ice-cream in the shape of an island with a coconut tree made of chocolate, served in a coconut shell. Priced at $8.95 it is available at Ficus Cafe. Orchard Hotel.
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      A LION’S MEAL
      434 13  -  Our food writer discovers tiger prawn the size of crayfish at this Indonesian restaurant By SHARON LIM THE seafood soup tastes just like harm choy tong, a typical Chinese salted vegetable soup, but without the salted vegetables. Believe it or not. it is served at the new
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      Dian xin buffet high tea for half price
      191 13 TREAT your family to a dian xin high tea buffet for half the price at Huan Long Court Restaurant, Apollo Hotel, from Sunday. The restaurant is celebrating its first anniversary and is giving 50 per cent discount to all customers every Saturday
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      102 10 WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE v CV V N WE’LL MATCH IT RIGHT WITH OUR PERFECT PROGRAMMES... DRC Method Thermal Trim Massage Detoxification Herbal Method Nutritional Method Pear Shaped Figure Correction FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR SIMPLE METHODS, LOW-COST AND EFFECTIVE WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMME WITH GUARANTEED RESULTS. FREE TRIAL TREATMENT
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      161 11 f/Tv yy COACHMAN INN RESTAURANT F —FOR GOOD SUCCULENT STEAKS —1 .i 9 w < *I. r: v* A* c/; !l >: J *1 xV;-.vV^ t/»— >.:k i*vwi .‘T Ihh A (Tintcl) ©f JHcmmvc @u ihunnc** Come down to Coachman Inn for an enjoyable business lunch where you’d be overwhelmed
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      163 12 Cheapest in Town 1 in Spore In A Hawker Centre JINNY’S BULGOGI BBQ BUFFET LAI LAI COMPLEX 42 East Coast Road, #Ol-07 Lai Lai Food Centre 5(1542) Tel: *****57 GARDEN FOOD CENTRE 30 Marina Mall #Ol-07 Marina South S(0101) Tel: *****29 $9.50 .00 NETT/ADULT ss. v 9 NETT/CHILD EAT ALL
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      110 12 The original famous Kee Ling Garden Steamboat has arrived at Bedok where you will get to enjoy different varieties of food available with two type of flavoured soup. Eat all you can at a very economical price of $B.OO nett Adult and $4.00 nett Child (5-10 yrsold) customers are entitled
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      49 12 Golden Star Seafood Restaurant No: 16 Verdun Road (Off Sam Leong Road) Singapore 0820 Tel: *****38 OUR SPECIALITIES Chilli Crabs Steam Fish Tail (Ikan Kurau) Fried Hokkien Noodles Fried Hokkien ’’Tang Hoon” 1 Fried Hokkien ”Mee Swa’ and other delicacies. Business Hours: 4pm to 12midnight Closed on every Sunday
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      197 13 f(\\ >- 7 L V SET LUNCH FOR $5B 6 DISHES FOR 5 PERSONS ROAST SUCKLING PIGLET $3B "j only available from Monday to Friday (Taking away is not available) &ff 4 HAI CHENG SEAFOOD RESTAURANT PTE UD 228 CHANGI ROAD SINGAPORE 1441. (Junction of Still Road) T«l: *****23, *****00
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      156 13 GATEWAY TO SUPERB NORTH INDIAN CUISINE We Serve Vegetarian And NonVegetarian Set-Lunch Daily OUR SPECIALITIES INCLUDE: TANDOORI CHICKEN SHEEK KEBAB PRAWN SHASLICK GARLIC NAAN KASHMIRI NAAN FISH MASALA AND MANY MORE... Catering For All Occasions Are Welcome Jtics Q)o/i s7a/u/oor G/e/ Lucky Plaza #O6-14 No. 15 Candy Food Court Tel:
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  • What’s on
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      Cooking up chaos in a restaurant kitchen
      363 14 DRAMA A doublebill. “Undertone/The Dumb Waiter”, will be presented by stu- dents of the United World College of South East Asia as part of its 21st Festival Of The Arts. “Undertone" is a dance reflecting the individual and a driving force within us.
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      Life on canvas
      87 14 SINGAPOREAN Koh Sia Yong will exhibit more than 60 paintings featuring the city and landscapes to portraits, nudes and still life. All his paintings are done in oil on canvas because he feels that the medium allows him to be most expressive and it captures the vitality
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      339 14 Dian Xin Buffet Order all you can eat! Lots of varieties! Piping hot Hong Kong Dian Xin served to your tables. Only slo+ Price includes a variety of desserts. What's more, tea is served absoutely Free-Of-Charge. Mon to Fri Lunch 11.30 am to 2.30 pm. (Not available on Public Holidays)
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  • Entertainment
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      Bands that go AWOL and fishing on Friday
      476 15  -  By CELINE TEO MORE people have acquired a taste for a new type of Singapore music lately. Get a taste of this at the “New School Rock II Concert” organised by BigO. The concert will feature Shades, Artiste Without Official Licence (AWOL),
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      84 15 HEARING AIDS f f REXTON •ji. Pocket Aid Custom Canal Aid Behind The Ear Spectacle Model Consult us for your Hearing Problems. We stock the widest range of HIGH QUALITY Hearing Aids: In-Ear only $360, Custom Canal from $5OO. Behind-the-Ear from $2OO, Pocket types from $l2B. Batteries 675 only $l.OO.
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      154 15 MOTOR SALES CENTRE BLK 3007, ÜBI ROAD 1 #Ol-418 SINGAPORE 1440 TEL: *****09 (3 LINES) FAX: *****31. IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS Specialise in Sales and Service of Motor Cycles and Scooters, provide low interest Hire Purchasing Financing. Importers and Exporters of Motor Cycle's spare parts and accessories Insurance Agents for General
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      198 15 1 Full height cupboard m I IB 1/2 l ht-glass ■s. •n <2. l/2ht sliding door 41) 3D 21) LIVING ROOM OFFICE SYSTEMS PTE LTD 20 SMAW ROAD #Ol-02 CUING SHINE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SINGAPORE 1336 TEL: 382 6800 382 6100 FAX: 281 1900 3 HAIR COTTAGE UNISEX HAIR SALON Dear
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      380 16 Your Choice Is Only RIGHT If Only You Choose BEAUTY EXPRESS... The Total Beauty Specialist! 'We specialise in: Painless Eyebrow Eyeliner Tatto. (including correction of badly done tattoos) Removal of moles and oily spots by laser. Effective facial care for open pores, blemishes and pigmentation. Painless electrolysis with electronic computerised
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      852 17 £3 L_J V s§®y vv a V f i J a hacienda grove\ ALFA CREDIT with ATLANTIS RO*S COAST EAST UPPER Call: ATLANTIS SPORTS PTE LTD #O3-10 Orchard Towers 400 Orchard Road Singapore 0923 Tel: 235-7538 POSB Also Available: Private Individual Lessons Weekend Diving Trips Rentals A Repairs Centre ,4
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      1009 18 Filipino coai, l Special Package hlipina Indonesian specialist Highest Percentage ot Re-Contracted Maids I Aaa* j Our Maids are selected trained by S oorean V W WW j Based in Manila NO OFF DAY arrangeable' j 2 Years CONTRACT Based in Manila 'NO OFF DAY arrangeable *O5-19 Orchard Towers (Outside
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      1700 19 CLASSIFIED AD BANK 13 Education/Instruction BRADLEY TUTORS Registered with Ministry of Education 1, Marine Parade, #O7-05, Parkway Builders 5(1544) Registration Is now open for G.C.E.‘N\ ‘O’, ‘A’ level: Full-time/Part-time Maths, Eng, Phy, Chem, Accounting, 2nd Lang, G.P. Econs, Mgt, AO' Maths. Pri. 6 Intensive effective tutoring through communicative computer aided
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      731 20 COMPUTER WHEEL ALIGNMENT TYRE SALES SERVICE ELECTRONIC RUST EVADING DEVICE PAINT SHINE TREA TMENT AUTO GROOMING SKILLED MANPOWER v A DADE RDFFn MORE THAN 1 Vt DOZEN OF HIGHLY SKILLED MEN GIVE YOU QUALITY JOB UNMATCHED BY OTHERS IN THE AUTO SERVICING INDUSTRIES TELECOM a* m T MARKET SAFRA YOKOGAWA
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