Weekend East, 8 July 1993

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  • Title Section, Illustration
    17 1 WEEKEND east YOUR WEEKLY FAMILY NEWSPAPER MITA (P) 529/10/92 VOL 8 No. 26 Thursday/Sunday, July 8, 1993
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  • Article, Illustration
    397 1  -  Stretch of East Coast Park Service Road comes to standstill on weekends By HASEENAH KOYAKUTTY CRAZY that’s how one seafood restaurant owner describes the chaotic traffic jam at East Coast Park Service Road every weekend. Come 7.30 pm, traffic at the stretch of road between the East Coast
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 61 1 DISTRIBUTED FREE TO 69,000 HOMES IN THE EAST DOUBLE WONDER Twins Tina and Tracy Yeo are only three but they are a big help to mum when it comes to cleaning and sweeping the corridors of the flats and HDB lifts in Marine Drive every day. Reporter Celine Tan meets
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  • NEWS
    • 380 2  -  Their ‘work day’ starts at 7 am, then it’s non-stop sweeping and cleaning with mum around the housing estate By CELINE TAN TWINS Tina and Tracy Yeo are only three but they are doing a man’s job. Every morning, they help
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    • 566 6 Shima Roy discovers why Singaporeans are flocking to the offshore island... PULAU ÜBIN is becoming a popular weekend getaway for Singaporeans and expatriates. Taking a bumboat to the island is like a trip back in time. Day trippers go there to enjoy the natural surroundings and
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    • 124 8 NATIONAL ENQUIRER A MAN stole a police car and drove straight to a nearby town’s police station, where he asked to join the force pointing out that he already had his own patrol car! That is the word from authorities in Providence, Rhode
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    • 266 8 Fifteen years ago the courtesy campaign was launched. But are today’s Singaporeans as bad as they were in 1978? We spoke to six people who have to deal with the public everyday... Lynn Choo, fruit juice promoter. 4 Free juice, so they keep asking for more and
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 154 3 DRAW NO. 3 (Qualifying Period: 01/07/33-31/00/03! Ist Priz* 70 Japan Highlights for Two 2nd Prize 60 GoM Coast fa* Two 3rd Pros 30 Hatyai/Kot> Samui tor Two Draw Data: U W/93 DRAW NO. 4 (Qualifying Ported 01/00/03-31/10/03) Ist Prize 90 NortWSooth isiand of New 2nd Prize UTkailaad/Hoag KeaglorTwo 3rd Prize
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  • WEEKENDPEOPLE
    • 383 4 Shima Roy talks to cartoonist Oistein Kristiansen whose talent was first recognised when his work appeared in the front cover of his school newsletter. A CARTOON he drew when he was nine years old started him on his career path as an illustrator and cartoonist. Today, Oistein
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 259 4 Foot Reflexology X Thai JVlassage Reflexology is a science which deals with the principle that there are reflexes in the feet relative to each every organ all parts of the body. Promote healthy wellness Normalise organ gland function improve the co-ordination co-operation of the organs Develop the body's self- healing
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 25 4 THE LOCKHORNS King Fmlutm Syndcoto. Inc World rfhtft rotorvod M NO, LEROY, I’M NOT THE ONLY PI«H IN THE 6BAANP YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY FISHERMAN."
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 357 5 To all Easiest Credit I Scheme Customers -wfek AiJfrA Y Easiest Credit Instalments OR W Most probably the Cheapest [rt Singapore 50% off for Cash L purchase J, 12’ fruit Platter or 12 pcs tea set On payment of 2nd instalment. r L.. i T V i i. Genuine Leather
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 204 6 Stubborn or greasy stains on your favourite jacket? Prevent it... Make it a thing of the Treat it with 3M ScotchgardINI 1 N1 Fabric Protector... for FREE! From now till July 31, 1993, the fir 100 jackets (one jacket per customer) sent for dry cleaning with Laundry Unlimited will receive
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 190 9 we are the At House of Lips, < A.; A K E E v< r a. o, specialist in creating a beautiful you. With our professionally trained beauticians to help you attain the desired results upon careful consultation, you will be looking great in no time. Rub Away Your Get
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  • Article, Illustration
    330 10  -  Boutique owner’s designs are a hit at fashion shows By SHIMA ROY THE dream of owning a boutique took Mrs Elisa Chew Ee Sok, 52, just two years to fulfil. She remembered telling the media her plans after she clinched the top prize at a local Max Factor
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  • 111 10 BRAIN tumor boy Herman and his mother are still getting visitors at the Outram Park flat where they are putting up with Good Samaritan Wong Su Li, a part-time tutor. After WEEKENDeast highlighted their plight on July 1, big-hearted Singaporeans came to the rescue with food,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 212 10 Having my figure bacfr mY *9® was m3r Wloi/$/ At 42, Wei Keong and with had Inch TRIMLINE superb Weight included Trimming Programmes that loss *Lm much meals daily three K ee nutritious slimmer and now m m before! Having fitter than figure back at was my my age marvellous!
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    • 35 10 *5 r I i if 1 v I' I: rfe SHOWER SCREENS NO MORE WET OR SLIPPERY FLOORS SAFE DURABLE ATTRACTIVE kei!; CALL: *****11 SOLE AGENT: GOH KENG PTE LTD #O3-20, PARKWAY PARADE SINGAPORE 1544
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  • 155 11 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CETECEA is a heartwarming story of a young boy and a whale found stranded on the beach. Their friendship touches each other, their loved ones and God. It is written by engineer Otto Fong, who also wrote “A Different Tribe”, one of the first
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  • WEEKLY UPDATE
    • 254 11 EXHIBITION Conrad's East Until December 31. Raffles Hotel Museum. Free admission. Joseph Conrad recreated the East as he experienced it in his novels and short stories. The passages selected for the exhibition come from classics such as “Youth, End of Tether,” “Lord Jim”, “Almeyer’s Folly” and
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    • 247 11 Courses Kg Chai Chee (241-9878): Take up crochet and knitting, starting tomorrow from 7 to 10 pm. Fee: $35 for eight sessions. Pick up tips at a gift wrapping course, starting on July 14 from 7 to 10 pm. Fee: $35 for eight sessions. Katong (345-4936): Learn to cook
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 159 11 One World. dW/C&.r. -fL/'K prda*. r n. 7w &*i v •v v 1.1 r s —.ls One Standard of Service When you move overseas, you can't expect that things will be just the same as at home. But there’s one thing you can be sure of. The service you get
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 152 12 Singaporean to solve murder in New Yor Match your wits asainst some of the sharpest minds in the world. Sign up for the National Cluedo Championship 1993. Just complete the entry coupon and send it by 4 August 1993 to: i i Waddingtons International Ltd i 450/452 Alexandra Road J
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  • FEATURE
    • 602 13  -  Bolt of lightning rips through her and she lives! By CHRIS RITCHARD National Enquirer STUNNED eyewitnesses screamed in horror as clouds of smoke billowed off the body of a woman slumped in front of them her white skin burned black by lightning! Seconds earlier, Janice Poupard had
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    • 238 13 NATIONAL ENQUIRER AN ELDERLY nun who overcame a series of hurdles to win a US$l million (551.62 m) lottery was so grateful for the heaven-sent gift she donated it to a home for retired sisters! “I won it by a series
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    • 551 16  -  By BARBARA STERNIG and DAVID DUFFY National Enquirer MICHAEL 4ACKSON has developed an obsession with a woman and her two kids and turned them into his family! The superstar has grown incredibly attached to June Chandler Schwartz, her 13-year-old son Jordie and five-year-old daughter Lily. Since
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 139 13 M r premises moved to only w Lite of can 12 Upp East Coast Rd Bedok a, 1 To celebrate this occasion, we have these special offers I* English, Chinese Hokkien Karaoke Discs $39.80 V 111 One pwc* of English Karaoke Disc for purahaseof Ml*** 1 COUp n ,> •yZr]
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    • 29 13 WEEKENDeast, a handy weekly tabloid serving advertisers and consumers in the eastern part of Singapore. For enquiries or ad bookings, call Cynthia Lin at 740-1151/2 or Fax 745-1022. WEEKEND*
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    • 141 13 f SHAHDON RENOVATION CONTRACTOR (lIDB 1 licence No: 118-02-0738 Z) Blk 824 Tarm>ines St. 81, Avc 3, *Ol-20 Singapore 1852 Tel: 785 5469 (3 lines) •Fax: 785 4056 Busmtsi Hown: Mon-Sat 10am to Bpm r RADAC Sun &P. Holiday Ipm to 6pm RENOVATION AND ALUMINIUM PACKAGE 4 rooms $l,OOO 5
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  • 157 14  -  SHOW 1 By YASMIN KHAN BORN YESTERDAY A Cathay attraction ANOTHER real-life couple takes to the screens hot on the heels of Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg, who starred in “Made In America”. Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson star as dumb blonde and savvy journalist respectively
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  • 88 14 SHOW 2 MY WONDER YEAR A Yishun 10 attraction BROTHERLY love transcends even death in “My Wonder Year”, a Thai film with English subtitles a la the hit movie “Ghost*. Brothers Toey and Ton love each other so much despite their 10year age gap that when Toey
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  • 135 14 SHOW 3 TOYS A Cathay and Yishun 10 attraction DESPITE its title, “Toys” isn’t a Disney-type of film. Directed by Barry Levinson (who also directed “Rain Man”, “Good Morning Vietnam” and “Bugsy”), the film revolves around a toy maker and his demented uncle. Leslie Zevo (Robin
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  • 94 14 SHOW 4 CLIFFHANGER A Cathay attraction A SYLVESTER Stallone vehicle, “Cliffhanger” packs the usual thrills. Stallone plays a climber (Gabe Walker) involved in mountain rescue work. He teams up with a friend, Hal Tucker (Michael Rooker), to rescue the survivors of a plane crash. But they turn
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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    • 264 14 We're looking for people who love to write. Most people can write a little. We can show you how to write and how to make money from your writing. The Writing School, founded in 1949, shows you how to write articles, short stories, novels, romances, radio and TV scripts, technical
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    • 27 14 SIAMESE ASTROLOGY TEL: *****81 FAX *****40 All major credit cards o are acceptable. 7.SIUyV) cards Place of ConsultationSIAMESE ASTROLOGY 1, Sophia Road, #O5-32, Peace Centre Singapore 0922
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous

  • GALLERY
    • Article, Illustration
      448 17  -  Canadian Cameron Graham gets inspiration from rubbish dumps where he found materials for his exhibition By CELINE TAN CANADIAN artist Cameron Graham turns pieces of junk into pieces of art. Graham, 37, is exhibiting his works in Singapore for the first time at The Substation and does not
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 63 17 We'll give you a DAY OFF. V' if. ‘I You Make our Night 7 I V a i a l I **--J FREE DAY CURTAIN rv* > i:V\% Opening Offer! Free Day Curtain for every purchase of Night Curtain make. UjJuJ. -LLU/ -U J? ARTISTIC INTERIORS i r 55 Siglap
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    • 230 17 o o 0 Systematica Lamammt 0 0 LAUNDRY DRYCLEANING SPECIALIST Office and Factory: Bedok North Ave 4, Bedok Industrial Park E. Blk 3007, #Ol-1570 S pore 1648 Tel: 448 6979 Fax: 442 5175 •SELF-SERVICE WASH DRY SAME DAY DROP OFF SERVICE GARMENT PROCESSING FINISHING LAUNDRY DRYCLEANING SYSTEMATIC LAUNDROMAT DRYCLEAN MASTER
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 338 17 TVHIGHLIGHTS Is it art or just plain nude shots? By YASMIN KHAN IN “MELROSE PLACE” this week, Alison is promoted and Amanda (Helen Lockhear), the art director, works with her on an assignment promoting underwear for men. When the photographer scheduled to shoot the advertisement backs out as he is
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    • 58 17 celled. It seems the only happy person is Brendan, who makes enough money from betting on basketball results to pick up a new stereo set and skis, and gifts for his family. But he has to do some explaining once everyone starts asking him where the money came from in
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    • 15 17 THE LOCKHORNS a ijgj^^WfiNeß'-c “I FEEL 60 INFERIOR 61 MCE WOMEM BECAME EQUAL.” ij W.Q
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  • HEALTHPAGE
    • 296 18  -  First aid treatment for the home By JUDITH WONG-LEONG, community education coordinator. East Shore Hospital Readers who have questions relating to the topic can write to: The Editor, Health Page, WEEKENDeast, News Centre, Level 2, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore 1334. You can also fax your questions
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    • 120 18 NEVER try to remove any foreign body from the wound, for example, a nail, spike or piece of glass. Control bleeding by raising the affected area and applying pressure on either side of the foreign body by squeezing the edges of the wound together. Place a
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    • 321 18 NATIONAL ENQUIRER A SIMPLE new test spots warning signs of cervical cancer earlier than standard tests and can save thousands of lives, say top doctors. The inexpensive procedure called Speculoscopy is done along with a Pap smear. And the combination of the two tests
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 41 18 If bleeding continues, do not remove ABOVE: Raise the affected area. Place a sterile dressinc dressing but apply more dressings on it. either side (centre) and then secure with a bandage. RIDSECT Kills Aedes Mosquitoes Mo Dengue No Aedes £7 |r:
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  • HOMEVIDEOS
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      185 19 SCENT OF A WOMAN IF YOU missed this a couple of months back, here’s your chance to pick up A1 Pacino’s Oscar winning performance. Pacino is blind, bitter, Colonel Frank Slade, who engineers the time of his life when his daughter takes her family away on a
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    • 208 19 DIRTY TRICKS HOW much of your life would you change for somebody you love, or does being in love mean accepting you the way you are? And could you ever be happy if change means compromising on your principles and beliefs? Like any other couple, Aggie
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 91 19 Articles printed in this issue of WEEKENDeast from the National Enquirer are copyrighted 1993 by National Enquirer, Inc, Lantana, Florida ***** All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner and any language without prior written permission of National Enquirer, Inc, is expressedly prohibited. Elisa ...Trendy fashion to make you the centre
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    • 127 19 (For Ist 100 members only) Sign up as a member on or before our 28th National Day $2B/= PLUS 4 hours Free Snooker (worth $2B/=) An Offer not to be missed! It's like getting a "Free Membership". Hurry!! Be where the action is... and enjoy the following facilities occupying a
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  • WEEKENDFOOD
    • 548 20 A scattering of coffee shops just opposite Kassim mosque offers from bak kut teh, murtabak to prawn mee for night-birds. Celine Tan gets more than a taste of the tempting fare... ALONG a road commonly known as Changi five-and-a-half miles and just opposite
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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    • 105 20 vuonua/ %ii£am fateneiA We specialise in Nyonya Poh Piah 162 Upper East Coast Road 5(1545) Tel: 241-0113 J □1 1 |i|® U*Mr EM Coul HI liwm hnf M CP Daily opening hours: Lunch 11.30 am 2.30 pm Dinner: 6pm-9.30pm No service charge. Ample free parking. We also provide takeaways outdoor
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  • 295 21 LINDA SOH-CHANG used to watch her mother Molly stand in knee-deep water washing clothes in her grandfather’s laundry. She would hang around to help fold the pressed clothes in his traditional Chinese laundry in Selegie Road. Today, 25 years later, Linda is back
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  • 237 21 THIS bridal exhibition centre offers everything under one roof for those wanting to tie the knot but don’t know where to start. Studio Ginza has four bridal boutiques in one centre Kolin, Ginza and Couple Bridal Studios, and First Man
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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    • 220 21 Flymo XE2SO The Ultimate in simple, quick and effortless electric hover mowing with grass collection. When the mowing's done, it's easy to clean, light to carry convenient to store. IDEAL FOR CARPET AND COW GRASS FOR DEMONSTRATION DELIVERY, PLEASE CALL 743-1108 NOW! SOON LEE MACHINERY CO. BLK 3005 ÜBI AVENUE
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 752 24 "After the joyous moments and the exhaustion, I had to face a new challenge stretch marks!" It was probably the biggest moment of my life. The tears in my husband’s eyes said it all as I held my little Jianing up, bearly a minute after her grand entrance into the
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