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Weekend East
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Title Section16 1996-08-30 1 WEEKEND east YOUR WEEKLY FAMILY NEWSPAPER MITA (P) 073/10/95 Vol 11 No. 34 Friday, August 30,199616 words
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Advertisement228 1996-08-30 1 DISTRIBUTED FREE WITH THE STRAITS TIMES EVERY FRIDAY Js QQ INTERNATIONAL OlCt OO PTE LTD mm iJU'/ri THE BEST HOTEL IN 6EYLAH6 IS HOW OPEN Week Day Rale $6B 1 1 A modern Singapore fairy tale... 1“ i i-(J1 I > i I J j frit? T™" "V A r228 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration497 1996-08-30 2 NGIAU CHEAN FEI - By NGIAU CHEAN FEI AN ENVIRONMENT Ministry inspector gave Mrs Anastasia Liew the impetus when he warned her to stop making kuih for sale in her Housing Board flat because she did not have a licence. So Mrs Liew opened497 words
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Article104 1996-08-30 2 HEY, guys, if you think you owe your intelligence to your dad, wise up! Men inherit their intellects from their mothers, scientific research shows. The brighter a woman, the more likely her son will follow in her footsteps, according to Australian geneticist Gillian104 words
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Article24 1996-08-30 2 I have no big plan about anything. I’m just happy to be riding along on this roller coaster called life. Actress Meg Ryan24 words
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Article, Illustration582 1996-08-30 3 ANDRE YEO - Pupils do their best for Fowlie’s first funfair By ANDRE YEO WHEN Yurika Gunawan’s mother heard her daughter’s school was having its first funfair, she got so excited she shipped 1,500 packets of candy and 960 packets of nuts, among other goodies, from Indonesia to582 words
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Article, Illustration436 1996-08-30 4 BALVINDER SANDHU - Why we did so badly Coach Gallagher By BALVINDER SANDHU TAMPINES ROVERS’ coach William Gallagher is not giving any excuses for the team’s poor performance in Series B. “Amateurs give excuses, professionals give reasons.” Gallagher, 54, gave his reasons: “Most of the time, the players are not able to focus436 words
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Article, Illustration473 1996-08-30 5 It’s a miracle, says stunned doctor NATIONAL ENQUIRER “MY WONDERFUL baby Melody is a gift from God. This is the most incredible experience a mother could ever have.” A delighted Lois Jenkins was expressing her sheer joy after beating million-to-one odds to give birthNATIONAL ENQUIRER - 473 words
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Article621 1996-08-30 6 ANDRE YEO - Bv ANDRE YEO ALEX was a former school football player who played the game almost every day when he was young. Now 35, he is married, overweight and a busy businessman. While playing football one day, he felt a sharp pain in his left lower621 words
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160 1996-08-30 6 CAN you imagine the sensation of feeling snow on your face while gliding to the bottom of a snow-covered slope on a sled? From tomorrow to September 8, head for the World Trade Centre Amphitheatre, where whole landscapes will be recreated to take160 words
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Article, Illustration450 1996-08-30 11 85-year-old saves little girl from molester NATIONAL ENQUIRER AN 85-YEAR-OLD grandmother, barefoot and dressed in a nightgown, bravely took on a creep molesting an 11-year-old girl and fought him off with her broom. “Dorothy Forde is a sensational person -a good role model for everyone,”NATIONAL ENQUIRER - 450 words
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Advertisement50 1996-08-30 2 Your WEEKENDeast... will be shorter in height from next week because we will be using a different size newsprint. We are standardising our paper in line with all the Singapore Press Holdings’ newspapers. Instead of the 37-cm height, the paper will be 35 cm. The width will remain the same.50 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement477 1996-08-30 3 mmm Service Compare We keep all car repair history All kinds of repairs and maintenance service Three months warranty for repair jobs. Coiporafe Account Holders For 12 years, Jackson has been providing first class service and repair for her customers. Now, for the first time, these services are offered to477 words
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Advertisement296 1996-08-30 4 LEARN TO FLY THE P()Wt RGlirlEß m IN THREE DAYS THATS RIGHT!!! We did say learn to fly, because in Powergliding we take off like a plane, soar like a glider and land like a parachute. We don't jump off planes or mountains and we always have our glider inflated296 words
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Advertisement324 1996-08-30 5 0* n SIAKSON £o*ch (Division of Siakson Trading Company Pte Ltd) Travel the World with a Leading SIGHTS gfING Pioneer SIAKSON Building, 3 Miller Street (off Victoria St), S *****9. IT: 336 0288 Fax: 337 6056 CHINA ANAM Tour Resv. 331 8213 l_ Opening Hour: Mon Fri 9.00 am -5.30324 words
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Advertisement358 1996-08-30 6 Teacher's Day, Teacher's Choice ASAHI Exam Model 2 big containers completely sold-out within one month. Piano Height: 121 cm. Finish: High gloss black polished. Soundboard: Valuable Tone Wood-Selected Solid spruce (NOT 3-PLY WOOD) for rich powerful tone. Backpost: Inter-locking 5 pcs of solid wood to reinforce the perfect and everlasting358 words
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Advertisement80 1996-08-30 6 At PIAGET, We provide 2 teachers to 6or 15 children per class Well trained teachers BILLINGUAL teaching methods FUN LEARNING environment with spacious 8,5005 q ft compound. At PIAGET. L ul f P° y S are We hove j Co™ 0 .are $550.00/ mth $360.00/ mth $250.00/ mth Emergency Day80 words
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WEEKLY UPDATE
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Article, Illustration356 1996-08-30 7 DRAMA “Gasping” Sept 12 to 14 at 8 pm and 3 pm (Sept 14). Drama Centre $lO, $l5 and $2O at Sistic outlets. The Stage Club presents a comedy by popular English comedian, Ben Elton, who is best known here as the writer of “Blackadder”. “Touch356 words
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Page 7 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous230 1996-08-30 7 CABLEEAST Picks of the week (AUGUST 30 SEPTEMBER 5) (Timothy Hutton) to be the publisher of violent PALEOWORLD: best-sellers under the KILLER BIRDS pseudonym, Thad and September 4, 10 pm his wife decide to pubLEARN about the killer '\c\y reveal the decepbirds which dominated lon But J Bt South America230 words
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WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT
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Article, Illustration343 1996-08-30 8 NATIONAL ENQUIRER MUM-TO-BE Madonna is taking out her anger on her lover and has tossed him out of the house. The pregnant pop star is bingeing on junk food, then exercising like crazy to keep her figure. When her baby’s father Carlos Leon protested,NATIONAL ENQUIRER - 343 words
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FILM
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Article, Illustration464 1996-08-30 9 ANDRE YEO - Research team discovers a new energy source from water... By ANDRE YEO AFTER watching “Chain Reaction” by director, Andrew Davis, one can’t help but see a resemblance between this film and his 1993 hit, “The Fugitive”. In this film, Keanu Reeves (“Speed”) plays Eddie Kasalivich, a brilliant student464 words
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Article, Illustration209 1996-08-30 9 NATIONAL ENQUIRER THE tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 into the ocean off Long Island has plunged “The Nanny’s” new season into turmoil. CBS executives and Fran Drescher have decided not to go ahead with plans to rerun last season’s clifthanger and they’veNATIONAL ENQUIRER - 209 words
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Article, Illustration398 1996-08-30 10 BALVINDER SANDHU - General, convict and chemical expert battle it out at Alcatraz By BALVINDER SANDHU IF YOU could choose to watch only one movie for the rest of the year, let it be “The Rock”. This movie surpasses all of this year’s action movies with its good story398 words
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Advertisement246 1996-08-30 9 of furniture. Come and make your selection! WE HAVE: Contemporary Bedroom Suite IQ Children Suite Modern Classic Sofa Modular Display Unit Exquisite Dining Set Quality Spring Mattress and many more! k SCIENCE HAD WORKS FOR THE HIGH QUALITY MATTRESS AT THE ACE BED R&D INSTITUTE RWnPiPrcBI ISO9OOI Highly recognised for246 words
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Advertisement151 1996-08-30 10 £3 n $5 000 FREE CURTAINS DESIGN CONTRACTS PIE LTD For more information,call any of our showrooms Nobel Design Contracts can make your dream home a reality, without the worry. Specializing in complete customer satisfaction, reliability and hassle free service, Nobel works with you every step of the way. From151 words
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Article, Illustration252 1996-08-30 14 NATIONAL ENQUIRER PRINCESS DI is taking sweet revenge on Prince Charles’ girlfriend Camilla Parker-Bowles -by leading him into the arms of a younger woman. Before her divorce, Di was vehemently opposed to gorgeous nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke going anywhere alone with Charles. But now that theNATIONAL ENQUIRER - 252 words
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Article, Illustration204 1996-08-30 14 HWhat is*the world's mostdire strait? rhe Bosporus Strait is the needle’s eye through which the thread of Asian shipping flows. Slicing through the isthmus of northern Turkey, this narrow passage links the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara From the Sea of Marmara, ships sail south through the204 words
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Advertisement128 1996-08-30 14 W DUNMAN HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI conducts the following Chinese Sunday Classes: 1) Chinese Han-Yu-Pin-Yin Chinese phonic by Beijing teacher 10.30 am to 12.00 noon (Starting on 1/9/96) 2) Standard Mandarin Practice -by TCS lecturer learning standard pronounciation and eloquent way of speaking Mandarin 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm (Starting on128 words
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Advertisement84 1996-08-30 14 HTTGNTION! BLK 821 TAMPINES ST. 81 #Ol-212 SINGAPORE *****1 TEL: *****13 OPENING HOURS MON SAT (INCLUDING PUBLIC HOLIDAYS): 12PM- 10PM SUN BAM 3PM ENllft FISHING TACKLE TRADING a *V Purchase $5OO worth of Fishing Equipment and getsso voucher FREE Purchase above $lOO and get a genuine leather pouch FREE Fishing84 words
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Article356 1996-08-30 15 Scientists discover giant bubbles of methane gas NATIONAL ENQUIRER ONE OF the world’s greatest mysteries the disappearance of ships and planes in the Bermuda Triangle has been solved! That’s the startling news from top scientists who’ve concluded that craft are being destroyed by giant bubbles ofNATIONAL ENQUIRER - 356 words
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Advertisement571 1996-08-30 15 \l)\ ERTORIAL Communicate with your Eyes... By Roger Lim The first impression of a woman's beauty is her eyes. Do your eyes look great or captivating? Or do they make you look "fierce" and unapproachable? Or perhaps they look "squeaky" and give you that half-awake look. If you look at571 words
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LIVING
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Article, Illustration172 1996-08-30 16 Trendy and creative designs for your dream home A DINGY apartment is turned into an avantgarde, futuristic abode. An abandoned bungalow is changed into a Balinese resort house. More and more people are gradually turning to interior designers to make their dream homes come true. They seek172 words
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Advertisement125 1996-08-30 16 Acfcmrre -S/up* Tie AAripfe Kir#* Mineltjl &ppkn&nr Meet Jock, Joe, Jill, Jon, Julie and Jim. They take Paramette, which containt the necessary vitamins and minerals for their growing needs. Vitamin supplements are sometimes necessary, for example, when your child is not eating well, to maintain your child's required intake of125 words
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Advertisement56 1996-08-30 16 PATRICIAN SOCIETY RELAUNCH DINNER .«CIA/I, D Date: 14 September 1996, Saturday Time: 7.30 pm Venue: St Patrick's School Entertainment Mr Victor Khoo Guest of Honour: BG (NS) George Yong-Boon Yeo Minister for Information the Arts Minister for Health Tickets: $6O per person $5OO per table Book now to avoid disappointment!56 words
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CENTRESTAGE
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Article, Illustration402 1996-08-30 17 PEARLIN SIOW THESE two actors have upgraded from a HDB flat to a hotel suite in The Westin Stamford. Fans of “Under One RooF will be pleased to know that Andrew Lim and Daisy Irani are joining forces for the laugh-a-minute production, “SuitePEARLIN SIOW - 402 words
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Article, Illustration293 1996-08-30 17 BALVINDER SANDHU - BALVINDER SANDHU THIS play tells you to listen out for your inner voice. If you don’t, a gorilla could come chasing metaphorically speaking, that is. In TheatreWorks’ “Quiet the Gorilla", the ape, according to playwright Tan Mei Ching, 26, represents our'inner voice. Director Jonathan Lim, 21,293 words
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WEEKENDFOOD
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Article, Illustration626 1996-08-30 18 PEARLIN SIOW - Try unusual Cantonese creations of crab with Chinese liquor, steamed frog with ginger and chicken essence By PEARLIN SIOW IF YOU are looking for delicious and affordable Cantonese cuisine, look no further. Sin Hoi Sai, at East Coast Road, is the place626 words
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Article, Illustration565 1996-08-30 19 CELINE TAN - Restaurant’s hotplate sizzles with thick patties topped with tuna flakes, mayonnaise By CELINE TAN IT LOOKS like pizza but is served on a sizzling hotplate and eaten with chopsticks. Okonomiyaki or Japanese pizza doesn’t have cheese toppings, pepperoni or anchovies but its Oriental flavour565 words
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Article, Illustration379 1996-08-30 23 LEE GEOK BOI - By LEE GEOK BOI THIS restaurant has one of the best spots in Boat Quay, if not the best spot for peoplewatching, then river viewing. The First restaurant at the start of the Boat Quay stretch of eateries, the one right next to UOB379 words
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Advertisement147 1996-08-30 18 Trr ww Thai Cuisine At Its Best! THEFOODISABSOUJTEnSCRMmOVS. The New Paper r» H 1 Savour our authentic Thai food freshly prepared to true traditional Thai standard by our experienced Thai chefs. Quality ingredients freshness guaranteed. Spacious cosy atmosphere. Ideal for any occasion. Come and rediscover Thai cuisine at its best.,147 words
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Advertisement66 1996-08-30 18 *Du*Hfiling KING is in town to serve you the authentic variety of Chinese dumplings &at 7o *76e 'Unique latte E9233 Steamed Pork Dumpling with Supreme Soup .Steamed Pork Dumpling Panfried Pork Dumpling Poached Dumpling with Chilli Sauce Hot and Sour Wanton Poached Dumpling with Vegetable in Soup ZHU JIA ZHUANG66 words
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Advertisement144 1996-08-30 19 ft Fresh, Quality, Reasonable Price Western Set Lunch at $9.50 Famous Boneless Hainanese Chicken Teochew Porridge with specialities From 6.00 pm to 11.00 pm Function Rooms/Poolside For Wedding, Company Function -10 Course Dinner Cafe Hours: 7.00 am to 11.00 pm (free parking) J 5 4246 Meyer Road (Katong Park Hotel)144 words
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Advertisement123 1996-08-30 19 COWAY VILLAGE RESTAURANT 112 East Coast Road #O3-16/17/18 Katong Mall Singapore *****2 Tel: *****28 Fax: *****58 LUNCHTIME SPECIAL Tim Sum (Mon to Sat except Sundays and Public Holidays) price ROAST SUCKUNG PIG $lB.BO Daily Promotion k Dining in dinners only. (No take-away.) ami* We cater for Company Functions, Birthday Functions123 words
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