Weekend East, 20 September 1996

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  • 20 1 WEEKEND east FREE WITH THE STRAITS TIMES EVERY FRIDAY MITA (P) 073/10/95 Vol 11 No. 37 Friday, September 20, 1996
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 321 1 r—— v I u JSUPE No pure ei* Tea chet uired coupon and redeem Milk Tm 17a this Slmpiy 17g S at FalrPrlc* PER AMI (a) BN (a), Bedok North (b) k Reservoir BR. Geyleng Esst UHougang (a) -HG (a), Haig Road HR. Marine H Parade MP, New Upper Changi
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  • NEWS
    • 573 2  -  Manchester United tapes feature season reviews to player profiles By BALVINDER SANDHU and ANDRE YEO FOOTBALL videos are scoring big with Manchester United fans in Singapore. About 30,000 copies of the videotapes have been snapped up, less than two months after their release. A video
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    • 103 2 ALL the fans we spoke to said they did not follow the S-League because of the gulf in playing standards. Assistant marketing and sales manager of General Printing Services, Mr David Lee, a Manchester United fan, said: “United play much more entertaining soccer than Singapore and are
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    • 495 4  -  Do It Ourselves team wins poly’s business contest hands down By ANDRE YEO THEY are only teenagers but are already learning to run their own businesses. Their chance to put into action what they have learnt in the classroom came last week when
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    • 704 5  - Nose cancer the hidden killer You can’t prevent it but it can be cured By ANDRE YEO IF YOU are a Chinese male, aged 30 to 50 years old, you may have nose cancer and not know it. This was revealed last Saturday at a public forum, “Surviving Ear, Nose,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 183 2 MOTOGARD MOTOGARD SERVICE CENTRE PTE LTD Blk 9006, Tampines St. 93, #Ol-212, Singapore *****0 (off Tampines Ave 1— Behind SAFRA) Tel: 783 2332 Fax: 781 6702 100% SYNTHETIC OIL CAR SERVICE at 1. ELF 100% synthetic oil 4 litres 2. Original eng. oil filter to your car brand 3. Next
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    • 103 2 PROMOTION SALES m •175/70X13-$65 •185/70X13-$7B 185/60 Xl4 $BB Buy any 4 pcs of the above tyres and get a FREE Off Wheel Balancing Wheel Alignment Check Installation of 3rd Brake Light Available Hurry While Stocks Last If your steering wheel vibrates at the speed of 80 km per hour and
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 120 5 More talks “What You Should Know About the Treatment of Breast Cancer” Date: September 28 “New Approaches in the Treatment of Gut Cancer” Date: October 5. Venue: Gleneagles Hospital lecture theatre. Time: 1.30 to 5 pm. Fee: $12 per person for each talk. For inquiries, call 470-3428 or 470-5677. m
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    • 392 5 altrOn Chari a brighter career with AURON m M With certified quality training, ALTRON is your idaal IT training choica. Don't just taka our word for it -here's what our students sayiRichard Lim “A very useful and rewarding, course. Well-run and well-structured.” Winston Cheng “Systematic and well-paced." Krishnan Dass “A
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  • 442 6 They overcome nerve diseases to lead amazing lives NATIONAL ENQUIRER A SURGEON twitches uncontrollably except when he is operating... An autistic professor with no understanding of people is an expert in animal behaviour... An artist who lost his ability to see colours refused an eye surgery and now
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  • 156 6 NATIONAL ENQUIRER STABBED in a bloody bar fight, Ricardo Barron suffered agonising back pain that four doctors could not relieve until a chiropractor found he had been walking around for 11 years with a 8.9cm (3 1 /2-inch) knife
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 254 6 Hie 5fy555T car audio chain store in Singapore is now in your neighbourhood* Are you looking for car sound proofing specialists Under Bonnet Sound and Heat Insulation *3 Os Floors and Firewalls Sound Insulation X Anti-drum Sheeting for Large flat and Unsupported Panels 1 w SOUtmCUARD Powerflcoustik i s.\. UPGRADING
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  • WEEKENDPEOPLE
    • 456 7  -  By ANDRE YEO THE lack of enrichment programmes here for handicapped children has prompted a teacher to start a playgroup for them. Called “Enrichment Programme for the Educationally Challenged”, it is the brainchild of Ms Marie Bungar, 29, who has a degree in
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 176 7 Kevin Bth Golden Scissors Champion Andy 9th Golden Scissors Finalist 10th Golden Scissors Finalist KEY-CUT UNISEX SALON BTH Golden Scissors Champion SPECIAL PROMOTION HIGHLIGHT TREATMENT $BB A above (You get a FREE Haircut) SENSCIENCE TREATMENT $45 $B5 (You get a FREE Haircut) Blk 17 Bedok South Road #Ol-577 (Opp Temasek
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    • 39 7 NOW OPEN r l m 7 N® uitiwitiiuui lawntlliuuliHlUiMlw m m asa anna 374 East Coast Road Tel: 346 8561 Fax: 346 8563 9 Penang Road #O2-27/28 Park Mall Tel: 338 7671 Designer Furniture Furnishings Objets d'Art Interior Design
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  • KORDEL'S HEALTH COLUMN
    • 187 8 I WEAR make-up to work every day as required by my job. An avid tennis player, 1 spend up to six hours a week in the sun. Over the last two years, my skin has become drier and wrinkles are also appearing around my eyes and on
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    • 189 8 I HAVE been having flu lately. I think it is due to my hectic life-style. I work 11 hours a day and hardly have time to exercise and relax. I also eat out most of the time. Recently, my friend recommended a nutritional drink made from young
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    • 227 8 1 HAD pneumonia this March and was in hospital for 10 days. I am 40. I am now taking iron with multi-vitamin and calcium tablets. I was told by a friend not to take iron and calcium together because the calcium will not be absorbed. Is this true?
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    • 113 8 AN ECG test revealed an irregular heartbeat. I was also diagnosed with a congenital loosening of the right valve. No treatment nor change of diet were proposed. However, I was advised against competitive sports. I am generally healthy and in my early forties. What do you suggest? L
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 353 8 Ask a question and get a $5O hamper GOT a health problem or a nutrition query? Fax your question to 745-1022. Or, write to: Mr Shafler Cottier, Kordel’s Health Column, WEEKENDeast, Level 2, News Centre, 82, Genting Lane, Singapore *****7. Please confine your queries to nutrition-related problems. A Kordel hamper
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  • FILM
    • 433 9  -  Car mechanic George tries to save the world with his powers By ANDRE YEO IMAGINE being able to read four books in a day and remembering everything one has read, learning a foreign language in 20 minutes, moving objects with your mind and predicting
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    • 584 10  -  Roaches steal the show in cable channel’s first feature film By NGIAU CHEAN FEI IMAGINE cockroaches performing a synchronised swimming number in a toilet bowl in a tribute to Busby Berkeley’s late thirties’ musicals! “Joe’s Apartment” tests the limits of tolerance for low-brow humour and, of
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 347 10 PIANOS at prices you can only dream of Your choice of more than 50 models 100% direct import Rock Bottom retail price Prompt reliable after-sales service. STRAUSS piano High gloss black polished with German Roslau piano string. British piano felt and Japanese Keyboard material; comes with full genuine solid parts
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    • 73 10 r A° K AumAUANMADf SHOWER SCREENS no ifortP WEfOR SLIRPERY FLOORS Safe &'Durable Australian-made Attractive Made to measure to suit] any bathroom i Homemakers Exhibition 96 Parkway Parade Basement 17-22 Sep 96 k Reglaze your wall tiles or countertop and cleaning up (even goutlines between tiles) becomes an easy tas
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • CENTRESTAGE
    • 476 12  -  Friends from previous lives return as guardian angels in Buddhist play in English By NGIAU CHEAN FEI THIS upcoming production a Buddhist play in English is certainly a rarity, even here. Moreover, it will be staged at the Victoria Theatre. “Karma Kommittee”, written by Darius
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 199 12 PROMOTION A. MOTOR Renew your insurance thro 'us and get the following benefits: INSURANCE a) FREE ENGINE OIL b) FREE GIFT: Sun Glass Holder (While stock last) LOW PREMIUM c) d) FREE 24 hrs Towing to our workshop a) Assist in renewing Road Tax (notes Subjects to premium exceeding $6OO
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    • 52 12 LAUNDRY UNLIMITED 5 The Laundry you can really trust, Unlimited attention we give, Totally Reliable we mean. FREE* 1 COLLECTION DELIVERY Call Us At TEL: 442-7576 Applicable for bills exceeding 5 20 only. 480 Changi Road (*****4) (facing Kembangaft MRT Station) Opening Hours: Mon-Fri: Bam-Bpm, Sat: Bam-6pm Closed on Sundays
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 338 13 ForYourEyes Only AfT* 'iS T he first impression of a woman's beauty is her eyes. Do your eyes look great and captivating? Or do they make you look "fierce" and unapprochable? Or perhaps they look "squeaky" and give you that half-awake look If you look at yourself in the mirror,
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  • WEEKLYUPDATE
    • 288 14 DRAMA “October” September 25 till October 5 at 8 pm. Guinness Theatre, The Substation. $l6 at Tangs, or call *****16. The lives of the elderly are the focus of this play by The Necessary Stage. “The Glass Menagerie” Sept 26 to 28 at 8 pm and
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 238 14 Bedok Centre Electrical Company Blk 214, Bedok Town Centre, #Ol-163 Te1:*****32/3 Techno Zen 29" (72 MK88) 29" superflat 110° Invar 2-Tuner P.I.P Swap/Move/Freeze 100 Hz Digital Mastering Technology PAL/NTSC Comb Filter 3-Level Zoom 4:3/16:9 Format Dynamic Focus NICAM Stereo/German A2 Stereo 2 x 16W RMS Audio Output Power 4 Loud
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 145 14 CABLEEAST Picks of the week (SEPTEMBER 20 26) DISCOVERY THE DEEP PROBE EXPEDITIONS: PEARSON ISLAND September 25, 8 pm JOIN Australian divers Andrew and Liz Wight as they go in search of monk seals in Hawaii and visit a breeding colony of fur seals in Australia. HBO JUNIOR Tomorrow, 8
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 306 15 7 v*fs N tr \V K NEW COMORO ROTO PARTS TRADING CO N 0.309 Changi Road 8.5 Km Singapore *****7 (Between Telok Kurau Road Still Road) XM-3025 $298 Parking Sensor $3BB 60W x 2 Stereo Power Amplifier 1 /2 Channel Selectable 2 Load Capability MOS-FET Switching Device MOS-FET Final XM-2040/S
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  • WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT
    • 231 15 THE BAD news: Next year, you’ll see less of David Hasselhoff (far right) on “Baywatch.” The good news: You’ll see more of Pamela Lee and the other gorgeous beach babes! “David is just tired. He works too hard. He’s cutting back,” a source told
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    • 197 15 MATT LEBLANC tried to get “Friends” off to a flying start this season but when he leaped for a chair in a scene, he dislocated his shoulder! Now the troubled show’s writers are frantically penning a new story-line to explain why Matt’s character, Joey, will
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    • 235 15 NATIONAL ENQUIRER “I THINK I’m having a heart attack! Send an ambulance quick!” A terrified Charlie Sheen (right) uttered those words to a 911 operator last month as pain shot through his chest and down one of his arms. Within minutes, an ambulance arrived at
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    • 517 16 Is the ‘Hawaii Five-O’ star suffering from Alzheimer’s disease? “HAWAII FIVE-0” tough guy Jack Lord is so ravaged by Alzheimer’s disease that he has no memory of the show and does not even remember he was an actor! At times he doesn’t recognise his wife of
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 138 16 MARINE TERRACE Level 4 FUN PUB CAFE VANDA Level A superb selection of Eastern Western favourites awaits you at Cafe Vanda! The perfect place in the East Coast to enjoy your favourite game of darts, backgammon and music from a CD Jukebox. For even more good times, we proudly present...
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    • 60 16 D;/a reo* 14* J*. a o <• —i i GREAT SALE Free Day Curtain tor e' rchase of Night Curtain ery <Je. ENJOY GREA )UN IS 0 T T i/m i kL i!// I V \\\S 7* V il.nl ARTISTIC INTERIORS 55 Siglap Rd *O2-05 Sig!ap Centre (*****1) Tel: 443-2278
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  • WEEKENDFOOD
    • 663 17 IS THE longer the better for buffet tables? Pearlin Siow checks out three talks of the town. PLAZA CAFE AT A whopping 24 m, Plaza Cafe, the former Tea Room at The Westin Plaza, boasts the longest buffet table in town. And the spread
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    • 577 18  -  Hot favourites are nasi ulam, chap chye, popiah, fish stuffed with otak By PEARLIN SIOW THIS restaurant’s homely ambience and the wonderful aromas wafting from the kitchen, will make it seem as if you are having a meal prepared by mum at home. Owned by
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    • 514 19  -  By BALVINDER SANDHU WITH the words “the best roti prata in Singapore” printed on this shop’s signboard, it’s difficult not to have a preconceived idea of how the prata will taste. One of the more wellknown roti prata shops around, Thasevi Food Eating House, at Jalan
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 106 18 KIM'S PLACE 477 CHANGI ROAD SINGAPORE *****3 (Near Kembangan MRT) TEL: 741 9838/742 1119 FOR $5O W (ONLY FOR DINING IN) CHINESE HERBAL CHICKEN $2O FRIED PRAWN CHILJJ PEPPER CRAB DEEP FRIED SOON-HOCK ABALONE FISH MAW SOUP SHARK’S FIN SOUP CLAYPOT HOKKIEN MEE STEAM FISH HEAD WITH SPECIAL SAUCE 3
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    • 80 18 BRINGING HOTEL-STYLE 1 FUNCTIONS TO YOUR DOORSTEPS Former 5-star executive dief with more than 25 years of culinary experience brings occasions. Our Specialities: Seminars packages Theme parties and buffet ranging from $lO- $25 for min of 30 pox eg: International, Mexican, Italian etc Ice-carving for different occasions Office functions Cocktail/Wedding
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    • 66 18 V a r m ■M W x§ s jp). 8 Katong Park Hotel ROYAL Locfll/lntfmattonal Mix Cuisines Famous Boneless Hainanese Chicken Rice Western Set-Lunch Ji' Teochew Porridge with Specialities Chinese A-La-Carte Menu Indonesian Speciality: Curry Fish Head CATERING Banquet Room/Poolside For Chinese Dinner, Corporate, Personal Receptions. Outdoor Catering Specialise in
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 69 19 PRATA GOODNESS!! Originated in the 60s. Enjoyed in the 90s n o JANATUL JALAN ROT! PR Janatul Jalan Kayu Roti Prata it all started in the 60s along Jalan Kayu. A savoury tradition continued by the master's grandson at Bedok. As crispy and satisfying as it can be Janatul Jalan
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    • 97 19 3+l Free Suckling Pig=sBB Peking Duck in 2 ways Boiled Live Prawns 500g+Steamed Pomfret 550 g Mon Fri (For dine-in dinners only). ar LUNCH TIME SPECIAL Tim Sum V 2 (Mon to Sat except Sundays and Public Holidays) First Come First Serve. "Teochew" Yam Paste Mooncakes (4 pcs per box)
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 1062 21 CLASSIFIED AD BANK 20 CHILD CARE CENTRES 76 FOR THE YOUNG 76 FOR THE YOUNG I Never too young to read and write Let our Professionals from Australia, England, New Zealand Beijing develop your child at Jollylcind Child Core Centre ‘l* l l v. SALLY WALSH Phonics Programme Creative Writing
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 1491 22 CLASSIFIED AD BANK 78 TUITION 90 POSITIONS VACANT McColm Language Division (A member of Parkway Education Group) Is Your Child having problems in cloze passages? summary? vocabulary? creative writing? INTENSIVE TUITION FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS English (K 2 Sec. 4) BBC English (Professor Grammar) Please register before 27 Sep 1996 PARKWAY
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  • 204 23 WALTER MATTHAU (left) is fighting a string of health problems but he wants fans to know he’s doing just fine. The 75-year-old comic actor underwent surgery for bleeding ulcers last year, then was stricken with pneumonia. But in an interview with The National Enquirer, he
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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