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Big Macs take bigger bite of Soviet budget
MOSCOW : Big Macs now are taking even a bigger bite out of Soviet budgets : Mcdonaid's restaurant has raised its prices for the second time since opening In the Soviet capital in January 1990. reports AP.
"We don't expect to see much of a decrease” in the number of customers, said Glen Steeves. operations manager for the Canadian-Soviet owned fast food establishment. The restaurant, the largest McDonald s In the world, serves from 45.000 to 50.000 people dally.
The McDonald s In Moscow raised its prices by an average of 35 per sent Monday, six days after the Soviet government boosted the tab on food and other consumer goods by from 250 per cent to 1.000 per cent
A Big Mac hamburger, which had cost seven rubles 10 kopecks, went up to nine rubles 45 kopecks.
But while patrons were paying more, there was good news for Mcdonaid's employees--the restaurant Increased its employees' monthly salaries from 500 rubles (850 dollars at the official exchange rate) to 800 rubies (1.360 dollars). The average Soviet earns 330 rubles a month.
The cost of living has Increased substantially here." Steeves said. "We want to make sure our employees are able to enjoy a comfortable way of living ”
All girls in a village
HONG KONG : Nearly all the babies born tn a remote village in the southern Chinese province of Fujtan In the past 40 years have been girls, the Gong Kong based China News Service (CNS) said on Thursday, reports Reuter
Of 136 babies born in Gaoyang village since 1950. only I 1 have been boys, the Beijing-found CNS said.
Puzzled officials said the villagers had similar lifestyles to those tn neighbouring village
Expert said an environmental factor could be causing the high female birth ratio but further study was necessary
Traditionally Chinese parents have preferred boys to carry on the family name and care for them tn their old age although the Chinese government has carried out education campaigns stressing that girls are just as good as boys.
Distance between
2 Redgraves
NEW YORK : Actress Lynn Redgrave is putting some professional distance between herself and sister Vanessa.
Lynn fears that her stater’s political outspokenness may harm her own career, the Ladies' Home Journal reported in its May issue. Lynn said she'll probably change her last name to Redgrave-Clark to avoid any confusion.
Vanessa publicly opposed Western intervention against Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait, while Lynn supported President George Bush s actions. Vanessa was recently dropped from a US tour of the British comedy 'Lettlce and Lovage "
Tm very proud I come from my family.- Lynn said 'Hut Vanessa crossed a line. This is the strongest I ve ever had to be in opposition to her."
Lynn. 48. Known primarily as a film and television star lives In Los Angeles, with her husband. John Clark. Vanessa. 54. primarily a stage actress, lives tn London.
The sisters had never appeared together professionally until last year. In October, they took to the London stage for a five-month run of Chekhov's The Three Sister."; tn February, they starred tn the TV remake of the horror film "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"