1.   Conrad is president of Ecological Systems Corp. in Long Beach, a lab that scrutinizes products of Dominguez Water Co., which services outlying areas of Southern California.

2.   The power utility, known as Meralco, services an area accounting for a third of economic output.

3.   The usual way to service these areas is with an edger that trims and cuts back the grass to form a neat, defined edge.

4.   An Intrakota Consolidated Sdn Bhd spokesman said there are currently five feeder buses servicing the areas surrounding the Ampang LRT station.

5.   The Lopez-owned telephone firm services the areas of Quezon City, Valenzuela, and some parts of the Bicol region.

6.   The DDI group will bid for several blocks, although each provider is limited to servicing one area, the officials said.

7.   The DDI group will bid for several blocks, although each provider is limited to servicing one area, it said.