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swan pan — variant of suan pan … Useful english dictionary
Pan-Electric Industries — was a Singapore based company that specialised in marine salvage work, and had 71 subsidiary companies, including hotel and property interests, with a market capitalization of S$230 million.cite encyclopedia | author = National Heritage Board |… … Wikipedia
Swan mussel — Taxobox name = Swan mussel image caption = status = NE trend = status system = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Unionoida familia = Unionidae genus = Anodonta species = A. cygnea binomial = Anodonta cygnea binomial… … Wikipedia
suan pan — noun or swan pan ˈswänˈpän Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) suan4 p an2, literally, reckoning board : an abacus employed by the Chinese and containing balls movable along rods held by a wooden frame * * * suan pan «SWAHN PAHN», the type of abacus… … Useful english dictionary
Tan Koon Swan — (born 24th September, 1940) is a controversial Malaysian political and corporate figure, who was president of the Malaysian Chinese Association from November 1985 to September 1986.Tan first entered the political fray in the late 1970s. A self… … Wikipedia
Old Swan Band — The Old Swan Band is a long established and influential English country dance band. Contents 1 Early years 2 Albums 3 Other projects 4 Discography … Wikipedia
Swanpan — Swan pan, n. [Cf. {Schwanpan}.] The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan. S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
Tan Kok Liang — was an accountant and the financial director of Pan Electric Industries (Pan El). [cite news | title = International Appointments: Shake Up At Pan Electric / Singapore based shipping and property company | date = 5 August 1985 | publisher =… … Wikipedia
