28 SEPTEMBER 1985, Page 23

In-depth reporting

THE bad news is that next week's Interna- tional Monetary Fund meeting is in Seoul. (Given the choice, the Chancellor prefer- red Blackpool.) The good news is that the Commonwealth Finance Ministers are holding their curtain-raiser in the Maldive Islands. An astigmatic colleague has ordered himself a scuba-diving mask with precision-ground lenses.