The Correspondent, Vol 1 No.9 1976

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Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong

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ublished monthlv as an orgun of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong. Offices at 15th Floor, Sutherland House, 3 Chater

Presídent

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Road, Hong Kong.

Tel: 5-233003.

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Second Více President Martin Bishop Treasurer

Martin Bishop Secretary

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by a

Ken Kashiwahara

terrified Marvin Farkas, Club Treasurer Martin BishoP strikes out at what he calls "Pro'

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Quiet rumbles from the back benches Will the question of what a Correspondent Member is and what is not a Correspondent Member ever cease to be at least a quiet rumbling from the back benches?

No, but perhaps a bit of light can be shed on the matter of criteria that comes into play to a greater or lesser degree as the judgment is made about who is and who is not a Correspondent whe¡e the Club is concerned. And remember, the judgments are made by fallible humans, It is worthwhile to stop.for a moment and look at the term foreigr correspondent for a moment, then at the origins of foreign correspondent clubs. These two things should throw some perspective into the debates.

In the clæsical sense a foreign correspondent is a journalist covering news by writing or photograph in a foreign country one different from where he maintains his home and different from the one in which his home offìce is located. This is the classic defìnition.

Foreign correspondent clubs evolved from the operative word in the defìnition of the foreign correspondent - foreign. They were established as oases for foreigners, in this case by and for those involved in journalism.

accepted Læ

foreþ

correspondents

for

purposes of

membership.

This acceptance cannot, however, be construed to mean that anyone working for such a publication is

ipso facto a correspondent membe¡. The fact that an employee of a foreign news agency may qualify æ a correspondent member, while an employee of a local agency does not, refers back to the classic defìnition of a foreign correspondent club as a social/professional oasis for those on assignment in Hong Kong.

There are clear-cut applications for correspondent membership and they u." by far the majority äf appli cations. Beyond what seems a clear-cut application, the Membership Committee begins to fìnd clarity greying - and it is at this point that heated debate may break out. What in fact may happen is that the committee

presents the problem to the entire Board without recommendation for the board to decide.

The grey area exists in deciding whether a publication for which the prospective member works does, in fact, produce "news" for an overseas market in the majority.

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with many facilities for journalists, one neeã ody think of Chungking, Shanghai, etc. of a few decadei back - where this club originated - to see what is m^eant

of such.

Foreign correspondent clubs fìnd their origins in

basic social instincts with at least a veneer of esoteria, which may exist to a greater or lesser degree.

It should then become clearer why it is that those

writing its Constitution write into law the acceptability of those who may not be directly involved in news gathering, writing and photographybut are neyertheless enmeshed

in the journalism

process as foreigners

- the soundmen, the technicians, the office managers, the communications specialists.

In Hong Kong, with its relatively unique position as a journalism capital for Southeast Asia iri terms of locally printed news distributed abroad, the classical defìnition of a foreign cirrrespondent has been modifìed - and it must be borne in mind that this is a modifìcation ba whose

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AFFAIRS

Bishop Boils Burly Ctùt Treasurer, Martin Bishop - normally tight-lipped on most matters - last week broke his longstanding silence to angrily lash

out at "people prominently posted." In bitter language

of this shy, selfeffacing Treasury boss, Bishop proclaimed to errant club members

uncharacteristic

that the "days of

a

thousand flower-

ing blooms" are ended.

"Let them be warned," he told newsmen. "The carnival is over.

From now on the piper will be paid.

No quarter will be given as we all tighten our belts and ente¡ this coming period of strict austerity.

All I can say about certain persons

is that they've

good. And now

never had

it

so

is their Day of

Judgement."

Here is the full text of the Treasurer's statement:

"In recent months the Club has been relaxing its rules for the payment of membership accounts. This

has not been deliberate policy: it just developed that way.

"But now we have to start at the beginning again because the Club

denied use

of the facilities

of the Club; exception to

this rule may by made for Members who are to be temporarily absent from

simply cannot afford to continue to be so generous. It hæ been giving people 10 weeks and more to pay.

"So, here as a reminder, are futicles 54 and 55 of the Club

account is rendered, and who shall have made satisfactory arrangements with

Rules:

the Treæurer or Club Mana-

54. An account of all monies

owing to the Club by

Members shall be made up

to the last day of

each

month and presented for payment not later than the lOth day of the ensuing month and shall become due and payable upon receipt.

55. If an account is not paid by the l5th day of the month following the month in which such an account was sent to him, the Member's name shall be prominently posted and he shall be

Hong Kong when

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to

the

cover this circum-

stance.

"The essence of this is that when you get, say, your bill for July you have got until September 15 in which to pay

it."

EDITOR'S NOTE: tle alwøys have room in The Conespondent for øn argument and wíll welcome members sending us one or more. lile can't gusrantee publi-

cation, but your contribution will get a reading. Drop it off with Don Ronk, Bert Okuley or the office.

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The question you must ask is: should I trust my eyes to someone who is not

yourself

qualified?

Anyone in Hong Kong - reof training or qualifica-

gardless

tion - can open an optical business, conduct eye examinations, prescribe and

fit

contact

lenses

and eyeglasses.

Brides of Dracula

effected by where you sit while watching the movie. The special

Donï stand for 'blue movies'

screen is curved, and the projection

have is not an ideal set-up, howäver - we knew that when we planned the program - so a bit of explana-

hit the screen at different angles, so placement of the projector, and the viewer, are critical.

If you stand, the picture will tend to darken and become more blue.

If you sit in the front rows and too far out to the side, the color will tend to wash out.

can work best, might help.

that the maximum number of

By now, you are probably aware

that the club's fìlm program has finally begun, and all things considered we feel the fìrst couple of showings wete a success. What we

tion of how it works, and how it First of all, everyone should

be

aware that the tapes we are getting are ofvarying technical quality, and there's no way we can control that.

If a tape is taken right off a good print of a fìlm, the tape itself should be good. If it's taped off a tape of a film, the "second generation" tape will be somewhat diminished in quality. It it's taken off a television set, as many of these tapes are, it will faithfully record any imperfections in the television picture.

The fìlms committee is screening

each tape before showing

it,

to

make sure the quality is not so bad

it

would annoy the viewers, But

if

it's a choice between getting a good movie of mediocre technical quality,

or not getting that

movie at all,

we'll probably opt for less than ideal

quality.

The quality of the picture is also The Correspondent,

July 1976

tubes

We've tried

to place the

Erich Schwaabe of Optica Ltd. is a fully qualified professional optometrist. He graduated from the College of Optometry in lüest Berlin and has been

in

practice

At Optica you are assured that a professional - qualified in all aspects of eyecare - is determining your eyesight requirements.

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people can see a good picture without too much interference from people in front of them, and so far it seems to be working to the satisfaction of those present.

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As stated in the announcements of

each new movie, no non-members

are allowed in, and no admission is being charged. These restrictions help keep the showings a purely

private function, and help us avoid any problems with the Hong Kong Government, although we wouldn,t be charging admission in any case.

Members are encoutaged however, to eat at the club on film nights, or at least order drinks and refreshments before, during, or after the showings. We get a reasonable, flat rate on each tape, and can show any tape as many times over a l0-day period.

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we went

everyone who sees a moyie

buys a drink or two, that should

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more than pay for the ¡ental. everyone spends $10,

it will

If

do wonders for the club treasury.

At the moment, we're showing a

new fìlm every Wednesday,

ì THE PRISIDENIY

¡' longer a

and

repeating it every Monday. This is only experimental. We may change

trol of his faculties and displaying a remarkable grasp of world affairs' "He's weathered a long history of political conflict, and still has all the necessary vital signs of life' "His wit has not diminished one iota. When I pressed him on matters

the nights, or the numbers of showings, or for a given movie may have two showings in a single night.

A lot of this will depend on the response by the membership.

A final word, on the selection of

films: Technically, any fìlm

of bi-lateral trade, he let out a slight

choking laugh and said the

is

to us. The only restriction the fìlms committee is working

landers."

under is a decision by the last board that no film which has not already played commerically in Hong Kong, and which is likely to be shown here, will be shown at the club.

Ert Bo-Klee's health has been the subject of wo¡ld speculation

and debate ever since he rose to power after the infant FCC's legen-

dary "Long March" from in Sutherland House.

Three weeks before his meeting

T-shirt trophy

Robert Muldoonl

receive

another fiee as a souvenir.

There will be prizes for the funni-

est, sexiest and most

original

T-shirts. In addition, there will be

New Zealand Premier finds FCC chief in good humour Hong Kong, Tues: The recent

by New Zealand Prime

state visit

Minister Robert Muldoon

has

aroused new speculation about the apparent failing health of FCC president and strong-man, Ert Bo-Klee.

Official fìlm of

Muldoon's

the special "Arthur Hacker Prize" for the best T-shirt in the worst taste. This extraordinary prize will be presented bY Hacker himself.

We are also hoPing to have a special T-shirt counter where

lO-minute talk with the FCC boss, which took place at the famed Club Table in the glittering l4th floor Great Banquet Hall of the towering FCC Presidential Palace, showed President Ert slumPed in his chair

members and their guests, who feel the poetic urge coming on, can get their gems of wit on their T-shirts right on the premises (perhaPs in time for the judging)' Of course there's more to the

leader raised one hand to emphasise

night than swaggering around in your best T-shirt. The chamPagne will flow at the bubblY hour (or

it runs out) beginning af 7 :45 p.ñ., and buffet dinner follows

until

(served

till

10:30 P.m.) and the

till2,willbe Provided the Revolver Mobile Disco.

music, from 9

by

The cost for all this fun 'n frolic?

Thirty fivebucks 6

a

head.

the

Hilton to its present political capital

The Arthur Hacker

you can think of) and

FCC

already has enough New Zea'

available

Circle Saturday, Auguqt 7, on your social calendar. That's the day the new entertainment committee is having its first "do." The committee's first effort is a T-shirt night.

Come in a T-shirt (or singlet or T-shirt dress or any other variation

young man," Muldoon

said. "But throughout our meeting I found him to be in complete con-

and displaying little interest in the proceedings. At one stage during the short debate, the ageing FCC point. Observers noted that several red-jacketed attendants, thought to be medical staff, immediately rushed to the president's aid with what looked like phials of amber-coloured a

medicine.

However, at an airPort Press con-

ference shortly before flYing out, Muldoon brushed aside suggestions

that President Ert apPeared to

be

close to collapse.

"President Ert is obviouslY no

with Prime Minister Muldoon,

the

tough, inscrutable partY chairman won election to the FCC's highest offìce in a bitter political campaign highlighted by the surPrise withdrawal of his closest rival. Since then, he and his lieutenants, On Kron and Nik Qui-Ng, have moved swiftly to consolidate their political galns.

But amid the popularitY campaign, rumours persist of strange goings-on behind the revolutionary facade of Erk's regime. Midnight yarlze orgies at which thousands of dollars are reported to change hands. Secret scrabble fests in which the languange is said to

border on the obscene.

It is also remoured that E¡t and his colleagues have already survived at least one assassination attempt in which an enraged party member

tried to spray the packed Club Table with a fire extinguisher.

Whether Ert Bo-Klee's health will allow him to complete his revolutionary dreams is the subject of continuing controversy in this impregnable Club Street stronghold.

All that most seasoned FCCwatche¡s can say is that E¡t has survived this far, and with the right

medicine there's no telling how long he'll continue to remain active.

Sauerbraten, moussaka, "wiener

hizel" (sic),

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:e mother used

all of which were often requested.

The general comment on vegetables was that the selection is too small, you never know what you're getting until the plate appears, and old standbys like broccoli, green pe͡s, spinach, and potatoes appear with tedious regularity. Inveterate diners at the FCC would have to admit some merit to that argument, so the vegetable question will be kept in mind at the drafting of the new

and steak tartare

to make. Those

: only a few' of the suggested

ditions to the FCC menu on the Lestionnaires which members led out recently.

The House committee received rre than 100 compfeted forms, t counting one dubious entry ned by Cyrano de Bergerac. We :her expected the questionnaires read like a debate at the United rtions. But there was surprising reement on a number of items.

Assuming that no ballot-box tffìng took place, it's obvious rt our gourmands want curries a wide selection and on a regular lis. The comments ranged from mble suggestions to near threats. me members wanted to institu-

nalize the Tuesday curry (also own as Liz's curry) while others t that particular selection too rensive and meager in portion. t definitely curry on the menu i soon as humanly possible," in

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menu. (Hey kid, wanna eat

As for the snack menu, Almost as fanatical were the backers of Mulligatawny soup. That

particular delight, as you may remember, once graced the FCC menu but disappeared at the last revision. It's fortunate that no asassinations developed as a result. A reappearance certainly seems called for, since so many people bothered

to point

it out specifically

on their

questionnaires.

Honorable men.tion also goes to

of one fire-breather.

lamb chops, satays, and vegetables,

UPITN's Nick Quin recently was

future meetings wouldbe conducted

words

sented

with the fìrst

annual

ngtze Sportsmanship Award after

Jing an ashtray into the amahs' uters of the Hongkong Club tt door. Nick went crazy, we're l, after missing his two-sees and ee-sees. ***{<

in an orderly manner, without :::?.at

and needless interruptions {c{.*{.

Keith Jackson's Library Committee is endeavouring to improve all aspects of our admittedly limited

the l5th floor, but their efforts cannot succeed if facilities on

Chief Inspector Graham Whiteley

afoul of the roads of

Sussex

lway through his holiday, and

as

lsult is doing his driving f¡om a :el-chair. An auto mishap cost iteley one broken ankle and one úned ankle and ten weeks in a t.

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e 28 Board nieeting: "Mr rley, referring to the previous rd meeting, stated that this and Correspondent,

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certain individuals continue ripping off magazines placed in the library and workroom for the edification of ALL members. Seven issues of the New York Sunday Times Magazine disappeared within two days after they were placed on the shelf. Ditto

five copies of Asian Golf Digest.

tilhat Goes on at Board Meetings rt: From the Minutes of the

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rutabaga?).

And who knows what else?

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The Club's new VTR equipment is being made available at a rental

not to exceed $500.

there

were repeated requests for a larger selection of sandwiches. Usually, examples were given. The favorite choices were pastrami, salami, and

other deli type fare. We got someof a preview on this during

thing

the American Bicentennial.

The questionnaires also warned us what not to remove from the menu. The short odds favorite came galloping home. . .the FCC spareribs. Members are particularly fond of them, even though diners often Continued on pøge I

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Hey! Noticed the new photo display as you clambor off the 14th floor elevator and rush toward the bar? As if you could miss something that attractive.

Frank Beatty, Bob Carroll, Eddie Martinez utd

76-77 Board,, he immediately resigned because of the press of business at UPI'

Bob Carroll is now serving as an alternate on the Board while Eddie Martinez just joined the Club -

some very helpful gremlins f¡om UPI's photo department did the trick and if the commentary going around

the Club is any indication, did one hell of a job. But, who needs someone else's opinion when you can see for yourself?

The act of putting together a new image at the "froût door" was Frank's last act with the Board, both the out-going and in-coming. Though re-elected to the

photos get fatigued or otherwise fatiguing.

Kudos, kudos, kudos, gen{lemen.

Every picture tells a thousand words Amid all the death, drama, anger

and destruction on the new club

picture disPlaY, a man squats with Lis head in his hands and a steel instrument thrust uP into the air above

him. Is he in mortal fear? from the bricks and

Cowering

bottles of an enraged mob? PraYing?

Bad stomach cramPs?

Actually, it's Lee Trevino "supermex" doubled uP in

anguish after a thwarted Putt at Gñensboro in 1972,It's the sort of

picture that non-golfers get be-

(I mean, whY does in his right mind do that

wildered about anyone

sort of thing to himself?) and those who are addicted to the sPort give thanks for - it helPs them carrY

their own tremendous burden of the battle with the little white ball'

The man who took that Picture is Bob Carroll, tIPI's chief Photographer and picture editor. And just

as there's a story behind everY picture in the new disPlaY, so is there one behind each and everY man, like Bob Carroll, who took

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them.

Carroll maY be covering

thing from an ASEAN summit meeting to an aircraft hijacking these days, but a few Years ago he had his 500mm lens trained on golfìng stars like Jack Nicklaus, irevino, Tom WeiskoPf, Arnold Palmer, RaY FloYd' . .You name any "heavy" in this intense, multimillion dollar sporting industry and

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Tlevino øt Grcensboto

everY-

Ca¡roll's got him on film. And like

the Trevino Picture, each one beautifully captures the emotional

of the game' Carroll hit the US golfìng circuit in !972, fresh from Montreal and Toronto. He found himself based in God's own golhng countrY, North essence

and South Carolina, where, as he

puts

it:

"There's a golf course just

about every five miles." He

a

was

l2

major US toumaments year, along with the Prestigious

covering

US Masters three Years running, and

golf got right into his blood as

it

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just

got right into fellow corres'

pondent-golfers

like Jim

Miller'

who's even played in Turkey "where

Feeling romantic, prosperous, impressive? Or do you just want to get away from the hustle and bustle

l4th floor?

Try the 15th floor on Steak and Salad Bar nights - it's worth the around the bar on the

trip.

With their last gasp the out-going House Committee and Board transformed the l5th floor into a little supper club devoted'to excellent beef, mouth-watering lobster tails and a salad bar to tempt any gourmet - and including as much salad as the gourmet can handle.

Sweets are available, as is the famed Club cheese board. __

While waiting

for the 8

pM

opening, or just whetting the ap-

petite, drop into the mini-lounge

also set up and available on the l5th floor - it's worth the trip.

Bob Canoll

the balls ÂĄichochetted off rocks,"

and Jim Bennett, who got the bug so bad in his younger days that he used to paint his golf ball black to

continue playing into the winter.

That was until he stopped in the

middle of a game one day, twisted one of his irons up into the shape of a pretzel and walked away from the sport forever. . .

Bob Carroll's remained faithful to the game, and to the many strict

commandments that a pro golf photographer must observe if he wants to stay close to the action.

There are unwritten rules to golf photography that are so strict that, as Carroll says: "One untimely click on the course, especially close to the greens, and you can get a glance from the pro so full of meaning that you might just as well dig a hole, The Correspondent, July 1976

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on location at the

IJS

Masters

throw your cameras in, then jump in after them."

Unfortunately, the same rules don't apply in Asia - where photographers practically get under the feet of the pro golfers, and where

there's not much demand for Bob Carroll's highly-professional approach to the game. "Top golf photo-

not needed on the Asian circuit," he says. "From graphers are

tIPI's point of view, there's no real competition. The newspaper editors

don't look for pictures

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spectacular golf

they'll take anything.

So

cover the Hongkong Open and

that's it.

,

"fn the

States, golfphotography

has reached such a sophisticateâ and competitive state that circuit

officials go absolutely bananas over

the

press

to keep them

happy.',

Joint

There are all sorts of joints in Hongkong and many ways to get clipped.

But at the

Clip

Joint you receive professional hair styling at a reasonable price.

The Clip Joint, for

men and women, Gammon House, ground floor. Call Joseph

Raaidy

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EVENTS , iill+E¡.^ :itll;:,

Miss Universe-

'International Brotherhood' in action...

Miss Universe came and went. . .

And left behind at least one corres-

pondent's acid comment that "they'll think again before staging the event in a hard-nosed business community like Hongkong."

Perhaps that was a bit too acid.

Miss Universe Inc., headed by the

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incredible Harold Glasser and a phalanx of Madison Ave smoothies, got what it wanted in the end

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fanfare, the glitter, the world TV coverage (through HK-TVB, though

they were careful to restrict TVB to the studio legwork) and presumably the dough.

But not before TVB had let it quietly be known to the colony's entertainment write¡s that they didn't want their company logo associated directly with the pageant.

The foreign press corps, having

this cavalcade in action elsewhere, did its journalistic duty and left it at that - Associated Press managed to wring a topical peg out of the event with the following lead: "The Miss Universe beauty contest officially inaugurated its silver anniversary pageant here Saturday with a colourful parade of beauty queens and a call for world peace. . ." seen

Actually, the ex-Bangkok colum-

nist, Harry Rolnick, now working for the South China Morning Post, had already taken a close look at Glasser's proclamation that this was

the "251h Silver Anniversary" of the event, and found that that would make the pageant 625 years oldl Frederick King Poole took the t¡end ofthe whole event from there, with this report: A member who went through most of the Miss Universe foolishness reports that the New York flacks sent out by Miss Universe, Inc. were bewildered. They had 10

The ftnalists

the

been worried that with the limited space in the Lee Theatre, and in tour buses that were packed with chaperons, local franchise holders and what appeared to be mafìosi hangers-on, the press would be up in arms becuase so many of the

events were restricted

to

pool

coverage.

The local press was indeed up in

arms

entire family was murdered in Hitler's gas chambers, hit the ¡oof and was fuming and insulting every-

one

in

sight right

to the end.

As it turned out, it was neck and neck between Miss Venzuela, a sex

object who would stand up even in

Bangkok and Manila, and

Miss

Israel, whose sex object status was

- but their complaint was

too much access. For example, they didn't mind going to Macau fo¡ a free ride on the jet foil and a f¡ee lunch at the Lisboa, but they were outraged that they were expected to spend an entire day taking in the Bishop's Palace, pagan temples and other such places where the chances

for a free drink were slim.

The overall grim tone of

the

event was set by the crowds behind police barriers who had come to watch the comings and goings of

- the most beautiful girls in the universe. They were precisely the same crowds that show up at the scenes of traffic accidents and

compromised by the fact that she is an army sergeant and glider instruc-

chopper killings.

tor'.

Inside information has it that a question thrown out at the judges' press confelence by one of our correspondents decided the outcome of the competition. He asked what the judges planned to do about contestants from "such suspect nations as Israel and South

Africa."

Director Roman Polanski, whose

The winner

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Miss Israel

of travel her fìrst choice, the Arab

Moreover, her idea

since

world, is go

sealed

to Africa to

the jungles,"

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off to her - is "to

see the people

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which of course

in is

exactly what her compatriots had just done.

She's a nice girl anyway, but one

Hong Kong-based correspondent had better stay out of Venezuela.

Continued from pøge 7

LETTERS

look as if they'd commited a mass murder after eating them. You may remember one nasty period when the supplier of the spareribs ran out, and wasn't su¡e he'd continue to import them. Now, barring natural calamities, they will remain a staple of the menu.

Steaks at the FCC generally received high marks as well. There was some regional grumbling about

the relative merits of Australian vs.

New Zealand vs. American beef, but very few complaints about the steaks per se. It should be noted that we are now offering an American sirloin, corn:fed and all that hype. This replaced the chilled Australian steak as the result of a special tasting, The judges represented several nationalities, and beyond that no one is quite sure why they were chosen. Without knowing which steak was which,

they sampled, and unanimously chose the American sirloin. Initial reaction has been good.

Of course it's impossible to please everyone. One member's questionnaire suggested that we get

rid of all

those "terrible pseudosteaks." Descriptions of the new steak and salad bar run the gamut

from "a real innovation" to that "depression-era night club on the 15th floor." Though fish dishes got

Journalists Association of Korea June

4,1976

Dear Sir: The Journalists Association of Korea is planning to erect a memorial to war correspondents who were killed during the Korean War. Seventeen foreign correspondents were reported killed during the period June 25, 1950, when North Korea invaded the Republic of Korea, and the signing of the armistice on July 27 , 1953.

We believe that additional names might be added to this list by posting or publicizing this letter among your members. It is possible that somebody may recall a colleague killed during the war years.

The membership of our organization will erect this monument at the site of the press frain aI Munsan, north of Seoul, from which many newsmen filed their stories about the Panmunjom armistice talks. We plan to dedicate the monument on Septembe r 28 , 197 6 - the 26lh anniversary of the recapture of Seoul by the U.N. forces following the Inchon invasion and breakout

from the Pusan perimeter.

We also want to obtain copies of the last news articles filed by these heroic journalists to include the date of the story, its wire copy, and copies of tearsheets or clips along with the masthead of the newspapers in which they appeared. Also, we would like to obtain photographs of the deceased that were taken during the war showing them at work.

The monument will have inscribed on it a leplica of the last article, the name, photograph and organization of the war correspondent and date he was dead.

We are also interested in locating the next of

kin of these newsmen so that may invite them to the dedication.

Finally, we wish to obtain the names of all former Korean war correspondents, the news organizations they worked for and the period they covered the war and, of course, their present addresses.

In conclusion, I as president of the Journalists Association of Korea wish to invite all former Korean War correspondents to the dedication of this \rye

good reviews for the most part, one

monument in memory of their deceased colleagues.

his mackeral often a¡rived at his table "still frozen inside." Some disgruntled Americans refuse as a matter

Faithfully Yours,

member allowed as how

of policy to

eat anything called

"scotch woodcock"

or

a

"bangers

and mash."

The chef and his staff got their of kudos and brickbats. It is probably worth the time for anyone diuing at the FCC to explain very carefully how meat should be

Lee, Kung-kyu President Jou¡nalists Association of Korea

share

cooked (remember one

man's

medium rare is another's burnt to a crisp) and also specify what you want or don't want with it.

Some problems are insoluble.

One member complained that the

"Vegetables are always undercooked, particularly the peas, sprouts, beans etc."

The Correspondent, July I

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