The Correspondent, February 1979

'eĂŹgn Correspond.ente' Club of Hong Kong

February'79

Ww The Officers:

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Anthony Paul

President:

First Vice

COVER

President: Second Vice President:

Derek Davies

Tony Scott

Secretary:

Tim

The Staff

Sutherland House,

Tony Scott

Treasurer:

Piping in the New Year at the - but if independent publisher John Owen, hovering behind the

Rossi

FCC

gurkha piper, has his way, the next note will be shriller than expected.

By the way. anyone seen Owen around lately?

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NEW YEAR'S EVE SMASHINC SUCCESS

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Annie Van Es mourns the passing of yet another bottle of bubbly, while standing behind, Cynthia SeymourJones finds herself temporarily

glassless too.

Someday, someone's going to have

to stay sober enough to give a

report to th'e membership of just what happens on New Year's Eve, By all accounts, it was another smashing success and good time was had by all.

The figures partially tell the story. We served 205 New Year's Eve special dinners, 207 bottles of champange plus 108 bottles of still wine and later, 60 breakfasts.

So far, we have not been able to

it

) LL

&

total the astronomical number of drinks sold during the same period.

Anyway, a good time was had by all. Thanks to Mike Winslow and his

t

lan Leonard, Brigid and Neville Chesney do their threelittle-maids' from-school routine with the help of some passing streamers.

hard-working staff.

The following pictures more or less sum up the festivities.

When you're sandwiched betøieen two Holbeches (Mike, right, and son Simon) a girl has to fend for herself. Here Linda Jones tries a sideswipe at Holbeche Snr's unfolding whistle.

Twinkle Toes Eddie Tseng, standing behind wĂ­fe Betty, plots ways to get back to the pool game on the lSth floor.

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"Pass

your

glass

dear

-

gently", said Connie Crawley.

Erich Schwaabe says. . .

The question you must ask yourself

is: should I trust my eyes to someone who is not qualified?

Anyone in Hong Kong - regardless of training or qualification can open an optical business, conduct eye examinations, prescribe and

fit contact

lenses and eyeglasses.

Erich Schwaabe of Optica

fully qualified

Ltd. is a professional opto-

metrist. He graduated from the College

of Optometry in West Berlin and has been in practice in Hong Kong since t9'13.

.Er

At Optica you

are assured that

a

- qualified in all aspects of eyecare - is determining your professional

eyesight req uirements

Kindly telephone for an appointment E¡ich Schwaabe (Optica) Ltd.

Now, where did I leave my handbag?

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Birdman Phil

A couple of months ago, the imposing f igure of Phil Wight strode through the crowded 15th floor dining area with one of his equallyimposing giant parrots perched on his shoulder.

Nobody took any notice.

"Where else," one jaded after-

lunch drĂ­nker observed "could

450 lb Texan with a huge

a

red,

green, yellow and blue parrot walk

through a packed restaurant without anyone taking any i

nterest?"

A good question.

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But outside the Club, a lot of people are. taking notice of Phil Wight, a man with multitudinous intdrests that range from electronics (his business) to wine and parrots.

in his home.

Last month, he started

the

Hongkong Parrot Society, and since

then, parrot-lovers have been coming out of the woodwork to

Parrots?

sign up.

Phil started his love affair with

When he isn't feeding his birds or selling electronic equipment, Phil Wight devotes most of his time to his other love, wine.

He is chairman of the Hongkong Wine Club, and as such spends a lot of time sipping elegant vitages as his parrots flutter around him.

parrots when he went with a friend to a pet shop in Causeway Bay and

one of the birds bit him on the f inger.

He thought it was cute to be bitten by a man-eatÂĄng macaw, so he bought it. He now has more than a dozen different sorts of parrots

A man of many

interests.

Entertqínment Bedroom Farce Once again, FCC members took advantage of the Hilton Playhouse's offer of discounted tickets for their

West End hit, Eedroom Farce, by

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by John Le Mesurier.

The Hilton offered the club four

tables 48

seats total - on February 8th at a discounted price

of

10 for the dinner

By accounts, the

British

comedy, which is due to open on Broadway just after it closes in Hong Kong, packed them in as they

and

did at the National Theatre and the

show. All seats went like lightening.

Prince of Wales Theatre in London.

H K$1

New Beaujolais The F CC scored a "f irst" in Hong Kong by offering members a sยกp of Beau jolais Nouveau 1978 which was flown to Hong Kong by Air

France and Sagatrans U-Freight and made available to us by Casam

Paul Potassey

The Mandarin Hotel recently to FCC members a sub-

extended

stantial discount for the Paul Potassey show which ran in the Harbour Room from January 6th

to. February 2nd.

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The price was only H K$75 of HK$12Ol' for the set menu and the show. Potassey's (instead

slight-of-hand magic has thrilled audiences around the world, on TV and on stage, for the past 35 years.

Gooljarry of Exo Enterprises.

Because of the limited quantity of Beaujolais Nouveau available, the

number of members attending the wine tasting on December 8th was limited to 100 - and the party was quickly booked out.

P

è s Ăˆ a

G U, Ai

$

Subtle Santa Keeps

Them

Guessing

Barry Byrne was such a good Santa Claus at the Children's Christmans Party that one of his own kids didn't recognise him when he hoisted the anklebiter on his knee for a heart-to-heart chat.

What with Marsh Tomson's MC'ing and Nobuko Stevenson's fine piano playing, the party moved right along and the kids were kePt busy.

Many thanks are due to WendY Burton who organised the entire party with assistance from Santa's special helpers, Alison Lockhart, Alison Fielding, Kit Sinclair and Marie Biddulph, and of course Gracie. Rosa, Julia and Alexi' Thanks everybody. Consider Yourselves hired

for next year.

The kids jammed in to see Santa.

'{ĂŹ

Father Christmas (Barry Byrne) didn't keep them waiting long. {o

Maybe vn both need a haircut.

Hmmm, what shall I ask for?

FCG Ball

The Board has been

Comings and Goings

The byline of

Charles

his charming wife, CYnthia'

R' Smith

They are quitting their island hideaway on Lamma for another

no longer appears on the UPI wire.

The burly

veteran

of

Asian reporting retired last month, on his 49th birthdaY.

isle, this time Sri Lanka, where theY have a five-year lease on a beautiful

retirement home

But his familiar figure will still be seen around the 1Sth floor bar.

He plans to stay in Hongkong to follow other interests different from the dailY battle against wire

Kandy.

The good doctor, known for his aversion to dice PlaYing and other socîal activities, retires after many years serv¡ce in Hongkong.

service deadlines.

Charley Smith is

well-

remembered bY hundreds of unwary colleagues who came uP against him on stories between the Korean War and the fall of the Gang of Four.

Few ever believe his oft-quoted

phrase: "Ah'm onlY

a

Poor

Alabama farm boy trYing to make mah way in the world."

Experience soon showed them that Charles R. Smith was one of 'the sharpest, hardest newsmen they were ever likely to come up against'

Another thinning

in the ranks

recently has been the deParture of

Club honourarY

secretarY Bill

Stubbs. who leaves Hongkong on

three-month

(at least) tour

a

in

Peking as press officer.

to return, after hordes of the dealing with Bill

promises

American rePorters exPected to flock to Peking with the normalisation of relations between America and the PeoPle's RePublic'

Also on the move is the PoPular

doctor Derek Seymour-Jones

not lar

from

and

A fourth dePar-ture is PoPular

CBC cameraman lan Wilson, who has already left to take uP a new posting in Johannesburg. Before he

left lan penned a six'act play, called

"The Dynamic Duo in

Hanoi"

about his recent visit to that city w¡th Sheldon Turcott' When space permits The CorresPondent Plans

debating

to hold an FCC

Ball this year. The idea is not novel - balls have been held occasionally in the whether

past.

By most reckoningi ii'will be the

Ð '

club's 30th anniversarY, and the House Committee wsirdered whether this was th. ',u%V to '; properly mark the event. ;

Another school of thorlght that instead ofrgolng to outside catering -/the bilf would

suggested

it:would

be

a "celebration"

at

be held at an hotel

better

to

have

-

the FCC.

The move is towards

a

"celebration" so if You have anv strong views either way', lobbY a board member rapidlY. MaY has been pencilled in as the likelY month for the event.

publ ishing the offering.

Chit Chat

Areson and Co has Club Posts

Following Bill Stubbs'

resign-

ation, Tim Rossi has become Club Secretary, Treasurer TonY Scott moves uP to also become Second Vice President, and Tim Street has filled the vacant associate governor post on the board.

Hugh Van Es takes over as Chairman of the House Committee.

With all those changes, Bill must have been pretty busy on the club's behalf in recent months.

requested

alterations to our present ch¡ts. The new chit should be more narrow so that they do not have to be folded, and the total and box for membership number will both appear on the right corner.

A

move is also afoot, inciden-

tally, to get Areson to return envelopes that

fit

Produce

both the

chits and standard size Hong Kongcheques thus members will hopefullY no longer have to resort

to the folding-in-four h

itherto widelY emPloyed'

technique

;

,l).t ,2 ¡?

t'r., Grace Chan Leaves Charming

club official

Grace

Chan resigned at yearb end, feeling

that

it

was perhaps

time for

a

change Grace has been with the FCC

B

ñ forthe best part of ten years l, unyon. wno can put up wrtn us for that long has to have some going for her. thing special At a board meeting in January, FCC President Tony Paul presented Grace with an attractive gift on

behalf of club members,

and

expressed their thanks for the patient help that has so often been

a ù0

forthcoming.

As our deadline approached Grace hadn't finally committed herself to any new role, but whatever happens she will not be lost to

journalism forever

-

she is married

to TVB reporter Duncan Chan.

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Travellers' Tales

It is the club's intention this year to publish The Correspondent on a regular monthly basis.

When reviewing editorial policy,

with the idea of better bridging the'

interests of

corresPondent,

journalist and associate nJembers, it was decided that /whal"^¡/e did,;' have was a large pool oT. regular regional

travellers. '

a trip out of

ì

tale to tell from towr¡, and lwe would

Everybody has

a

like to use some of .the

more

printable ones, whether theY be funny, human ¡nterest or simPlY informative.

That way the column should quickly become a useful source of intelligence.

lncidentally,

if First

Vice

President Derek Davies, editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review,

is listening

- don't worry Derek,

äil",'Ji.";"il:'iì':fflse

Sir David Trench

Former Hong Kong Governor,

through town in January, ostensibly

¡t

appears

that

came FCC

Treasurer Tony Scott, now with

ass¡st the JockeY Club to conduct a couple of its more important meetings, but Privately to look up many old friends and acquaintances, and to have a firsthand look at what had been going

ICAC but formerly for a Period with Special Branch, once spent a

on since his departure.

discovered was that the dignitaries

One evening he attended an informal cocktail party on the 15th floor of the FCC, spending much of

it

reminiscing with His Grace Dick

Hughes.

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carr

Manager's Report

Among anecdotes that

Sir David Trench, was passing up to

to

day trailing Sir David and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew

around Fanling Golf Course. After

the match, one thing

Scott

showered faster than he did. A colleague put his head around the shower door and said "heY, You'd better move it - they're halfwaY down the drive".

This being the f irst issue of 1979, l'd like to wish all members a very Happy New Year.

The month of December saw a very successful holiday season for the Club. We started on December 22, with a special Christmas Menu

offering such items as Roast Turkey, Baked Ham, and Roast Goose with all the "Fixin's", as an American would say. By far, the turkey was most appreciated and we managed to sell an average of four whole turkeys a day. Ham was

q)

elevator at 6:05 a.m. A great number of people who came after

next and then roast goose. We total of 228 festive meals along with our normal a la carte

dinner mentioned that they did not

menus.

have

serued a

o*.

i $:

:i

;: "?::î

? ä'i #fl:T a la carte menu. We replaced .a few

of the

not-so-popular itemsrwith

less expensive items, simplif

ied

some others, placed 'Dinner Only' next to items which required more time to prepare and seemed to appeal more to the evening diners, and placed a number of snack menu items on the a la carte menus since

a number of members were not actually aware of our snack menu. ln the process of doing this, we

lessened

the

pressure

on

kitchen and in turn the staff

our

began

to become more familiar with the Club and its needs. This has brought about a great and needed turn-about in our food quality and appearance and, by all indications the general feeling is that all has

begun to

vastly

fun until they arrived at

the

FCC.

We have started

a

soup,

salad

and sandwich bar on the 1Sth floor and for those who want to set their own pace at lunch, it is self-service.

This is on a trial basis and if successful, we can add another to

the 14th floor. Comments are welcome and some have

helped

already.

The first part of February will

repairs and lowering of the ceiling in both the 14th and 15th floor toilets were carried out and financed by the landlord. The reason for pointing this out is that a

the

number of members were of the belief that the Club was áaying for this unnecessarily, and also that the landlord, even with our calling him every two days, took too ldñg to complete the job. Hot watèr taps

will be reinstalled

as

soon as'the

Eas

company can send out a mqn tb do it and hopefully by,'the tlm'e th¡s issue is

posted.

:

first menu change of the anyone has suggestions for new items, please send them to the office. Our intention is to change the menu every 3-4 months taking slow moving items off and replacing them with seasonal ítems, members' suggestions and other new items. So give us your ideas and support.

Our new walk-in cooler has been installed and this will enable us to buy in slightly more volume, thus reducing our operating costs in the kitchen. lt also helps us' in our storage problems and helps to eliminate food waste.

We are now receiving quotes on recarpeting the 18th floor and will

should be noted by all that

soon get that project underway.

see our

year.

It

lf

improve.

Compliments on food have begun to outnumber complaints and the number of complaints have taken a distinct downturn. However, the chef and his staff will continue to work towards more improvements.

I should like to thank the membership for its support and also for its constructive comments

throughout the past months. lt is iiving proof that comment cards and a good membership can work.

New Year's Eve was a

huge

success and we serred 205 people on two floors. We were one of the only Clubs to offer our members a

selective menu and nothing but compliments were heard for food and seruice. Members were still

enjoying themselves at 5:30 a.m. and the last person crawled to the

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LETTER

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS AND THE FCC Ð Mr. Anthony Paul

supporttheClub'scostsof

President Foreign Correspondents' Club

Sir,

The Foreign

Correspondents'

Club, Hong Kong, was founded, or

drifted into existence, in a ShangriLa of the Republic of China duríng the nebulous Tolkien period between this century's so-far two World Wars. The Club's purposes were equally nebulous (perhaps 'foggy' is a more apt word), though

today's Club historians refer to euphemisms and aspirations such as commarderie, pooling of journalistic resources and the need for a center where the professionals of the trade

could meet, greet and lie to

operation known if the listing of

without exorbitant dues and

Press

charges to the

"Members"

members.

and Media"

ir

í'Foreign, presdnted as;

or merely fol

readily-

Apparently, during the past available information - présumably, fifteen years, someone "discovered" the latter.) Finally, there are the that local newspersons could not be Absent Members pategofies. Using classified as Foreign Correspondents the current Member3hip List and, therefore, another category of (without up-dating since its publi' membership was established: cationl, the FCC is now comprised "Journalist Members". (lt is not as follows:

1. Active Correspondent Members: 2. Active Journalist Members: 3. Active Associate Members: 4. Absent Correspondent Members: 5. Absent Journalist Members: 6. Absent Associate Members: (Foreign Press and Media:61) * Dues Paying; ** Non-dues Paying

140 35

571

746* (Total)

138 2

301

441**(Total)

each

other.

The original membership

was con-

As with all clubs in Hong Kong, inflation has forced monthly dues to be raised. Prior to November, 1978, the FCC dues were $100

to offer membership

per month. On 31 August 1978, the

was

restricted to the professionals, their guests and certain categories of

individuals

for which it

sidered politic

(the origins of "Associate Mem- Honorary Treasurer advised all bers"). As the decades passed, it members, by letter, that monthly was equally politic, primarily for subscriptions would be raised by economic reasons, to expand the $35.00 "... as of the beginning of November, 1978...." Paragraph 4 of this letter states "Be assured that bring about a "... representation of the extra revenue generated will be the local economic/cultural/social separated from the general revenue community..." ideal balance of of the Club and applied solely for membership, actually was essential the purposes of relocation."

The Honorary Treasurer, in a if the Club was to cont¡nue to exist as there were too few resident letter dated November 9, 1978, to "Foreign Correspondents" to all members, informed them of the

"Associate Membership" category.

This move, billed as an attempt to

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donation to the Chinese New Year Staff Gratuity Fund of one month's subscription, i.e., $1 35.00. Something is indeed strange in the land

of the

Foreign Correspondent's

Club, Hong Kong!

1.

The monthly subscription

is

increa3ed by $35.00, the increase to be separated and applied solely for the purposes of relocation. The

bills for October (not November) 1978 show a charge of $35.00 for the "Relocation Fund". ls the "Relocation Fund" charge of $35.00 to be applied in future years for the Gratu¡ty Fund?

2. The donation to the Staff Gratuity Fund is a minimum of

35.00, a conflict with paragraph 1 above.

3. On two occasions during 1978,

1.$135.00

$1

major groups

x 746 members

=

0.00. However, $26,1 I 0.00 this sum (Relocation Fund) is

$1 00,71

of

of the Staff were not available for the Staff Fund, leaving $74,600.00 for gratuiry

either relased for cause (the waiters'

strikel or simply disappeared

over-

night (the kitchen staff walkout).

4. Presumably, the dismissed waiters and the disappeared kitchen

staff are not entitled to a Chinese New Year Gratuity. Also, the replacement staff are entitled only to a pro-rata share of the gratuity, i.e.,

one-twelfth

of the

basic

purposes. Even the latter amount appears to be vastly excessive considering most of the staff will only be entitled to pro-rata shares of the

salary

August 1978 letter). Presumably, the funds, as they are accumulated, will be invested in some safe haven (time deposits?) to be reserved for their stated purpose and, therefore,

to the new Club Manager?)

Some ordinary mathematics appear to be in order at th¡s stage. apply

3.

The

the final amount will be greater.

membership categories

ActiveCorrespondents: Active Journalists: Active Associates:

$147,000.00

(18.77Y.1

36,750.00

4.690/o

599,550.00 .76.54%l $783,300.00 (100%)

$14,000.00 3,500.00 57,100.00

$74,600.00 (Monthly) (or is it $135.00 and 100,710.00?)

One year's regular dues from all

location Fund?l

It

appears,

from the

above

figures, that the Associate Members

are not only "buying the farm" for

the other membership categories but, also, are paying forthe majority

of its

operating costs. AND, it should be added, with very little

location Fund") and, cheerfully, I to donate $135.00 to the Chinese New Year Gratuity Fund (even though I do not understand

agree

the

rationale for the gratuity amount). The money is worth the privilege of expressing an opinion.

George G. Lukas

voice in management!

ln

any event,

I

have forwarded

my check for my October account (including the $35.00 for the "Re-

to

an honest opinion

surpress

(though a few may respond with "lf he doesn't like it, tell him to resign"). No, ldo not wish to

resign.

*** Dear George,

Tony Paul

has asked

mp to reply

to your letter becausë it

is principally concerned with the Club's finances and fund raising. I wìll try

donations to the staff" gratuíyy' fu nd.

I should not, of course, have referr-

ed to the $35 relocation fund as part of the monthly subscriptions.

The sum set by the Board is

fixing this amount

:

categories: $895,200.00 (or $1,208,520.00 including the Re-

you,

Nonsenséìl No group of free-speech and free-press individuals would try

I will explain

below.

mined.

Active Correspondents Active Journalists: Active Assocíates:

reprisals

coincidentally the same amount as the monthly subscriptions'plus the relocation fund, and the reason for

4. The income from the monthly

b. c.

to expect

the letter to

in which you raise them. ) I plead guilty to a semantic erlor in my circular letter coqcelning

subscription ($100.00) from all categories may be similarly deter-

a.

send

to answer your poínts in thç"order

contributing to the "Relocation Fund", on the thirty-month basis, will be as follows:

a. b. c.

I

Gratuity Fund.

2. $35.00 x 746 members x 30 months = $783,300.00 (the time frame was extracted from the 31

months (Does the same rationale Q)tmnloveO. -

^ times the number of

have warned me

if

P.S. Several of my friends (all Associate Members), to whom I have shown a draft of this letter,

The waiters were not paid a gratuiry since, as you say, they were dismissed for cause. lt is not quite true that the kítchen staff disappeared overníght. They gave due notice in accordance with their terms of employment which enabled us to fínd replacement staff.

They were pre-paid a pro-rata estimated gratuiry according to the proportion of the year that they had served. All new staff who have worked for us less than a full year will simílarly be paid their grctuity on a pro-rata basis. At the time of

writing, the Club Manager has said that he would rather see the available gratuity funds distributed to his staff rather than receíve a share

hímself. The Club stíll has a great many staff who will have been working for a full year by the time the gratuíties are paid, therefore I am not clear as to why you describe 17

the sum you calculate ($74,600) as excesive.

Waiters and barmen in other clubs are currently paid at salaries 30o/o higher

ln

than those we

are

restaurants and hotels, they earn a slightly higher salary than our staff but can make uP to

offering.

a month each in ti1s. The ¡ntention is to give all servíce staff a

$600

gratuity equivalent to 2.5

times

their monthly salary or part thereof depending on the length of service, and

I

am happy to be able to saY

that the sum

assessed

($135), and

the readiness of most of the mem' bership to pay, means that we shall be able to do this. Even so, for the average barman and waiter, this

that this salary and all benefits including the gratuitY fund, will amount to $l,485 a

means

month, which. is below the average similar staff in three comqarable

clubs for which we have figures and, lshould add, for the five hotels and restaurants for which we also have figures.

You are correct in assuming that the relocation fund, as it accumu' lates, will be invested; this fund is accounted for separatelY in the Clubt accounts and a seqarate bank

account has been opened to

it. Associate members are, as you say, PaYing more lhan other categories of members to "buy the farm" but it is fair to point out lhat we are occuqying administer

more space on ilte farm, and consuming more fôdder, than all the

other

categories

Put

together'

Whether we like it or not, the Correspondents' Club rb now f inancially dominated bY the A5fociates.

voice in'. the Club's management; both the Secretary and the Treasureir are. this Year, Associate members and the vast ma¡oritY

committee to which it reports, are Aæociate members. While the majority of Board memberc remain Correspondents in accordance with the constitution, theY are rarelY rash enough to disregard the recom-

mendations

given bY

their

supportin g Comm i ttees.

Finally George, the onlY rePrisal

^ for your lener will be that oQ long, rather read this having to reply.

Yo¡trs sincerely, ¿

,

TONY SCOTT Honorary!,Treasurer

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