Foreign Correcpondents' Club of Hong Kong
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August '79
Round up COVER Billboard noticed in Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.
The Officers: President:
First
Vicky Wakefield
Vice
President:
Hugh Van Es
Second Vice
Tim
Presìdent:
Photographer:
AdvertÌsÌng: Designer:
with
tome.
Consuls, Commissioners, Trade Commissioners, senior off icers
be engaged in producing the territory's first Who's Who type
Rossi
The Staff: Editor:
At one stage, several members of the FCC appeared to
Bruce Maxwell Hugh Van Es Nida Cranbourne Bessie Lee Pui-ling
Two separate ventures of Covernment departments, Medía representatives, and is now out on the streets and off icebearers of Associations,
emerged, but the one which
selling is that edited by wellknown SCM Post writer Kevin Sinclair.
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respondents' Club of Hong Kong. Offices at 1Sth Floor,
3 Chater Road, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-
Sutherland House,
237734 and
5-233003. Cables: CORCLUB HONG KONG. Address all coirespondence
to: Editor,
Correspondents'
Foreign
Club
of
Hong Kong, 1sth Floor, Sutherland House, 3 Chater Road, Hong Kong. Adver-
tising: Nida Cranbourne, Êirst Floor, 30 lce House St., Hong Kong. Tel: 5-248482.
Io us, you're
morcfhofi;';iil,W:
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Kong.
usef ul indices of Exco, Legco, Urbco and J udiciary members, along with lists of
in
the book's production was Ted Thomas Ltd, and publishers are the South China Morning Post. With only 218 names listed,
Who's Who in Hong
Kong
doubtless excludes many who could have made the pages of
Clubs and Societies. The Preface to Who's Who
in Hong Kong says in part: "lt must be bourne in mind that selection for inclusion in the volurhe was made by the editors and researchers on the basis of the prominence of the people in
the community.
"Wealth and social status
were not of
But since it is designed to be regularly updated and
themselves qualif ications for entry - indeed, many of those listed are noted more for their service to the
publications elsewhere is that the teit is broken up with a
bank balances". Whatever the formula, the book. which had an initial print run of 3,000 copies, is currently the No. 2 bestseller at SCM Post
liberal spattering of photographs of the entrants. And the list of individual
We hear that the next Ted Thomas effort, incidentally, will
such a volume.
reprinted, it will presumably be further refined and expanded as the years go by. One innovation which distinguishes it f rom Who's Who
names is supplemented towards the end of the book's 365 pages
community in various f ields rather than by the size of their
bookshops.
be the Creat Restaurant Cuide to China, by Harry Rolnick. 3
Sergeont's Expense Account
comparable Fleet St nationals at
only bona fide visiting journal-
all.
ists or members of overseas press
fhe Mirror appears to be worst hit of the bunch, but that depends on which bar and which executive one talks to. Meanwhile the News of the World, which has long claimed
clubs which have suitable recip rocal agreements with the FCC
the world's largest
English-
are eligible for a guest
card,
which is valid for a period of two weeks, but which may be renewed for up to a total of eight weeks.
language readership, this month follows its close competitor, fhe
The premier lnternational Monetary Fund conference this year is in Belgrade in the first week of October, and some of the most contented 'observers' will be Patrick Sergeant, City editor of the Daily Mail, and his colleagues who work on the subscription-only financial 'magazine' Euromoney. So says the August 3 issue
of Private Eye, the
British
satirical magazine. Eye goes on delightfully Sergeant has written a long letter to Mr Dejan Parezanovic
of the big Centrotu
rist
Travel
Agency in Belgrade, setting out
the
irements of
the Euromoney team during the big requ
week. "
Euromoney
entertain-
and be reimbursed by free ads in Euromoney.
T.he letter ends reminder. that
"l
with
a
also mentioned that at least some of the Euromoney personnel would like to have a short holiday after the IMF meeting in Dubrovnik or somewhere similar and the expenses of this, too, might be met f rom the advertisements
Eye comments that
holidaying in Dubrovnik, and what the 'business ethics' are of offering free ad space to pay for such jaunts.
Other
be imported duty-free, and "an appropriate quantity of wines and spirits".
Who would pay for
this?
Sergeant modestly suggests that the Travel Agency should pay, 4
Fleet Street Gossip
Alas, where will a tabloid NoW f ind space to print stunners like this?
New Menu The latest FCC menu was introduced on August
Members
will
1.
doubtless
note that the availability of Chinese cuisine has been somewhat reduced. This is because at present the kitchen does not have adequate areas or the ideal equipment for the
preparation of Chinese food.
Faces of ยกa
,rm Robinson
Other Fleet Street tit-bits, mentioned for no better reason than that your scribe happened to be in that vicinity last month, are that the Star, the new downtoearth paper published in Manchester, is coming along nicely, and is not helping the of
Doyen Dick Hughes delivers an address at the FCC's farewell function for long-standing members Pete and Jim Robinson.
Hughes perhaps
best
summed up the occasion when hewrote, in his Hong KongTatler
column: "The longer I
have
known Jim Robinson - now more than a quarter of a century - the more I have discovered how
little I knew, and probably still know, about his unique career. "Since 1948, when he was only 26, he has been a lecturer in Chinese universities, public
information officer with the US occupation forces in Okinawa, in
for Premier Pibul of Thailand with the UN command during the Korean War, correspondent with
Guest Cards
northern circulations
Many
newspaper publisher Bangkok, liaison off icer
what can be done.
necessities
demancled by Sergeant are "two cars and two drivers", and "ten cases of French champagne" which, Sergeant suggests, should
Factory".
However we are assured that the measure is temporarY, while club staff and the Board look into the problem to see
four double bedrooms, sleeping
perhaps, a buffet lunch."
Model Wife Raped by Chinese Hypnotist in the Co-op Bacon
columns tรณ the question of how
Euromoney or the Daily Mail will benef it f rom his colleagues
"We require a villa with
should be able to cope with forty or fifty people for drinks and,
rom
Mr
is not expected to devote one of his powerf ul Sergeant
says.
eight persons, the appropriate bathrooms and a large room suitable for entertaining. This
f
broadsheet to tabloid format. Well do we remember that famous NoW headline of the '60s: "Nudist Welf are Man's
you will place."
" But he is expected to ments", writes Sergeant, " are now a fixed part of the IMF return to his familiar attacks on scene"; and only the best perks enjoyed by bureaucrats background will do. The letter and trade union officials", ยกt goes on:
People, ald switches
the National
Broadcasting Company for 17 years (including
Considerable
conf usion
sallies into Cermany and
views over who is entitled to
Moscow), the first reporter to interview Premier Chou En-lai on TV, a hotel proprietor briefly in Haiti, and most recently Director of Public Relations for the Chase
receive such cards. To set the record straight,
Australasia".
has arisen recently over the issuing of guest cards to out-of-
town visitors. Clearly
the membership has vastly divergent
Manhattan Bank
in Asia and
(ln the specific case of the FCC of Japan, only correspondent members of that club can get an FCC guest card in Hong Kong, since the FCCJ so applies reciP rocal rules to our membershiP).
Guest cardholders must observe the articles of association and By-Laws of the Club. The
privileges of the Club are accorded solely to the cardholder, and he/she may not entertain guests. The guest
member may obtain
cash
coupons for the bar and restaurant by showing his card.
Forthcoming Events
Padilla's Party
The Entertainment committee is organizing the following events:
It has become customary, over the years, for the Club to
October
correspondent members who have beeri based in Hong Kong
Yangtse
Tournament
A Boat Party November 10 "Pub Night" featuring English,
October
6
Australian and Cerman-type pubs
The FCC will host a Balut
November
Tournament between ourselves and
'1
December
31
5
Overseas Press Club Children's Christmas Party New Year's Eve
Business Breakfasts For those
f
of you who may
rom time to time
when
are transferred elsewhere. Thus, when the time came for Javier Martinez Padilla. the
intrepid correspondent of La Vanguardia, of Barcelona, to move on, a function was duely held, an'd Padilla was presented with the clstomary club tie. The trouble was that Padilla came back.
Many
the Manila
December
host a cocktail party
organize
Spanish coriespondent decided to hold his own party to save any f u rther em barrassment. The "Spanish Lazarus", as close companion Bert Okuley
mysteriously
ref
ers to
him,
decided to take full advantage of his position as host on the unique occasion to present his own Club ties.
The set menu which includes fruit juice, two eggs
seven. Former FCC Presidents Okuley and Al Kaff were among the recipients, as was Nick Quin on the grounds that Padilla didn't think much of the tie the UPI man was wearing at the time, and Dr Peter Miles who. in a white safari suit to show off his recently acquired Hawaiian tan, was completely tieless.
Altogether he
dispensed
Padilla also made a speach
which, bearing in mind that
Price of Paté
nobody has ever been able to
Members recently received a circular on private and outside
catering. The Paté sells at $40
per terrine and not $40
pound. 6
'
per
Latest novel from author
Derek Maitland is called Breaking Out, which he describes as a "manic satire". It is set in Parramatta Caol,
in Sydney's western suburbs, which Maitland has visited as a reporter. But analagously it also examines Australia itself as a pflson.
Breaking Out, Maitland's
moons later, fourth book, has just been another f arewell party was released in New York and is due arranged. to make its debut in London And Padilla came back soon. agarn. Suþply of stocks has So on Friday, August 1 5, on somewhat crimped the Hong the eve of Padilla's departure - Kong launch, but the Harris f or Ceneva this time - the Book Centre in Prince's Building
business breakfast meetings, why not consider the FCC? We will be pleased to offer private areas on the 15th floor for groups of 15 people or more. with a choice of ham, sausage or bacon, toast with jams or honey, coffee or tea, sells at the very good price of $7 per person and of course there is also the à Ia carte menu.
ranbou rne Caught C
follow his English, was greeted with polite applause, and the
company continued drinking to
a background of sentimental strains played by Ronnie Ling at the piano.
Photographer Ray Cranbourne has many times supplied pictures îor The Correspondent,
but on this occasion he found himself on the other end of a lens.
Ray was taking pictures of
a puppet show in Edinburgh Place when a passing Derek Williams caught him in action. Ray's wife Nida, incidentally, handles advertising inquiries for The Correspondent.
has some, and Keith Jackson has copies on order for the SCM Post bookshops.
Maitland, incidentally,
has
made his views on the treatment of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong particularly well-known through the letters column of the
SCM Post. Last month he was backing words with action by playing a leading role in the production of a newspaper for the refugees.
The paper is called
Hy
Vong, which means "Hope", and
it is published in Vietnamese, Chinese and English.
Craham Jenkins is printing
it at fhe Star at a special
rate,
and the financial backers of the 12-page, 20,000 circulation issue
are the Hong Kong
Christian
Service.
It is distributed free. Government has äpparently insisted that it be called a newsletter rather than a news-
paper per se, but Maitland says the content is very much along normal newspaper lines.
Hey, Paisano - for a real taste of ltaly come on up to Vini e Salumi high up on D'Aguilar Street in the heart of Hong Kong's little ltaly. Hearty ltalian wines, tangy cheeses, parma ham, salami and assorted pastas - we've got it all! Vini e Salumi The Delicatessen with difference. . . becaus e we're Italian . Newly added weekend take away dishes. Free wine-tasting daily.
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FCC Tops Pool League Following their success in winning the inaugural league organised by the American Pool Leisure Centres, the Foreign Correspondents' Clr:b team have continued to carry all before
them in the second
league
tournament.
Frank Hydes, David
C
ilhooly
and Tim Street.
Frank was only called on
once but covered himself
in
glory by winning both his singles
matches and playing the key role in both his doubles matches which he and his partner won comf ortably.
four and drawn one for
nine points and top spot in the league
defence of the title with a hardearned 6-6 draw in the opening
table.
match played at the American Pool Centre in Old Bailey Street.
Eddy
The FCC began
their
continues in great form and has only dropped a single game out of the ten singles matches he has played in the tournament so far. The backbone of the team
However the remaining matches, with one exception, have been played on the 18th floor and they have racked up some impressive victories on
remains much the same as in the last tournament with Skipper Sloan, 'Ocker', Simon Holbeche
their home turf The second round
and Kenny 'The Mongol' King being the regulars with support (in various forms) coming from
September and further progress
of the tournament continues in reports issues
will be given in
future
of "The Correspondent."
Yangtse Awards That other popular 18th played almost exclusively to floor pastime, Yangtse, contin- "singapore Rules", which allows ues to attract a dedicate group doubling in certain circumstof followers both during lunch ances in all but the top bonus and in the evenings. section Anyone up therre will be .Now that Hennessy has happV to explain the latest come forward with a bottle of variation (oh for the old days, their top-quality CS Cognac for and the simplicity of ordinary the highest score each month, yangtse, or before that balut, or competition is fierce. Malcolm Surry and Mike Cervetto are among the early winners An off icial presentation i5 expected to take place shortly
Surry's score was 445
and
Cervetto topped 480.
lncidentally, for
dice
players who haven't been near
the 18th floor for a while, the FCC version of yangtse is now I
¡The Club's one
Hennessy this year also inaugurated a "Wine List of the Year" Award, and after narrowing down the f inalists to three the FCC, the Mandarin Crill and Hugo's at the Hyatt - it seems the FCC has emerged victorious. Details of the f indings have yet to be released, but f rom what we can glean so far, the judges
were not looking so much for
Players with high scores are reminded to have the game
witnessed by their f ellow
players, with appropriate bar numbers, and to take the scoresheet directly to the office on
the 15th f loor. Sheets should not simply be pinned to the 18th f loor noticeboard, as they tend
a
mammoth selection whose range was probably not overly familiar to those serving, but for a group
of labels that had
been
thoughtfully chosen. The FCC apparently also scored highly on a value-f ormoney basis, and its storage of wines was considered superior most important in the variable climate experienced in Hong
year
contract with UPI for the world news service (1 4th floor teleprinter) is coming to an end. It has been the practice in the past to alternate between the vanous wrre servrces.
We are presently paying $1 ,01 6 a month. Reuters has quoted $1,000, with three weeks for delivery. Club Secretary Tim Rossi has been authorised to approach Reuters, UPl, AFP and
"with a view to obtaining a service on a complimentary or AP
special price basis".
the
¡Tim Street reported that prof
it f rom the
French
evening, not including bar sales, was $1,600.
"The tickets sold at
$69
and it was considered we had a good attendance...which prove5
for additional building airconditioning in the evenings and on Su
ndays.
that members accept higher
oBoard member
David
prices for these evenings", say the minutes.
DeVoss has suggested that the Club consider employing
Secretary,
Vietnamese refugee population. The Entertainment Committee is
.Hong Kong's Financial Mr Phillip Haddon-
will be the guest speaker at the Club's next professional
Cave,
lunch on September 14.
oThe Club's Food
and
Beverage Committee recommended to the Board that the practice of block booking tables at lunch be abolished. The Board approved this move unanimously. oA review of the Club's airconditioning policy was due at the end of August. Until then, as an interim measure during the
hot weather, the Club had been paying an extra $5,000 a month
musicians, at good fees, f rom the reviewing the matter.
oThe Board is considering raising absent membership fees
from $25 yearly or $200 for life to $75 and $500 respectively. Treasurer Al Kaff told the Board early August that it cost $52.80 on average per annum just to send absent members the club magazine. .Most recent club with which the FCC has established reciprocal rights is the Honolulu Press Club.
Kong
More on the Award as it comes to light. ln the meantime,
next time the waiter
comes
around with the wine list, maybe it's worth a second look
Scanning the Minutes
¡A committee has been
set
up under First Vice
President Hugh Van Es to examine, among
other things, the voting rights of FCC members.
before that cameroons).
to get lost.
correspondent mem bers.
Lau ded
After f ive rounds played by mid-August, the FCC had won
Steve 'Ocker'
that overall control will in any way be divested f rom the
The move stems f rom
a
report by tax accountant Austin lles, who has been looking into the Club's liability to prof it tax. "The articles of association at present are contradictory on the subject of votes, and this will
have to be tidied up", m
inutes of
the
deliberations on July
say
Board's
23.
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An updated list of all clubs
which have arrangements with the FCC will be published in the
next issue.
oOn August Z, the club had
980 active members.
oFormer boarcl member Derek Davies, in declining an offer to serve on the new bõard, has suggested in a letter thai
when the club comes to consider its f uture location, it give
thought to'the eastern district of Central', and the possibility of amalgamating with the press
Hanoi Revisited
Club
t
Africa Beckons
ìÏ
Half the correspondent complements of the Hong Kong and Tokyo FCCs regrouped iñ Hanoi last month, most involved
with the visit by a delegation of American politicians. Here CBC team Udo Nesch and Derek Williams, both from
Hong Kong, are seen at Lang Son, a village near the Chinesã border which was decimated during the recent SinoVietnamese War.
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Continuing the recent trend
of former Hong Kong-based
correspondents towards South Af rica, Peter Cregson, of
Reuters, who has been filing for that agency of late from the lo
White House, has moved to Johannesburg.
Peter's
wif
e
Gun_maj delivered an 8 lb 2 oz baby girl in
Sweden during July - the
couple's third child.
Pictured here, also in South
Africa, is Lynne Wilson, wife of CBC cameraman lan, with the latest addition to the family.
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ilters through that the paper about to fold.
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"Alphabetical Order" was irst presented at the Hampstead Theatre Club on March 11, 1975 and subsequently at the Mayf air
f
Theatre, London
Michael Frayn is perhaps best known for his humorous
.ì
columns in "The
London
Observer". He was on the staff
oÍ "The Cuardian"
(Then "fhe
Manchester Cuardian")
f
or
several years.
The Carrison
.,
Jonathan Cheal plays John, the leader writer who, at one
to
in
the play, likens himself "a perambulating heap o'Í
stage
blancmange."
Dorothy Johnston plays Leslie, the new asslstant librarian who gradually takes over control ol her colleagues' jobs and also their private /ives.
Players'
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of cleadbeat bLrt likeable Michael Frayrr's comedy, reporters and two lady librarians " Alphabetical Order" irr whose cha racters a re diametrically opposed to each Septenrber. The Play's director, Harry other Frayn is said to have Carlick (a mernber of the FCC "captured the feel of a Players, is
to produce journalist
Finance Committee), describes "a comedy with
tableclotr, placemats, napkins and dresses.
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ice, its characters,
Frayn's play as
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Dear Sir, Jack Le Vien suggested that I write to you as he is a member of the Overseãs Press Club in New York. I am collecting the
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I
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when she was Mrs. Earl Winfield Spencer and during the period she spent some time in HK and then Shanghai and other parts of the East. She arrived in HK in 1924, spent some time there and then moved to Shanghai at the Palace Hotel. She then moved to
Peking
- the Crand Hotel
de
Pekin.
Would there be
any
likelihood of anyone having photographs of her at this period? I have written to the China Mail but as yet have had no reply and any further leads would be most useful. The publishers will of course pay the usual fees in the event of publication and prints would be returned after use. I do hope you might be
able to help and shall
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Papua New Cuinea is a developing country and the
illustrations for a biography of the Duchess of Windsor being written by Lady Diana Mosley and which is to be published by
m¡\MâYâN-MâtâYâN
nation". Most interest at the standing-room-only gathering, however, was aroused by Somare's view oÍ Papua New Cuinea's economic outlook. Here is a precis of that part of his speach.
reetings,
Hughes and places like the "Amelican Lestaulant", of the times on The Terrace at the
"Continental" in
The Prime Mìnister of Papua New Cuinea, Mr Michael Somare, addressed a proÍessional Iuncheon on July 30 on "the political and economic problems oÍ changìng a tribal colony to pn independent
A discussion oÍ
global community is not an easy
place for a small,
way in these days of inflation,
energy problems, monetary and
commodity price instability and the like. I do not know at what stage a country can be said to
and wage stability,
econom ic
I would put to you the view that in one important respect we have independence. But
achieved the most fundamental aspect of it - the right and the
capacity to determine f or ourselves what our economic priorities and goals are to be. Of course we still rely on others to help us in the implementation of our ideas.
We had, and still have,
a
very close economic association
with Australia, our
f
ormer
administering power. The development of that relationship
after independence has been of great importance to us (and is unusual in the world today). But if we are to have independent national development we must establish ourselves as a member of the wider international
community of nations, both politically and economically.
Beyond this there are obviously many other aspects which will contribute to this economic independence. We must take all reasonable steps to
broaden and deepen domestic revenue base for
the our
investment
inevitably tends. to concentrate on the.matter of incentives. But this distorts the realities. We believe that the most important incentive is stability and sensible economic management. There are many aspects to this - price
newly independent country to make its
have achieved
investment
rssues.
exchange
rate stability and steady growth. But above all what we must
present
to the investor is
consistency in our policies and consistency of treatment.
The Right Honorable Michael
a a
This analysis applies to foreign and domestic investment
T. Somare.
budget. We must diversify our ic relationships with
equally. lf we are to achieve steady progress we will need both. lnvestment is an essential
econom
aspect of
countries other than Australia. We must attract overseas investment. We must develop our trading relationships and we must seek appropriate access to international capital markets. You will be aware, of course, that today my country has concluded its gieatest ever
independence
overseas borrowing on terms and
conditions which suggest that we are moving rapidly in the
the
economic
to which I have ref erred. lt is obvious that a
steady growth in investment will provide a framework for more
certain attainment of this goal.
lnvestment "lssues" The record of my country shows that we are coming to grips with issues associated with f oreign
investment. I do not wish to All of these aspects of deny that there are "issues". ln a econom ic independence are young f oreign country r¡ght direction.
worth discussion. But clearly
cannot treat them all
I
this
afternoon. They have been well
covered by my Minister for Finance in a seminar which has just concluded. But I would like
investment raises questions of national ownership and control, it places pressure on traditions and social Structures and it creates a range of "exploitation" concernS.
sealed with the of our nation. Now we are experiencing
was
and is clearly neither appreciat-
independence
ed nor acceptable.
lnvestment which is aimed at a longer term partnership will contribute to our
objectives and
another phase which we call "economic nationalism" - the development of ou r nation economically for and by our people. We believe that a major role in achieving economic nationalism is to be played by partnership with the developed nations and the other countries with whom we have mutually
will accord with
our interests. This type of investment we welcome and actively seek. cou
It is no rse, that
coincidence, of th is type of
not on the negotiation of particular incentives but rather on the investment relies
longer term stability to which
acceptable goals. The international commun-
I
have referred.
We are a country
ity is going though a time of considerable stress. The international economic order at times seems incapable of responding
of
potential We have riches in the
groundandafast-growing New Cuinea Banking Corporation in
of the Papua
Headquarters
Port Moresby.
I do not accept, however, that these are issues unique to
Papua New Cuinea or to developing countries generally I
can think of more developed countries where these issues remain very topical.
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Secretariat and the
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that potential, in tandem with
It is natural for an external f
The age of "political nationalism" for Papua New Guinea
to rapid changes Such a situation poses particular dangers f or developing countries
because their ability to look out
for theii own interest is much
less effective than is the case for
the major industrial countries
There is therefore for us a very real danger of being "squeezed".
ocus to rest f irst on the region in
which we exist ln fact, our geographic position involves
us
very directly with the affairs and concerns of two regions - South East Asia and the Pacif ic.
Papua New Cuinea
is
a
member of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacif ic and the South Pacif ic
Forum. We also have
had
observer status at the last three sessions of the Association of South East Asian Nations These organ isations provide valuable f orums f or discussing regional economic and social problems both in Asia and the Pacif ic. As a member of
both ESCAP and the South Pacif ic Forum, we are in the unique position of not only
sharing a border with an Asian country, namely lndonesia, but also having ethnic and political ties with the Pacif ic countries. Because of our geograph-
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Hong Kong,
Kagoshima,
Jayapura and Honiara
Althouth Papua
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New
Cuinea is obviously committed in the South Pacific, we have a
great interest in our
Asian
neighbours, and in developments in the Asian region. Ladies and gentlemen, it is more than appropriate that l, as the leader of a post colonial developing nation, should be talking to you at this forum. The Relations With lndonesia Much has been achieved in
relations between Papua New
Cuinea and its
immediate
neighbour, lndonesia, through
a
policy of constant dialogue
Both President Soeharto and have agreed that border security matters have tended to overshadow the other elements of our bilateral relationship Papua New Cuinea regards lrian Jaya as part of the Republic of I
lndonesia
Our relationship
with lndonesia is on a f irm footing of friendship and cooperation. This was reaff irmed during President
Soeharto's State Visit
to
and we fully support the concept of cooperation by these regional associations so they may work more ef f ectively to meet the needs of the region's varied peoples and conditions.
for great writers who have seen the successes and, all too often, the failures of post colonial nationhood* Papua New Cuinea is one successes, and it will
of the
remain so. As a nation, Papua
New Cuinea will
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develop
economically, socially is essential
to bridging the gap between the Asian and Pacif ic regions. Papua
New Cuinea is pleased
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to
be
instrumental in achieving f urther
cross-cultural links through air service agreements with both Asian and Pacif ic countries. Our
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Both
cou
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businessmen recently
entered into a technical cooperation agreement, and are currently reviewing border arrangements. We have agreed for some
time that we will determine whether border crossers are genuine refugees or not, and deal with them accordingly. The ASEAN countries make
up one of the fastest growing areas in the world in economic terms. ESCAP, ASEAN and the South Pacif ic Forum are an
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