Good bye...tarewell The FCC saw a pair of farewell parties last month as two stalwarts celebrated new postings. Susanna Fung, who is abandon-
ing Hong Kong for the lights of the Big Apple said her goodbyes on September 10. El Salvador-bound Reuters correspondent
Angus MacSwan married Keiko, paid his tax and hoisted a glass or two on September 16.
Avoid a hernia The FCC is examining a proposal to call in exercise consultants to teach members how to use the equipment in the health centre to its maximum effect, Although nothing has been decided yet, the Club is looking at a possible plan to hold a twice-a-month clinic at which "fitness experts" will examine, test and assess FCC exercise addicts and draw up
appropriate diet and exercise regimes, The tests are relatively straightforward, although the self-conscious will
probably insist on privacy and con-
d/ 1 Susanna
with two of the BBC newsmen she's worked with over the years: Jim
Biddulph (left) and Brian Barron (right).
fidentiality when they discover just what's in store for them. The assessments will include an accurate measure of a "physical
dimensions" of "percentage body fat" and "lean body ¡¡¿5s" - and there is no lvay holding in your stomach will fool them as well as blood pressure, resting heart rate, basal heart rate and the victim's "tnaximum oxygen uptake," In the meantime, the consultants are looking to design a series of diagrams illustrating the best use of the machinery.
The pictures, when ready, will be dis-
played on the walls of the torture chamber
downstairs.
Time .for tennis Now the nicer weather's heie, the FCC is organising an autumn tennis tournament consisting of mixed doubles, and men's and women's singles.
A
few years ago we tried a men's
"You'd be belter off with UPI," Mlke Keats (right) fel/s Angus and Keiko.
doubles tournament, but members spent so
much time out of town that it took two years to complete, by which time the longlanguishing silverware had been accidentally presented to an upstart snooker series.
This one will hopefully be different. The prime tournament is the mixed doubles _ all FCC members and wives,/girlfriends
or husbands/boyfriends
are eligible.
Only those entering the mixed doubles
will be eligible for the singles competition as well
singles.
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if they specify they want to play
Need a partner? We can pair you if you have no "double." To enter, ring the front desk
(5-2ll5ll) and give
names, home and office telephone numbers or fill in the appropriate spaces on notices in the main
bar or downstairs
games room. DO IT TODAY. Entries close on l5 October. Those who belong to clubs or live in
apartment blocks with tennis courts will be asked to help out with venues. Alterna-
tively, matches can be held at Urban Council-run'courts. Booking is easier and cheaper - than you may think. Bruce Maxwell.
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Cueíng In The FCC missed seeing what Steve Davis or Terry Griffiths "can do with a load of balls and a snooker cue" but discovered a misspent youth is no impediment when it comes to entertaining an audience. Davis and Griffiths were just two of the snooker players who managed to turn the air blue at a Club lunch on 2 September. They were ably supported by Dennis Ïbylor (pity about the glasses) and his inexhausti-
ble supply of Irish jokes. Welshman Grifhths, in town to defend unsuccessfully as it turned out made his public
his 1985 Camus Masters title
speaking debut at the FCC. "This
is the
first time I've spoken in public. I'll probably be the best speaker you've ever had."
He limited his maiden performance to introducing his colleagues before handing over to Steve Davis - "He gets more money than me so he'll speak longer."
Baran lines them up.
Barøn Triumphs Crazy Canadian Paul Baran beat Peter Wong to take the FCC snooker title for the second consecutive year. Before he could get over the fact he'd have to spend another small fortune on silver polish, he went on
to
beat John Haryett
to win his
first
billiards title. Asked about the secret of his success, the gangling cueman confided: "I cheat."
Present at the lunch was Tony Meo, or Griffiths words, "the Italian Stallion", Willie Thorne ("who's got more front than 'Woolies"), Jimmy White as well as Canadian Cliff Thorburn, new face, Neal Foulds and referee Len Ganley (the only man who
kick-starts jumbos at Heathrow). Davis showed he'd lost none of his wit along with some of his titles. On the recent
Cook ít yourself
cocaine scandal: "It's a lot of rubbish, although'there was a case recently when a player in the dressing room sneezed just before he went out for a game. Everyone felt terrific for the rest of the day."
But a snooker player's life obviously has its drawbacks - those teenage years spent practicing meant "I was 2l before I realised girls don't have staples in their stomachs." And, "until I became rich and famous all the girls thought I was ugly. It's funny how things have changed,"
"One of my first girlfriends insisted on wearing a paper bag over her own head whenever she went out with me. Just in case the one over my head split." Then there was the one about the biology teacher and
the jelly beans. enough
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Dennis Taylor then stood up to tell a couple of Irish jokes. Like Aláx Higgins.
But the only one that can possibly
snookers. t'
Seøsonal songs FCC has provisionally booked the rüelsh Male Yoice Choir to perform in the main bar on December 16. More details will be available nearer the time.
AN ALMo-çT r¡.JorslauclreLe ALL PUKPoSE PATENT IAFETY ¡¡os r Le B¡a sTooL TO FIT FOREIGNI CORREsPONÞENÍJ OF ALL SHAPES AÑD SIZE.l
Wednesdays and Fridays will be nights at the FCC froh Friday cheese laced with kirsch and Beef Bourguignonne fondues, designed,to stave off winter chills, will be served on the
Hearty swiss verandah.
Driving force Roger Boschman has been appointed Hong Kong correspondent of US motoring magazine, Car and Driver. His name will appear on the masthead in the October or November issue. Roger asks for any members with ideas or press releases directed to American motoring readers to contact him on 3-2817457. A li. ^FTFR ROBINSON W HEATH
Distress Call The annual FCC childrens' Christmas party
will be held on December 14 and Club Steward, Julia Suen, has put out an appeal
for volunteers to help her organize the event. About 80 of the little darlings are expected to turn up so assistance is urgently
required. Contact Julia on
5-2ll5ll.
Safety
first
A number of membe¡s have signed
uncomfortable but downright unsafe' a peti-
tion addressed to the Board of Governors, protesting about the bar stools in the main bar. These, they maintain, are not only
be
repeated wasn't about the Iíish. r'There was this Scotsman who owned a snooker club. He died and , left fiis son two
The petition is being seriously considered. Meanwhile, Club artist extraordinary, Arthur Hacker, has designed a couple of prototypes for consideration'......
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The odds on the Hong Kong Slandard making a killing on its afternoon paper are getting longer it seems. With reports the afternoon broadsheet was finding less than 2,000 buyers in the early days, it's becoming more and more difficult to hnd punters willing to bet the edition will last beyond the end of the year. With its Quarry Bay rival responding to the challenge so quickly and inaugurating a late city edition carrying the London and New York stocks for the half-dozen brokers in town without access to Reuter Monitor, Tþlerate or Uniquote, what chance does the Stondard's brave effort stand? Particularly as there isn't much of a commuter market in Hong Kong,, aside from the outlying islanders, of course.
Globe Tþotter
a Does Priyate Eye know something we don't?
Mßsing the point Perhaps Britons attending the Curzon cinema don't expect to see the differences between their Queen and Prime Minister spoofed but most would be hard pressed not to
see
the pair sent up in other branches
of the media Image!
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Has the South Sydney Morning Post built a secret runway down there in the rubble around its Quarry Bay HQ, people,ard wondqring? The suspicion comès becat¡óe
the paper's new foreign editor, Í(arl Wilson, seems curiously mobile for a Hong Kong-based reporter. If his by-lined articles are anything to go by, the scribe seems to be filing from at least two different corners of the globe simultaneously. Apparently he was present at the scene of the Post Office shooting in the US. And then again, he appears to have been sitting in court in California as Judge John Vukasin handed down a 365-year jail sentence to spy Jerry Whitworth. Hong Kong is eagerly awaiting his next dateline. Outer Mongolia perhaps? Or will he just settle for the Antarctic? But then the wire services don't have bureaux there.
Now You See ít.... Does anyone know wh¡t happens to the free Reuters copy that spews out of the
trusty printer every day? Answers on
a
postcard please.
Which Way Wíil
ft fump?
There can't possibly be any truth to the rumour that the South Sydney Morning
Posf is going regional, can there? One totally scurrilous rumour mongerer sug-
SEs"TtT:y¡ No trust
Apology
What's the matter with the SCM Post's
In the last issue of The Correspondent an item appeared in the Jerry Westerby Column that caused considerable embarrassment to Vince Loden. We would like to take this opportunity to apologise to Vince Loden and extend our regrets for any
masters?
Don't they trust fheir daily
business section undoubtedly the best part of the newspaper any more? Why did they get Sunday Money editor, Steve Leather, to write up the company's annual
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a
embarrassment we may have inadvertently caused.
gests the paper, having failed to secure the services of established scribes working for a stable-mate, now plans to build up a net-
work of correspondents vra Asio Magazine. On the other hand, some equally
dubious muck-rakers are spreading the rumour that the Digger arrived with bush knife in hand to prune away at spending to render the paper's price-per-earnings ratio more attractive to potential buyers, Surely that can't be tru€ either. Watch this space.
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