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Australia's

First Lady of Fashion, Liz Davenport and her lovely models who presented an impressive fashion extr av aganza at the FCC two years ago, returned to the Club last month to present the latest in ladies'wear. The show during lunch and dinner included a wide range offashion evening wear, casual

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A new Board of Goverors took office during the annual general meeting on May 31. Sinan Fisek ofAFP succeeded Derek Davies as president

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More than a touch of the Orient livens the European scene.

ever u¡as. Surely correspondents can stand for a great deal of satire; are your artists

OU can spot the exiled gweilos a couple of lÍ

in ideas?

away. They are

trained that they pass the diamond shops in Antwerp with only a glance at the baubles in the windows and make a bee-

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line for the Chinese supermarket across the square.

in settlement of my

Stocking up

Absent Member subscription, I wish to take the opportunity to thank those concerned for airmailing to me monthly copies

taining my status with the Club, particularly because of my links with members with

whom I was associated, from

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of The

Life of the Hong Kong

is not funny any more, if it

so poor

those early days of the Clubrs development, until mid-1976. Then, with my wife, Betty and daughter, Ann, I took up resi-

dence in Sussex and for the fol lowing 12 years, represented

our Hong Kong

registered

company, The Harvey Asso-

ciates Group Limited, as its Overseas Director.

I will be remembered, by many, as the founder of Hong

Kongrs

first privately-owned

public relations, consultancy.

rilishing you all continued success.

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drive 25 kilometres to plunder the Asian Shop in Bonn.

Deli'cacies are then lovingly installed on the kitchen shelf built to hold the herbs, spices and condiments vital to sup port the habit of the Chinese food addict. Fortunately, the

spouse is equaþ addicted and leafs through the Hong Kong ønd China Gas Cook Book and, other gastronomical

tomes

that

in two

languages, so paper-wrapped chicken

and other mouth-watering dishes can appear on the table. The bak choi. is harvested from the garden.

EVERIASIINGLINIL Keep an eye

open at the antique a¡rd flea markets for those who pounce on anything oriental and start bargaining in true Stanley Market style before proudly carrying home another treasure to add to the collection started in Cat Street and the China Arts and Crafts Emporium. They have to be Hong Kong exiles maintaining the ties that will always bind them to the joyous days ofyore.

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Yourll find them there, the

seekers after

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flavour they savoured in the

American Restaurant

and

Paris Noodles.

There are plenty

Chinese restaurants to choose from. Even the Germans now

realise the culinary art does

not end with schnitzel and wurst. Therers hardly a town in West Germany that doesnrt have at least one Chinese restaurant. Just down the road therers even a Korean take-away.

T0 FII.MS: Itrs all part of the fascination with the FROM F00D

Far East that is

sweeping

Europe. Government a¡rd busi-

ness realise therers political and financial profit to be made Orient. This has filtered down to the

by dealing with the

masses. Department stores run special promotions featuring furniture and carpets and a

minimum

resea¡ch Ìvill

reveal stores selling everything from rice paüern dishes to expensive ornaments.

Bonn recentþ held a festival of Chinese films and hardly a month goes by without documentaries or films from and about China on television.

No self-respecting exile would miss the umpteenth screening of. Ferry To Hong Kong starring John Wallace. Europe is doing its best to ease Hong Kong exiles through their withdrawal symptoms. Rex EIIis, formedy with ABC, was

in Hong Kong in the earlY '70s. Now a corresþondent for the Euroþean Journal ofthe Euroþean based

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CLUB NEWS

The Video Club THE video library, located just off the Pool Room bar on the Lower ground floor, is open: Monday - Friday: 12p.m.-2.30p.m. and Sp.m.-

guards

7.30p.m. Sahrrday: 12p.m.-2.30p.m.

ñOLLO\ryING the Club's H-annual election to the I Board of Governors for 1989-90 period, the new Board

has taken office during the annual general body meeting on Wednesday, May31.

Hancock -The Bowmans Hancock - The Poison Pe n

Dead Men Don'tlMear Plaid Defence Play Enter the Dragon

History ofthe lVorld Part

Hot Pursuit Masters of the Universe Metal Force No Way Back Prince of the City Project X

Six members of the 198&89 Board, including the president, Derek Davies, did not seek re election while 11 others were

Renegade

Russkies Some Kind of Wonderful Survival Quest

re-elected for a new term. At the same time, five people four correspondent members and one associate member were newly elected. Succeeding Derek Davies as president is Sinan Fisek who was first vice president during 198&89. Paul Bayfield, a

ACTION/ADVENTT]RE 8 Million Ways to Die A Room with a View

The Elect¡icHorsema¡r

Governors Standing, from left: Anthony Dyson, Karl Wilson, Sinan Bob Davis, Saul I-ockhart, Wendy Hugþes, Bryan Frsek and the honorary treasurer Dorothy Ryan. Lloyd, Graham I-ovell and Michael Shutfleworth. Sorne members of the nelv Board of (seated, from left), Paul Ba5deld, Irene O'Shea,

corre$

pondent member governor and

chairman of the Publications SubCommittee during 198&89, took over as f,rst vice president and Irene O'Shea remained as second vice president.

the deputy regional director of Agence France Presse. He has been a member of the Club since he moved to Hong Kong

with the Sidney Morning Herald before moving to Hong

are: Anthony Dyson of the Før Eastern Economic Reaiew, Mich-

Kong four years ago. O'Shea, an Australian and a

ael Shuttleworth of Reuters, David Thurston of Asia Mag-

resident of Hong Kong since

azine, Steven Vines

Bayfield, 36, is the news editor of the Far Eøstern Econom-

1966, is the managing director of Communique, a public relations

Obseruer and Saul

ic Reuiew. The Australia-born

and marketing organisation.

1986.

Bayfield has been r¡/orking

Fisek, 40, from Turkey is

Newly elected to the Board

l¡ckhart of

the Hong Kong Trade Develop ment Council (see page 3 for frrll list of the Board of Governors).

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the

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The Purple Rose of Cairo The Return ofthe Soldier The Thomas Crown Æfair Threads Unfinished Business Wall Street

ThreeMen&aBaby Throw MOMMA From The Train

Jaws Jaws the Revenge

Killer Klowns Retribution

MUSICAL Fiddler on the Roof

SCIENCE FICIION Blade Runner Dune

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Comic Relief Live - NationaL Ceograþhic Dive to the End of Creation

- National Geograþhic nglpt - Quest for Eternity - National Geograþhi.c Etosha, Place of Dry Land - National Geographic

Professional luncheon Tuesday, June 2O Speaker: The Earl of Litchfield

Frida¡ June 3O Speaker: Dame Lydia Dunn

Greek Night Frida¡ July 7 A special menu of favourite Greek dishes as well as

the Hidden World

Greecers characteristic retsina wine and arak will be served at the one-night only Greek celebration on Friday, July 7, starting at 8 p.m. The Melodie Quartette will play musical favourites

- NationaL Geograþhic The Living Sands of Namib

from the Mediterranean

-National Geograþhic The Parenthood Game - National Ceograþhic

prizes will be awarded to winners of a musical quiz.

TheTigris Expedition

-National

SPORT

Price: $18O

THRII I F'R Angel Heart Black Widow Cohen And Tate Cold Steel

cop Extreme Prejudice

F/X Murder by lllusion Fatal Attraction

lntimate Betrayal Man Masquerade Missing in Action

ON SALE The FCC is offering members a chance to acquire Club memorabilia at throw away prices. Items on sale are:

læ Mans'87 Tennis Cünic

SaltShakers MilkJug Saucer Demitasse Egg Stand Sugar Bowl CeramicVase Table tamp BarStool Office Hieh Chair

$S.OO

$s.oo $5.00 $S.OO

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Murder Rap No Way Out Play Misty For Me Prayer for the Dying

Predator Prisoner of Rio

STORE SALE Budweiser Beer case of24

cans

Greek arak per 0.75litre bottle

The BedÍord Incident The Believers The Body in the Library (Miss Marþle) The lpcress File The l:st Innocent Man The MorningAfter The Rosary Murders Tough Guys Don't Dance Witness in the War Zone \ryAR

$0o.oo

$70.00

HEALTH CORNER Due to the renovation of the ground floor toilets from June 12 to mid-July, the Health Cor-

ner Gym, Sauna and Shower facilities will open only from 7a.m. to 12p.m. and from 3p.m. to 6p.m.

Catch22 DogTags Full Metal Jacket Gallipoli Hamburger Hill Merry X'mas Mr l:wence Ttle Hanoi Hilton

WESTERN Bronco Billy True Grit

and

Ceograþhic

The Wonderful Kangaroo - NationaL Geograþhic Wogan On The Orient Express

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- National

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Rampage Saigon

HORROR

TheTwo P.onnies They Still Call Me Bruce

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COMING EVENTS

ATTENTION: Ladies For the duration of the toilets renovation (June 12 to mid-

July), ladies are to use the toilets of the health corner in the basement.'We regret the incove nience.

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CLUB NE\MS

A touch of class from Down Under The Oub'smain dining room and üre ve mda were again üe scene of a fashion erú:dv:dgAnza last month

when Perth'sfirSladyof fashion, Uz DavenporÇ and her loveþ models retrrrned ûo shorv the latest in ladies nrcar. Theyhad staged a similar shou' ín October 1987 the first of ib kind atüre Club. I¿stmonth's 2day presentation (May 1& 19) was infinitely superior as

picfures on these ¡rages dernonSate. Giving an additÍonal bste of class

the eventr¡¡as the

speci¿tl lunch and dinner

menu prepared byfte internationally acclaimed Neal Jackson, executive chef of the I-ord Forrest Hotel of Bunbury, Western Au sbalia. He uas the Club'sguest chef from May 16 to 20. The final day of the fashion e>rtrav aSganza Ínclu ded the MucþDuclC trio who provided genuine Ausûalian country music to liven up the evening.

MEDIA

s win HE Reuter

Foundation awarded

last month

seven university Fellowships to mid-career journalists from developing countries. The journalists will study at Oxford University, England,

Stanford University

and

University of Missouri, USA

and Bordeaux

University,

France during the 1989-90 aca-

ists have been drawn

demic year. This year's recipients of the

are:

Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin,

Brazil, Cameroon,

award include Nouyen Duc

China,

Congo, Dubai,

Fiji,

Ghana,

India, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait,

Liberia, Mali,

Malaysia,

Mexico, Nepal,

Nigeria,

Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South

Phu, 38, an editor/correspondent of The Voice of Viebram in Hanoi. He will study at Offord. The Fellowship at O>dord is in memory of Najmul Hasan, a

Reuter correspondent from India who was killed on the Iran-Iraq war front in 1983.

Other recipients of the Fellowship at Oxford are:

Beedwante Keetharuth Haule, 34 is an inforNoyen Duc

Beedwantee Keetharuth of Mauritius, Dominica Haule of Tanzania and Carlos Molina Hinostroza of Peru.

RESEARCH EDITOR STOCKBROKING W.l. Carr (Far East) Limited, the international stockbroking subsidiary of Banque lndosuez, is looking for a person with editorial skills to be responsible for the coqdination, editing, presentation and

publication of its English language research. Financial/economic knowledge essential. Com puter aptitude useful. This is a new full{ime post, covering Wl. Carr,s Hong Kong and S.E. Asian research output, This includes corporate, sectoral, economic and political analysis, as well as daily summaries and ad hoc projects.

Candidates with appropriate qualifications or experience should send full personal details and recent photograph, with expected salary, to: The Managing D¡rector W.l. Carr (Far East) Limited 21st Floor, St. George's Building

2 lce House Street Central HONG KONG

mation officer with the Tanzania Information Services, Dar-es-salaam; and, Keetharuth, 27, is an editor/ translator with the Programme Exchange Centre of the Union

National Radio and TV

Organisations of Africa (URTNA), Nairobi. Hinostroza, 30, is the editor of Foreign Affairs, El Comercio, Lima, Peru.

The Fellowship at Stanford went to Beriji Apenteng of Ghana and Sun Yi of China. Apenteng, 36, is the head of news and current affairs, TV, at

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, in Accra and Sun, 36, is the editor at the International Department, of the Economic Daily,in Beijing. The recipient of the Fellow-

ship at Bordeaux is Mona

Souccarieh, 30, a reporter with Al-Safir in Beirut, l,ebanon. Additionally a photo-journalist from Africa, Pius Ekpei, of

STIARE

Dominica Haule

the Guardian in

lagos,

Nigeria, has been awarded the 1989 Willie Vicoy Reuter Fellowship at the University of Missouri, USA. This Fellowship was established in 1987 in

memory of Willie Vicoy, a Reuter photographer fatally wounded in an ambush in the northern Philippines in 1986. The Reuter Foundation was established in 1982. Its aim is

to help narro.¡/ the gap

between developed and devel-

oping countries in the use of information technology and to

provide research opportunities

for talented journalists photojournalists ing counfies.

fr om

and

develop I

Since the Reuter Fellowships were first awa¡ded in the 1983-84 academic year, 46 jour-

nalists and photo-journalists from 35 countries have been awarded Fellowships. Excluding the awards granted this year, the countries from which

journalists and photo-journal-

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NE\M MEMBERS Hiroyuki Kuwabara is

the

Hong Kong Bureau chief of TV-Asahi. Prior to his arrival in Hong Kong he was an assis tant producer with the BBC in

l¡ndon.

Harry Oberlaender is Hong Kong correspondent for Hessischer Rundfunk of West Germany. Prior to his arrival in Hong Kong he was the editor of Hessischer Literature Bote in Franl¡furt on Main. Jonathan M. Moses is

free

lance writer. Prior to his arrival Hong Kong he was an

intern-reporter with ¡he

Alive in San Francisco NE of the most respected and colourful

characters of the old FCC up on Conduit Road during the 1950s was Forrest (Woody) Edwards, then with Associated Press, a regular at the old

writer, somebody else was smoking one of his

es. A Taiwan investor is reportedly closing a

cigars and so on. I wonder ifanyone still has a copy ofthat pha tograph? Anyway, I'm pleased to report that Woody is still in fine form a¡rd writes from San Francisco. His letter:

deal for San Francisco's Mandarin, a superexpensive luxury hotel that occupies the top 11 floors of a financial-district high rise. Housing costs are going through the roof. The only thing saving San Francisco for us is

wooden bar and a hard-nosed newsman of the

DearTed,

olcl school. One story, no doubt apocryphal, is that during a difficult landing in rough seas at Qumoy (or some such beleaguered island), at a time

alive and living in San Francisco, al-

between China and Taiwa¡r, Woody failed to get ashore from the landing craft and was returned to the mother ship, soaking wet frustrated and chomping furiously on his saturated cigar.

though that may have to change. This town is rapidly pricing itself beyond Social Security

Other correspondents who had landed successfully, rubbed salt into the wound by photographing each other on the beach, all

and an Associated Press pension.

Hong Kong, Japanese and Taiwan money is pouring into California. Hong Kong is buying commercial property, condo developments and apartment complexes. Japan is going for

sporting one or the other of Woody's possessions that had made it to the beach.

those plus auto factories, computer chip

Life photographer was, as I recall, holding up Woody's portable type-

John Dominis

Meanwhile, we're enjoying the city as long as we can.

,, Confirming I those reports from Bob Elegant and AJ Kaff: I am

when shells were whistling across the straits

The

the city's endangered rent control law When that's gone, we're gone.

plants, big farms and even bigger cattle ranch-

You and some of the other old timers may remember the two Vietnamese youngsters who used to come to the club with me for Sunday brunch and the Christmas parties. Mimi is married and has a three-year-old son who is a real charmer. Tony graduated from The University of Florida law school in December, is flnishing a year as editor-in<hief ol the Florida Law Journal, and probably will be going with the US Justice Department in Washington this fall. I like your column, as I am sure do others who used to call the FCC our second home in

Hong Kong. Is Charlie Smith still in Hong

Eddie Wu? Francis Lara? David Davis? Michel Renard? Frank Robertson? Derek Round? Ian McCrone? D. Corley-Smith? Kong? Has any one heard lately from

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tions to those editing and publishing 1åz Corresþondent. I was in the news business and associated with press clubs for more than 50

years and The Corresþondent is the best club magazine I have ever seen. The Overseas Press Club has a very good annual but its monthly publication can't touch the FCC pro-

particularly like the way The Corresþondent includes some good articles on

general interest media affairs along with

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Searls? Sydney Iìu? Wong-Bing Wong? I hope I have most of those names right. Sometimes I think I am getting what Tony calls "Old Timers Disease." Five minutes after I drop this in the post box I will remember a dozen more names for the list. You have lot of

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Russell Spurr? Maynard Wolfe? Guy

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reports on club doings.

Wash-

ington Fost.He was selected as a Fulbright Scholar for the 198&

89 academic yea¡ and was

Harvard Political Journalist of the Year in 1987, awarded by the John R Kennedy School of Government.

Guat-Tin Ooi is the

eco-

nomics editor of Asian Busiø¿ss. Prior to her arrival in Hong Kong she was a leader writer with the Business Times of Malaysia.

Jan C. Aschan is the chief correspondent in Hong Kong for Ny Teknik newspaper of Sweden. Prior to his arrival in Hong Kong he was the paper's chief correspondent in New York.

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Victoria L. McGlothern is a Reuters correspondent in Hong Kong. Before joining Reuters last year, she was with lhe South China Morning Post.

Daniela Deane is the chief sub-editor of Reuters Southeast Asia, based in Hong Kong. Prior to her arrival in Hong Kong last year she was a United Press International correspondent in Manila.

Martin Bennitt is the deputy

James Miles is the BBC correspondent in Beijing. Before joining the BBC he was the

news editor ofAgence France Presse (Asia and Pacific Region). He began his career onlhe I-ancashire Eaening Post

Beijing correspondent of United Press International. From March 1985 - July 1986 he was UPI's Delhi correspondent.

1967. Prior to his arrival in

Hong Kong he was with AFP in Paris.

Jaime Codina Roig is

John Elliott is the Hong Kong correspondent for the London

Financial Times. Prior to his the

arrival in Hong Kong last year

Hong Kong correspondent for El Periodico de Catalunya - Ediciones Z, Sþain. Pnor to his arrival in Hong Kong last year

he spent five years as the F?s

he was the BuenosAires bureau chief for Tëlevision Espanola.

Penelope Susan

Christopher I¡ckwood is the Southeast Asia Correspondent for the l¡ndon Daily Tele-

grøþh. Prior to his arrival in Hong Kong last yea¡ he was the Toþo correspondent for The Economist.

South Asia correspondent,

based in Delhi.

Hill is a

Hong Kong-based freelance journalist. From August 1987 to May 1988 she was with County NatWest, where she specialised in Australian equity sales, and between September 1986 and August 1987 she was a dealer's assistant with Dominguez Barry Samuel Montagu.

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vice president and the regional manager Asia for the Sirius Insurance Co of

Sweden. Prior to his arrival in Hong Kong in 1987 he was with Atlantica Insurance of Gothen-

burg, Sweden.

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I THE GORRISPOIUIIEN

A BOTTLE OF

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CHIVAS REGAL

Compiled by Brian Neil @ 1988

WEALTHY, JET-SET DECISION MAKERS

NO.16 CLUES ACROSS 1. Slated to preserve (6)

4. 7.

Rather shadowy gang robs me (6) To trap elephants could almost be considered

The findings of a recent survey among FCC members in Hong Kong said it all.

violation (4)

12. 74.

To climb above the plain, it is said, is to go too far (8) To be idle is a strange way of describing this section of the press (7) She was almost seen to cut (3) It is traditional that most endings to a good meal

15.

involve port (6) We heard that the lollipop lover turned to the

16.

hard stuff (6) I¡ud TV commercial that normally doesn't last

verylong

18. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Consider these facts: .l . Ea¡.* I d,\,, [ | .

48/" of FCC members travel out of Hong Kong 6 - 20 times a year and 14/omorethan20 times. Over 50% travel businessclass and 1 07" f irst class.

(3)

The lace that was unravelled to make a compound (7) Should one dwell in mess and then clean it up are congratulations in order? (4,4) Rub in the right direction to obtain a smooth

E,^¡¡.* O. 75% wine and dine 5-20 nights a a Cl\¿.L L. month in hotels and restaurants in

Hong Kong.

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The first correct solution drawn from the entries received will be awarded a bottle of Chivas

Got well and truly stoned and aped tidal wave (9) O I¡rd! [æt me show my enthusiasm (5)

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An MA. should know what to do with potatoes (4) Some are even in a position to be a judge (5) An odd nation, Iceland, it seems to have a Greek dialect (5) Brush lvan's hair until he looks divine (5) No room at the inn? (9) AnArab goes to the opera, for example, and ends up doing most of the job himself (9)

courts (5) Raffle elephant and partly escape (4)

Members who have anecdotes, memor¡es, pictures or other relics of the CIub's early days are urged to send cop¡es to the Club Manager as soon as possible to help preparation of a Club history for its 40th ann¡versary later this year.

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1989

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