The Correspondent, July 1990 by The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong

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Peter Seidliø

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In 1978, a burlyAustralian strode into the FCC at Sutherland House and found himself among old friends. In later years he became the president of the Club as well as the regional head of United Press International. Now after 11 years in Hong Kong, Mike Keats is moving out, to Washington DC where he will be UPI's senior vice - president for international operations. By Kevin Sinclair

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HE craggy visage and rumbling

Dave Fryers is a spectacle as fearsome as

voice

of Mike Keats will,

future, be absent from the main bar of the FCC. If you want to share a drink with the former Club president, you'll have to go looking for him at the National Press Club in Washington DC.

After 11 years with UPI in Hong Kong, Keats has been promoted to the

top slot of senior vice - president for international operations.

"Today Hong Kong, tomorrow the world," he noted as he hoisted a cold

flotilla of Vikings.

He expects to continue maritime

adventures on Chesapeake Bay. And, of

course, when he gets to Washington he'll find a lot of old pals around the Press Club bar, not only former African, London and Hong Kong-based journalists but USIS officials, businessmen and politicians. Keats has been UPI vice - president and general manager for Asia-Pacific since

beer with friends on the day of the

1984. He will be replaced by Arnold Zeillin, formerly with rival wire service

announcement.

Associated Press.

Joking aside, the burly Australian

looks forward to taking on the challenge of one of the world's top news jobs. The Washington position means Keats is in

charge of UPI's global news-gathering of reporters, editors and technical staff in 200 bureaux in 97 countries. "Give me another beer," he said, con-

with responsibility for hundreds

templating this prospect.

Those who know the

veteran reporter, editor and administrator have little doubt he will handle the complex task with his customary skill. He's had plenty of practice. Since joining the wire service in 1956, Keats has worked in a variety of senior editorial and management jobs on three continents. After 11 years in Hong Kong (he came as editor, Asia, in 1978) he regrets leaving. He'I1 be leaving a lot of friends behind, not only in the FCC but also at the Yacht Club and out on the Harbour where the sight of a wildly - keen Keats at the helm of the 30 foot sailboat he shares with present FCC president Paul Ba/ield and FCC member

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Keats' new job will be demanding. But, said UPI executive vice - president (editorial operations), Pieter Van Bennekom, Keat's knowledge of African, European, Asian and Pacific operations makes him a natural for the top international news slot. "He has not only the keenest eye for news, he is a tenacious problem-solver who understands every nuance of UPI's presence in the global news and information industry," Van Bennekom said, making the announcement about Keaf s appointment. Many would agree with this assessment of a man respected by his colleagues

especially those who have worked in

competition - as a pure professional. Keats got into journalism because he had to fill in a teenage year before he could become a soldier. He was 17 in his native Melbourne and planned to sign up for an officer cadefs course in the regular army. But the age limit was 18. To occupy his time, he got a job as a

copy boy with Australian United Press. His main responsibilities \¡¡ere running

IlFl¡'-t' messages for the journalists until the sports reporter dropped dead. There was a major bodng match to covet Keats had done a bit of schoolboy sparring so he became an instant sports reporter. By the time he was eligible to enter the officer cadet's course, he wasn't sure he wanted to be in the army. He'd developed a taste for news. As it turned out, he did nothave a choice because he was called up for national service and after that stint in uniform he decided against an army career. "That cured me permanently of a mili-

tary career," he recalls.

In later years, in emerging African nations, in the turbulent Middle East and in Asia, he was to see more wars than most soldiers. But he was an

observer, not a particiPant. As an l8-year-old cadet reporter with AUP's Melbourne bureau, he covered the basics - agricultural shows, stockmarkets, the weather - and learned the ropes. Then he went north to Queensland as a ne\¡/spaperman with the Brisbane Telegraþh. And it was there that fate tapped him on the shoulder. "I didn't know a lot about horse rac-

Clockwisefrom aboue: Sybil and Mike Keats receiving farewell

from Club president Paul Bayûeld at the farewell party hosted by the Club; Keats with Club Steward Julia Suen; Keats with Associated Press bureau chief Bob Liu, and receiving a word of advice from veteran foreign correspondent Clare g;ifts

Hollingrvorth.

ing, but I was an optimist," he remembers. "I went along to Doomben race course with a couple of friends and for

some reason I never worked out, slammed a few quid on the nose on

some ragged outsider. This thing

romped home and paid me A$140 which was a hell of a lot of money in 1955." He used it wisely a lot of - heonbought an old boat beer and a A$90 ticket heading for Genoa. "I had visions of the ship being a luxury cruise weighed down to the waterline with lusty women going on a working holiday to Europe," he notes wryly. "It turned out to be a rusty, aging converted aircraft carrier with about 900 men on board and 100 women. "I got off the boat in Genoa and began

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Keats 34 years ago, soon after joining UPI in I-ondon. The renovation of the old ice house in prog¡ess, Below: When Club manager Heirz Grabner and his wife Josephine celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, five past presidents including Keats were present to mark the occasion.

Sybilsayso,o How does that saying go? Behind every successful man is a good woman. In the case of Mike Keats, it's Sybil, the fine lady he met in 1960 during his stint in South Africa and married in 1963. Or, as Keats says when trying to remember the year, 'Just after Kenyan independence." And what does Sybil say about Mike? Read on... "If you can't take the heat" and it's been hot!

He even pushed the pram. Never trust the foreign correspondent who promises that you will travel ... he's always in a war-torn area.

remembers the bottle opener at a picnic and turns off the lights and stove on going out.

He feels good when he beats the younger man at squash. But doesn't mind losing some games to those within his

The buck ¿o"ì .top right at

own decade.

his desk.

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Don't ask or tell me the He's ballast.

A colleague: "He may not be

To quote our

five-year-old daughter pacilying a frightened friend after a Keats' outburst: "It's OK. He probably lost at squash."

alcohol.

Another admirer: "I am inePt but am very willing to listen to some people (Keats)."

He is a warm, huggy, grizzly bear ... not darling pet.

His South African successor:

"He can get away with it

home.

watch and money.

bottle of champagne ranks

He was the one who forced when itwas being robbed and

still managed to keep

a as

ìi: have been quantity time, but it certainly was quality time."

his

He was the one who drove white-faced, stuttering newsmen (including Barry Came) through mine-infested territo-

ry, insisting everything was OK. Only afterwards did any-

He was the one who spent 24

hijacking and sent the others

one dare comment that the rough ride was also due to a very nervous foot on the

home to sleep.

accelerator.

He was the one who risked

He was ... and is ... a one!

hours in the office during

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tory and nobody heard his sigh of relief on his return

Contrary to expectations,

The daughters: "It may not

person."

Never let him pour you a drink unless you're in need of a quick injection of pure

nervous

his way into a Beirut pub

one of his favourite drinks.

An admirer: "Keats is a nice

a very

Lebanese employee home in his car through hostile terri-

names of "The Magnificent Seven" or the order in which they were killed.

the world's best writer, but he

always puts himself in the right place at the right time."

runnlng

because he's an Auslralian!"

He's the one who always

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CLUB NE\MS F.ROM THE PRESIDENT

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to carry out my fantasy of being the adventurous young Aussie freelancer in

Itaþ

Unfortunately,

More speakers and new seminars

hadn't thought

about learning to speak Italian."

He headed overland to Britain. In

T T HAS BEEN a busy month for filmed, so his responses were very I ttr" FCC. The mosi important careful - and long.the question session I. speaker we had was the mayor of Unfortunately,

those days, the romance of Fleet Street was a magnet for young journalists from all over the world and Keats found him-

self in a queue of hundreds of hungry young scribes. He tramped up and down the Street of Ink and, jobless, worked in a restaurant and as a labourer digging a tunnel under the Thames. Finally, he got a weekend casual job subbing on United Press. History came to his aid. When the Suez and Hungarian crises broke simultaneously in 1956, UPI needed troops desperately to handle the flood ofbreaking copy and Keats got a staffjob. His first overseas assignment was in North Africa where the Spanish Foreign l.egion was putting down a rebellion with considerable enthusiasm. They were, he notes, a very tough bunch of gentlemen. He had studied Spanish, casually, in

London so was dispatched to Madrid. Franco still ruled supreme. When a colleague went on leave and had to be replaced for a couple of weeks, Keats was

Shanghai Zhu Rongji. The breakfast for him was a sellout, with about 200 seated members and guests and 50

had to be cut short. Another half hour or so would have done the trick. The time-consuming aspect was having to

local journalists. I think the main value of the occasion was getting a sense of the man, rather than any new insights or information. Mr Zhl was surprised and

available.

somewhat overwhelmed

the

response to his visit to Hong Kong -not realising the extent to which Hong Kong looked on him as a sign for the

future. By the time he got to the FCC he also realised that every word he uttered would be recorded, written and

A keen sailor,

Keats takes to sea whenever

he can gather a few

sailing

enthusiasts.

the Bank of East Asia, Wilhelm

It is possible that we will host a meeting of all the region's FCCs sometime soon. An inifiative of the Seoul FCC, the meeting will look at whether there is a need for a regional FCC body

to co-ordinate activities of common interest, such as compiling

opinions on this would

welcome.

The Health Corner has been reorganised to allow for a small,

open exercise aÍea

and additional equipment has been purchased. It's not the biggest gym in Hong Kong, but there is

enough there to work those extra pounds off. l¿ter this year we are considering introducing a full-time trainer.

This will depend

Health Corner has been reorganised tions inAfrica hailed him. "Have a beer," said Donald Wise. "Don't mind if I do," said Keats.

The two had reported through the bloody birth of the Congo together a¡rd a half-dozen otherwars. Three years in Hong Kong and he felt at home. But back in headquarters, UPI

Money was tight. The future v¡as uncer-

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include DHLs Po Chung, David Li from

emerging economies and markets.

Bayfield.

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Other speakers we have planned

European house: the consequences for Asia". The second seminar to be held about a month later, will be on Asia's

problems of each country. Any

while, he explains, and maybe the bosses thought he knew a thing or two. When he arrived and strode into the old FCC in Sutherland House, it was like old home week. Colleagues with whom he had covered massacres and revolu-

audiences.

Our first seminar this year will be held in early October. It is loosely entitled "The economics of the new

rent president Paul

was going through a worrying time.

Keats shrugs. He'd been around

different nature altogether. Prolific authors Robert Elegant and Leslie Thomas had a more entertaining approach, appreciated by the large

And many more.

former club president Hu Van Es and cur-

Keats covered Africa's transition from the colonial era to stormy independence, first in Africa then as editor of that continenfs affairs based in I¡ndon. Personally, too, they were satisfying years because it was in South Africa that he methis wife, Sybil. During those 20 years spent mostþ covering African and Middle East affairs, Keats met and interviewed the men and women who changed history. The Shah was one. Ian Smith another. Rulers of new republics by the score. His was a familiar, sturdy figure in capitals from Beirut to Pretoria, Nairobi to Iagos. So why, in 1978, did the UPI management in America decide that a man whose byline was known and respected in Africa should suddenly be transferred to Hong Kong as editor for Asia?

hopefully, Singapore's Lee Kwan Yew.

operate in each country and the media-control regulations and

Below: Atthe Club with

there, troops opened fire against demonstrators ataplace called Sharpville and the struggles of the South African blacks and the explosion in the Congo kept him there for two years. were dangerous but fascinating Those .Workwise,

it was fascinating

The other speakers were of

Reuiew editor Derek Davies and,

booklet on how the clubs

flown down to Johannesburg. While

times.

use a translator. There isn't a way except to have more time around it

Christains the chairman of Deutsche Bank, former Far Eastern Economic

tain. When Melbourne's David Syme Group approached him offering ajob as Asian regional manager in Hong Kong (they own The Age in Melbourne, and then had strategic TV holdings in Hong

Kong) he accepted.

Two years later, times had changed again and Keats was back home at UPI. Keats these days seldom attacks a keyboard to write a story. In his new VDT .W'ashington job, he will be writing memos to reporters and bureaux chiefs around the world, not stories for the wire.

But although his byline will not be seen the Mike Keats touch in newsgathering will be obvious in UPI's service, And, as he says, anyone who feels like a drink with him can probably catch

him at the bar at the National Press Club

inWashington.

The Health Corner located in the basement has been reorganised to improve the workout facilities in what is probably the only fitress centre in Hong Kong with unisex sauna room and, jacuz,zi. The centre is open Monday-Friday from 7:3oam to 7:3opm.

whether users (or potential users) want the services of a trainer and how much we are prepared to pay.

The workroom remodelling

is still in the planning stages.

The layout of desks, computers etc is being designed, probably using bookcases to block off the video area. The bookcases will have relevant reference books

and bound and stacked Once again we are

magazines and newspapers.

considering getting some good

quality T-shirts or polo shirts. New designs and colours are likely. Desk and pocket diaries and address books will again be

on sale this year. Watch

The

Corresþondent for more details.

Paul Bayfield

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CLUB NE\MS

Journalists and newsmakers N THE June '89 edition of The Corresþondenl I reiterated the FCC policy with regard to the FCC's involvement with issues concerning

"The Foreign Correspondents' Club

allowed to film, although he was told to

of Hong Kong supports the letter of protest delivered to the Chinese Foreign Ministry by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Beijing on behalf of its 150 members, which, in part, objected to the'unprovoked use

get it over with and move on. Two other correspondents said they went on university campus during the day

tion, meanwhile, has gained currency:

Journalists' Association, the Newspaper Proprietors' Association and the Press

of violence and physical abuse of foreign correspondents by paramilitary officers and security police in Beijing in recent days'. They cited seven cases of such abuse, some of which were

Photographers' Association. The text of the FCC's statement:

documented on film. "It should be noted that the Foreign

freedom of the press and the trealment of journalists. Almost as soon as the ink was dry the FCC participated in a press conference on June 9 over the treat-

ment of correspondents in Beijing. It was a joint affair with the Hong Kong

"Foreign correspondents in the normal course of their work are often in dangerous situations where they could be hurt or killed. That is the hazard of their profession. "At the same time the deliberate harassment of foreign correspondents in Beijing recently cannot pass without comment.

Ministry rejected this protest

and

issued'serious warnings'."

Subsequently, a NBC cameraman who was in China at the time, cast some doubts on what was termed the harassment of journalists. He said he was approached by police who said he could not film. He produced his accreditation from the government and was

and had no problems. Since then evidence for both points of view has surfaced. Another ques-

is it the business of journalists

become newsmakers? Particularly with regard to the Beijing incidents when

nothing of news value occurred except for the value of no news is bad news. Although I think this claim is true to a point, I still think there is value in registering displeasure at this stage - and supporting the actions of the Beijing FCC. At about the same time journalists

also became part of the news in

Kashmir. There, the correspondents of various foreign newspapers acted to

prevent the death (supposedly as a warning to foreign correspondents) of an abducted Indian journalist -- allegedly by ele-

ments of the Indian army. This

action involved appealing to the highest levels in New Delhi.

I think in this

case journal-

ists being in the news was justi-

Armed police stop a television crew from filming in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on May 4.

fiable. Subsequently, the FCC

South China Morning Post.

board agreed to send a letter to

the Indian government thanking them for helping to preserve the life of the journalist. \Me decided not to condemn the

for allowing the brutal behaviour of the army as it would be

government cavalier and

counter productive. Instead the FCC's letter requested that the

government officially admit journalists to Kashmir which would give them a measure of official protection. Running through my mind is a potted history of what could be called journalists as news-

makers. The famous London Times correspondents of the

Brealdast at the Verandah Grill The Verandah Grill by the side of the

main restaurant on the top floor of the Club is becoming a favourite brealdast place for a small trut regular group of club members. The Verandah, open for brealdast

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Monday-Saturday from 7:30 am onwards, offers a set menu of fruit

juice, eggs with ham, sausage or bacon, and a choice of hot beverages as well as a good selection of à /a carte options. 1990

by today's correspondents and opinion page writers. up until the \Mar correspondents - official through Vietnam War - agreement wrotecen-at sorship and by times what could be called propaganda or certainly cooperation to help the allied cause. That's not to say important stories were not written (by Alan

Moorehead, Claire Hollingworth and others), or to denigrate their work: it was what covering wars was all about ... and being killed trying to do so. During the Vietnam War television became the medium. Correspondents stood in front of the cameras and before long became personalities

whose commentaries became the

ing the news. Watergate

not

comes down to is a degree. Television commentators who are in place mostly because of having pretty faces (male and female) or an authoritative twang to their voic-

What

matter

es are at one end. Reporters and

news. Following from that period you had, first in the US and later in Britain

correspondents going about their business who inadvertently (mostly) get into the news

William Howard Russell and his Crimean War disclosures). Their commentaries also helped change government policy and

'\¡/omen of news programmes becoming

because of harassment, threats or death are at the other end. At best they are momentary newsmakers.

in some cases removed governments. As do the commentaries

and Australia, the anchormen and

the newsmakers.

Investigative reporters in the US and Britain are also in the role of newsmakers: making, breaking and remak-

Reuter 1hoto, courtev of

being the least. Earlier this century in the Theodore Roosevelt and Taft administrations you had the so - called "muckraking" years: the rise of the tabloids in Britian in the 1930s; the Stern magazine style of recent years; the tabloidattack style in the 70s and 80s in Britain and New York. This list could be much longer.

last century wrote the news as well as being intruments of gov-

ernment foreign policy (e.g.

Paul Bayfield

Chinese plainclothes policemen kick and try to gfab a Reuter photogfapher by the arm at Tiananmen Square on June 3 as the capital becomes tense with tigþt security .

Reuter þhoto, courtesy of South China Morning Post

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A former SCMP jourralist, Baran had refrained from consuming too much of the sponsor's nectar and remained the steadier of his more intoxicated rivals to grab the winner's trophy including a pool cue and the Carlsberg shield for the winning team. Considered earþ favourites to pick up the Carlsberg shield, the FCC faded in the crucial quarter final round as team members Merv Hayworth, Eddie Iæe,

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Although the FCC managed to have flve representatives in the tournament in the quarter flnals, the crafty quintetwere unable to subdue the closely - knit Press Club team. Eddie Iæe, having played himself into a winning position managed to play himself out of it and Hayworth, playing in the confines of a dimly lit PC failed to guess where the pockets had been shifted. Tomas Jones fell victim to fellow FCC player Richard Hylen in what seemed, for all intents and purposes, to be a competition to see who could blast the balls into

the back of the pockets the hardest.

The most interesting duel of the tournament matched the determination and grace of Lisa Henderson against the consummate talents of eventual tournament winner Baran. A questionable decision on whether Baran had touched the cue ball with the stick went Henderson's way giving her a timely advantage and almost the match, but wasted shots in final frame allowed B arcn a tight 2: 1 victory. Many thanks go to Carlsberg for their tremendous support of the tournament, including general manager Flemming With-Seidelin, as well as to organisers from both the Press Club and FCC. I

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VER final drinks and cigarettes after a Ben Tierney, r lerney, long Iong day m in tne the Sports bar, Bar, IJen Brian Jeffries and company conceived )a of an FCC souash er. The ladder the idea squash ladder. system offers competitiveness and maintains interest amongst groups of players of similar ability who might not otherwise meet on court. Members anxious to participate in posþoning (or perhaps advancing) the day of reckoning are welcome to sign up on the list on the notice board. Simple rules can be drawn up once the numbers are known. Enough support norv might enable the club to enter a team in the Squash Racket Association Winter League.

Meanwhile, Jeffries is perfecting his lob.

Tierney, by his own accounts, is still trying for a good length. I THE CORRESPONDENT JULY 1990

MEET THE PRESS

A liberal u'ith a message from Shanghai The mayor of Shanghai, Mr Zhu Rongji, is one of the few Chinese politicians known to hold liberal views and yet stay in power. In addition to being mayor, he is also the secretary of the Communist Party in the city of Shanghai. Visiting Hong Kong last month to lure investors to Shanghai's nerü¡ economic zoîe, Pudong, Mr Zhl, who is at times referred to as China's Gorbachev, also spoke at the FCC. Excerpts: ties of Chinese citizens, in improving housing needs, focjd supply and transportation. In order to solve all those longstanding problems of the city we

he purpose of my visit to Hong

Kong is, mainly, to improve friendship and seek further cooperation between Shanghai and Hong Kong. And except for the protest demonstration of some stu-

cannot rely solely on the financial grants of the municipal government. So we are trying to ask the people to participate in this programme, especialþ with regard to housing projects. In housing projects, Hong Kong has a lot of profitable experience that

dents we met upon our arrival in

Hong Kong, the reception

received here is beyond my expectation. This hospitality, I believe, is for mainly three reasons: 1. The majority of the population in Hong Kong know that Hong Kong will

Shanghai can learn from. 'We are trying our best to improve

the

be stable if the mainland is stable.

up to the outside world and Shanghai's

programme of development are all positive progralnmes. 3. They realise that there has existed between Shanghai and Hong Kong a special kind of relationship. Shanghai has helped Hong Kong's industrialisation while Hong Kong, as a major financial and banking centre in SoutheastAsia, has helped finance the bank-

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Shangþai mayor Zru Ron$i

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investment climate.

respect, a massive infrastructure construction project has been undertaken. To help investors we are planning to introduce laws and regulations concerning foreign investment. They will, hopefully, be made public byAugust. In spite of all this, we still have difficulties. But both Shanghai and China are improving and I believe there is good prospects for cooperation between Hong Kong and Shanghai.

They believe that China's sticking to the policy ofreform and opening 2.

making a beautiful Hong

Kong more beautiful. The relationship between our two cities is complementary and mutually beneficial. And I know the

extent of contacts we have made with Hong Kong industrialists and business-

will agree that China needs stability. Iack of stability in Shanghai, or even worse turmoil, will lead to disaster, world-wide disaster. This is the lesson we have learned in a hard way. And I believe most Chinese share this realisation. As far as Shanghai is concerned, things are looking up. We are norv undertaking three kinds of work in Shanghai:

'We

are strengthening our work in

men will yield long-term results. Vy'ith regard to the situation in Shang-

restructuring the mix of our industries; E We are improving the structure of our

hai and China, the first thing I would like to mention is that when China is stable, Shanghai is stable. I do not deny the fact

products; and,

that there are difficulties, misgivings in people's minds. But, I think, everybody

We are undertaking technological

development of our various industries. We are also vigorously progressing in such areas as meeting the daily necessi-

raþidly than ShangWould you þlease exþlain why this

gressed rnuch m.ore

hai. is so?

ZHU: I think

there are two reasons. First, the opening up to the outside world

was a new thing 10 years ago and we need-

ed a period of time for experimentation. Guangdong and Fujian happened to be the places where this kind of experiment

was

first

carried

out. Ten years ago

Guangdong's economy did not count for much in the context of the entire national economy. But now the place Guangdong

occupies is becoming more and more important. lVhereas in Shanghai, things are very different. Historically, Shanghai has always been the major industrial base. So in terms of financial income Shanghai's

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1990

MEET THE PRESS

during his recent television interview with the ABC. So, there is nothing for

first to reach

me to add.

QUESTION: You were quoted the other

I, personally, do not find much difference between the two sides which you have pointed out. I also think that a planned economy can operate side by side with the regulation of the market mechanism. As for how to coordinate a planned economy with a market economy, we need to explore the different ways and means. Shanghai is now busy exploring various approaches to this combination. I, being an economic planner for dozens ofyears, believe the two

economic systems can be operated side

by side.

QUESTION: Could tou say when the Shanghai glaernrnent will allow foreign banks in?

ZHU: The central government

has already approved a plan to allow foreign banks. But we are confronted with a situation whereby many banks are interested in opening up local branches in Shanghai. This has resulted in a kind of panic situation because we have only a limited capacþ for foreign banks at present. We already have many applications from foreign banks. So we have to deal with them

balance.

day as saying that you will allow forei'gn banks back into the Bund. Is that correct? At the same time, how do you see this as being dffirent from other zones you haue already got

in Shanghai?

ZHU: Well, I did say that the Bund used to be the centre of our financial community. The buildings there were geared to the use of banks rather than commercial purposes. As far as I am concerned I wish that the government departments occupying those buildings would move away so that we can have these buildings prepared for banking purposes. I cannot order them to vacate these buildings. They might need compensation. In my opinion, the area facing the Bund is also a very good location for a

banking community. Now we have already tunnel traffic and we are also

constructing two major bridges, one of

which will be completed next year. A1l these will improve transportation between various areas of the city. We are planning to set up a duty-free trading zone for entrepot trade.

QIIESTION:

You came here to sþeak on

behalf ofthe þeoþle of Shanghai. Can you

tell us on what sent them?

basi,s

you belieue you reþre-,

ZllUt I represent the people of Shanghai because the people of Shanghai elected me as their mayor'. And I have maintained very extensive ties and contacts with the citizens of Shanghai. Since I assumed my present post in 1988, I have received, on an average, 3,000 letters from the citizens of Shanghai every month. The number of these letters is not decreasing. So, I think I do represent the citizens of Shanghai and their basic interests. has just note to me saying that the

PRBSIDENTI Keuin Sinclair handed

mayor's office i,s in the old Honghong & Shanghai Bank building. Perhaþs, he would moue out soon.

ZHU: Well, although I am still mayor of Shanghai, a great part of my work has

shifted from being mayor to the first secretary of the Communist Party in the city of Shanghai. So the municipal government is largely headed by the deputy mayor. For seven months now I have not set foot inside that building. So the office in the Bund is not important to

me.

Shanghai mayor Zhu Rongji speaking at the FCC.

will stick to our policy of reform

opening up to the outside world.

and Shanghai's

help this development programme "¡/ill procesi in every possible \May. contribution to the national economy accounts for one-fifth of the country's total revenue. So, Shanghai is the place where we cannot experiment with something new. However, with the accumulation of over 10 years' experience we have now been chosen by the central government as a place where some experiments can be carried out. The second reason has something to do with Shanghai itself. Shanghai people are known to be good businessmen. But after 1949, I ought to admit there

developed among the people a kind of lack of commercial consciousness and

also consciousness of opening up to the outside world. In this respect Shanghai people lag behind Guangdong people. So, Hong Kong businessmen would like to do business with Guangdong rather than with Shanghai.

This situation is now changing. We recently decided to reprint in Shanghai media news reports from outside China,

especially critical comments about Shang-

hai.

reprint such reports from Hong Kong, because Hong Kong people \Me often

know Shanghai better than most others.

QIIESION:

We notice a lot of contradic-

tions in þolicy directions. On the one hand we hear about further bourgeois liberalisati,on and further oþening uþ to the outside

world; on the other hand we hear about deuoti.on to socialist cause. Again, on the one hand we hear þeoþle talking about class struggle and at the same time comments aimed at þacifying þeoþle's senti-

I44cat do all these mean? Do they mean there are two uoices within the central gouernment?

ments and so

forth.

ZHU: Firstly, Mr Jiang Zemin

(Chi-

nese Communist Party chieÐ spoke again and again on this issue, including

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REMEMBERED YESTERDAYS

An hour u'ith the last emper0r

T IS SELDOM

a comfortable feel-

ing to remember yesterdays. Nostalgia evokes a touch of sadness; fleeting faces refuse to get their names right; and memories overlap in uncanny juxtapositions. Then, what may seem like fond memories in hazy recollections suddenly become bland, devoid of their

original smell or flavour, as they are forced out from hidden corners of the mind. They protest, sometimes even scream, before giving in. Yesterdays? "No, no," a friend once said, "go as far back as possible." He might have added, "And mix facts with fiction." In fact, a weekly journal he edits in Dhaka has a regular column called "Childhood" which is filled by noted contempoÍary personalities with appropriate

homage

to their parents and

equally

appropriate, but somewhat sad, yearnings for all things past. As if riding a time machine, I start travelling back through all my yesterdays, not as far back as my childhood or even ado

lescence (when, incidentally, I had my first lætter to the Editor published by the Calcutta daily, Statesrnan, marking my exciting entry into journalism!) but some

where nearer the time we live in. I get a mild jolt as the machine comes to a stop. Gingerly, I get off and face the blast of hot air. It is the middle of summer, June to be exact, in the year 1964, in Peking. For a while, my mind tries to absorb the scattered images of pre-Cultural Revolution China, with all its greyness, inscrutable unsmiling faces, school children chanting their homage to Chairman Mao and Party, the formal banquets and, above all, the uncertainty that surrounds

the official programme that is carefully

S.M. Ali, a foreign correspondent covering China in the earþ 1960s had an unrequested meeting with Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Middle Kingdom, inJune 1964. Then called Citizen Pu Yi by the nation's communist rulers, the fallen monarch, Ali recalls, was more than well-trained to face foreign newsmen who were brought to meet him.

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JULY leeo

drawn up for a visiting netvr/sman, presumably well in advance, but which, alas, the journalist concerned knows only a few hours before a specific activity takes place, be it an audience with Chairman Mao, the visit to a trade fair, a briefing from an economist or, a totally unexpected, unrequested (but not unwelcome) surprise meeting with Henry Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China. My mind now focuses on an airy living room of a simple single storey house in the suburb of Peking. The furnishings in the room are spartan to conform to the changed status and the simple living style of Citizen Pu Yi who is dressed in grey trousers and a short sleeve open-

neck white shirt, not in a Mao suit, I quickly note. Having had no more than an hour's notice for the interview, and that too

a man I had read little about, I start the conversation with perfunctory greet-

with

ings, fidget with my camera and begin wondering about what to say during the

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rest of our meeting.

It seems Mr Pu Yi is more than welltrained to face such a situation. 'You probably know quite a lot about my unusual life," he says hopefully, almost condescendingly, through an interpreter, "but let me try to flll in some gaps." It turns out to be more than justfilling in some gaps. It becomes a narration, starting with his return to China by train from the Soviet Union (when he expects to be immediate ly shot, but instead is treated with "excep tional kindness and consideration," as he puts it) and then goes on with his "reeducation" and eventual rehabilitation in Chinese society.

Ought I perhaps mention here that Pu

Yi's return to China, the opening sequence

in the movie, Last Emþerors

largely follows the account given to me during that unexpected interview, but is not without several variations, additions and omissions?

By now, I feel at ease, almost relaxed, ready to put a few direct, almost audacious, questions to a man who exudes a gentle natural charm and a friendly disposition.

"Are you a member of the Chinese Communist Party?" I ask. The answer which comes promptþ is in the negative.

'Would you like to be

member of the

Parly?" "No, I do not think I can ever earn that honour," he replies in a respecfful tone. He answers a few more questions, about his interest in gardening, about the simple but "exceedingly happy" life he leads now, in constrast to the "artificial life" he had in the past, and finally about the changes in China, under the leadership of Chairman Mao. The conversation tends to get a little dull - well, thanks to my own lack of preparedness - and even Mr Pu Yi starts looking bored. My last question takes the "emperor" by surprise. "Mr Pu Yi, you are a unique man, but only a few foreigners have the opportunity of seeing you and talking to you," I say. " I suggest, you should kavel out of China, see some foreign countries and meet people who, I am sure, will be excited to know the man who once sat on the throne of China." Pu Yi follows my question with revived interest, no longer hiding the fact that he understands English perfectly well, and answers it as soon as it has been translated by the interpreter. 'Yes, yes, I would love to visit some foreign countries, including yours," he says with what looks like genuine enthusiasm. "But, then, you see, Mr Ali, my health is not very good, not good at a11." A tactful diplomatic answer? Perhaps.

But does it reaþ matter?

The last emperor walks with me

through a traditional Chinese courtyard and sees me off to the car parked near the gate. He shakes my hand, smiles and nods at the driver, like any Chinese functionary ending a meeting with a visiting newsman. Then, suddenly, as I grasp the unique ness of the occasion, I feel overwhelmed by the realisation that I am standing next

to an extraordinary individual who, all

The Reuter Foundation, established seven years ago, has awarded more than 50 fellowships to journalists from developing countries. This year, eight such awards have been given.

said and done, has been part ofthe histo-

ight journalists from developing countries have won this year's Reuter Foundation fellowships

Others receiving the fellowships are: Oford: Makram Machool, 26, area bureau chief of Al-Ittihad; and, Graciela

to study at universities in Britain,

Iglesias, 26, a full-time writer lor La

France and the United States. For the first time in the foundation's

Nøcion newspapet Buenos Aires Stanford: Nirmal Mitra, 33, special correspondent with Sunday magazine,

ry of China, not

as a footnote but as a figure occupying perhaps a page and a half. Looking back, I wonder whatwould have been my feelings had I then known that, in a matter of two decades, the life of this individual would inspire a great movie seen by millions all over the world. I don't know, I just don't know

How did I handle my interview with Pu Yi? A short version appeared in the Karachi dai7y, Dawn, which was responsible for arranging my visit to China. A longer version, running to several pages, appeared in the Hong Kongbased leftist monthly, Eastern Horizon, perhaps in late 1965, and I would certainly love to have a clipping for my file, if any kind reader would locate it. One of my photographs of Mr Pu Yi appeared ir Newsweeh, again probabl¡ in late 1965, in its then widely read column, "Where Are They Now?", under the credit line of UPI whose London office had bought quite a few of my China pictures, with negatives, without any agree-

I-l

histor¡ the winners

are from Brazil,

India, the Philippines, Zaire and from Argentina, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Israel. Three of the journalists will study at

Bordeaux University, France, where the

Bordeaux: Marisa Castellani, 29, reporter with Agencia Estado, Rio de Janeiro; and, Diabanza Mpozi, 35,

trustees of the foundation added an additional fellowship to meet demand

Radiodiffusion et de Television (Zaire

Oxford University, England, two at Stanford University, USA, and two at

from French-speaking candidates in Latin America as well as from Francophone Africa.

The Oxford Fellowships in memory Reuter correspondent killed on the Iran-Iraq

of Najmul Hasan a

war front in 1983, was awarded to

Helene Nicholson, 26, a news anchor,/reporter with the Jamaica

ment about the use of my byline!

Broadcasting Corporation in Kingston.

M. Ali couered China in the earþ 1960s and. succes' siuely serued. as the Southeast Asia bureau chief of the Karachi. d.aily, Dawn, the managing editor of the Bangkok Post, the managing editor of the Hongkong

America, Mariano Matamoros of Costa Rica, was awarded the 1990 Willie Vicoy

Standard,the executiue director ofthe Press Foundati'on of

Asia and Communi.calion

Ad.uiser

for Asìa with

UNESCO. He nou lioes i.n Dhaka and is sþecial aduiser to the Uni,ted, News of Banglad.esh.

New Delhi; and, Roniina de los Reyes, 30, investigative reporter for Manila Chronicle, in the Philippines.

A photo-journalist from

Fellowship

Latin

at the University

Missouri, USA. This Fellowship was established in 1987 in memory of Willie

editor with

fice Zairois

Broadcasting Corporation) Since the Reuter Fellowships were first awarded in the 1983-84 academic

year, 54 journalists and

photo-

journalists from 39 countries have been

awarded fellowships. Excluding the awards granted this year, the countries from which journalists and photojournalists have been drawn are: Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Congo, Dubai, Fiji, Ghana, India, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait,

Lebanon, Liberia, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the

Philippines, Singapore, South Africa,

Vico¡ a Reuter photographer fatally wounded in an ambush in the

Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zaire and

Philippines in 1986.

Zimbabwe.

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PE O PLE

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Born again'honestt

Arrival set for launch HONG KONG Publisher is to launch an uPmarket business travel monthlY for the reglon

base in the territorY. Far East Trade Press will launch Arriual in October, after spending almost a year ln

from

Business Traaeller,

back cover are available

says

US$5,000. An introducto-

edited bY

Verghese,

Indonesia' Brunei

le who travel regu-

best hotels"'

saYs

advertisers to book six advertisements for the

'"fhe bulk of the magazine will be cor-

price of four.

oorate information, but we want it to be readable, so we will include

Arriual's stafl line-up at the moment is editor-

in-chief Mike Sullivan;

Per-

sonal finance,

humour Page and

editor Renate Boerner' sales director Stephen

a a

celebritY Profile."

Far East Trade

Ë;

Press had been toYing around with the conPeter Jeffrey

the go-ahead Publishing in Sinsapore.

ness, according to Jeffery' The storyboard for the fìÃt issue includes articles on first-class airline lounges, business floors, gambling in Asia, and duty free shopping.

The publishers realise the magazrne is straying, at least partly, into terrilory that hãs 6een charted before, but are adamant that the publication will have a

colour only at

ry discount will enable

JeffreY.

leisure features, e reciPients will be

in full

VijaY

biitribution will be "controlled"

that is, free - to a list of 25,000 targeted individuals. A further 5,000 will be marketed through selected news-stands, at airports and major hotels. Subscription saläs will account for a small number and sales will be at a Premium cover according to JefferY' orice, '

To reinforce the upmarket image of Arriual, it will be printed on 95gm art-

ment of the business population than

læece; group advertising manager Cordelia Chan. ln a bid to communicate the upscale image of the publication to

/a FTER almost two decades on the lI shelf, Ted Thomas has been dustL I'ed olt and made an honest man. His run of blissful bachelorhood was rude-

ly interrupted on a mid-summer's morning by former South China Morning Post reporter Nicola Parkinson at l¡ndon's swish Kensington Register Office.

Flags fluttered in the Mall, the Red Arrow jets screamed up the Thames and ships on the river sallied forth with a 21gun salute. It was with some disappointment that the newly-weds learnt all this had less to do with their big day than the Queen's birthday.

prospective advertisers, staff are now distributing elegant media kits in white on black and black on black. "In orientation, quality, look and style, the upmarket difference will be clear," says

It that

tion to a large contingent of FCC members

who attenåäã the üorld's biggest travel conference as journalists or officials in travel-related industries, the imposing convention hall overlooking Vancouver's spectacular harbour rilas scene of many a meeting of old friends.

Such British Columbian residents as

aaze ouL appreciatively over the crystal iaters of the harbour and the snowY mountains beYond'

The Canadians took their role

hosts seriously' They forcibly escorted blushing Hong Kongers away from such events as a Korean luncheon and drasged them protesting and screaming ¿owñto the lunchtime striporama shows

in Vancouver's astonishing version of

Wanchai,

There, over the roast beef sandwiches and a glass of ale, modest Hong Kong

ons and hazards to work; one floor

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reoorters were compelled to admire a halfdozen naked ladies go through routines

which would cause the Bangkok vice

seems

having first met in the FCC's main bar

Far East Trade Press is already in the travel publishing field with a trade journal calledTrauel News Asia, and is in the field of controlled-circulation business monthlies with Asian B u sin ess.

Industry sources believe that establishing a new magazine in the Asian marketplace will be no walk-over. Jeffery and his team are convinced there is a worthwhile gap in the market - among the upper echelons of business travellers. After all, somebody out there is buying first-class airline tickets. I

squad to sr¡/oop. On more serious profes-

- in the Sunday Times." The bride's father flew over from Hong Kong and offered no resistance other than trying to sell, rather than give away, his daughter. Bargaining opened at one chest of

page exclusive

drawers and

sional fronts, PATA was impressive. It also gave cause for thought to Hong Kong tourism and travel officials who are planning already how best to host PATA'92 in Hong Kong.

1983, the

couple

will

spending many

more evenings there after the

groom

revealed that Nicola's culi-

nary

abilities

The newþ-weds (aboue) and lefr) with Nicola's father (lefr in front row), m.otlrer (right front row) , sister (in green dr¿ss) and friends.

lean more towards the Cordon Noir than the Cordon Bleu. Patricia, the bride's mother, noted that a recent survey identified untidiness as

being the greatest pet hate of new wives, but doubted Nicola would notice much. A post-nuptial champagne party was held in the hospitality suite of financial securities firm, Cresvale, where multi-million-dollar deals are closed with Japanese high-flyers during lunch, overlooking London's famous landmarkTower

Bridge.

Marking of a dual disaster sky, high noon approached and F'CC was filled with revelers

out to conformism and do the decent thing," she said. "After all, the love of a good man is worth a three-column front

Jeffrey.

Old Hon$ Kong week in Vancouver Kong Week in Vanrecent Pacilìc Asia conJerence. In addi-

together so long that they were "already on their second dog". "Being a deadline junkie, it was only then that I decided it was high time to sell

live pig.

ULY 6 saw the dawn of a beautiful day. As the sun went higher in the

Y I I

Apologising in her speech to 50 guests

for the last-minute announcement of the happy event, the newly appointed Mrs Thomas admitted the couple had been

coming to celebrate the dual disaster of

Hu Van Es and Cynthia Hydes'

birthday. They were bearing gifts and dirty birthday cards. Van Es as usual was looking glum because he wasn't born before Cyn and she was hauling in more presents than he was. If he had been born in 1930 and she had been in 1941, she would have become a famous

For the first time, there was a fully electronic newsroom, courtesy of AT&I This had banks of computers with a user-Íriend-

ly program that reporters could use to bash out their stories. Ten teams of volunteers used AT&Tfaxes to shoot the copy over - free of charge - to newspaper offices throughout the world. Come 1992, when Hong Kong is focus

of the world travel meeting, hopefully press facilities will be equaþ efficient and effective.

rKevin Sinclair

=-r.,*.*-. Þ Cynthia Hydes and Hu Van Bs (left and aboae) examine their gifts and, (far lefr) at the high point of celebration,

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PE O PLE overcome this problem. As Davies was named editor-in-chief, they presented him at a celebration party at the Hongkong Hilton with a specially produced collector's item, a look-alike magazine named Not The Far Eastern

HAU// SUMIMASENI

as seen by Røuíera's

Economic Reui,ew, depicting Davies as tI.$

the Great Helmsman.

Some 21 months later Reuiew's owners, Dow Jones Inc, made another

announcement, thìs time moving

cartoonist Morgan

\Þ

Chua

Davies from the position of editor-inchief to the hitherto non-existent role of

consultant editor. Apparently they wanted to see a slow transition, in that Davies slowly fade away lrom Reuiew's centre stage as the younger generation

The ne\ry key to success GROUP of old

FCC

Partners, is no fad or accident.

1960s

chance or to amateurs". The professionals who have formed themselves as Asia-

"The winners in the modern hands - aa former president, former worldknowthattheircommuvice - president and a few nications cannot be left to active members of the

PE O PLE

and 1970s

photographer and he a world - famous piano player. That's life. As usual everything was organised by Tidy Dot Ryan who made sure nobody did anything wrong or fell off bar stools or got into any fights over the presents. Hu and Cyn cut the cake together and Hu tried to shove the knife down Cyn's throat but she resisted by grabbing his throat and stealing what was left of his

Derek Davies on the move FTER more lhan 26 years in Hong Kong as editor of the Far Eastern Economic Reuiew, the former FCC president,

Derek Davies, has left Hong Kong with notably

pessimistic views about the future of Britain's last stand

It was one of those beaut days that

in Asia.

they'll remember for a few seconds and thank everyone who saved them from

about the whole region, but

pessimistic about Hong

Fortunately Hong Kong has just run out of Gitanes and the devil got her due.

"I am terribly optimistic

just happen to

Kong."

0kuley in

That was one of Davies'

parting remarks as

Washingfon ORMER Club president (197G77) Bert Okuley, who recently moved

Davies

vacation at his holiday home in the south of France.

the newly created posi

tion of

experience and trying to distill

Davies:

am terribly oþh-

misti.c about the region

RonaldWei

Philip Bowring, to take

ONALD J. WEI, who has been a member of the Club until recently, passed

the reins as editor.

"How do you recognise the resilience of a man who has lasted 25 years as the filling in

who wanted to meet Okuley could find him at the FCC after office hours. But don't look for him at the National Press Club in the US capital. "I just bought a

away on July 2 in Hong Kong after a long illness. He was 68.

Wei, born in

the sandwich between...bottom-

line management, a bunch of

the communist takeover of China. He spent his early years in Hong Kong working with the

United States Information

then deputy business editor Mike Bishara in the January

1988 edition of

Grabner and wife.

Services. In 1962, he joined

The

Corresþondenf. But the top and

Bert Okuley (centrÐ with club manager Heinz

bottom layers of the Reuiew sandwich did find a way to

Shanghai,

moved to Hong Kong following

prima donna journalists and their attendant schizophrenic editors and sub-editors?" wrote Reaiew's

TV so I have something to do after hours," he wrote recently to FCC

coming

them into books. "I have ideas for a book or two," he has told ftiends I in recent months.

editor-in-chief in order to pave the way for the then managing editor,

will, in the

months, be spending a good deal of time looking back at his Asian

editor he was moved one notch up to as Reuiew's

memorable'

professionably' being the court ' attle with the prime minister of Singapore' I-ee. Kuan Yew' who has.for a long time been at odds

the magazine and the free, frank and fearless editorial policy it developed under Davies. With all that now behind him,

Preparations for this would appear, had been going on for a long while. For example, when Davies reached his silver jubilee

headed last month for a short

that' the most

of Asia-pacific partners. now known, according'

transition, it

International). While he was in Hong Kong, anyone

1990

America,,

Wittt.u.ft straight-to-thepoint slogans a"s "thin¡ glo¡ut, acî local" ttre new [artneis are leaving nott ing io chance. Mitchell's ;ife:

of Hawaii.

"I just got moved into a flat about four

coRRESPoNDENT JULY

and

campus of the University

blocks from the office" (United Press

mr,

says

Mitchell who is its .,is time controversial. But the """.utiíã u same chairman, as importarrt of years were' last couple in the challenge for the 9-0s perhaps' for him more Asia-Pacific as it is in nutopã .eventful an all the previous years. Of all

Renate, who is also u

West Centre on the

Washington DC.

manager Heinz Grabner. But that doesn't mean Okuley is turning anti-social. "Have talked to many people from Asia now living here, but haven't had even a chance to see too many of them I ViclcyWakefield," says Okuley -

The new venture,

settled comfortably in the saddle. Davies had spent the best part of his life in Hong Kong where he ' ecam.e well-known and at the

with tf Davies brand of d1.".ìãi journalism. Lee's victory is (US$ " 118,000 in aggravated fã Mitchell, by her ãi damages plgs accumulated can "orì guerre in'order to be bettei inter.ests and full costs) äquipped to deal ;ith hardlv be.consiclered Reuiew's loss. For the journal's decision to Gèrmãn and Frenchsta¡d its ground,and b",.$?,T""d" speaking clients.

But Davies' reason for

leaving Hong Kong is hardly the uncertain future of the territory. From France he will travel to Honolulu to become writer in residence at the East-

from Hong Kong to the United States, says he is getting settled in

put

one over -the old adage:

packet of Gitanes.

each other.

are out to

The Great Helmsman

Ian Stewart (secondfrom lefr) and David Mitchell

(extreme righÐ

and Renate Schaeffler outside Sydney's ML.'C Centre'

with fellow directors Barry Haselden

the Associated Press and worked with AP until his retirement in 1988. I

THE CORRESPONDENT JULY 1990

:ræTECHN

IT WAS IN THE CARDS

LO GY

Pufing it on the record Taping telePhone cal ouestions soon to be tire issue of storing P NE tvphoon-blown eventng

caìled

n.out, of us abandoned a barbegame ãue ánd plaYed a bluffing "Scruples". [1 revolves around dis-

iii.ion-or questions along the lines of:

cer authorised in that behalf." In other words, bugging telephone lines is out potentially

except

by some 170,000

members of civil servants and assorted the law enforcement community. Hong Kong is not alone in this respect. A former stringer for one of the American

broadcasting networks tells how during martial law in Taiwa¡r the authorities used regularly to interrupt the taped reports he telephoned to the US to object to their con-

tents. That was legal. Because

the tele-

phone earpiece to mikes which are actually put into the ear. Japan's Sony sells a combined telephone and answering machine called the IT-R65 which can be used to tape calls. Recording from'handsfree'telephones with speakers is another

TENNIS

THE Wimbledon fortnight came and went this month, as it has done

more or less regularly since 1877.

obvious option. One area the commission will address is the storing of information. Since many of

Dress code was a bit more conservative in the old days: trousers for

Hong Kong ordinances are based on

bloomers for the ladies. Interesting to note that Rene l¿coste (the bloke with the noseline parting) is not sporting an alligator logo on his pullover; also that pretty Miss Wills just lost her record of 8 singles wins to Mz Martina.

men and long dresses

British law, Britain's Data Protection Act might seem

a logical model for legislation in Hong Kong. It requires every person or organisation with electronic records on individuals to put themselves on a government register and to allow the subjects of those files access to the data.

until she has tacl lam event she hat

slc

as described her

hir

CETEBRITI

had to craft a perfect equat and finely hewed volleys in or Court tluee times in the last fir has said she couldn't learn to conq

Wills (sporting

fought and vanquished a natural the net, lova, whose eisht Wimbledr

Cigarette cards:

girls)........

1913 Nanyang (Chinese ladies). circa1915 1927 I¿mbert a¡rd 1928 7929 1936

tnr¿rcr |ìarr¡rc Bnoslo¡,rcm Co.

Butler . .... Gallaher GodfreyPhillips. .... ..... Player.

puter. Fortunately, the Law Reform Commission is unlikely to recommend

ìii

basing an ordinance on the UK act and is looking to countries such as

Sweden and Australia

for better guidelines. Unfortunately, in this regard, the commission's

and predelictions are thin on

;;t ii*. colonY' the - ground in theHong Kong's Ã.

u result,

purview does not extend to freedom of information which is regarded not just as a right in many countries

t¿w Reform Commission ts currentlY framing legislation

authori

but which has also allowed many

supplied oldstyle rotary dial telephone

reporter to unearth

his telephone handset and wired its carbon

practice to which publishers and individu-

microphone to his tape machine with a couple of crocodile clips in order to send stories directþ down the telephone line.

right to privacy.

The ielecommunication Ordinance, for example, makes it illegal for "any person" to "inlerfere in any way whatsoever" with a

telephone insta[átion to "intercept or dis-

unless cover the contents of a message" they are the Governor or"any public offi-

24 rnn coRRESpoNDENTJULY

1990

That was illegal and the same would have been true if he had wired his tape machine to the telephone's earpiece receiver so as to record his own conversations. In countries with working constitutions, rules vary on tampering with telephones but telephone tapping is usually illegal and of more direct relevance to journalism - so is recording conversations without- the consent of both parties to a call. In Hong Kong, while there are rules governing the equipment that can be connected directly to the telephone system it is not illegal to record telephone conversa-

reporters with computers should

tüimbledon. Lendl, perer the West Gern at five matcher Becker was

himsel

Glldem. l,Jopqn

of the

lica ¡n 1926-1927 ¡nd

itr 1928. Lacoste has repre-

seedr

*nted France in the Dâvis Cùp, lo¡ tho pasú 5 yetrrs. ald won the Netional Tìtle at Ì9im-

Louro Gorrom

Klr

with F¡lherc the l9RR chamnior

u.s.,t{ Korln

Ksci

aru

Rlm dl,U-

ranging from tape recorder microphones that are attached by sucker to the tele-

remains a question of scruples.

has an enforcing body." For now, it

Francis Pearce

Ê1

F"JË

. He

never

rilas a pass¡nl

t8 Charlotte (Chatt ;, she cycled I she

1925.

C;oænwÞxru¡És

P. Fran a lawn tennis to

rl"

told her b:

f12ßol¡m¡ol.Ar. I¡ndsu . E .

ort rls¡ urruy u, l92lh L ng roo his hea

very few people outside the computer

reaching computer crime legislation,

bledoD ¡D

Lntd Bø

secretary for administrative services and information, called the Working Group on Data Protection l,egislation, introduced a code of practice for computer users. Adherence to the code is voluntary and profession know of its existence. The code states that "there should be limits to the collection of personal data: such collection should be fair and lawful and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent ofthe data subject." Carl Pabst, who helped frame California's far-

F f, t+

IETE

:< Älligrtor ¡. Hu bæn Cbrmp¡on of A¡te-

trl@, dcl. Elsr

lXg

Lacoste

produced- KnoMr es the

oul of an ext

(ló1, Au U S,del.¡

ó-.4;

rir

N"8

n"o¿

þne ol the b6t tennjs þtayers the vorld €ver

ry committee chaired by Hong Kong's

A -variety of equipment designed for just that purpose is sold in Hong Kong

for the time being.

Women'¡ Slngle¡ Ann Henricksn, U.S, del. Morlanne Wor U.S- 7-5, ó-2; Poscole Elchemendy. det. Commy Mocaræor, U.S-&3,3-ó, 3; Soroh Læsqmore, Brlloln. del Borboro

defiant messag

already comply. In March 1988, an adviso

remarked on reading this document, however, "a code of ethics is only meaningful if

tions

ô3; cuy Forgel (lì ), Fronco, dot, Wohlgren, Swedcn, G2, &ì, &¡i lllosek, Swll.erlond, dGl. Corlos Coslq, ó-3, ó-{, eì.

3-ó, ó-2,

a scandal.

the telephone system, he dismembered

with cable plumbed directly into

A'Ä'

The new ordinance may, howeve¡ enshrine in law principles which are embodied in a code of data protection

et of her life. hese are treachero

'bu

and

Privately, government officials in Britain admit the legislation is a dog dinner. It covers everything from keeping telephone numbers on a wrist-watch upwards but does not include storing personal data on paper or state-owned systems such as the Police National Com-

phone

bledon isjust sPe ho has won four C cv to retire from t

uwil

fÉnilts

MISS HELEN \YILLS.

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Beck

when h in the s

Pat I Noah c

ball

pas

their fin

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orìta d'Àlv¡r.¿ in rro srråißht se¡s, 62, 64 Th¡s sas Y¡s lvilts'3 :.cond ¡uccGs ãr Wí-bledon, as io tga 3bc and ]Irr WiÂhh¿n lh€ L¡die!'Doubla 'or

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Deadline: Madrid starring 0'Brynn Thyer'/tæigh Lawson

Disorganized Crime slarling

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I Shrunk the Kids

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Helen Mirren/Michael

Honey,

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mountains (5) 10

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star-

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11. Suitor drops one and there's take-over (8)

Grant/Rachel Warcl

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John Candy DRAMA

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22. Sick afte¡ tea

Dead Poet Society starring

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following (7)

Robin Williarns

Field of Dreams starring Kevin

ins (8)

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Costner

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6. Officialdom found in battered tape

recorders (3-4)

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