The Correspondent, April 1994 by The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong

THD GORRXSPONIIDNT Aprrl, 1994

Neu¡s and Vies¡s

Lettel' f1'om the President

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Corning Lunctilines

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Perennial presidential candidate Kim Dae Jr-rng of Sonth Korea states his case; figlrting the dlug lolcls,

President Phìlip Bosring Flrst Vice Presldent Carl Goldstein - Stuan \\¡olfend¡le second vice Presldent

Assistant U

Paul Ba1'field, Sirnon Holberton, Brian Jeffries, V.G. Kulka¡ni. PhiJippe Le Coue, Paul Mooney, Hubert van Es, Hans Vriens

Joumallst Member Govemors

S Secretary of

hfelrz iftrrilt¿r

Cotrespondent Member Govemors

on Board?

Norninees for rhe 1994 Boald of Governors

State Robert

S Gelbard

in lManiila

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Alfresco

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A trip to Baghdad by the Bay

Chadha

Associate Member Govemors Ke\'¡n Egan. Davicl Garcia. Saul Locklart, Julie lv[eld¡u¡l

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Professlonal Commlttee Con uenor: Carl Golclstein Mentberc: Jtrlie À{eldrun, Philippe Le Cotre, Paul ù4ooney, PaUl Bayfield

Finance

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Comittee

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How to avoid the expat b[les and blry wisely for the firtule,

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Club President Plìilip Bouzring xzelcorrres the 11e.wz FCC lTtalaager, Jethro Lee-1\4a"hone),', a-nd e><pla"ins tro.w. tre s/as selected.

y the time you read thìs, our

to an adveltiselnent, and through hos-

new rnanager will already be on the job ancl members should have little trouble recognising his tall and solid frarne. Jetl iro Lee-Mahoney was appointed following aboard meeting on Satr-rrday March L2, following which a contract was signed in the presence of various members, and Mr Van Es' calrera. This sholt ceremony was the cr-rlmination of a search which lasted ten weeks and involved an irnrnense

pitality industry employment agen-

amount of work. Most of this fell on the shouldels of the committee set to go through the applications and inter-

vieu' the more promising sounding candidates. The committee incir-rded various board members and three non-boarcl associate members. As members will recall, at the EGM in January I mentioned the desirability of co-opting expeliencecl non-board rnembers into the selection process both to make it as effective as possible and to reassure associates that their interests were not being ignored. In the e'r.ent we were forturnate to be able to co-opt Michael Matthews, cr-rrrently with the Ritz-Cadton, who

has many years experience in tl-re Asian hotel industry; Atl'rene Choy who is a recruitment consultant u.ith Deloitte Touche Tohmatau; andJohn Rittger of Digital Eqr-riprnent Corp., who recently was involved in a manager selection process at the Arnerican C1ub.

Assisting the committee

\&'as

Gillian Hacking, a consultant to whom we paid a fee for all the co-ordinating and administrative work, setting up interviews and investigating candidates backgrounds, etc. Applicants carne by wold of mouth, in response

cies. Indivic|-ral approaches were also

made to possible candidates. In all u'e revieu'ed the C.V.s of some 50 individuals ancl inten iewed

l-2 or so who seemed particr-rlally promising. To be a snccessfnl rnanager of the FCC lequires a balance of skills including F&B training, house and per-

sonnel lnanagelnent experience, and an ability to deal w-ith members and boards. In the event, we had a preference, but not an or.erriding one, for a person with club experience in addi-

tion to l-rotel and restaurant management skills. Along with a list of requirements, we dicln't have a large budget, nor s/ere we able to offer inhouse accornmodation, as do rnost clubs and hotels in Hong Kong. f¡sm \Øe were also conscio¡15 of recent unfoltunate experience the inportance of assessing charactet'

and attitude, as v.ell as folmal

qualifications. Though Jethro Lee-Mahoney has never wor-ked in Hong Kong, his first contact with the FCC was via one of our associate mernbers wl-io also hap-

pens to be a member of Con-rmonwealth House in London of which he was managel. He was also recortmended to me by former FCC PresidentMike Keats

please! As

an easy lnan it-never happened, I u,as

visiting London in eady Febmary and was able to inten.ieur hirl. At that stage $.'e were tencling to assume that the post coulcl be filled locally. Br,rt when that proved lo lestrict olll'scope to too few candidates, u..e invited sorne from overseas for interuiews in Hong Kong. This even-

PRES$ HERE.

tually led to oLll' offering the post to Jethlo Lee-Mahoney. Jetlrlo Lee-Mahoney, 49,has an tnteresting, varied and appropdate (forthe FCC) background. His first training was in art but he clecicled that the pursuit of food was more another interest - r,vorked at - as a chef, practical. He trained provincial hotels in England, before joining the melchant navy as a steward and rising to the rank of Catering Officer. Back on land again, he was man-

agel of a hotel in rùTeymouth, then lness manager of the Staff College at Camberley, training glound not jr-rst for-Britain's military elite but also for those of mân)¡ other countries. Flom there he rnoved to become lnanager of the famous 'ù7ig and Pen c1Llb,

strategically located in Fleet Street

between the newspaper offices and the law coLlrts. Till the recent removal of the pless to cheaper locations (and changes in the iicensing lau,s) the \ùfig and Pen s¡as a synonym for long but

excellent lunches, copious drinking and the algumentatir¡e spirit of jor-rrnalists and lawyers.

For the past five years LeelVlahoney has been manager of Com-

monwealth House on London's

Northr-lrnbedand Avenue. This Club,

witl'r a rnembership of 10,000 and residential facilities as well as restaLlrants, bars and function rooms has recently closecl. The building

except the facade is being completely redeveloped¡¿¡þs¡ on the lines of the HK Club -Building. Rather than wait around for the redevelopn1ent, Jethro decidecl to seek a new c1'rallenge.

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im Dae-jung is one of Asia's

KoreanmiJitaryma-

the

most resilient politicians. At the

noeuvres.

anti-Communist government, He has suffered four

forefront of Korean politics for over 30 years, the staunch democrat has

}.l.ay 25

for the South unsuccessfuliy - presidency three - times. Korean run

Always

bridesmaid, Kim first ran

1972, when he was narrowly defeated by Park Chung-hee in what was largely perceived to be a rigged election. In 1987 he and Kim Young-

Care ilnd Attention Means 0oly Crown Pací'fic Entrusting Crown Pacific with your family treasures is the only move an executive family should make,

sam divided the opposition vote, giving

the election to Noh fae-$7u. In 1992 Kim Young-sam beat him out and he resigned from the leadership of the Democratic Parry. But Kim is not destined for retire-

ment. He continues to pursue his

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dream of a peaceful unification of the two Koreas. As he told an FCC luncheon, "It appears possible that the North Korean nuclear issue will be resolved this spring, after which relations between North Korea on the one hand and the others including South

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Thus there is a good chance the 5O-year'-old Korean cold war would finally be ended." In an article in the Security Dia-

logue on the North Korean nucleal issue, Kim argued that North Korea must abandon its nuclear aspirations without compromise. "If North Korea gives up its nuclear ambition, we should respond by opening up diplo-

matic and economic relations and discontinuing the Team Spirit exercises," he wrote, referring to US-South

He achieved consensus from European leaders and former

Kinx Dae

jung

president Jimmy Carter, who conveyed Kim's ideas to the Clinton administration. The result, he said, led to the so-called comprehensive solution that proposes to open

díplomatic and economic relations with North Korea if it abandons its

hard-1ine,

assassination attempts, been imprisoned for six years, placed under house arrest and forced into exile for ten years. "Fortunateiy, even the Korean government now shares the same views with me on unification," he said. The three principles pursued by

nuclear ambitions. According to Kim, "The cold war is over today, leaving no international barrier to unification. The division of the Korean peninsula was originally a

Kim are: peaceful coexistence, peace-

political confrontation in nature. It never represented a national or cultural schism." Unification is not just an ideal, according to Kim, but a practical

of North and South Korea. The second is one federation composed of two alÌtonomolrs governments. The final stage is the completion of the unification." Kim has compartmentalised his dream. After North Korea abandons its nuclear aspirations, the first stage could be achieved any time the North and South are ready. "I personally hope that we can enter the first stage as from August 15th next year, the date marking the 50th anniversary of the division of Korea. Under favourable circumstances, we could proceed toward peace, cooperation and unifÍcation, steady and smooth." It may be a dream, but Kim Daejung believes in it. David Kerr.

necessity. Describing the North-South confrontation as wasteful, Kim said "\Øe could carry out social and economic development by reducing the huge militarybudget as high as 30 per

cent of the national budget". Confrontation not only risks an-

otherwar in the Korean peninsula but also thleatens peace and stability in

world, he warned. Unification would contribute towards common peace and prosperity in the entire region, believes Kim. For more than 20 years Kim has been advocating a three-stage, threeprinciple unification process, a stance that has landed him in hot water with East Asia and the

ful exchange, and peaceful

unification. "The first of the three stages is confederation: one confederation of two separate governments

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Illternational narcotics crirrre fighter R.obert Gelbarcl discussed dn-rg traffickial.g aÍ a recelat FCC h-rnch-

Robert

the Vietnam war': i.e. it's unwinnable. As the manifesto for the legaiisa-

tion of drugs penned by the Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez and signed by 2,000 Latin-American intellectuals says, "Prohibition has made the drug trade more attractir¡e and profitable, encouraging criminaliry

and corruption at all levels. And yet the United States behaves as if it were not aware of this fact." One of Robert S. Gelbard's first assignments after being appointed US Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotic Matters by President Bill Clinton, was to lead a senior US law enforcement delegation through a seven-city swing of Thailand, China and Taiwan.

At the encl of his trip he

ad-

dressed an FCC luncheon saying, "\Øe already have some of the tough-

est federal narcotics laws

the

world. And Congress has nearly doubled the federal 1aw enfolcement

budget for the next two years." Money better spent on education and housing? But will more money a

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he United States' war against drugs has all the markings of

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bigger law enforcement agency

turn the tide? Gelbald's most direct statement was: "I can report a genllìne, multi-national determination to confront international olganised crime," he said. "If I did not believe that, I would not be in Hong Kong today. More to the point, I would not have accepted nomination to my current position." Gelbard admitted illegal drugs cause the "ioss of billions in illegal transactions. Our govelnments and

In his manifesto, Marqirez states that while Colombia has filled its prisons with drug criminals, "In the United States 20 million addicts have no problem obtaining their daily sup-

ply, something that is possible only because of mr-rch largel and more efficient internal netlvorks for marketing and distribution." Gelbard agreed: "These new businessûren are armed with the latest not just in weaponry, technology transportabut also comrnunications,

tion and finance. If the head of a criminal entelprise in Asia wants to arrange a kidnapping in New York,

"ifl-rese 11es/ t>usinesslrlen are arrrred qzitl-r the latest not jlrst technology in uzeaporlry" -

shows that effective cooperation between law enforcement agencies must leach the provincial and local levels. It is there that much of the real wolk against organized crime occurs." InJanuary, the Surgeon General of the United States, DrJoyceþElders, in response to a question about drug legalisation and its possible effectiveness in redr.rcing violent crime, said the issue ought to be studied. But the

Clinton administration quickly responded by saying that the president was firmly against legaiising drugs and "is not inclined in this case even to study the issr-te." And, indeed, Gelbard did not even as a solution to an uncontrollable phenomenon, nor was the subject bloached during the ques-

hint at legalisation

tioning period. "The narcotics cartels

of South

America and Southeast Asia compare

with the largest multinationals," he can slrmmon a suboldinate on the sky pager to leach him on a cellular phone in New Jelsey. If funds ale requiled, they can be remitted electronically, perhaps through a Hong

Gelbard said. "\Øe must focus on criminal olganisations, especially their

leadership.

In Latin America, we

the world's criminal organisations and

learned that targetting narcotics shipments did not stop narcotics tfafficking. The traffickers found alternative routes. rùøe must dismantle the entire vertical strlrcture, from the producers in the fielcl, thror,rgh the transportation and distfibution systems, to the money laundering nets." And then what? At its most effective, jails will continue to fi1l, blood will flow but the demand for drugs

networks, but generalised about its broad parameters: partnership and

won't go away. The vanquished will be leplaced and the cycle wili go

cooperation.

unbroken as long as there is so much lnoney to be made. Isn't it time to at least considel legalisation?

Kong bank. The ransom might be remitted from New York to an offshore bank in the Bahamas; from there to Panama, and then to a final stop in a numbeled Swiss bank account all in the course of a day." Gelbard stated that he could not g:e a detailed formttla to dismantle

judicial systems are corlr.rpted bythreat

"Cooperation must be broad, deep ancl genuine. It's not enor,rgh that two national governments agree to work

ol bribery."

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The New Thrilla in Mantla lfhe E,a"stern E><12ress isn't the onl;z nesz rì.es.spaper in ttre region. Iaisouan ,Nct.tZtan, feports ola anottrer recentl¡r lar-rnctred title. along u-ith some of - and repofiers from the best editols

Before joining the Daily Globe as publisher, Locsin served as Plesident

tion room staff

per, many an eyebrow u,'as laised in Manila. Did the Philippines need another newspaper? The Englishlanguage newspaper market in the Pllilippines is somewhat overcrow-ded u.ith nearly a dozen dailies pubiished

Corazon Aquino's first infonnation secretaly for abor-rt a yeaf and remained her chief speech u'liter until the encl of l-rer term. In manl uays Locsin is a marerick with an acidic pen and an urge to in print ancl in express i-ris 'u'ieu-s

other papers. The design ancl eclitlng style of

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action-without

hen news leaked inlate 1993

that Teddyboy Locsin u,'as planning to launch a daily newspa-

- reservation. Phiiany

There was another reason to won-

ippine television vierl'ers still remem-

del about the new venture. Only a few months previously two Manila dailies had folded. Locsin was the publisher of one of them, the Døily

bel the r,.r,r1gar finger sign he garre to a gloup of protesters blocking his entry to the San Miguel Corpolation headqLlarters where he was a government-nominated dilector. Rumour has

Globe, Ãlthough a labour stlike was the official leason for the D øily Globd s closure, it is no seclet that the owners had lost almost US$4 million dudng the paper's five-year life. 'ùØhy, then, would Locsin want to

it that Presiclent AqLrino, aghast at the behaviour of her information secre-

tary, demanded an explanation. The language r-rsed in his twiceweekly Daily Globe column cottld

launch yet another daily, or why u,'ould

have been considered objectionable,

anyone want to suppolt him? His answer is simple. The steady readership built up by the Daily Globe was proof enough of a demand for a nes'spaper that could present accLrrate news and sensible views. The demise of the Daily Globe, Locsin adds, has left a vacuum that no other paper has yet been able to fill.

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As Locsin said "the public can be

trlrsted to do the right thing, íf only they know tl'ie truth."

other jurisdictions. But having once been a practising larr,'yer'. Locsin knew hovr' close to the Philippine libel laws he

could wlite. His writing divided readers into two camps; one that applaucled his stand against corruption, favouritism, misuse of power and all the other evils eroding society and the other which found l-rirn insufferable. Such a sharp division fttels controversy and is good for cilculation. Locsin knot's this and, perhaps, cottnts it among the reasons for launching the 20-page morning bloadsheet entitled Today which vr'ent

into circulation on January

10.

lfcnr)rs, sKLilìlln

Todø7ts offices are located in the prestigious Makati district and it Llses a top notch Apple Nlacintosh desktop pr-rblisl-iing system. Every-

thing up to film-making is done inhouse and there at'e Plans to soon

printing press. To produce this nes,' dailY, Locsin gathered old Daily Globe hands from senior editors and marketing executives to prodLtc-

acqr-rire a

Tc-tclay

is a bleath of fresh air in

Philippine market vt'here nes'spapers have a tendency to l'Lrn news items and columns to a tr-rrgid length. car'rying them over from one page to another. Tocløy, however, is designed with br-rsy executives and professionals in mind and stolies al'e seldom allowed to spill over to yet another

page. The typography and design create clean, leader-friendly pages. Unlike before the launch of the Eøstern Exfiress in Hong Kong, there was hardly any ple-pr-rblicítyto speak of extensive clistribution of free copies, no advefiisements inthe media. Perhaps, some of tl-re best promotion for the paper came flom negative

comlnent. The controversy sulrounding the censorship board's decision to cut parts of Stephen Spielberg's film,Scbincller's List, was a typical example. Tocløls campaign against the cuts prompted the folmer chairman of the boarcl, Manr-rel À4oloto, to denounce botb. Today and Locsin in a television discussion. Presiclent Ramos, taking public opinion and u'orlcl reaction into consideration, ofdered the

censorship boald to restol-e the cuts. Tod.ay u'as sold out at many nes'sstands during the controversy. Nleanwhile, opposition publishels

are reported to be offering cash reu,'ards to ne\vspaper vendols to hide copies of Today ancl promote their titles. So perhaps Teddyboy Locsin leally is on his way to realising his goal of recapturing the approximate 35,000 circulation the Daily Globe claimed.

FCC member Viswa Nathan edited Tbe Coffespond.ent frorn 1987 to 1990. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of t}re llongkong

standørd(1974-8o).

:TIIE FOREIGhT

CORRESPONTDE I\[:TS' CI-LfEB ELEC:TIOI{S FOR.:TTIE, BOARD OF GO\'E'RNTOR'S A994/95

There is only oûe uncontested offìce (SecondVice President) in the g4/g5 elections. An unusualstate of affairs for an FCC election, but probably attributable to the excitement of this pa.styeaf .

with a fecofd numbef of 44people standing for 17 positions'

noûúnees wefe asked to pen a few choice'wofds to introduce themselves to the electorate.

Tbose tltøt replied. are reþrod,uced ltere. Tbe nontinees is on page 4 of T}ae Correspondent

full líst of

Terry Duckham Asiapix

PRESIDENT

Thomas ßate HC Publications

Christopher Baker

Carl Goldstein Far Eastern Economic Reuieu

I am currently employed as Principal'!íriter and occasional Editor for Indochina Healtbcare, a monthly subscriptionbased publication fol the pharmaceutical, medical equip-

Christopher Baker, BA, age 47, married, tlvo sons. Australian. \Øorked as a journalist all my working life, held positions up to and including Chef de Bureau, Chief of Staff-Day Editor. Actively involved with Australian Journalists' Association in State branch. Now based in H.K. and employed as an Editorial Consultant by South East Asia Press Services, developing journalist training programs for Asian daily newspapers, also writing specialist business/economic feature stories. The fact that I have accepted nomination indicates my intelest and willingness to represent members' interests in the best way I know how, being actively involved in Club affairs.

Ter'ryDuckham

Paul Bayfield AsiaPacific Directories

Paul Iredale is Chief Sub-editor on Reuters wodd desk in Hong Kong. He has been a Reuter correspondent for 20years and has served on FCC committees in Peru and Mexico.

Currently serving as First Vice President, on the boald for two yeam, I'm standing for President because I think it's important to have continuity in the implementation of FCC policies. This is especially cr-ucial with a new general manager stafiing work and major renovations facing us over the next year.

Despite managefial difficulties in the past year, we've got

solid record on which I'd like to build further-. The Club's professional functions have been enhanced by an active luncheon and film programme. rùØe've provided leadership to the loca1 journalistic con'rmunity in working for free dom of the press in Hong Kong, with appearances before Legco hearings legarding freedom of information legislation and the Xi Yang case. \Øe showed the BBC Mao Zedong biographical film despite presslrre from Xinhua and the Hong Kong government not to do so. \Øe're now working on plans for a region-wide conference of Asian journalists, and we plan to futl'ier improve the facilities

for working journalists in the lower level. Last but not least, the Club's finances are in good order'. Affairs Correspondent), in Hong Kong for the last six, with three years in Taiwan before that. Before joining the Reuiew I had spent several years in China and other parts of the Far East, freelancing and doing various other things to keep body and soui together. All told, I've been in Asia 16 of the last 77 yearc. as China

DavidJ. Roads H.K. Project Information Center Life Correspondent Member, Club Membershíp No.

that experience to help improve the Club's financial manageand would work to assist ment. I also strongly support the Club taking a more active public stance on issues affecting the press in Hong Kong, including press freedom

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT

Dorothy Ryan Shetland Investments

Ltd.

Dorothy Ryan joined the FCC shortly after she and husband

Bernie arrived in Hong Kong in 1978. She is Managing Director of Shetland Investments Ltd., a number-crutnching consr.rltancy which specializes in annual accounts prepantion, systems implementation and general accounting advice to the bewildered, mostly from the legal and media sectors. Dorothy served as Honorary Treasurer of the Club from 1988

- 1997.

I've been with the Reuiewfor more than nine years (currently

Joined the FCC in 1951 and serued

ment, and medical supply industries worldwide. My backgrotrnd includes nearly 20 years' experience in banking, finance and financial management. If elected, I would apply

003.

years on the Committee,

including President (7966), Vice President, Secretaly and Treasurer. Presently Associate Editor, Hong Kong Project Information Center, as well as writing on Hong Kong and China.

If elected, to bring the Club to the folefront in promoting and safeguarding the flow andfreedom of information. Ensure the Club is for the members' use only. Seek value for money on food and service.

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

Sirnon Holberton Financial Times (London) The Financial Times is an international business newspaper which has been established in London since 1888, Today, in addition to our London print site, the FZis plinted in New

disclose

satislactory increase in profit during the 1993/94year, in spite of the difficulties we experienced with management. This year I have been nominated for the position of first vicepresident. If I am elected I plan to devote my energies to the improvement of the professional facilities and activities of the FCC. I would be happy to discuss any issue with any tlember concerning the recent administration of tl-re Club, or my ideas for its improvement. I can be contacted on 845-337I during office hotrrs, on526-8745 after hours, or in person at the Club.

I look forwarcl to youl support.

Kees Metselaar Freelance As a Dutch freelance photographer, based in Hong Kong for the lastfour andahalf years, I have workedmostly in EastAsia

I worked from Amsterdam covering mainly Europe, the Middle East and Afghanistan. My pictures are sold worldwide through Sygma photo agency and others. I have been a correspondent member of the FCC for more than two years now and I am running for the Board to do somethìng for the Club that has become important for me, professionally and socially. and China. Before Hong Kong

lines,

Russ Alensrran has been Assistant Managing Editor of Asia,

speakers to the Club. I'd also like to draw in more professionals from other fields to meet journalists, so they can gain a broader'

Robin Lynam Freelance

understanding of what we do and why. In a short-term city

Robin Lynam is a correspondent member of four years standing and has the bar bills to prove it, As one of the FCC's key profit centres, he is also a freelance joumalist writing for a wide range of publications on a variety of subjecs, some of which he purpofis to vaguely understand. These include food and drink, and entertainment two areas in which he hopes to be able to make some contribution as a board member. He is also interested in helping to extend and improve dre network of recþrocal Clubs.

Inc. magazine since Febn-rary 1992. He helped launch the monthly Hong Kong-based regional business m gazine (circulation 60,000) inJuly of that year and is cunently its acting chief of corresponclents. Arensman has worked in Asia since January 1990, when he helped Cahners Publishing Co. launcl-r Electronic Business Asia, a regional trade magazine. As Roving Editor, then Senior Editor, he travelled extensively in the regíon and wrote articles about the electronics industry. Previously, he worked as a Business Editor and writel for several daily newspapers in the U.S., most recently at the 120,000 circulation Coloraclo Springs Ga.zette Telegraph.

Views on FCC matters: More than ever, the FCC needs now to provide a strong voice in support of a fi'ee and vigorous press in Hong Kong; the FCC's prrmary aim should be to provide service and enjoyment to working joulnalists. But associate members are essential to the Club's success, and deserve fair representation. Moreover, their professional expertise and contacts should be tapped when possible to further the Club's intelests; al1 possible means should be used

to keep membership fees and prices as low as possible, without sacrificing essential services of the Club's loyal staff.

Maryknoll Father Robert F. Astolino launched and is Executive Direcror of UCA News (UCAN). A native of New York Crty, Father Asto¡ino has been living in Hong Kong since graduating from the Graduate School ofJoumalism of Columbia University n I97 l, UCA News was established in Hong Kong in I97 9. Every weekday, it issues reports about and of interest to the Catholic Church and other religious bodies in Asia. It also produces a weekly newsletter for Asian clurch leaders, runs its own ChineseJanguage seruice, and provides news repofis to other news agencies operating in French, Geman and Italian. UCA News has ftlll-tine offices in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand, and 72 paÉtime bureaus elsewhere in Asia. UCA News trains its own repofteß, of whom more than 200 throughout the region file repots for UCAN each year.

will

Paul Iredale Reuters Asia Ltd

Russ Arensman Asia, Inc.

years.

accounts

Marcus \V. Brauchii Tbe'Wall StreetJournal

contributing to internation al magazines and agencies, including Neusueele and Gamma Press. He currently operates a studio in 1W'anchai and travels extensively in the Asia Pacific region, and is currently working for a number of magazines and two book projects for the Philippines and Micronesia.

Every press Club election, candidates for office say the same thing: we want more professional functions. That's my line, too, although, unlike politicians who run for office and mouth old

Robert Astorino UCA News

I am confident that the Club's

I am Editorial Director at AsiaPactfic Directories. Until 1992 I was News Editor at the Far Eastern Economic Reuiewfor eight years. I have served on the FCC board or its subcommittees since 1986. I was Vice-President in 1989 and President in 1990. Of concern this year is the maintenance of the Club's professional activities and the lebuilding of our archaic kitchen.

is the Managing Directorof Rainbow Seas Ltd. and the photo agency Terry Duckham/Asiapix. Oríginally from Sydney, where he wolked as a magazíne editor and photographer, he has worked in S.E. Asia for the last 15 years

CORRESPONDENT MEMBER G'OVERNORS (8)

York, Paris, Frankfurt and Tokyo. I have been the .F'Zs cortespondent in Hong Kong for nearly two and a half For the pastyear I have been Honorary Treasurer of the FCC.

S.E. Asia Press Services

mean it. Really.

I'd like to bring a fresh stream of

where social statLÌs is measured by the size of your wallet, a free flow of information should carry some value, too. I first served on the Club's Board of Governors in 7985/86, during an earlier three-year stint in Hong Kong. I leturned n 1,992 as Tbe Wall Street Jounøls Asia con'espondent.

ßetty Ildefonso-Chalkley Chalkley & Assoc. Membership No. 1930, ConespondentMembersince March 1975.Chall<Ley&Associatesisaprivatelycapitalisededitorialand communication consultanry firm based in Hong Kong. Involved in research, editolial, creative design, production and printing of various types of publications for an intemational client base. Sole Proprietor and Managtng Diector of Chalkley & Associates, Betty was born and bred in Hong Kong of Filipino p renrage. (Parents were old-time Hong Kong residents \I9I7-I9471 ), Resident in the Territory for over 30 years, on and off. Married to Alan Chalkley, a leadtng British business and financial jotrrnalist in the legion, who passed a year ago. \Torked ^way specialist as a te m with her husband as communication consultants for the United Nalions, the Press Foundation of Asia, and othe¡ intemational institutions in over 25 countries around the world. Produced special supplements and other editorial work for leading intemational pr-rblications on China and the Asian region. Depth news Correspondent for the Press Foundation of Asia. Involved in editorial, production and communications consultancies for the Macau Govemment and related agencies (for over 10 years) and other clients, publícations and institutions in Hong Kong and the region. FCC

Todd Crowell Asiaweek Ltd Senior Writer Asiaweeå. Correspondent member since 1988. IØhìle our dues go up, services decline. If elected, I will press

for the restoration of breakfast. I will also press for bettel services for working members, including a proper library with works on Hong Kong and China and a clippinglibrary.I vigorously slrppofi freedom of information in Hong Kong.

Matthew Montagu-Pollock Freelance I arn writing a book on Chinese companies in South East Asia, how they differ from and how they resemble'W'estern and Japanese companies. In addition I do some freelance wolk. Previously I worked briefly for Lehman Brothers, the stockbrokers, and before that fol five years as Finance Edilor of Asi¿tn Bushtess magazlne.

Nury Vittachi Far Eastern Economic Reuiew My name is Nury Vittachi. I am a columnist and I run an english teaching course called Kwik-Spel. Vote for me and I pledge to íntroduce: 1. Topless Bar Staff. (Yes, I know they are all men, but we can't be sexist.)

2. Free Food and Drink. (Subject to monthly subs rising to $10,000.)

3. Live Entertainrnent. (Drunks fighting on Friday evenings.) 4. Karaoke Rooms. (Cornpulsory for people who pay their bilÌs 1ate.)

5. Hostess System. (You pay

$100 a minute for talking to Irene,

Rebo, etc.)

I have many other, equally practical ideas for our wonderful C1ub. I know many people believe that I joke all the time and cannot take anything seriously, but I am being And

deadly serious, or my name's not Nury Vittachi and this Club is not called the Ladies' Recreation Club.

Hans Vriens Dutch TV

Tony Craig The \Øestminster Group Ltd

Hans Vriens is the Far East Correspondent for Dutch Television (RTL News) and Elseuier, the main current affairs weekly in the Netherlands. He studied at Groningen Law School and at the Bologna Center ofthe School ofAdvanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He is married to Katy Le Blanc. Their son is 15 months old.

Associate Director, handling executive search for the advertising, P.R. communications, media and marketing industries inAsia. Has lived inHongKong since 1980, beenanAssociate Member of the FCC for most of that time, and has been involved in the advertising and publishing business for 20 years. A keen snooker player and organiser of many Club,

JOURNALTST MEMBER GOVERNORS (2)

K.K. Chadha Soutb Cbina Morning Post I am a freelance journalist, operating under the company name of The Editorial \ù(/orkshop. In Hong Kong, I have been

contracted by the Soutb China Morning Po$ for writing,/ organising copy for Freigbt and Shipping Posd published every Monday, lflednesday and Friday. (This assignment is on a freelance basis.) I also contribuTe to Sbipping ønd Trad,e News (daily , Japan) , Box Carriers (shipping monthly, Japan) , Lloyd's Ship Manager (monthly, UK), Cønadian Sailings (weekþ, Canød.ian Global Cargoes (monthly), Maritime Monitor(weekly, Greece). I publish a weekly newsletter, Far East Auia,tion And, if there is time, and money is good, I do some copywriting for PR and ad agencies.

Karin Malmstrom Freelance I am a f r eelance photoj ournalist who covers issues of cultural,

environmental and historical interest, and a troubleshooter for companies and media enterprises in all comers of the PRC.

Francis Moriarty Metro Radio Employer: Metro Plus, one of three Hong Kong radio stations operated by Metro Broadcasting. Position: Senior Political Reporter Responsibilities: Coverage of Hong Kong Government, legislature and political development.

inter-Club and nalional tournaments. I

I.H. (Frcd) Frredricks I.H, Fredricks & Assoc. Ltd I.H. (Fred) Fredricks is Founder and Managing Director of I.H. Fredricks & Associates ltd., U.S. Tax Consultants. The company was incorporated 7 February, 7969, and w as the first U. S. tax consuitancy in Hong Kong. I joined the FCC in 1969. My purpose in running for the Board of Governors is to help improve the communication among and belween the various classes of members, the Board of Govetnors, andthe staff and management. There is too much talentavatlable in the FCC to have it gridlocked by a failure of communication as happened in the recent past.

Managing Director, Ronald Ling & Associates, Ltd., an advertising agency specialising in China.

Anthony Nedderman Onsite Services Ltd A Hong Kong resident since 1965. Regional Senior Executive, Onsite Service Ltd., a consultancy group representing major overseas organisations participating in large scale East Asian infrastnrctural projects. Managing Partner, Tony Nedderman

& Co, certified public accountants and Managing Director, Taxation ardFinancial Services Ltd. Director, Keith Statham Associates Ltd, public relations and marketing promotions, Hong Kong, Macau and PRC. Member, Institute of Chartered

Accountants

in England & \7ales; Hong Kong Socieff of

Interested in professional issues, e.g., freedom of information, ptivacy, shield laws, code of ethics.

Member: H.K. Journalists Association, Freedom of Information campaign committee.

Richard Rund F.O.B. Products Ltd

English, raised in Jersey and Dorset. Resident in Hong Kong 2Jyears. Divorced. Two adult daughters. Apart from English, speaks useful level of Cantonese. Past 13 years have been engaged in executive search and recruitment, management consulting and career counselling. Recently re-joined the Management Consulting Division of the international public accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as Director, after five years'successfully running own recruitment and consultancy business.

FCC rrrerrrl>er and seasoned tranzeller Steuert I<rt¿14) P-rJt sorne flovrzers in tris trair and lreaded for Bagtrdad b¡z ttre F}ay.

Ronald Ling Ronald Ling & Assoc. Ltd

Accountants; Chartered Institute of Àrbitrators; British Computer Sociery; H.K. Institute of Taxation; Hong Kong Universiff Alumni Association; Royal H.K. Jockey Club; Kowloon Cricket Club; Macau Golf & Country Club.

ASSOCIATT MEMBER G,OVERNORS (4) Athene Choy Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

'Frisco Alfresco

I have been resident in Hong Kong for 1-2years, an Associate Member of the FCC since 1985. I am Managing Director of F.O.B. Products Ltd. S7e design and manufactures electronic timers, thermometers and household scales and assistive devices for the deaf. The FCC is primarily a social Club. It's a great place to hang out. $?e use the Club to eat, drink and relaxwith personal and business friends. My personal displeasure with the Club is that our food is at best only adequate. tJØe should look forward to,

instead of just settling for, eating here. If elected I will participate in effecting innovative changes to the nature and diversity of our food and beverage offerings.

Russian

Hill:

Tbe PresidenT sbould

tax tbe peoþle.for liuing tbere.

an Francisco is one of the most heart-renderingly romantic cities in the world. Proof of this claim lies in the simple fact that it has long been an

international mecca for those most

romantic of people, would-be suicides.

The main focus of their desire is the fantastic coral-coloured Golden Gate bridge, the sÇrenely elegant beauty which makes San Francisco one of the wodd's most enchanting cities. Since its opening 57 years ago, more than 900 sad sould have flung themselves into the cold waterc 225 meters below. Intriguingly, jumpers tend to opt for the side of the bridge whibh faces

the city

psychologists suggest that

lights of San Francisco the glittering are far more comforting as a last

earthly vision than the dark and misty waters of the Pacific Ocean.

jurnpers " Intriguingly, tend to opt for tkre si<le of ttre bridge vzhrichr faces thre city But Baghdad by the Bay, as San to call the city, has

neighbourhoods filled with strangely dressed people. But, unlike level and landlocked London, San Francisco is a city of neady 50 steep hills which

slope down to a magnificent blue water bay. Sometimes brisk winds churn the bay into a sea of white caps but more often it is cloaked in a damp milky fog that calls for fireplaces and hot cocoa all the year round. Mark Twain, who once worked for the local newspaper, said the coldest winter he

Franciscans like

ever spent was a summer in

much more than mere physical radiance. It also has the elegance, if not the venerable age, ofLondon.

Francisco. Snobbish Europeans say they pre-

Like London, ithas attractive pubs,

other American city because it's more European than American. This is non-

abundant book stores, and eccentric

fer San Francisco more than

April 7994 ÌED

C0xRXSPOilltDIll

San

any

Asian city in America. The largest number of new residents are Filipinos

and there are growing numbers of Vietnamese, Hong Kongers and Koreans.

In a city awash with good hotels, many of its finest are ownedbyAsians. Perhaps the best hotel certainly the is the-Mandarin Orimost unusual ental, which is-ownedby aTaiwanese

billionaire and managed by Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental Group. The

hotel occupies the top half of a 40 storey building, so that the view you get while sloshing in the bathtub rivals that of Hong Kong's Regent. In one sweep, the eye takes in the

Golden Gate Bridge, the brown hills

of Marin Country on the

Tbe

uiewfrom tbe bøfbroom ofMandarin San Francisco

sense. San Francisco is the quintessential American town with a populace so

First and foremost, there is the rich smell of roasted garlic which

gentle and so tolerant, they make Swedes look like raving maniacs.

wafts over North Beach, San Francisco's bustling Little ltaly. One of the most popular restaurants in this district is The Stinking Rose, which warns

Foryears sharp-nosedvisitors have

summed

San Francisco's multi-

cultural charms by its ravishing aromas. Perhaps that's as good away as any to

portray this city of just over a million people.

potential patrons: "'Sl'e garnish our gadic with food." In recent years, a new flavour has been added to the rich cultural broth of America's most multí-cultural city that of sour cream and borsch

-soup. Since the break up of the old

opposite

shore, as well as the menacing mound of Ncatraz, the notorious island-prison from which no one ever escaped alive (except Clint Eastwood). Al Capone lived there for \2yearc before withering away with syphilis. Visitors can still see the four-room cell he occupied.. The things to see and do in Sân Francisco sound like clichés, but they

must be done. Go to Fisherman's \Øharf, not to eat the seafood isn't as good as in Hong- Kong but to see

- for food the harbour seals begging with dog-like barks along,the waterfront. Looking like bloated naked bankers, they sunbathe on special floating platforms built just for their pleasure.

Even after touring Chinatown, taking in Little Italy, catching the ferry to Alcatraz and tramping across the Golden Gate, there's still plenty to see. Take a day ".. . tkre ligLrts of San trip out to Francisco are frìore nearby Napa cornforting as a. Ia.st Valley and visit earttrly rzision thran thre a local winery, then take a hot dark .ñ/a-ters of tLre air balloon ride Pacific Ocean" above it all to

Soviet Union, San Francisco has become home to a new wave of Russians hoping to find happiness in the City by the Bay.

Today more than 30,000 expa-

triate

Russians make their home in San Francisco and in 1990, the

city donated

an elegantship's captain's house over-

looking the bay to Mikhail Gorbachev. When handed the keys to the house, a grateful Gorþ told the crowd, "you're very fortunate to live in this city. President Bush should tax the people [of San Francisco] for living in such a

watch the sun

slowly sinking into the Pacific. A.s Rudyard Kipling said, San Francisco has only one drawback it's hard to leave. E33 .

beautiful place." Despite San Francisco's European it could be called the most

Old sbips and wellfed people.

TED c0RRxSP0t{DEilr

veneer, April

1994

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task¡ng

Jnst about any-thing, in fact, Lrut 'laicl bacl<', that goocl olcl Sixties' lthrase. So get this flot'an intlo: "The glirn lcalities r,f lhc lcrrl Cl rina rs ,rp- I(ong posecl to Lrappy, laicl-lrack Hong

becalne nncomfoltably' appalent

-to Richard

Br¿tnson )¡esterclay."

It makes Hong Kong sor-rncl like a San Francisco love-in. Not that Par,tl Callan of the DcLilT, Express woulcl knon' an1, mol'e abottt sr-ich things tl-ian rnost of the other 60-sornething

foreign hacks impoltecl fot'tl'ie in¿rugulzrl Vilgin Atlantic flight to Hong I(ong in Febrr-raly. So

rvhat dicl they all u'r'ite alloLlt to

Justify the sLtmptLloLls junket that inclrLcled non-stop charlpzrgne ancl rLn limitecl Nintendo on board the blancl new Airbus 340, r-ooms in the lslancl Shangri-la, clinnel at the China Club, a

mega-booze-LÌp at the China Jump followecl, pelhaps lather too quickly, ri,'ith a day trip to Shenzhen? Bill Akass of the Døill,Mirror gclt arvay r,r'ith'.i simple captioll to a Page 11 photo of Richarcl Blanson cl'essecl

as all emperor: "Bright chap, tl'rat THE G0RRXSPONIIENT

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ple," r'an the heaclline. "\'ìr'gin boss

tts clazzling as his clothcs The \¡ilgin boss u'as in Sl-renzl-ren ye stclclzrl- so

Richalcl Bl'zLnson su.-appecl his jets for'

not look the part? Before

pilotecl ¿L ster,r'alcless alonncl IIong Kong to rralk the l:rnnch of his zrir'line's f'lights thele. Nor' he plans

could say 'pass the shacles' Br'¿rnson lr,'as cleckecl ont in an eve-clzrrlaging

a hurlble lickshau. 1'esterclay

ancl

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more plane clealing n'ith a bicl to lease

Some n-right say lie's r.ir'Élin on the licliculous but Emperor ßranson knou,'s q'hat he's cloing The super' shor.'rnan is planning to open a Yirgin Nlegastole in clou'ntorvn Beijing :rncl

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locking alreadl'thanks to that

gauc11.

get-Llp, It v.or-rlcl have tlzrcle Chailman r\Iao see lec'l for a start." Tbe Stn't, r', ith tn,o men on bc¡ald,

hacl a tn'o-piuagraph annolrncemcnt

of Vilgin's 50 pel cent cleal u'itlr

\ù/l-reelock Pacific to open r\Iegastores "across comr-nnnist Cl-iina," rv'hele they

l'or-rlcl "deal direct ri-itli China's haldline gor..elnn'ient officials." It qllotes ßranson as saying: "I am ar.r.'are of the risks br-rt u.e v'i11 meet problems lieacl on zrncl sol't theln olrt." Tbe Daiþ StcLr, u.4iich had no less than tht'cc journalists on tl'ie tlip, hacì a short picture story on Page 14 in an ear'ly edition, of a toothy Bt'anson pla,ving rickshzru- bo1' to a tootlrrVirgin fìight attendant. "Plane 'n' sinr-

begin liis

clai11' trans-,A.tlantic sen'rce." Ob.,'ior,rslv it u as consicleled tl-rat a rr.lere inar-rgulal trip to Hong Kong

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r-rsecl to announce both Àlcgastolc cleal ancl t1're proposecl Concolcle seLrrice Tbe Sun's Chris Ph¿u'o I'ent for' the tailol angle, u'it1'r six r-ery sholt palaglaphs undel the heaclline "Tycoon Br¿rnson Flies Unclone." Pharo u'lote of l-iou.' Blanson r,r.as rleasurecl for a snit at the .st¿u't ol the fligl-rt b1' tailor Geolge Lai n.ho faxecl the cletails al-ieacl to staff u'ho "u.orkecl like n'racl" to "u'hisk up a clouble-breastecl ontfit." Bran.sctn rl''as qLrotecl: "It's arnzrzing, In 13 hours the1,'can tnrn a

occasion u,':rs tl-re

man criticized as tsr'itain's n orst chesser into ¿rn elegant br-r.sinessllan." Tbe Etn'oþeanz nsecl the occasior-t to write zLbout holr. competition in the Cotttìnued on page 14

Continued.frompøge 12

jotu'nalists. Let's hope

air was nov!' clown to n'iovies and designer aftelshave. Vir-

jr.rst "r

gin's personalized vicleo gan-i-

proceeded into the rnainland of China, there was a severe inkling of w-hat Hong Kong's

Amistad

residents can expect wl-ien the Blitish flag comes clown in

The Euening Standard chose to lirnit coverage to three paraglaphs in its first

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Chinese side. And Branson's gllests were subjected to tonrisr-n speecl-res heavily peppered u,ith praise for the Peking Central Committee's cur'l'ent economic policies. The contrast betu.'een Hong Kong

asked. "The flrst flight was an hour late," it went on, "so he lBranson] and fellou' passengers had extra time to arrange

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Branson. Loitb the þion.eer oJ tbe

Shenzhen (wl-rich took place after some serious partying in The China Jump until 5am).

"cbeap"

fligbt, Sir" Frccldie Iahet

through ugly, shack-fringed areas w.hich were little more than building sites. Some glrests sat open-mouthed with astonishment as the tor-rr

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guide on the bus spoke about

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gfammes.

"Aftel a brief r.isit to

Instead of being whisked

through immigration channels

"honoured gnests", the Branson palty was sr-rbjectecl to an agonizing scltr-

tiny by stony-faced officials. Apart from Branson himself, the guests included his parents and his 95year-old glandmother', as well as that pioneer of the cheap flight, Sir Freddie Laker'. "The 5O-strong party was made to wear numbers I was No.24 - older befole and queue in stlict

border inspectors would process their passports. It is thought the healy-handed and slow treatment was part of Peking's revenge after

eacl'r passport with delibelate slowness into eady-model colnpllters. "To avoicl any complications on

the day lrip, Hong Kong

Cl-rinese

couriels instrr-rcted r,rs that al1 the men should desclibe their statLrs as 'Ví'gin

Airways staff' and tl-ie x.omen

'houser¡'ives'. One conrier explainecl:

the breakdoq,'n of talks between the

British and Chinese governments. This followed Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten's latest moves to liberalizeth.e colony's politics before it is handed back to China in 7997. "Branson, visibly tired from a Virgin disco party the night before, looked on with dismay as two officials a plain young woman and a - man fed the details of scowling

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Sat.

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thern sttrmbling along in poor

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edition on the Megastore deal. Tbe Guardian carriecl one paragraph on the agreement. Time Internalional also ran the 'elnperor's clothes' piclr-rre: "Is this really what

THE c0RRf,sPoM)ENT

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"BLlt as the tl-rree coaches

bling was singled or-rt fol the only mention tl-rat justifiecl its colresponclent's Fleehie.

the ink flowing with a description oi the liasco in

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\X¡ill \X¡hitehofn, Virgin's young PR chief who last year played a key role in q'inning the High Court dirty

tricks suit u'ith British Aim,ays lesulting in the biggest libel pay-out in histoly, hacl a few jals at the FCC to celeblate his 30th birthday. "I think it's a fantastic place," he said. Ancl the FCC thanks Virgin Atlantic fol its promotional offer of $¡,tOO retlrrn tickets to London (if ),ou didn't take lt you're just not 'laid back' enough). I did, with the sole pr,rrpose continuing the weeklong celebrations of my own 50th birthday, to go to England to have dinner with my rnum. But that's another stol'y.

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he next "rr''all shou-" in tlie main club bar vn'ill feature the pl'rotograpl-ry of Basil Pao, one of tl-ie FCC's most sllcce ssfr-rl visr-r¿rl xrts practitioners in a ct'owded u'ol'lclu'icle rnat'ket. "The flaues in tl-re cxhibition har-e been taken or'-et' the past eight )'eiìrs," explains Peo. '-I'herc is no particulal rhl'ne ot're¿ìson fìrl the choiccs. the¡.'lrrc jtrst the ones I like ltest T rtrtlst say it u.':rs tough to m¿tke sotne of the clccisìons." Iloln in Hong Kong in 1953, Pao is a polymath in the n'orld of r.'isual art n'l-io, in tl-re late 1970s, clesignecl au at'd-r'vinning albr,rr-r-r covers fot' sone of the most celebratecl rock grolrps on

the globe. Pao h:rs also worked as a designer on'.r nttmbe I of proiects

tl're Nlonty Py'thon cornedy tl'olrpe, inclucling the Life of Brian îilm. In adclition, he palticipated in the l'ecent Arourtd the lVctrld it't Eighty Dø1stelevision set'ies Pao also appeared in, zrncl bear'rtifr:lly photographecl, The Last Entperor epic triovie clirectecl by Bernarclo Bertolucci. Pao l-ias just cornpleted a stint zrs the "special still pliotograplrer'" on Bertolttcci's Lftile Bucidhct production. The covet' photoglapli fol this 1naÉlazine colÌ1es flom th:rt portfolio.

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ment and Australia a not-too-distant second. Britain is widely presumed to

propefy prices are concerned urhile Down Under seems to be up and coming have bottomed out as far as

especially considering the advent of the Olympic Games in 2000. There are plenty of reasons why Hong Kong dollars are buying up British bricks and mortar. Besides the

... Britiskr l2roperty rtray not offer tkre str-rpendor.ls reyzar ds Hong I{ong can prorrrise, l>ut it is a rrl-rckr lfiore solid option... much lower cost of buying propefy in the UK compared to Hong Kong, non-resident investors in Britain are exempt from paying capital gains tax when it comes to selling a property. The run-up to 1997 has also resulted in many expats buying homes back in

the UK. In addition, many Hong Kongers are enjoying increased disposable income, with an annual five per cent net rental yield and a five per cent capital gain, Blitish property may not offerthe stupendous rewards Hong Kong can promise, but it is a much more solid option. Tony Davies, rnanaging dilector of Centura Ltd, a film of international property investment consultants, says most people are starting to realise that with an exchange rate of HK$11.5 to

the pound sterling plus low interest rates and low plices, now is the time to buy. "The Hong Kong propefiymalket has had two yeals of excellent growth,

and a lot of people are now thinking that they har.e considerable exposure to the Hong Kong plopelty cycle. But what happens if something goes

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Brisbane really offers excellent opportunities more so than Sydney. It - grow at a laster tale continues to both the economy and the population and all the indications are that it -will continue to be the California of

Australia," said another property expert.

kind of return can investors expect over a number of years? Historically, Australia has produced caprfal growth rates of 10 per cent per annum, with some years rising to 15 per cent and other years So what

dropping a little. "As an investor what you're looking to do is out-perform the market. In Australia I think that's Brisbane and if you are looking at a 10 year investment scenario, you'll see a growth rate in excess of 10 per cent," said Davies. Davies added that a house bought in the UK tn 1972 and sold in 1.993 would actually show an 11 per cent per annum increase in price. "But it's a longer tenn investment in Australia. One thing you can't do in the UK is expect rapid price increases in the next two or three years, so you have to take a medium term view. The

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will be good capital growth plus good rental demand. Secure rental income is more important than high rental income for six months then vacancy for six months. Buyers should also deal with somebody who understands the market. "I'm always suspicious of

people who fly in, hold a property exhibition, then fly out since they can offer no back-up or service," said Davies. It's worth finding a consultant

who you can trust and who will be here in a few years time. If you find the right consultant, you will usually find yourself the ríght property. \øhat you shouldn't do is decide on the property first. If there's a problem twelve months down the track, it's the consultant you'll be dealing with, say the experts. Purchasing an overseas properly requires more than just a bundle of the folding stuff. "In Australia if you are not an Australian citizen or a returning citizen you cannot buy a completed home. You have to buy either a block of land and build on it, or pafi of a development, no more than 50 per cent of which can be sold offshore," Davies explained. If a person is thinking of emigrating to Australia, buying a propefiy has no effect whatsoeve.r on improving their chances of getting in. But for

those heading there in a few years time, the advice is to buy for investment purposes, then find the house you want to live in once you get there." Arranging

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hours, and then you know you have the finance in place. You can wave that under the nose of a vendor and it shows you mean business.

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South AmericaÍr Space Race EìrianJelffr¿es tra\relled to French Gr-ria-na- to szitness the la-r-rnctr of an Asian sa-tellite-

p I

,'e.r.n Guianr, poised above Brazil on the Atlantic coast of

South America, has two clairns to fame: its past as a brutal penal colony to which France shipped the worst of its convicts, and its far more promising present as a major gateway into space.

For Eulope, this is the equivalent of Cape Canavelal in the United States,

or the Baikonour

Cosmocll'ome in

Kazakhstan in Central Asia from whete the Russians still launch their rockets. Flench Guiana has geography to thank for its new lease on life the - the colrntry is almost slap bang on eqlrator, rnaking it ideal for launching lockets, especially those carrying conimunications satellites. And it is from neal the sleepy town of Koulou that some 70 percent of the wodd's commr-rnications satellites lise on pillars of file into orbit aboard the rockets of the wolld's most successful commercial launch company, the European consortium, Ariane-space. Just about all the world's communications satellites the ones that help transmit - calls and bling you the joys telephone 'parked' 36,000 of Star TV kilometles -are above the equator in .

space

in a belt known

native Indians who l-runt with bows

and arrows and have nevel been

try is leally a strange amalgam of mankind's distant past, its present, and with its launch facilities - of our fr-rtr-rre in space. drearns In the dense tropical forests corering most of the coLrntry there al'e I t

contacted by the outside world. The population in the capital of Cayenne is a combination of the conntry's original inhabitants befole it was annexed by Flance, descendants of

the convicts, Chinese traders who control much of the commerce, and illegal immigrants drawn by the coun-

try's relative prosperity from Brazil and other countries. On top of the social heap are the French and the other Europeans who run the space centre and launch pads

near the second largest town of Kourou. There is also a sizable For-

eign Legion garrison, responsible for

that is finally lost to sight in the clouds, restoring the tlopical night to the remorseless chirp of the crickets. The remainder of the launch can

be watched from inside. Television

eblatory cigars make tlieil appear'ance. The cigars are a tradition tl-rat dates back to the US Apollo progfamlne that pllt men on the n.loon lor the first tine. They are also a sacl len-iinder of how little has been achieved in the development of manned space exploration since the

Kourolr. If these plans come to pass, the launclies will be visible fi'om the or l)er.il's notorious Iles du Saþt Islancls as they are lmown in Englishthát lie 90 choppy minutes across the Atlantic by boat from Kourolt and were the inspilation fol the novel Pcr,pillon.

Apollo moon landings calr.re to an end. Meanwhile, r'ecessionl'rit Er-rope

over by France's space agency which

launch controller confirms that the

having difficulty defining and funding a space station in which Rr-rssia, European nations, Japan, and Canada arc also expected to palticipate. Nevefiheless, such intelnational projects appear to be the lvay ahead. They have become a lealistic option following the end of the cold war that ironically inspiled the Apollo prograrnme, whiclr was really nothing more than a face against the Russians to the moon.

satellites have been safely delivered to

Palt of the plans fol the new space

sets display the launch control centre,

with its lows of liighly

ski11ecl

techni-

cians hunched over their consoles, and

the slightll, tense faces of the \/lPs behind them, some of whom har.e many millions of dollars riding on the successful outcome of the launch. Sometines rockets blow up! The grand finale comes r-hen the

their initial or-bits in space and

are

functioning smoothly. Tentative smiles become broad grins, applause lipples through the control centre, and cel-

Today, the islancls have been taken has established a radar tracking station on the largest of the gloup, Royal Island. It lies an-rong the cluster of cells in u,hich the convicts dragged out their

has shelved plans to clevelop and launch its own space shuttle fi'om Konrou for lack of funds. The US is

bitter lives. In 1994 Royal Island is both a toLu'ist attraction and a p\ace fol relaxation. One of the old adrninistlaúve br¡ildings nos¡ selves as an hotel

with an open-air restaumnt, while the ce1l

blocks and other br-rildings fi'om the

penal colony days ale being restored. In this s/ay, the ghosts of the past ale both honouled and vanquished. And tl're rockets lighting the night

sþ

they rise ft'om the launch pads in

Kourou are ilh,rminating the hopes and drerrns of rnankincl's fìrtrrre in space.

station include sending Er,u'opean astronauts and supplies to it with the

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help of a powerful new European rocket that will be launched fron-i

maintainlng security alound the lar¡nch site and, if necessary, squelching in-

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national income, including money poured into the economy by those who visit Kourou fol the launches. Up to 10 times a yea: Arianespace flies assorted clients, politicians, joulnalI made the trip to Kourou fol the launch of two satellites on one r-ocket, an Ariane 4. TLre smaller of the two satellites is now ploviding a variety of

From there, they circle the earth in exactly the same time that it takes the planet to turn once on its axis: the result is that satellites always hover over the same spot on earth, making it possible to keep in tor-rch with them from the same position on the grotind at all times. In lower orbits, they would whizz ar ottnd

communications serwices for Thailand, and the other more than 70 channels of teler.ision to homes in North America. The least sentimental of human beings would find it hard not to be moved by the majesty of an Ariane

rocket stafiìng its journey into space fi'om the Kottrou. Even from several miles away at night, it is one of life's

the earth much faster, and in higher or-bits more slowly, thus disappearing over the horizon or receding frorn view. The fact that cornmlrnications satellites ale parked above the eqLtator Reach it'tg.for lbe sky

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sky as the engines of tl'ie first stage lift the flaming locket and its precious cargo ever higher, arching out over the grey, rolling Atlanúc Ocean. Gradually

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illuminating the tropical night. Then comes the man-macle thLlnder. \Øave after wave lo1ls across the

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The Old Order Hath Not Changeth Associa-te rnerral>er arrd solicitor ,Herzr2t 'W'Vte¿tre takes a look at tfre Laxz R-eforrrr Cor-rrrrrission's repor:t orr Hong l(ong's cop5zrigtrt laxzs

nyone researching copyright law in Hong Kong would be forgiven for thinking it is to be found in the Copyright Ordinance, Cap 39. Actually, this only empowers the Customs and Excise Department to enforce certain criminal copyright provisions and regulates copyright in broadcasts. The real law is to be found in a piece of repealed UK legislation, the Copyright Act of 1956. \Øhen it was

repealed by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, places like the Falklands and Hong Kong, which still

aa members who enioyed Club trips to Africa and Tibet will be interested to hear that another mem-

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bers' tour is being organised for May,

this time taking a 1,0-day trek along The Silk Road, a route which includes

Turpan/KashgarlKalakuli Lake/ Urumqi and Yining. Travellers will also experience an overnight stay

with

the Kirgiz people sharing a "Yurt". The trip, organised by Corrine

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anaþis of the current law and technical issues involved. Its recommendations have generally opted for legisla-

tion along the lines of the 1988 Act. Until now, Hong Kong's copyright system has developed almost precisely in line with UK developments. Although the Commission's proposals would maintain that continuity,

any developments s/ill have to recognise local requirements, such as for 'moral rights' (which have nothing to do

My tattered copy of the 1956 Act piece preserved under glass, not so much as for posterity as for current use. Mean-

right to be named as author and not to have his work denigrated); performing

while, time is running out for Hong Kong to introduce its own independent, user-friendly copyright law belore \997. Copyright extends beyond literary works to computer programs, re-

have made pirates of us all.

LawReform Comrnission After 6 years of consultation, the Law Reform Commission has published its Report on Reþrvn of tbe Løu Relating to Copyrigbt.In a 230 page

1994

reform, including a useful and clear

with morality, but cover the author's

the realm of science fiction. Since then, late-night movies and VCR's

Hong Kong to Vietnam (May 6-1.4th) and a 15-night journey into 'Western Tibet fromJuly 2nd -16th. BE

Hong Kong in 1988.)

its

rely on the old Act for their copyright,

cordings, films, broadcasts and cable TV. \Øhen the Copyright A ct 1956 was passed, personal computers, video recorders, photocopiers and facsimile machines for the masses were still in

Risacher of Frontieres 56 Travel Ltd, will run from May 20-29ttl A slide presentation of the sites to be visited will take place on Monday, 18th April, from 6:30 - 7:30pm at the FCC. Other epic journeys that could be of interest to the restless members at the bar include Club Med cruises from

lAmendment] Act 1985, extended to

all aspects of copyright law and

were almost forgotten

is fast becoming a museum

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report, the Commission has dealtwith

rights (the right to collect money for music played in public); and performance rights (the right to stop bootleg

In principle, there is no difference between writing a database down on paper or storing it in a computer. The act of storing a work in a computer is a restricted act under Hong Kong

copyright law. The ease with which databases can be created, for example using an optical character reader, or the possibility of computer generated databases, give rise to questions of authorship and originality. However, under the present law copyright protects compilations of unoriginal works because of the skill and labour involved in selection. Under the Commission's proposals, the author (and therefore copyright owner) of a com-

puter generated work would be "the person by whom the arrangements

copies of perforrnances). Special consideration will also have to be given to the freedom to store and retrieve information. Crucial to this developmentwill be Hong Kong's abilityto preventabuses of monopoly, whether at the private or public level, and to provide appropriate reciprocal international protection.

necessary for the creation of the work are undertaken". This would seem to

Database protection The Commission's report on privacy published last year recommends a registration system to allow gfeater

News

public access and control of stored data. Tlne computer technoJ.ogy responsible for this informationbonanza has only recently been accepted as appropriate for copyright protection. (The Copyright lComputer Sofrware]

result

being protected. In many cases, it would be the skill and labour of the latter that gave rise to the database, but he will be denied copyright. To what extent are commercial dafabase concerns permitted to com-

pile publicly available data, such as news? Unlike confidentiality, copyright does not protect ideas, but their expression. Raw data, like individual telephone numbers, is not the subject of copyright (though they may be exdirectory); but the phone book coma{.rll

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-rpilation is protectecl. Things like TV listings and news stories are likewise protected.

Fail dealing for the pulpose of reporting cr.rrrent e\/ents does not infringe copyright. At pl'esent this lequires acknowledgement ancl only covers written works and excludes photographs, films, recoldings, bloadcasts and cablecasts.

The Commission's ploposais woulcl extend this fair dealing plovision to all copyright works and only require acknowleclgement n heLe Leporled in print media. Since online databases are either bloadcast or cable

networks, they will still need to provide acknowledgements. Moreover, the exception does not apply to all public

information, only current news. The majority of non-news databases will still therefore be copyriglrt protected.

Computer prograflrs Although generally favor-rling the 1988 Act approach to compLrter programs, the Commission notes that this does not provide any light to load ancl

a plogram of to lnake back up copies. It therefole proposes to fol-

Lrse

loq, the Singapore Copyright Act 1987 by pelmitting copyinþ as an essential step in using a machine and, sr-rbject

to any agreement, to make back up copies. (This would not, however, apply where the plogram is fixed in a medium that is not easily clestloyed). Although there u.or-rld be restlictions on the use c-rl a ploglam in a neNvor-k system, there is a controversial provision to al1ow personal use on more than one complrter, where nor-

rnally only one of the n-rachines

expectecl to be in use at any one time. Although this is said to be justified to

allow an individual to Llse the sarne softwale package on the office, home and note-book computer', it apparently stems from the Comrnission's misunderstanding that it is necessary to download a compllter program in order to access data. Multiple users should have their own licensed soft-

clistorted so as to prejudice the honor-rr of the author'). Criticisms of the

equivalent provisions in the 1988 Act incltide the requirement to assert the right of paternity ancl the fact that these rights may be (and in standard form publishing agreements frequently are) waived. They do not apply to compLlter generated works, works made for the purpose of reporting current events, or indeecl in any periodical, including newspapers, and co1lective works of reference for which the work was written. Editols may therefore breathe easill'. Likeq,ise, inch-rsion in databases is exempt. A notable provision, limited in the UK to the BBC, allows censolship of matter which "offends against good taste or decency or which is likely to encoulage or incite to crime or to iead to disorcler or to be offensive to public feeling" without infi'inging the right to integrity. The Cornnission has not indicated whether it proposes to extend this to all scheduled broadcasts and cable services. An1'way, it seems that the value of these moral rights to authors will be somewhat limited.

Apdl

1994

will

required.

Collective licensing Althor-rgh no precise scheme is proposed., the Commission sr-rggests that all copylight collecting societies should be subject to a regulatory framework. The extension of licensing schemes to cover photocopying is

lecomrnended. Regarding the settlement of disputes relating to licences, the existing Performing Right Tribunal would be re-named the Copyright Tribunal. This would have juriscliction not only over performances and bloadcasts, br-rt also photocopying schemes, design right

licences and statutory recording li-

ment is made. Free club libraries may

therefole be exempt. Further, the Commission proposes lo exempt copies bor-rght before the introdr-rction of any rental right. Video libraries will no doubt be encor,rraged to stock up

while they can. Broadcasting and cable Currently, there is no copylight protection for most foreign bloadcasts or for cable programmes as such. Cable difftrsion of a sound recording does not infringe copyright in sound recoldings. The control of

gralnllres is noq, to be provided pulsuant to the Copyright (Amendment) Bill I))4 gazetted on 29th January 1994. This defines cable prograrnrne seruice

in terms of reception b). any

means,

The Report lecognises the ploblem posed by private copying, much

(in a departure from

the 1988 Act) adopting the following ap-

or-nmends

proach for øllcommissioned works:

(1)The person commissioning will l-iarre the exclusive licence to tlse the work fol all purposes reasonably contemplated at the time of commissioning.

2) The person commi.ssioning will have the po\ ¡er to restl'ain any exploitation of the u'ork against which he could reasonably take objection.

All works commissioned for priwedding photographs) n'ill be subject to a light of pdvacy to plevent their public dissemination. (Uncler the 1988 Act, this light is limited to photographs and fihns).

cause administrative difficulties, particularly in reladon to parallel imports and be out of step with international copyrightsystems for exarnple in USA, UK and Japan, Instead. the Commission proposes to Ìegalise 'tine sl'iifting', i.e. the recording of a broadcast (ol cable pro-

grarnme) solely for the purpose of enabling it to be viewed or listenecl to at a more convenient time. This woulcl bring the law in step with the UK.

However, the balance is sornewhat redressed in favour of certain copyright owners by the proposed introduction of a right to control the rentai of sound lecordings, films and complrter soflwale. In effect, this will mean the inposition of a charge on sucl-r rentals rnade either fol'money or

pable of being lawfi.rlly received by members of the public', or-which is

fraudulent reception of br oadcasts and

any manufactnring or dealing in r-rnáuthorised decoders would be crlminal offences. To allow for developments in

media technology, the Commission sLrggests a distinction between 'unguidecl transmission' for wireless telegraphy and'guided tlansmission' for cable, How this u,ill be defined in practice remains to be seen.

'transmitted for presentation to mem-

Suresh Sharm a 1944-1994

Under today's law, in the absence of zrn agleement, the copyright owner

of which is unlawful and uncompensated under the present copylight legime. One sohrtion proposed. a blank tape levy. was unanimously rejected by the Commission. It was considered that such a ler,y would result in rough justice by unfairly penalising the innocent useL,

wireless telegraphic transmission'ca-

transmissions. Under the proposals,

Obituary

Ownership

ployer') of the work. But copylight in commissioned photographs, poltlaits and engravings and sound recoldings is oq,ned by the person corntnissioning. Although proposing to abolish this except ion, the Commission lec-

entirely clear on the poinr, it also appears to recommend lemoval of the exception for hotels. In line with the 1988 Act, 'bloadcast' would be clefined in terms of a

bers of the public', including encqpted

and above the nolmal principles of copyright exploitation. Interim protection for cable pro-

tive selices, scheduled broadcasts and

is generally the author (or his em-

broadcasts) and cable sewices provided pulsuant to 'mLÌst calry' (simr-rltaneoLrs re-transmission) obligations and CABD systems s,'or-rld also be exempt. Although the Report is not

broadcasts and cable prograrnmes is a matter of govelnment regulation over

Private home taping and rental right

vate ancl donlestic prrrposes (e.g.

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design and photography

lnoney's wofth, of as part of the serwices of a br-rsiness for u,'hich pay-

including a multipoint microwave distribution system, but excludes intemc-

(3)

Moral rights The Commission recommends introducing a right of paternity (the right to be named as authoÐ; and â right of integrity (not to have a r,.ork

give employees the right to compensation if their works are exploitecl in a way not contemplated at tirne of creation. These rights would be sttbject to alx! agreenxent to tbe corttrøry, so in futtire careful scrutiny of contracts in areas such as publishing, advertising,

cences.

ware and have no need to 'borrou.'the

office system.

A further departure is to

private or índividual telecommunication systems. It will provide for copyright to subsist in a cable programme included in a cable prografirne serv-

ice, other than by the simultaneor-rs reception/transmission of a broadcast; and it will make it an infringement to include any copyright work in a cable programme, other than by simultaneous reception and hansmission under a Satellite Master Antenna TV (SMATV) and/or Common Aerial Bloadcast Dis-

tlibution (CABD) system (e.g. in

block of flats). The content of cable programmes (including unclerlying rights) supplied incidentally to a business of keeping or letting premises where pel'sons reside or sleep (e.g. hotels) as part of the amenities plovided will be excluded fi'om infringement (as are the

content of cabled broadcasts unde¡ clrrrent legíslation).

The Commission proposes to adopt the 1988 Act as the basis for reform. This involves a clefinition of

cable plogramme selvices wide enough to cover non-wireless teletext

and computer selices, but would exclude private and interactive services. Broadcasts (other than satellite

Tbe Corcespond,ent is sad to report the passing of journalist Suresh Sharma, who died in India last February, following a short illness. His friend and colleague, FCC Board member ILK. CllLadha, explains why he willbe missed by all.

Tandon" murder case in Júy 7969. The story exposed police involvement in hushing up one of the socalled "Dowry Deaths".

Promotion soon followed, and he was made a special correspondent and postecl to Chandigalh in the state of Halyana, where he exposecl

the Maruti cal scandal which inThe son of a successful factory volved Sanlay Gandhi, the son of owner, Suresh Shalrna first derrel- lhen Indian plime minister, Indira oped an interest in joulnalism while Gandhi. sti11

at coliege in his native Bhopal. 'ùØhile there, tn 1961, Suresl-i

started publishing the Frank lXreekly

newspaper in association with two classmates. However, despite some hard wolk and a firm commitment to quality, the paper folded in 1963 after suffeling a lack of funds. Suresh's penchant for independence had prevented him from approach-

The story enraged the state gove1'nment and, fearing for his life, Suresh fled to Hong Kong in Decentber I97 3, joining the Soutb Cbina

Monting Post department nou¡ known as "Special Reports". Three years later he joined Thomson Press (HK) only to rnove on to lannch Vision Pt'ess (HK) along

with alchitect Tao Ho. ing his wealtl'ry father for some Boled with life on Hong Kong loose change. Aftel graduating in 1964, Suresh moved to Neu' Delhi and becarne a repor:ter on Tbe Hinclustøn Tirnes, one of the leading Englishlanguage dailies in the Indian caprtal Suresh always had a keen nose for news: "His intros usecl to leap off the page," said Kanrnar Singh, the

r-rntil the end. Sur-esh's twin aspirations were to hold pr-rblic office in India and to

Tin'tel chief reporter at the time,

Sr,rlesh was

magazines, despite the protestations

of his family, Sulesh letutned to India in 1988, where he worked

a film. The first was prevented by his iong stalz l¡ Hong Kong, but

make

the other was partially fulfilled. wolking on the sclipt of

during a recent visit to Hong Kong. drama for a well-known Inclian comSuresh first made his malk with pany when he died.

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