The Correspondent, March 1996 by The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong

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THE CLUB PLAYS HOST TO ASIA Good news arrd bad for the region's media Hans Vriens: ''We had to increase prices' The best

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Things atecooking ín the ba^sement

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lfkre club is at>out to begin i1a eafllest its polic¡z of building for ttre fi- ture. R-eno\zatiorls xzill soon l>e r-rnder r\za)r' anrd, ¡res, tkrere vrzill be disnrptiofìs. Elut President Flans \Zriens sa),/s rnerrrt>ers' fepresenta.tir.es v¡2i11 be rna.king ttre flaost of th.e opportunities offered. ome eady April, workmen

will

be busy in the basement, takjng out the old kitchen. The biggest reno-

vation since the FCC took or¡er its

1982 will have started. In the past l4years, repatrs and maintenance have been caried out on present premises

an ad hoc basis only. Under the terms of the seven-year lease we signed lastyear, the FCC is committed to maintaining in good order and condition what is one

of the very last antique buildings in Central.

During the renovation, the club will not close, although there will, of course, be some inconvenience

such as serving food without a proper kitchen. During the time the contractor is installing the new kitchen, there will be a limited menu. The Entertainment Committee is finalizing an evening programme of eyents in the "to turn the renomain dining room

vation into a happening", as commit-

tee convenor Karin Malmstrom explained. Music, slideshows and documentaries, every.thing seems possible. It will be a few eyentfrrl months.

And with the assistance of our new generalmanager, Bob Sanders, I have no doubt it will tum into a happening. The Board and the staff are very relieved to

work with a professional. Mr

Sanders

made his mark in the firstweeks in the

job, when more than 100 people watched the Superbowl on the moming of Monday, January 29. That same evening, the main dining room was packed for Ihe D¡ting Rooms II. The prime objective given to the new manager is to put the club on a sound financial footing. Some drastic measrlres have akeady been taken to achieve this. A,fter two years of fixed TEE CORRXSPOI|IIENT March 1996

prices, the Finance Committee and the Board decidedto raise the price of drinks by20 per cent. This means, forexample, that the price of ahall of dl;aft Cadsberg has increased by $2 to $ 14; awhiskyhas gone up by $ 3 to $ 20 and a glass ofhouse wine by fi4to 624. Compared with the rest of Central, it is still great value for

money, of course. As we have explained in a letter to all members, we have no choice in this. ln an environment where all costs go up, it is suicidal to keep prices stable in the long rur. Of course, the Board, the different sub-committees and the generalmanager are also working on ways to increase revenue by offering more events, different menus and a new wine card, to mention just a few ideas. Talking about events, we recentþ organised the biggest conference in the history of the club. Thanks to our excellent relationship with the Freedom Fo rum anAmerican foundation devoted

to free press, free speech and free spirit - we were able to invite 260 guests for a dinner in the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt to listen to veteran American journalist Bemard Kalb tntewiew Apple Daiþ publisher Jimmy Lai. Y ery entertaining it was, too. The following day saw afrrll dayof debate and discussion at the club. Afull

house listened

scores

experts,

among them the chairman of the Free-

dom Forum, Allen H. Neuharth, who, together with eight other representatives of the foundation, had come from

'tü(/ashington

to attend the conference. Next year, we plan to organise an even bigger conference in the week before the handoier ofHong Kong, on July 1. this spnng the Freedom Forum and the FCC hope to show the monu-

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television. In March, the FCC will host three informal receptions for groups of visiting joumalists. On Friday M arch 22, 25 journalists from the Danish National Press Club will be at the club. And on March 14and 28, groups of American

joumalists brought to Hong Kong by the Vision 20 47 Fovîdation will be our guests. All members and guests are welcome. The membership drive I wrote about month continues to do well. Twenty membet's joined inJanuary. The Board fi.rthermore decided to widen the criteria for the membership category called Intemational Media Related. This categoryis now also open to anyone working in non-proflt public relations organisations and the govefftment. The regis tration fee of this transferable membership is $3O,OOO. last

The Board has unanimously acceptedarecommendationfromthe One Country, Two Systems committeeto try to improve the professional relationship

with Xnhua and other professional Chinese organisations in Hong Kong. Suggestions on how to achieye this are mostwelcome. Itwas most unfortunate that the Xinhua representatives who had signed up for the Freedom Forum/ FCC conference hadto cancel at thelast moment. Finally, I would like to say that veteran member Clare Hollingworth is recovering well after her eye operation.

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Journalists are in darger in Carrrl>odia, forrrrer finance rninister Sarrr Rains¡z told ttre FCC- .A.nd altfiougkr keeping a. krigtr so is R-ains¡z trirnself profile l>¡z rneeting tkre rnedia is a. forrrr of deferrce a.gaiîst ttre goons. tftn. day before cambodian oppoI sition leader Sam Rainsy addressed the FCC, another journalist was murdered in Ph¡om Penh. According to whose figures you are using, he was the third or fourth known

media latality in 18 months. Nobody knows how many others have been jailed orhave simply disappeared, their

fate never officially recorded either inside Cambodia or by international watchdog bodies. Cambodia is a "Mafia state, a terrorist state," the formerfinance minis-

ter told a club luncheon gathering. 'Journalists suffer a lot in this kind of regime." The high-risk areas of inves-

tigation included corruption, deforestation - maidy by Malaysian interests and the undèrwodd, particu-

larþ how it has now infiltrated the

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goyerrunent. "All these are issues that can get journalists killed." In the latest incident, three gun-

men on motorcycles shot dead Ek Mongkol, a radio phone-in host. It is presumedhe was murderedfor airing taken as a anti-Vietnamese views

veiled criticism of Second Prime Min-

The Correspondent needs

writers to help cover the growing number of luncheon

speeches at the FCC. The club

will cover the cost of your meal. Not only that, the

editor of The Corcespondent willpay you for your words. And he promises not to threaten your sense of self-esteem by making you rich. Please drop a note at the offices, addressed to Peter Cordingley, Editor,

The Correspondent.

ister Hun Sen, who served in the Cornmunist govemment that ded Cambodia during the Vietnamese occupation. SaidRainsy, amite unnecessarily: "Cam-

bodia has no freedom ofthe press." Nor many other kinds of freedom, itwould seem. "If you consider some ofthe criteria of democracy, you don't find any [in Cambodia] , " he said. "For instance, there are no checks andbalances, and no separation of powers. The executive has all the power and can make all kinds of decisions with-

out other institutions or authorities being able to challenge them. The national assembly is just a rubberstamp padiament. Whatever the gov-

perhaps a sign that what he had to say had been delivered to countless fo-

rums before. And certainly, his own story has been oft told. Rainsy was elected to padiament ]n 1993 on the royalist FUNCINPEC ticket and appointed finance minister - a portfolio he was later to lose, officially for criti-

cising the goYernment's profligate

ernment submits as a draft law is always adopted unanimously by the national assembly."

Not that Rainsy can complain of being given ara-w deal by the Cambo-

spending, but just as likelybecause he was showing far too much interest in corruption in high places. He was then expelled from FUNCINPEC and later, in a brilliant piece of autocratic reasoning, from pafliament for having no partF affiliations. Last year, he formed the Khmer Nation Parry (KNP), only to have that declared illegal. As if to drive home the

point, the parry headquarters were

dian media. He said that of the 50 or so newspapers in the country, maybe 10

raided by government heavies. Rainsy, who was oYerseas at the time, said

were financially self-sufficient. And, of these , five or six supported the oppo-

opinion polls suggested his paÍty had the support of 70,000 people. "Support for the KNP exists because people are really fed up with the arbitrary decisions, with the fampant corruption, with human rights abuses and with the rule of money and the gun."

sition. Indeed, their criticism of the coalition governmenthas been so persistent that one exasperated government official was moved to coÍrment last year: "Rainsy never stops. His papers are always attacking us."

R-ains¡z's life vzould be

irr serious damger -v\zefe it not for the fact ttrat tre is a higtr-profile a:îtiCornrnrrnist -çrzell lorzed by tlre \ülzestern rrredia All this makes him a marked man. And there is no doubt that his life would be in serious dangerwere it not for the fact that he is a high-profile antiCommunist well loved by the'W'estem media. "Meetingtheinternationalpress, like today, is a form of guarantee for

me," he told the club. For all that, his bodyguards are neYer very far away, even when he travels overseas. But if they were with him at the club, they were not visible - eYen though, surprisingly, there were quite a few empty seats in the restaurantwhere they could have parked themselves. Rainsy cut a dapperfigure, dressed

in a tan suitwhen all around himwere in their winter hues. He spoke effortlessly, rarely refering to his notes

So, what is the solution? Salvation, said Rainsy, lay in the hands of the principal aid-giving countries, among whom he named the United States,

lapan, Australia, German¡ France and Britain. "As a finance minister, " he said, "I was in a position to measure how dependent Cambodia is on intemational assistance. According to my computations , foreign aid is financing twGthirds ofpublic expenditure. Whatthis means is that if this assistance were simply reduced, we wotrld be in trouble. The govemment and administration would

collapse

in a matter of weeks.

This

gives the donorcountries a stronglever

for ensuring that democratic principles are respected in Cambodia." The day after speakjng at the club, Rainsy returned to Phnom Penh. "I am not concerned about my own safety," he said. Others were, though. At the bar afterwards, much of the talkwas of what would happen to the opposition leader once the international spotlight which it turns awayfrom Cambodia

almost certainly will between now and the next elections, scheduled for 1998. FCC president Hans Vriens presented him with a powerful talisman: the club tie. But will it be enough?

-Acorrespondent Marclr 7996 THD G0RRXSP0lfllDIlT

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journalism, which opens in Washing-

The trials and perils of iournaltsm in Asia

ton inMay 1997.

"In our nation and around the wodd, " Prichard told a packed dining room, "there are marry more ways to mark journalistic milestones. In'W'ashington there are many places where we remember the people who made great sacrifices. There are monuments to wars, to soldiers, to presidents, to liberators and statesmen from around the wodd. All these people were players in history: but there is no place to remember those journalists who died trying to gather the news."

For a furll da¡t in Fel>ruaty, tÍ].e rüØashilgtol-l>ased Freedorrr Fo.-rrrr preselated a. forrrral discussiorr at tkre FCC focused on tkre often frr-rstrating a-nd sorrretirrres deadl¡z task of being a j<>rtrrralist in AsiaI\Tearl¡z 30 1¡eople addressed sessions tÌrat cluickly turned into ts/o-szay e><changes. ifkris report is by Ster¡en Knippp ntitled¡ournalists Under Fire: l,-lMedia Under Siege, the event began with a clinner for 275 in the grand ballroom of the Grand Hyatt. This was followed eady the next morning by a series of all-day panel discussions hosted by the FCC, covering such topics as difficult subjects to cover

Initially, thenames of9t2 jovnalists killed with be listed at the memorial, including 24O krlled in Asia, but the Forum will re-dedicate the monu-

ment each year as, no doubt, new to be met byJohn Schidlovsþ, director of the Forum's Asian Centre in Hong Kong. Schidlovsþ, himself a forrner Lai showed up 15 minutes earþ

I¿iwas overheard to remarkthathe was nervous about speakingbefore such

correspondentwith theBd ltimore Sun

a large group, but was reassured by Neuharth, who gave him an American sryle bear hug and told him: "You're

in Beijing, New Delhi, and Beirut, co-

their hero!"

ordinated many of the next day's events and kept the speakers moving along

names are added.

their own people, let alone foreign

Prichardwent onto note thatthere were no murders ofjournalists inplaces such as Cuba and North Korea because there were no real journalists allowed to work in those countries. The four nations with the highest murder rate for journalists were Algeria, the former Yugoslavia, Columbia,

reporters." A question was raised about the willingness of news organisations ancl publishers to pay more to better protect their journalists. Gannon noted that it depended on "the value of the story. If yon charter a [privately op-

eratedl helicopter, are you going to get a better story that will make it

while reporting in China, why countries such as Cambodia, the Philippines and Pakistan don't act more firmly to stop physical threats against

smoothly. Lai was also met on his anival at the Hyatt ballroom by a clutch of local news photographers and reporters,

he next day's session at the Club

and Tajikistan. In Asia, the main killing

was opened byPulitzer Prize winner Chades L. Overby, president and

worth that extra expense? I think

journalists, andwhat intemational pressure can be brought to bear to see that they do. Among those attending the dinner

asking, not about press freedoms but

CEO

fields for joumalists were the Philippines (52 murders in 15 years), followed by India and Sri Lanka.

about the newspaper price war, in which at least three Chinese dailies have closed, layrng off over 600 em-

were journalists, publishers, photog-

ployees.

Prichard told his audience: "As the [New York-based] Còmmittee to ProtectJoumalists [CPJ] has documented, it has become commonplace all over the wodd to silence the reporting ofjoumalists. Andin recentyears, joumalists have been targeted for murder. They have not just died trying to co\¡er conflicts; they've been murdered to try to get them to stop.

ghanistan, we have

president, PeterPrichard, spoke about

ofthe Freedom Foundation, and Schidlovsþ. The organisation's yiceFreedom Forum's Newseum, the wodd's only museum dedicated to

raphers, diplomats and other non-media guests. Included in the list of those who held confirmed reservations, but were not seen was Guest No. 111 Hu Genkang, of the Hong Kong bureau of Xinhua. The evening's highlight was an interview with Jimmy Lai, outspoken

"And in this age of i¡formation ovedoad it is easy to forget that it is the press who are behind the free flow of

owner of Hong Kong's Apple Døily, by CNN's Bernard Kalb. Lai was introduced to the audience by legendary

information.

And this is such an important freedom that people are still going to die for it." The moming's first topic covered

American newspapermanAl Neuharth,

fotrnder of US Tod,ay and chairman of the Freedom Forum. The Forum is a non-partisan international foundation dedicated to free press and free speech. It is entirely supported by a US$100,000 endowment made in 1935 by Frank

Gannett, founder of the Gannett newspaper chain. Today, the fund is

valued at US$800 million, which

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lows the organisation to decline contributions from any other source. THD CORRESPOI|IIEIIIT March 1996

Jimmy

Iai

Qeft), and Bemard Kalb

personal perspectives on the Journalist Memorial. Kathy Gannon, bureau chief for the Associated Press in Pakistan, gave a. moving account of the death of a colleague killed while flying in a heli-

copter in Afghanistan. Gannon answered a question about why local govemments can't better protect reporters by saying "Some govefnments carur.ot even protect themselves and

when they look at lexpensesi, they first look at the bottom line. In Afa

house, we have

infrastructure. And they pay for the safety features snch as flak-jackets, which are often required. But if you want to hire a new helicopter, for US$20,000 they may not think ir's worth the story."

Surinder Oberoi Singh, with Agence France-Presse in India, repoted on the murder of his former colleague, MushtaqA1i, who was killed when he opened a letter bomb meant for someone else in the AFP office. Singh spoke of the firrstrations of covering Kashmir - "a place where 15 people are killed every day, but the wodd's media doesn't care."

The Forum's Peter Prichard remarked about the deaths of journalists in the former Yugoslavia, saying that while many died simply because they were in the line of fire, others were deliberately killed in Bosnia because they were journalists. He also noted that more reporters are now being killed by criminal gangs, in places such as Columbia, in addition

to political assassinations. "This is

Surinder Oberoì Sínglt

phenomenon around the wodd and in Asia, where increasingly threats are coming not just from political forces, but fuom organized criminal enterprises. " The newest killing grounds for journalists, according to the CPJ, is technically part of Asia, Tajikistan, where 29 reporters were killed lrr1992 andl993.

f n tne session titled Journalists I wfto Pay the Ultirnate Price in Asia, Vikram Parehk, prografiìme coordinator for Asia for the Committee to

Protect Joumalists, detailed how the CPJ details the killing of journalists, saying "if they are working for the international press, information on their attacks is usually disseminated pretty quicldy on the'W'estem news wires. "Much more problematic for us is where you have journalists who are March 1996 TEE

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correspondents for local publications

you go back25 years

who are not so high profile. It is a major challenge for us to find out exactly what the motiyations were,

of reporters, there was very little back-

and whether there was a past history

homicides committed against journalists - direct political assassinations. In Algeria you have a dissident faction who are not sensitiye to international opinion, deliberately targeting iour-

of threats against these journalists, which can give us a handle on the type of publications they worked for. "Through links with organisations that are locally based, such as the Pakistan Press Foundation, it's much easier for us to reply on people who are on the ground, who are organised to investigate these attacks which are outside the reach of major telecommunication centres. To that extent, we act as a clearing house for all this information. " Jonathan Mirksy, of Tbe Times of London, noted that most joumalists in the audience knewwell enough about reporters being murdered in Asia and elsewhere, but asked the question that was on the minds of many: what exactly can the Freedom Forum and the CPJ clo about it? "Does the Forum use its enormous influence to make representations difectly to govefnments, to embassies?'We've heard, for example, about cases in Cambodia, which must be the most dangerous place in the

all the deaths

ground information.

"Take the worst countries for

nalists who they see as their enemy. Other places where this has happened are Bosnia and Kashmir.

has been gathered together in one source. This seems fairþ straightforward, but it had never been done before. "Onaparallel basis, we negotiate with the United Nations so that journalists can get aboard aircraft flying safely in and out of Sarajevo, largely empty, rather than be forced to travel over land and get shot at. We also carry out the normal human rights programme against the Muslim Serbs or

"Obviously, our ability to influ-

the government of Croatia, where

ence an armed Islamic group is minimal to zero. But what we have been

we've had clear instances where jour-

become

nalists have been targeted, "But it all starts with documentation and publicity. There are very few

and that's why I thjnk the Freedom Forum shouldhave theirmeetings here, on a regular basis, after 1997." Li answered that the fight for continued press freedom was a unique situation because "Hong Kong will be an example for the rest of China. Because we still have the liberty to report freely, so that many of our colleagues in China look to Hong Kong for their example." Moderator Carole Simpson, senior corre spondent for ABC News, asked Li

able to do is to document each of these cases and make sure that these

people are not forgotten. That they are known in the West, and that we are able to say 'Yes, they were working journalists, they were killed for no other reason'.

governments

in the wodd that are

immune to international opinion even China, whichinsome cases isthe most difflcultcaseforus, because there is no proof. But we do haye a lot of anecdotal eyidence that at least in cases where journalists are prisoners there,

they receive medical attention. The Chinese government is aware that the outside wodd is paying attention.

be a journalist, andwherethe govefnment is pfetty chaotic. But apparently it is not insensitive to some kind of representation." William Orme, formedy withTbe E conomis t and Th e Wøslc ington Post, and now executive clirector of the

he pre-lunch session titled A Conversation with Asian Winners of Awards fromthe Committee'to Protect Journalists and

Committee to ProtectJournalists, con-

Mirrdanao correspondent ftom the Manílø Cbronìcle, Razia Bhatti o I Newsline

the International Women's Media Foundation, honoured journalists from Sri I¿nka's Sunday Times, tlre Daísy Li Qeft), and Marites V¿tug

notice of these issues to the attention of heacls of state. "'W'e have found this

"We shed some light on their counterparts who continue to work

in Pakistan and Daisy Li of the Hong

to be very helpful," he said. The CPJ's directors inclu cle Tbe Wøsltington Post

in Algeria. And our intent, primarily, is to stigmatise the armed Islamic group, so that in future there will be a price to pay, if that group, which has a record of deliberately murdering writers and journalists, wishes to be included in any kind of a demo-

Asked about press freedom in Hong Kong after 1997,DusyLi told the audience: "One cannot see the future, so that I can today not see what will happen in 1997." Or her award from the CPJ, which she received last year in NewYork, Li said it served to "bring the

cratic transition. "In the case of the former Yugoslavia, there are completely different circumstances - the risks of coYering a war. In that case, we Publish a handbook for all journalists covering the Bosnia situation which enables them to know important things about whattype of flak-jacket to have, what ground routes to take and what precautions to make in this high risk region. Alot of the conyentionalwis-

attention of the intemational media to the situation for Chinese journalists jailed in China, and in the long terrn this will help. I do believe that China cares about how the wodd views their handling of journalists." As for the award itself, Li pro-

owner Katherine Graham, high-profile correspondents Peter Arnett and TerryAnderson, former astronaut Alan Shepard, former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney and broadcasters Dan Rather and Walter Cronkite. "What we clo varies tremendously, case by case, and country by country, in terms of effectiveness," said Orme. "But our first line of defence is very

straightforward. Before we do anything else, we document these cases, and then report them to the public. That may seem pretty obvious. But it actually hadn't been done by anyone before the CPJ. And that's one of the reason why the statistics that exist around the wodd are so skewed. If THE GORRf,SD0II|IIEIIT Ma¡ch 1996

chines ofrepression ever used against the press, in less than 500 days, in a place where the [Chinese] president has recently laid down, explicitþ to journalists, exactþwhat their jobs are. So that's what Daisy, and her colleagues are going to be facing. "And the reason that Daisy got this award is that there are veryfew joumalists, and fewet every day, who will talk about this. So I think she's being too modest. I thhk Hong Kong is going to

v/oddto

firmed that the CPJ is able to bring

direction of one of the greatest ma-

dom of longtime war correspondents

Kong's Journalists Association.

fessed that she did not deserve it, as she had not risked her life. On this, Mirksy said: "I think Daisy is much roo modest. It's true that she's not under threat ofbeing killed or abducted, but we in Hong Kong are heading in the

problem area for journalists,

avoid, notedthatthe dangers forjoumalists in his cotntry come from religious fanatics and the military. Such pre ssures have brought the award-winning editor both insomnia and high blood pressure.

he highlight speaker of the

I packed afternoon session was Hong Kong's own Martin Lee, who spoke on the topic Press Freedom: The First Casualty of 1997? "I'm sure Mr. Li Peng will tell you that the first casualty on the first of July,1997 is somebody falling o11 a bicycle. As for press freedom after 1997, t}re word 'press' is defined in the Oxford dictionary as 'to exert

murdered staff to the national scene. "The press in the Philippines is veryvibrant, rambunctious, sometimes even overwhelmingly so. But there is still a problem in that many joumalist working for small provincial papers cannot eam a decent living and so there is the possibility of being cormpted by wealthybusiness people orpoliticians. " Razia Bhatti of Pakistan's English-

language monthly newsmagazine Neutsline, which covers political topics

many Pakistani publications seek to

dom. And I talked about the Tenth Amendment of the US Constitution. Aflerwards, each of them shook me by the hand warmly. And that was the only occasion where they had the opportunity for each of them to speak yet neither ofthem ever did. out

-"Aft er [the massacre

Lee, chairman of the Democratic any and aLegislative C ouncil memb er whowonT5 percent of thevotes inhis P

1995 poll, told his audience: "There is, unfortunately, self-censorship in Hong Kong. It is real. Journalists, of course, are humanbeings. When they look ahead, they have fear, both

district in the

here onlysee theirnewspapers ormagazines as a business. To them, money is more important than the ideals which the journalists are talking about such as

the situation was still not good for reporters working on small local papers, which cannot bring the plight of

"They both shook their heads and said no. So then I took my stand and talked about de mocracy and also talked about press freedom and religious free-

press or religious freedoms after 1997 ."

strongly in democracy, but unfortunately many of the media proprietors

DanguilanVitug note d that things have vastly improve d since the fall of president Marcos, a decade ago, but that

bishop. I spoke to both of them, individually. I said 'Surely you're going to make a speech on press freedom, and religious freedoms?'

Committee, which is to prepare for the smooth transition of the SAR government in 1997. And I know that neither of them will speak up about

joumalists. "Howvigorous," she asked, "will Hong Kong journalists be infìghting for democracy afler the takeover?" Li answered: 'Joumalists here believe

journalist in the Philippines, Manila Cbronicle correspondent Marites

newspaper proprietor, the other

at] Tiananmen Square, both of them resigned. Now both of them are restored to be members of the very impoft ant P rcpantory

about the growing problem of selfcensorship by Hong Kong's Chinese

democracy or a free press." On the dangers of working as a

during our first dinner meeting where drafters could speak, there were two drafters from Hong Kong. One was a

Martin lee

steady force .' What

will this force be

exerted against? Journalists first, or subversives? My natural instinct is of coufse a.pres uous! "This calls to mind a Hong Kong journalist, XiYang, who was sentenced to L2years in prison in China. tüeiJin Sheng, recently was sentenced to 14 years, and one of his crimes was writing a piece for the Neu York Tirues. But there is also a businessmen, Mr James Pang, who was giYen 18 years for a crime which was only enacted one year after his arrest. And what did he do wrong? He was in business with Deng Xiaoping's niece. And when the relationship turned sour, she sued him and got judgement against him. He appealed but lost.

"When I was a member of the drafting committee of the Basic Law,

young joumalists andtheirmore senior editors. How do we counter it? "My advice to Hong Kong journalists is to write the truth as you see it, and speak the truth as you see it. The

truth that you write today can only give all of us a little more protection tomorrow. And if eYeryone reports feadessly, we will kill self-censorship, because we will kill fear. "I think after 1997, when everybody here is more or less in the same boat, there might develop a stronger ofbelonging. In China, the golden has always been'if you're not sure

sense

what to do, just take the hard line.' "But I know that some people

feel it's bad for Hong Kong if the most popular political party is completely sidelined. So, I hope that by 1997 we can all sit down together for the betterment of all Hong Kong." Speaking on his own personal future , Lee, who won the l995International Human Rights Award from

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land. She reported that Taiwan's government has become increasingly liberal recently, and while certain topics such as the island's military affairs are "still taboo", journalists are no

China very well that they will not shoot me, or kill me. They don't do these things any more. And they will not imprison me because that would

longer arrested for writing on the topic.

turn me into a hero. Theywill slander me and libel me through their newspapers, and they hope, other newspapers. Whatever I say, they will either refuse to report or twist what I say into something stupid. And then make sure that I lose the support of my people. "Now, whether the press will allow that to happen is another factor. But I am optimistic that the press will not allow this to happen. I think there will be a snowball effect. $íhen you see someone fepofting the truth, it encourages you to follow suit."

V{hen call-in radio first arrived on

Taiwan, she said, "some people thought itwas heaven, others thought it h€ll, but the result was that it became acceptable, and even fashionable, to freely criticise the goyernment, which certainlywasn' t the case before." Ji Young Sun told how her paper was launched by 196 dissident Korean journalist who had been fired from jobs at other Korean papers for

their aggressive reporting. When launching the paper, the journalists ptedged to provide only honest reporting and that its editorial would not be automatically pro-government, as was the norm with many

ively discussions continued through the afternoon on the topic of Collisíon Course: The Media in China and Hong Kong, with the South Cbina Morning Post's

Korean papers. Aside from the journalists themselves, there are some 60,000 other shareholders, which means the paper is not beholden to any on€ industry, orpoliticalpressure group. It also

China Editor, Villy Lam, Steve Vines of Asía Tiwes and formedy th.e Eøstern Exþress, and the Wall StreetJourn al' s Shanghai correspondentJoseph Kahn. Mention was made of "subtle pressure from China" on Chinese joul nalists working in Hong Kong. Vines

retorted: "There's nothing subtle about sending a journalist to prison fbr 10 ¡'s2¡5 iust for doing his iob."

uses only the traditional Korean Hangulaþhabet, and does not mix in Chinese words as is common in most Korean papers.

The Forum's John Schidlovsþ

spondents for The Wøsbington Post, tlne Far Easteryt Econorvtíc Reuiet u , andthe Pbìlippíne Daily Inquirer

Arrn of Governmerrû Controls on the Media inAsia. discussed Ttre Long

suggested to Asabi Sbimbun'sYayori

Toþ:Ji Young Sun Aboue: PanaJanuirolJ

Matsui that the rest of Asia looked toward Japan for its high journalistic a particular

standards. But the 33-yearveteran said

topic was considered too sensitive, permission was never forthcorning. The day's formal sessions ended with a thoughtful wrap-up on Press

that there was still plenty of room for

try, and if the interview or

fter a break, regional corre-

IIong Kong media to have humatr rights award

relationship with the Chinese main-

the American Bar Association, said: "I was told by some friends who know

FreedomGains inAsia: Models for the Future? with Voice of Taipei Broadcasting's Hsu Lu, Ji Young Sun,

deputy editor of South Korea's

improvement, noting her own difficult time, as a female journalist, building her career in Japan's male dominated newsrooms.

She also remarked on the Japanese press' extreme shyness in cover-

Hr-rrrran rights in Hong I(ong are likel;z to be buttressed b¡. a co1lapetition for jor-rrna-1ists. Francis À4oriart5z', ctrairrrrall of the FCC Press Freedorrr sr-rl>-corrrlTìittee, e><¡2lains.

11ev\z

he FCC has joined with the Hong Kong Journalists Association and AmnesQz I¡¡atttu,ional to create the first annual Human Rights Press Awards for Hong Kong. The idea grew

of a proposal made by

Robyn Kilpatrick of Amnesty International, oLrt

based on the successftil competition that takes place each year in Britain. The idea seems especialb, timely and

it is our goal to have two annual awards presented by the time of the handover of Hong Kong to China next 1'ear'. Submissions are now being invited

for these prestigious new awards, which will provide professional recognition to outstanding reporting by Hong Kong journalists in the area of human rights. The goal is to create increased respect for the basic rights of all people, heighten general awafeness of httman rights issues and, where threats to these

freedoms exist, to focus attention on them. Eligible entries may involve any

topic that falls under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These include, but are not limited to, the freedoms of thought, expression, wot ship ancl conscience; the mle of law; personal privacy; nationality; gender equality; protection of the family; free flow of information, etc. Submissions

editor PanaJanviroh and Matsui Yayori

ing such delicate topics as the comfort women used by Japanese forces during the Second Wodd'War, govern-

of Japan' s Asabi Sbimbun. Hsu Lu described the surprising and quite spectacular impact which

ment corruption and the intense social discrimination suffered by Koreans living inlapan.

The programme finished with

sions must have been produced either

now tries to control what you know, by controlling who you know. They

call-in radio stations had on press freedom on the island when the concept was first introduced inl992.For

always ask ''ùØho did you talk to?"' Schwarz noted that every single interview must first be cleared with written permission from the Foreign Minis-

drinks and snacks, where, once again, representatiyes of the region's media were able to mix. It had been an ex-

licly on-air on any topic whatsoeyer, including previously touchy issues such as politics aledTaiwan's brittle

for publication or broadcast primarily in Hong Kong, or by an organisation headqllartered in Hong Kong. Categories include: (1) Newspapers, (2) Magazines, (3) Radio, (4) Television ancl (5) Photojournalism

Of particular interest was the fact that whtle Tb e Was b i ngt o n P o s t Hong

Kong correspondent Keith Richburg found that reporting in Vietnam has been made easief fui. recent years, the Reuíeru'sbwreau chief in Hanoi, Adam Schwarz, disagreed, saying: "Vietnam

THE C0RRf,SP0tllHlT Ma¡ch 1996

Hønkyoreb Sbínm.un, Bangkok Post

the first time, callers could spe ak pub-

haustive (and exhausting) exercise. And a rewarding one.

are sought in both Chinese and English and will be assessed separately by independent panels of distinguished judges.

The competition is open to both

pdnt ancl electronic meclia.

Submis-

Stories that have appeared in English-language or Chinese-language media will be judged separately, but photographs willbe judgedtogether. Criteria include originality, professionalism,

amount of effort, depth of understanding of the issues and, where relevant, courage on the part of the joumalists. Submissions must be as thel' appeared/were aired, and must have been published,/broadcast betweenJannary l, 1995 and April 30, 1996. Entries mustbe postmarked no later than May

7,1996. A copyqf ¡h. entryformmust accompany each submission. Late en-

tries will not be considered. Print: Send two (2) copies of story (originals, if possible). Radio: Entries should be on quality audiocassettes. TV: Entries on VHS with Burnt-In Time Code (BITC). Photos: Two (2) b&Ø colonr prints, or slicles. Label all entries cleady. The judging will be done by two panels, each composed of five leading individuals drawn from journalism, academia and human rights. The win-

ners

will be announced and prizes

awarded at the Inaugural Awards Ceremony onJune 15.1996. Thevenue is to be announced. These awards are being given not only to recognise outstanding effort to increase public appreciation of human rights issues, but also to honour journalistic work of the highest competency. Those who win the Human Rights Press Award will have accomplished a singular professional achievement. An1'911a wishing to enter may obtain entrl'fe¡ms from the FCC office, or by contacting the HKJA or Amnesty. Completed forms and snbmission materials should be sentto the FCC, atten-

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n display on the wall is some of the finest by work by veteran club member Neil Farrin. Neil arrived in Hong Kong in 1977, having spent five years working primarily as a photojournalist for the UK press. During the past 15 years, Neil has travelled extensively on assignments to such diverse places as Scotlancl, the United States, Germany, Sweden, Australia,

New Zealand and most of Southeast Asia.

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ports, corporate brochures ancl advertising campaigns. Neil also runs Pro-file photo library, with offices in Hong Kong ancl Singapore.

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Who needs light atthe end of the tunnel?

Ottawa press club faces some tough decisions Passirrg tkrrougtr Ottasra., l\4ark Gratrarrr called in at ttre FCC's and fourrd ttre affT1riate club ttrere rrra:rl:agernelat facing sorne of ttre saûr.e problerns lrze do-

lVlost ta><i drirzers ktrovrz ttre address of tlle FCC. So getting ttrere is ea"s¡r enough- It's getting avray ttra-t's difficult- Danzid Garc.ia. e><plains lrorrz l>ad.ly it ca-n go r\zrong e\zen vztren;.ou do frratra,ge to escape-

evel

I tt's I lpm

on a weeknighr had a few beers. You get up to leave because you have to

l'-landyou've

work the next day and one of your friends buys another round. One of yourunemployedfriends. Here at Level 1 you think to yourself: "Oh, come on, this is silly. As long as I get sevenhours' sleep (snapping of fingers),I'm okay."

Level 2 It's now midnight. You've had a few more beers. You've just spent 20 minutes arguing that Patten

is not relevant and the NCNA will never take over the FCC. You get up to leave again, but at Level 2, alittle devil appears on your shoulder. And

now you're thinking: "Hey! I'm out with my friends, solving wodd problems! What am I working for anyway? These are the good times! Besides, as long as I get five hours' sleep (snapping of fingers), I'm cool. "

Level 3 One inthe moming. You've abandonedbeerforTequila. You've just spent 20 minutes arguing that Patten is relevant and will be the next general manager at the FCC. And now you're thinking: "Ou¡waitressisthe mostbeautifr.f woman I'ye ever seen!" At Level 3, you love the wodd. On the way to the bathroomyoubuya drinkforthe stranger atthe end of the bar just becauseyoulike his face. You get drinking fantasies (ike, "Hey guys, if we bought our own bar, we cotild liye together for ever. 'lle could do it. Giannini, you could cook. "). But at kvel 3, that devil is a little bit bigger . . . and he's buying. And you're thinking: "Oh, come on, come onnow. As long as I get ttre e hours' sleep . . . and a complete change of blood (snapping of fingers), I'm there!" TtrE C0RRESPONIIDNT March 1996

Letrel4Two in the morning. And the devil is bartending. For the last call you order a bottle of Tequila and a bottle of Triple Sec. You a.re Patteî. This time, on your way to the bathroom, you punch the stranger at the end of the bar. Just because you don't like his facel And nowyou're thinking: "The 65-year-old woman passed out at

the other end of the bar is the best looking gid I ever seen."

You'rze al>andoned l>eer for ifeqrrilaYorr'rze just spent 20 rrrimrtes arguing ttl.at Patten is relerza-nt and vzill be tkre ne><t gerrera-l fna-tra:gpr at ttre FCCYou and your friends decide to leave, right after you get thrown out. And one of you knows a, gteat bar in Wan Chai. And here, at LeYel 4,you

actually think to yourself: "tù(/'ell, as long as I'm going to get only a few hours' sleep any'way, I may as well ... stay up all night! Yeah! That'd be good for me. I don't mind going to that boardmeeting looking like Keith Richards. Yeah, I'll tum that afound, make it work for me. And, besides, as long as I get 31 hours sleep tomorrow, no es þroblema.."

Level 5 Five in the morning. After unsuccessfully trying to get your

money back from the tattoo padour ("But I don't even know anybody

named Delores!"), you and your friends wind up in one more bar and someone shouts: "Hey let's go to Shenzhen! " Before very long you find yourself in a bar with a guy and two gids who have been charged with murder and highway robbery as recently as yesterday. It's the kind of placewhere even that little devil is saying: "Uh, I gotta turn in. I gotta be in Hell at nine. I've got brunch with Chairman Mao and I can't be late." At this point, you're all drinking some white liquid that is a cross between embalming fluid and Chinese rocket fuel. Some guy is shouting "Gambeil " You look around and everything seems familiar. Ah!

The bar scene from Star Wars A waitress with fresh stitches across her forehead comes over, and you think to yourself: "Someday, I'm going to matry that gid." You crawl outside fot ait, and then you hit the worst part of Level 5 -the sun. You weren't expecting that, were you? You never do. You walk out of a bar in daylight, and you see people on their way to work, and they look at you and they know. And they say: "Who's Delores? " Let's be honest, if you're 1! and you stay up all night, it's like a yictory; you've beatenthe night. But if you're over 4O, then that sun is like God's flashlight. '\T¡e all say the same prayer then: "I swear, I will never do this again as long as I live ". And some of us have a little addition "and this

time I mean it!"

snacks are free, usu-

allypaidforby amagazÍre of newspapef

è manager of Canad&'s Nat¡on¿¿I Press Club, ís uays to bring ín members and casls, tty¡ng new Clrr¿s Díotte,

sponsof.

drive, and think up new ways of encouraging existing members to part

Another regular feature at the club is jamnight, where politicians, parliamentary workers and journalists with musical ability turn up for a musical soiree. Like the FCC, the club is one ofthe wodd's classiermediawateringholes.

with cash. The FCC-affiliated club,

lTf oustr economic times have I for..¿ Canada's National Press Club to launch avigorous recruitment

ar-

One tier has tine dining facilitie s, with

guably Canada's most prestigious, is

a snack-style bar on the other. Prices,

located opposite the nation's PaÃia-

at first glance, are on a par with the FCC's, but at the end of an evening's drinking several layers of taxatioîare added to the bill. A pint of the locally

mentbuilding, a mere two-mfuiute stroll from the debating chamber to the bar. The Ottawaclub's set-up is similar in many ways to the FCC's: membership fees and club policymaking are weighted in favour of bona fide journalists; a below-cost rent is given as a concession by the government; significant speakers from politics and industry are on the yeady calendar. But, unlike Hong Kong in recent y ears, Canada has suffered a damaging recession which has left people out of work and short of cash. "All clubs have had to tighten their belts and provide more to attract people," says manager Chris Diotte. "We arc trying to give professional seminars and so on. 'We have a featute called Wonderful \Vednesdays, where

people can meet local diplomats or other significant people. The prime minister is among those lined up. It is open to non-members, and, bythe end of the evening, wemighthave 20 new members." The diplomats - andotherguests are expected to fork out for their

own drinks, although cocktail-style

brewed Hart's cream ale, with tax, comes to about HK$28. Surprisingly, for such an important club, there are no working facilities for out-of-town Caradian journalists, or people passing through, although manager Diotte is willing to

Vietnam coffespondefrt widowed Theresa Galloway, wife of Vietnam'War correspondentJoe Galloway,

died at her home in Nokesville, Virginia, of cancer on January 26, 1996. She was 47.

Now a senior writ er at

U. S.

Netls €z Woild Reþort, her husband was a UPI correspondent in JaPan, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Singapore and the Soviet Union. He is co-author of the book We Were Soldiers Once . . . And Young (New York Random

House 1992), which has sold more than 280,000 copies. Besides her husband, Theresa is survived by two sons, Lee andJoshua.

-AlbertE.

Kaff

Top UN job for form UPI boss

provide basic office services. There is a plan to introduce a work room, but members have first to decide whether they are ethically comfortable accepting sponsorship from a computerfirm. Another on-going debate is with the government oYer the lease. The board is contemplating offering to give up part ofthe generous floor space, in retum for a reduced rent. And space is a commoditythe Canadian club has, in spades . An area the size of a small Hong Kong apaftment is set aside purelyfor a nostalgic display of old-style joumal-

Sylvana Foa, UPI's Asia news editor in Hong Kong in the earþ Eighties and later foreign editor in'Washington, has been appointed spokeswoman for UN Secretary-General Boutros BoutrosGhali, effective January l, 1996. Foa had been spokesperson for the UN High Commission for Refugees in Geneva and public affairs chief in the policy and public affairs divi-

ism. Manualtypewriters, wooden desks, hat-stands and front pages of long-gone newspapers are arranged in a cosy corner, harking back as far as 1928, when

bodia and Vietnam and bureau manager in Bangkok.

sion of the UN's 'Wodd Food Pro-

gramme in Rome. Before being based in Hong Kong, she was a UPI correspondent in Cam-

-Albert

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This does not just apply to yolu current circumstances, bttt is designed to make you think about where 1'ou might reside in a few years' time. This will, of coufse, become more relevant the longerthe timescaleyou have

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Hong l{ong is ttre Ianr<l of l>onr-rses

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What is your base currency? Generally this will be the currency in which you ultimately intend to spend the monel'. Ps¡ instance, if you are saving to purchase

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turn to the UK, you should be thinking of making

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cancelling out any currency exchange risks at the time you wish to buy the property.

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Additional charge: Daily bullet breaklaol vill be chalged at HK$4O per per6on, il requiled For more info¡mation contact: Hotel Addrss: Ru de Peqûim, No 199, Macau Tel: (853)781233 Fu: (853)781211

Sales Office: Shop 2458, Shun Tak Centre,

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'|el: (852)28572846 Fx: (852)25464920 Resenacions recommended

For low-risk investors, several companies offer guaranteed ftnds, with returns normally much higher tlran those avallable on deposit in the bank. For the promise of this guarantee, the company normally requires an investor to stay with the plan for a minimum of five years. Currently, guarantees as high as 8.75 per cent in Steding atdT .25 per cent in US dollars can be achieved from this type of arrangement. Investors with a timescale of be-

tween three and five years and needing access to their capital at any time Contìnued. ort þg22 March 1996 THE

CORtrXSPONDEI{T

Contínarcd.Írom pg21

They allow access to a fange ofunit trusts managed by a variety of managers.

ma1' çotÌStd.r insurance bonds.

They are ideally suited for those people who would like to manage their

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There are many portfolio management serwices available to individuals who wish to produce good returns from available investment markets, but who do not have either the time or the expertise to manage such funds themselves. Professional fund management services can be obtained for a minimum investment as small as 10,000 Sterling (or the equivalent in US or Hong Kong dollars). These services offer you a range of pre-selected portfolios which are professionally managed by an institution on your bel¡'alf. Again there are fees involved in both setting up this type of service and in administering it. Therefore,

may not be suitable for those inves-

tors who have a particulady short timescale

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1: Carlsberg's Derek Currie (right) þresents Lo Wing Kr.t)ong uítb one of tlJe nxain ra.Ífle þrizes, tluo t¿ckets uitb accorn nodation in eitlrer tbe Pbiliþþínes or Tbailand (winner's cboice). Looking on is FCC general manager, Bob Sanders. Vriens, club þresident, þresents Lee wing I'at xaith bis I I þrize. Allister Lim Rocbstad' deþuty generdl ,nønager comþeàes 3: Fanny Chanfrom tbe accounts depørtment receiues berþr¡ze

2: Hans

from Mrs Sønders

4: Mr Kang ruins tbe Tosbiba teleuision. 5: Huglt Van Es oftbe Board ofGouernors

cbecks Edítb Man's

tonsils

Tbe

Tbe housekeeþing stctÍf

8: 9:

Tbe accounts and general office

1 O:

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March 1996 TEE

GORRDSP0NDDNT

FACÌs

By Fax There's no needfo miss

a thing wíth fhe club's Focfs By Føx service.

At the FCC St. Paddy's Day

Main Dining Room

insfonf

connecfion.

Nome:

Lunches are charged at 6125 for Room ago, De

€t

Since their Dannan have be

Irish music

[orefront of idely consid-

nd's best bands. buffet with all the t to mention liquicl

ered to be There'll be

traditio

BlackVelvet. Guintùf hiskey. For true conas

Every monfh the club

Monoger f or

wíth De

and singer, Tomrny 17 Mar, 1:3Oþm. 6220

NCSS A

orronges o slunning ørroy of eyenfs: professionol lunches, music eyenings ond film nighfs. Find oul obouf fhem before lhey hoppen by regisfering yourself for fhe Focls By Fox service. Promohono/ foxes ore send drrecfly fo you vio your fox, overnight- Flyers con olso be moiled. Simply complefe fhe regisfrofi on f ormbelow ond fox il lo lhe Depuly Generol

Lunches are often arranged at short

notice so to keep yourself abreast of the lunch developments, register for the club's Facts by Fax service.

I the green, this event is missed! So shine Ltp your cks and catch at the FCC!

rainbow down

Føx:2868 4092 THE CORRDSP0IDDNT March 1996

Theatre: Let's Not Be Beastly to the Windsors and Other Tales 12-13 Mar,7:3G9:30þm . 6125 ($100)

Before ampl1' rewarding yottrself

at the bar, work out at the club's boutique gymnasium and relax in the sallna. The gymnasium is open from 7:00am until 2 1 :00pm. Closed on Sun-

Photographs of Betrayal Yewn De Sume, Dickson 28 XIar-10 Apr . Heineken Ga.llerlt Melodramatic black-and-white photographs relate

narrative of an attempte

suicide set in romantic Paris.

At the Film Festival

Theatre: Diary of a Velshcake

Dance

'!6

Mar,7:J0-8:45pm . $125 (8100) In the best traditions of comedy revue, these sketches are a lucky dip of intellectual fun, interspersed with a little music. Presented by Spare Parts Unlimite cl. 19-21

contact the membershiP secretary, Sarah Chan, ancl make a booking. With the price at only $80 (which includes Jockey Club guest bactge and a seat in the loge) you can afford to have a little flutter or two.

while enjoying a ftill club lunch.

Restfepo

25XIar-9Apr.$48 198 films (including features, shorts and videos) ftom over 41 collntries will be shown at 292 screenings.

Programme Summary:

r r

(Prices) Fringe Mernbers

11pm

I I I

-23 Mar, 9:30- I O:3Opm

22-23 Mar,7:15-8:15þm. 670 (855) Festival Fringe '96 solcl-out show. The fabulous Prolapse Brothers hit Hong Kong with a stomach-churning set of songs about sex, death and domestic

appliances. Äged 18 or above.

Ticket Reservations on 2521 7251 or laxz 2537 1482 Box Offi.ce flours: Mon-Sat, 12-

all

Opening Films: Hrì-du-men (llong Kong); From Dusk Till Dawn (USA) Closing Films Mahjong (Taiwan); China)

7-13

Mar . Heineken Gallery

Bold and simple graphic designs in primary colours, photographs, collages and 3D objects.

Dumb Type

I_1EATIìE & Dn¡nL. oilhe FCC

D¡nnnn

Whether before or ofter your theotre engogement, the FCC is on ideql ploce to stop for drinks or d¡nner. The Moin Dining Room

offers such moufi-

wotering slorters os fresh oyslers, solmon ond escorgot bourguignonne. Steolç solod, posto,

Groupe de Teatro Macunaima . Che ek

by Jowl . Handspring Puppet Compan)' . Young Vic . Sand & Bricks . House of Cantonese Opera . Chung Ying Theatre Compnay . Hong Kong Repertory Theatre

vegetorion ond chinese dishes follow. The Moin

Lounge Reslouront seryes

o good choice of wholesome slorlers, moin courses ond desserts.

Gala Presentation

Hong Kong Panorama (95 -96)

Light Entertainment

Non-diners con enioy the

Asian Visions

Leningrad Cowboys

Rediscoverirg Korean Classics

Reduced Shakespeare Company Compagnie Jerome Thomas Venues: Cultural Centre, City Hall, Art Centre, APA

four drought beers plus 24 conned or bottled

Global Images Spotlight: NewlatinAmerican Films Remembering Louis Malle

Film On Film Archival Treasures Truth on Dare: Documentaries East & \ùØest Israel in Focus

Animation Hong Kong Cinema Retrospective: Cantonese Stars in the Sixties The Great Outcloors Film Shows

Exhitrition: Gudi's Pictures, Gudrun Thong

Dance Theatre

Theatre

the opportunity to catch up on the opinions and pronouncements of today's business leaders, activists, politicians, gums and China explorers

I I r I I r I ¡ I I

Professional Lunches Professional lunches give members

NDR

Lyon Opera Ballet . Three Colours Sardono Dance Theatre . Julio Bocca & Ballet Argentino . Compania Alvaro

The Kíng of Masks (Hong Kong/ 2

The club has a sixteen-seat 'loge' at the Shatin-Race Course. So if you want to entertain yourself andlor your friends on a'W'ednesday evening or Saturday afternoon during the season,

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra . Galina Gorchakova . The Shanghai Qllartet . Garhard Oppitx . Olaf Baer . Xu Ke . The Kroumata Ensemble & Keiko Abe . Piano Circus . Kronos Quartet . Guqin Recital . Himekami . Song of the Yellow Earth . Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra . Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra . Exxon Divertimenti Kung Chi Shing; Setting the Pace; Nancy Loo & Friends; Hong Kong Chinese Music Troupe . Paco cle Lucia and Sextet

Music: The Prolapse Brother show

A Racy Evening

Music

royal family.

Beyond the Fringe

Journolist

Relurn fo: Depuly Generol Monoger Alisfer lim Rochsfod FCC, 2 Lower Alberl Rood Hong Kang

the original Greek drama by Sophocles. Presentecl by SITCOME.

\Velsh. Presented by Riple¡' Theatre.

or Poslol Address (for flyers)

Theàtre: Antígone G9 Mar, 7:30-9:30þtn . 680 ($60) Jean Anouilh's powerful adaptation of

details via Facts b1' Fax.

T-shirts and shorts at fi6 a piece. Members free. Guests $60

fox No:

At the Fringe

on at the FCC! The re-incarnation will take place in a different form. More

Keep Fit!

24 Feb-|7 tuIar

Symphonl. Orchestra, Hamburg .

15-16 A one-man show tracing the adventures of Tom, who arrives in Hong Kong with a huge chip on his shoulder about being

The evening of 21st: St. Paddy lives

At the Arts Festival Canaclian Opera Company

Mar, 8:15-9:15þm . $8o ¡66s¡

Membership Colegory:

tr (orporole I

27 XIar-[3 Aþr . Fringe GallerY Striking and sensitive black ancl white photographs clepict fragments of the hr.rman bodl'. This exlibition is sponsorecl

16 March.

days. No excllses or bookings necessary the club even hires work-out

I Diplomotic tr Assoriote tr

Paul Satlol

b1'Kodak.

A witty and weirclly eccentric musical romp through the histotl'of the British

Reservations on 2521 l5ll. Cancellations before mid-day,

Membership No:

(orrespondenl

members and $175 for guests.

Exhitrition: The Space Between,

Counter bookings at URBTD( outlets from 19 March or by telephone from 20 March on

bor

beers ond the regulor ronge of wine

ond spirits

Counter Bookings at URBTD( outlets Telephone Credit Card Bookings on 2A77 IOOO (10:00am6:00pm). Credit Card Bookings are not accepted for sorne performances. Telephone Reservations on 27349009

Lost orders in the

Moin Dining Room ot l0:30pm Lost orders ot the Moin Bor l:30om

2734 9oO9. Malch 1996 THE

C0RR.ESP0ilDENT

Howell triumphs agailn in the Menr Haworth pool tournament

EMPEROR I(AOTSUN6 SUNG OYNASTY

REIGNED

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Itwas thattim€ once againforregulars of the basement to remember and honour Merv Haworth, one of the great gentlemen of the FCC baize, who passed away a few years ago. The occasion: the 1996 MervHaworth Memorial S Ball Tournament, which produced a good tum-out of players

and spectators. Merv's widow, Susan, was in attendance to present the trophy for the second year in a row to Howell Givelin, who defeated Steffan Lofgren in a tightly fought final. This year saw the inclusion of three talented women players - Lisa Cheung, Yvette Pizzey and Mami Sato who had great support each time they stepped up to the table. The format this time was based on professional tournaments in the United States and Britain, using official US

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competitors and spectators alike, and it certainly helped to ke ep excitement high.

DURING THE ¡AONGOL WAR,IOYE^ROLD SUNG PRINCESS, SUNG TSUNG,CHI, PUT HERSELF UND€R THE PROTECTION OF ONE OF TH€, TAN6 FAI!^IT'I, WI{O WAS DISTRICT OFFICER OF KUNG YUAN HE HIÞ ItER IN KA^\ TIN WHERE SHE /Y\ARRIED HIS SON TzU,/T\ING

The sponsor, Cadsberg, not onlypro-

vided liquid refreshment for the 76 players, but also prizes and souvenirs for the quarter-finalists, serni-finalists and final-

HER FATHER KAO TSUNG LAf ER BEC^rvrE E''\PTROR

s È Aboue: Derek Cu',"rie þresents tbe u.)ìnner, Hol.uell Giuelín, u¡tb tbe troþby Prouíded by Carlsberg, zubíle tbe runner-uþ Steffan Lofgren looþ.s on.

KONG Do you know why Hebe Haven is called Hebe Haven or how Repulse Bay got its name? Do you know that Hong Kong's first Governor once travelled 1,600 miles on a secret mission disguised as an Arab horse dealer? You willfind this and much more in Arthur Hacker's Cartographical Extravaganza of Hong Kong. Àl1aking up this fine print are a hundred amusing

drawings in elegant curlicule style, illustrating the history, myths and flora and fauna of Hong Kong. This print is a perfect wall decoration for your home or office and a "must" for anyone who has lived in, knows and enjoys Hong Kong.

Rigbl: Meru's widou,t, Susan

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Send this form with your cheque to Arthur Hacker Ltd., Suite E 8th Floor, CrystalCourt, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong.

Asian Boating Monthly.

ists.

It's rare to find !Øong How Man standing still. And just as uncommon to spot him in an urban environment. And yet, there he was, one of the wodd's most intrepid explorers and photographers, in the club to relate the adventures of his latest punishing expedition. It was a remarkable tale, but, before long, he was out of the door again and heading off back into the unknown (well beyond Homantin).

Arthur Hacker Ltd., Suite F, 8th Floor, CrystalCourt, Discovery Bay, Hong Kong. Tel: 987 9043 Fax: 987 9072

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Beautifully printed in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, it is available unframed for HK$300 post free from:

The print which measures 41.5" x 30" comes in a strong cardboard tube with protective plastic ends for safe posting.

"Treasure chest of Hacker's findings."

and incorporating a "double knock-

out", which allowed each player two chances. This seemed to be enjoyed by

send

Signature

No. of copies HK$300 each

the club Former Cambodian finance minister Sam Rainsy a club luncheon, where he warned, among otherthings, ofthe threatto joumalists inhis country. addressed

(FulI report on þage 4.) Before going in to the festaurant, Rainsymet with club members. Pictured with the opposition leader here are Mark Clifford, Gordon Crovitz, Robin Lynam and V.G. KulkaÍú.

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Black Voices get things moving

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VIPs galore to see off Símon Bill Barker is known to go absolutely nowhere without his harmonica, so it came as little surprise to those enjoying the sound of Larr)¡Allen in the "Fuhrer's Bunker" the other Saturday night when Bill stepped up to harmonise . And what a delight it was! They kept

things humming along for quite

lHE

while.

GORRXSPOI|IIENT March 1996

The club was brimming with dignitaries for the farewell to former president Simon Holberton, who is leaving town. Pictufedwith theFinanclal Tlmes man is the Governor, Chiis Patten. More pictures will be published in the next isstrc of The

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