GO PttbIicettion clf tþc
Þ-rtreig4tt
tclcttls'
Clth rl'IIottg
IQttt,q
-l
Canoil JT:
-zz \
From Albert E Kaff Bernie Kalb, who covered the Korean and Vietnam \Øars for CBS News, calledVietnam "shrapnel in our hearts ... a tornado that does not let you out of its grip." Further to your review of the book Requiem: By tbe Pbotograpbers Wbo
Died
in
Vietnam and. Indocbinø, I
attended the opening of an exhibit of photographs from the book. Kalb, moderating a panel at the opening, asked why the Vietnam'War so troubled America.
Author David Halberstam, who won a Pulitzer in Vietnam while reporting for The New York Times, snapped back: "Vietnam was the second US civil war. 'We were fighting ag^insf. ourselves."
About 350 people crowded into the Newseum in New York City on March 5 for a reception and discussion of Requiem, the 1997 Random House
book of combat photos madeby L35 news photographers from 10 nations who were killed or reported missing on both sides of the Vietnam \Øar. Since the Newseum auditorium seats only 170 people, others watched
the programme on two television monitors in the reception lounge. Ovelseas Press Club manager Sonya Fry, who helped Newseum conduct the event, told the audience the programme was a "remembrance of awar we wanted to forget." Halberstam noted that Associated Press's Horst Faas, one of the two combat photographers who edited the
,*t
I a
To the editor book, has been his friend for 37 years from the time they both covered the war in the Congo. "Now I think he's a genius," Halberstam said, adding that the book "allowed those who can no longer speak to be heard one more time." Faas explained why he and Tim Page spent several years collecting thousands of war photos frotrt archives in Hanoi and western agencies. "Those
of us who rnade it out of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are remembering those who did not." Faas said some people who saw the Requiem exhibit criticised inclusion of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong photographers alongside the work of
Americans, Page, who covered Vietnam for Tirue, provided an answer. "\X/e shared the same emotions; we shared the same fate."
Old Hong Kong hands who attended, apafi from myself, included Roy and Helen Rowan and Frank \X/olfe.
From WilliamVadsworth The club is turning away bar takings and shttnning potential members because it still closes too eady for at least lwo late Fliday-night, shifts of sub-editors on SaturdaY firofnlngs.
Time and agaìn the committee have reminded membets of the ch¡b's precarious financial position and have
exhorted everybody to go out and recruit their colleagues. But little lias been done to accommoclate or attract
l* at
t rb ûc J t.;
some of the most lucrative after-work thirsts in town. The club cries poor, but it ignores the fact that many subs like a few drinks after work. The club's committee seems content to force at least a dozen
local editolial people into more expensive and less friendly bars, just down the road in Lan Kwai Fong. And if you drop into Yelts Inn, Club 64and Schnurrbart between 2 am and 4 am, the chances are yoll will meet other FCC members as well as journalists who have had no place they can really relax in since the closure of the Press Club.
I would like to see the Pool Bar's hours extended by a couple of hours on Saturday mornings, until 4am. A barman could be rostered in, paid
overtime and managed to encourage night-working journalist members to
use the facilities and tempt their colleagues to join. There has been talk about such a move, but thele has been little action so far. I get through $500 on Friday nights in \X/a n Chai and Lan Kwai Fong and I would gladly switch my thirst to the FCC.
@
SounDAy you wANT T0 BE IUST UKE EVERvoNE EtsE . o O TO USE THE VERY BEST The difference between a good shot and a missed shot is sometimes less than a millionth of a second. And in important events like the World Crp, you just cannot afford to miss. That is why more photographers use the Canon EOS system than any other to deliver their very best shot.
ln World Cup '98 in France, most photographers will continue to count on their EOS cameras and their "white" Canon EF lenses to make the difference.
ST(lLICHNAYA Letters to tbe editor are always
win yourself a bottle of Stolicbnayafor an original or welconxe
witty lefier- but we reserue tbe rigbt to editfor claùty orfor rectsons of space.
Canon Marketing (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. Tel. 217O 2B2B
...
FoR Youn
Bmr Suor
interest over the business concelns of
family and friends. Complicating matters, there is no succession plan in place, only what diplomats and other
analysts refer
I sing the body politic tf," economy, stupidl No, it's the stupidl Okay, so which is it, the economy or the politics? The
Ipolitics,
correct answer is - are you ready? it's both. In the reporting business these days, and particularly now in Asia, the politics and the economics can no longer be so easily separated - and that means, among other things,
that the long-standing journalistic barrier between "politicai reporters" and "business reporters" has finally been eroded by events. I say so with some regret, having
spent my career as a foreign
correspondent firmly in the 'political reporter' ranks. But, as sad as itmay be to admit, we generalists are fast becoming a dying breed, forced now to transfom ourselves to fit the times. During my first tour in Asia, beginning rn7986, the big stories were the coup attempts in Manila, the communist and Muslim insurgencies in the Philippine
countryside, the Cambodian guerrilla war, Vietnam's slow opening to the \Ă˜est, the Burmese student-leduprising
and the military crackdown that brought the SLORC to power. The tools of the trade then were
the ubiquitous safari jacket or photographer's vest (good for the muitiple pockets), a couple of cartons of 555 cigarettes (good for getting through Phnom Penh checkpoints
after curfew), and a knowledge of how to distinguish the incoming from the outgoing arlillery shells. Back then, a decade ago, I used to pity the poor business reporters, reduced to writing about colporate balance sheets and commodity prices
while missing what wele considered 'the real stories' in the region. NĂ˜hat a difference a decade can make. To cover the region now, a
journalist need not know the
Indonesia and all the way north to Seoul - the old-fashioned political
restructure the banking system, bl eak up some of the monopolies and end
reporters, like myself, have been
most of the costly subsidies
forced to make that transformation,
measures the markets would normally
The safari jacket is out; pinstripes are in. Instead of romping through the
applaud. Bnt on the political side, he said: "S7e'll probably have to wait." It's instructive to look elsewhere
countrY's political future, as much as worries
over the economic fundamentals, have been driving the rupiah's collapse and delaying any effective recovery despite a US$43 billion rescue package from the International
Monetary Fund. "If it were an economic problem, then it'd be like the rest of Asia," said Eugene Galbraith of ABN AMRO Asia
Ltd., and a recognised Indonesia expert. As important as moves to reorganise the banking sector, he said,
were qlrestions of the political
lhe meaning of a 'forward cttrlency malket' ancl how an overnight interest
rate really works, I promise I'll tell you how to clistinguish an incoming altillery shell from an outgoing one. A thumbnail knowledge of both may be essential if things reaily start to get out of hand.
also focus on the politics of the place. The financial reporters must become political reporters, and vice-versa. It's the economy, certainly, but it's also
Keitb Ricbburg
the polĂtics.
succession, Llncertainty over the vice-
the political factor," On the economic side, a programme is in place to
that concerns ovef the
medicines and supplies. Ordinaly people are starting to suffer. But this is more than a crisis of economics, and so the leporting must
So if one of you financial types reading this can please explain to me
presidential choice, continuing concern about corruption and nepotism, and worries about the violence ag^inst Indonesians of
spread through Malaysia and
specifically, what we are finding is
year term with no intention of stepping
remalkable economic meltdown, and its impact on the lives of Indonesians,
Tan, the Singapore-based general manager of Standard and Poor's, reflecting recently on Indonesia's crisis. "It's the economic factor and
interwiews in brokerage houses and corporate board rooms. But now the tide is shifting in the other direction; the financial reporters are now learning that it's not all about economics. In the case of Indonesia
change. And none of those scenarios looks good, Diplomats inJakarta, with access to some of Suharto's close confidants, say the Plesident is committedto serving outanothelfottr-
to continue covering Indonesia's
difference between an RPG and an AK-47 and aB-40. The lexicon of the moment involves forward markets, currency boards, short-selling and M1 money supply. Since the Thai crisis first erupted in the middle of last year - starting the contagion that quickly
bush with armies, we're conducting
for
aside and making way for an heir. Reporters on the ground will have
arrd economic Jt',
to as 'scenarios'
The collapsed lupiah now makes it impossible for exporting cornpanies to irnport needed raw materials. Some factories will have to shut down, and unemployment is predicted to reach 10 per cent of the workforce. Hospitals cannot affold imported
Chinese descent. "It's two basic factors, " said Andy
-
all
around the region when assessing Indonesia's current crisis. Of the three countries hardest hit by the contagion
- Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia - two of them, Thailand
and South Korea, have changed political leadership since the onset of the crisis. In both those cases, new leadership committed to economic reform added a dose of confidence and their countries now seemed to have turned the corner in the crisis.
But the one still flounder-ing,
Indonesia, is the one where the leadership, meaning President Suharto, remains unchanged.
lndonesia's problem now is a crisis of confidence as much as a matter of economics. Investors, and the people themselves, have lost faith in the president's ability to resolve the crisis and choose the national
We all know about Press junkets, now the FCC
brings you your very o'wn jtlnket... Junk actually. All 45 feet of it, hot and cold running water, crew and all bells and whistles available for hire to members. For a three month trial period the FCC has acquired joint rights to use the EAC company junk, which can be booked on weekdays or evenings for $500 or daytime at weekends for $1000 - a small fraction of commercial rates for a first class vessel.
Club catering services are also available. Please contact the office for further details and bookings on tel. 2521 1511 or fax. 2868 4092 .
March
.l
filt in action
The rights sûrff
Fu Ckrun-u¡ai's pre-hztlc1c;rzer e><posr.rre l-ras earned krirrr Hong I{ong press r\ssociation ¿lnd tkre NTeuzsl>aper IJnion pictlrre of the ¡zear. George Rrrssell gets tLre stor-y bel1ind tl-re pkrotograph
Aqzards A record tLrrnolrt is e><pected for the 3rd Hl.r-l-ran R-ighrts Press
ightning-fast refl exes and a sudden gust of wind landed Fu Chun-wai
one of the most enduring images of 1997. The photographer for the Chinese-langtage New Euening Post was prowling the streets of Central with an assignment to caPture a few symbols of colonial rule to mark the inpencling handover. At the Cenotaph in Central he spied several
British soldiers from
smiling,
when he printed the picture was
an atttowind camera, had a few
muted. "Itwas justmy job," shrttgsFu. But it was a different story when the picttr re was published. "I had inquiries straight away from all over the world," he said.
Is he
onthe soldierontheright. and why? The quietly spoken Fu, armed with seconds to fire off three shots. The classic image is the third, bY which time the soldier holding the flag had reaiised what was happening. "The
Fu acknowledges the shot is one of his favourites, although his colleagues at the New Evening Post paid little attention to the picture when he lirst printed it.. "They were not that
a
Scottish regiment taking
down a flag. Definitely colonial and worth a quick pictttre, he thought. Then the weather managed to tttrn the routine into the
memorialised with its own place on the FCC walls, it was constantly obscured by a knot of admirers. Newspapet-s conducted investigative
obvious, much speculation has fallen
be considered (coPies of declaration
will be
the
avallable at the
one with the kilt blowing uP had no idea," says Fu. "But the soldier on the side knew what was going on." Fr-r
hacl the scene
to himself. "It
- there were just a tourists standing around and
was not an event
few
watching."
The reaction of his colleagues
TLte image is reþresenled, worldwide by Stocle House PhotoagencY.
@
be a human and to live in a civil society that protects and promotes humane vahres.
"I think it's natural that we tend to focus on stories about violations of
grasp something more
easily when there's only a name or tlvo involvecl. But I think it's also imPortant to keep an eye ottt for
nently reported in local receive considelable in-
people andgroups that are actuallY trying to
The joint organisets -the FCC, Hong Kong
do something about these ploblems. That's a matterof balance and
Journalists Association and AmnestY Tn-
fairness.
ternational Hong Kong
One of the main Press Awalds do is vaiidate the work of journalists who have a grasP of these issues, and who sometimes go out there and do work
things the
that their editors don't grasp, or maybe
even oppose,"
The organising committee last for an organisation based in Hong
The three panels of judges are
yearwas able to obtain its first outside grantto help underwrite the luncheon event. Any individuals, companies or foun<lations who might be interested
in helping to make this event a
in China. "They certainly smile mote."
disèrimination, nutrition, civil rights, the integrity of the legal system, access to information - in short, the right to
dramaticandgriPPing, and the audience can
-
successors to the British garrison? "'ùØeli, the Hong Kong PLA is more accepting of photographs than the PLA
important to look at issues of
rights, because theY're
under
cheeky image being taken of the People's Liberation Army, the
rigirts violations, like thè jailing of dßsidents and journalists, it's also
professional community. They are Promi-
tetnational coverage.
version coming out
other side of the Main Bar.
is
expected this tim All submissions must have been published between APril 1 ,7997 , and Àpril 1, 1998. The area of Possible topics iswide: anysubjectthattouches on the provisions of the International Declaration of Human Rights could
perhaps in time for the handover anniversary. Could he see such a
magazine photo on the
says Fu. !Øhile the focus of the photograph
-
important to monitor obVious human
Awards'
news media and also
A deal
Many have pointed out it achieves a kind of physical harmony with the notorious Style
lucþ,"
Chinese press
especially with the and more entries are
-
negotiation may see a commemorative Poster
customs.
yeat awards. "I have never been so
proved popular
to add.
Scottish
Lately, Fu's skill and alertness have brought more tangible acclaim. Inrecentweeks he's captured the Hong Kong Press Association and the Newspaper Union picture of the
of the Press
" Timemagazinewas one of the first."
yet fortune, he is quick
probes of military under-
wear and
category has been created to allow articies or photographs published online to be entered.'ùØebsites may also be submitted. Some 600 entries have been jtrdged dur-
straight away," he says.
photograph continues to bring himfame-butnot
ress
to begin assembling their submissions. This Year, a new
existence, confirming t h e ir importance to oul'
Fu is now at Ming Pao Møgazine, and fhe
analysed and praised. In the weeks after it was
P
-q*a.ds. now established as a major event on the FCC's annuai calenclar, is set for June 13 and intelested members are encottraged
"They thought itwas just part of the job." They had to change
about 10 reprint requests
much talked about,
Ht tman Rights
ing the lilst two Years
mailbegan. "I think I had
Nearly a year later, Fu's photograph is still
rro rnnttal
impressed," he recalls,
their tune when the fan
remarkable.
tfn. I
the
Francis MoriartY, chairman of rhe front desk or on-line (httpt// *-*.f.".*ay.org/hkja/awards/FCC'sPressFreedomSubcomnrittee, ,,The idea is to look at human form.htm).Thecategoryiof comment says: \X/hile it's ar.a unntyris, introãuóed last year, rights in a latge context'
continued success through their financial contribution ale asked to get in touch the organisers, whose ðontact numbers ate available frotn the front office.
Match
1
@
chance as anyone. perhaps bettelthan
most, of getting the necessarl' lestructuling under
u,'ay.
BLrt loo many people u''ele taken in by three mlths Kim hacl br-rilt aror-tncl hir-rself: tl-rat he was a clemocrat, that
he came to the election u'ell prepared for the job and that l-re vt-as the man for the neq.'era. The new leacler hacl been forced to clefine himself as a clemocrat to be elected, but he had failecl to br-rild up
"He's never rlrn anything," said
Clifforcl. Nor coulcl Kim claim to represent a ne\\' el'a. He was very rluch one of tl-re olcl gr-rarcl, a man in his 70s. Most I(oleans were under 40 ancl that generation regardecl hin-r not as nes.'but as an exemplar of the olcl way.
On the positlve side, hou-ever', this .,vas the first time an opposition leader had li.r'ested t1're presidency
from ihe ruling party in a free
grassroots, bottorn-ttp slrppolt. It
elections. His goocl relations u'ith
impol'tant, u'alnecl Cliffolcl,
olganised labour set him apat't frott'r
q,'ou1cl be
need to concentlate on refbrll, not on apportioning blame. Tl'ie jr-rr1'u'as still ollt on u''liether'
Kin-r coulcl maintain a clean
go\-ernment, as his predecessol had failecl to do, despite riding to pos,'er on an anti-corl'Ltption ticket. Btrt he
\\-as not beholclen to the bnsiness conglomefates, and É1l'eater meclia openness and increased international scrlrtiny should help redr-rce the colruption tl'iat lidcllecl governnìent and br-rsiness in past yeals. Clifford agleecl rt'ith a membel
of the audience who suggested Kirn might be
to see hou.. far Kirl w-as leally ready to "push down" pos''er from his olr''n office in the
cornpared with
South African Presiclent Nelson
NIandela, w-l'ro had triun'rphed
plesiclential Blue
House and the
and forgiven his enemies, zrfter yeals of pel'secu-
central government and promote decentlali-
tion by
sation.
a
clespotic
legime. That
seemed a little ple-n'iatr,rre Kim's statlrre as a leaclel'
Kim Dae !.ntg takes tbe ctath of ffice acconxþanied by bis tuife,
Lee Hee
CanKim put the claws back into the Korean tiger? lfl-re unautl-rorised biogrzrpl-rer of I{ore-¿ h-rc., Club r'rrer-nt>er À4ark Clifford, sees tl-re flau.s in a EBranrde re p c) rts 11 es/ p re s i de r-rt. Jofratllanl-
-rgE
C0RRXSPONDEI{T Nlarch 1998
u'il1 only jr-rdgecl on
be his perfolnance in office. Butthetalk gave zr measttt'e of hope tirat I(im Dae Jung coulcl, in the end, turn oLrt to be a half-
Ho, artd preclecessot" Kim. Youtg Sant
(Kirn DaeJtrng. Sorrtlr Korea s ^n Plesiclent save ilis cor.rntrl'? Vn"tr
oq
difficult
o S E
NIark Clifford's anss''er to that
and sensitive question uras
è
s
a
v
lesouncling "maybe". Presenting the r-rpdated edition of his book, Troubled Tiger - novv
subtitlecl The Unauthorised Biograpl'iy of Korea Inc., Cliffold began u.ith the more fundamental question: could anyone save Sou[l't Korea?
Could a cor.Ìntly that had fallen fulther, fastel tl-ran anyone l'iad foreseen - never in his u'ildesl dreams hacl he imagined Seoul wor-rlcl go to the IMF fol succour - be set back on tl-ie load to recovery? Clifforcl's portrait of Kim DaeJung
as a flawecl hel'o lr.'ith enormolrs pelsonal ambition, intelligence ancl conlage, but no experience of' å{ovelnrììcnt or econL)lnic rnanagelrent, dicl leave open the possibility of snccess. Kin'i coulcl fail lniserabll'. But he hacl as good a
hrtion. KirnJong Pil u.as a man of the 70s, r'ery much of the old, n-rilitalistic, anti-democratic school. Kim DzreJrrng had in sorììe senses won because he saicl he was prepared,
especially on relations u.ith Noth Korea, ovel whicl-r he hacl spent many years working out his policy. But he u,.as inexpelienced and no bettel prepared than anyone else for the economic turmoil which hit the counlry as the election crrnpaign was
in fi¡ll swing. He had never been
i'rhnelxt of Kint Jottg Pil as actittg
his pledecessol's, altl'iough
th.e
lelationship u.ou1d be tested by the economic reforrns and the IMF
package l'ie had prornised to
u.'ay clecent leader in clifficult tin-res.
It u'as a lat'e pleasr-Ìre to be able to u,-elcome one of the FCC's ori,'n merlbers as the speaker at a club Iuncl'ieon. (Souncling off at the bal
- although he had at first saicl he woulcl tr¡z t¡, ..tr"*otiate its tefms. Clifford saicl tl'ie neu, leader'l-rad
does not cor-tnt.)
"macle all the light noises" on lestrlrctr.r:ing and seemed to have taken on boald the need for foleign
be rigirt Lrp-to-date, infotnative ancl helpfr-rlly controversial - all t'ithout coming clown too heavily eithel for
investment and ortn'nership. Thele was
ol against Kim.
implement
hope he coulcl lirnit the tendency to
Malk Cliffold is an expert on
a
sr-rbject of bur-ning regional and international interest. He managed to
Jonathan Braude is a colwnnist
govel'nol' of a province, never held aclninistlative office and dicl not knor¡,' how to r-rse the le'u'ers of pou.er. His
make scapegoats of the Ar-netican government, the IMF, oLltgoing President Kim Young Sam ancl even
Morning Post tuIark Clilford's book,
right-hancl n-ren clicl not inspile
the conglornerates themselves. Once
Trotrblecl Tig er
confidence in theit' undelstanding of new realities ol their-fresl-r thinking.
the IMF package had been agreecl,
desk
tl're
cln d
rouing reportet"þr
China
auailable at tbefrot'tt
I@
Koreans had seemecl to recognise the Nlarch
is
tb e Sor-tth
1
--l
n Correspondents' Club Hong Kong
AUSTRALIA/ NZ AUSTRALIA Brisbane Polo Club
NaldaN Hoùse, watelfront Place 1 Eagle Skeet, BrisbâLìe, Queenslaúd 4000
'tel: (61)7-2293766 Fàx:(61)7-229t201
IRECIPROCAL
cruss
agga
Canbeta Chrb
4i
Darvin Pre$
Câvenagh Strect, Darwjn, Nor tLrerû Terr¡tory 5790
CLLrb
Journalists'ClLrt)
2 Lower Àlbert Road, Central, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2527 75L1 Fax: (852) 2868 4092 Erail: fcc@fcchk org Kelvin
CLLrI)
enjoy our club facilities when in Hong Kong. 'We in turn have a friendly watering hole when abroad, The
lvlelbourre Place, MelboLrme, \¡jctor ¡â 3000 (61 ) 3-96508069
16 Nâtional Circuit, Barton, ÀCT 2600 -îel: (61) 6-2733644 F^* (61) 6-2734657
'|el: (1) 514-8750964
150 wellington, Ottâwa, Ontar¡o K1P 5A.4 TeL ('l) 673-2335641 Fax:613 233351,1
Ottawa National Press 'Wjnnipeg Press Club
Marlborough Hotel, 331 Snrith Street, \Vinnipeg, Man¡toba R3B 2C9 'rel: (1) 204 95711A8
Rtrgby Clrrb
Sydûey, Nes, South \vaLes 2000 2-2473344 Fax: (61) 2 2413590
UNITED STAÍES 555 Nofth
AdveûtLrrers CLub
l'ranklin Street,
Chicago, Illino¡s, 60610 TeL: (1) 312 a220991 F^x:0) 312-82209t4 Asbforcl Cltrb
1otLr Floor, 400 Per¡rneter Center 'ferrace N E, Atlanta, Georgia 30346 Tel: (1) 770-3951333 F¿x: (1) 770-6710081
ßellerrue Club
525 Bellewe Âvenùe, oakl¿nd, California 94610 Tel: (1) 510-4511000 F-ax: (1) 510 8320219
Internât¡onal Press Clul)
222 west O¡tarjo Street, Ch¡cago, Illinois, 60610 'tel: (1) 312-7872680 Fax: 312-7872679
Nâtionâl Press Club
Nâtional Press Building 529 14th St. Nw, vashingron DC 20045 'lel:0) 202-6627569 Fax. 202 6627500
orrah¿ Pre$ Club
2200 One Pirst Nationâl Centcr, l)odge Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68102 Tet: (1) 402-3458008 Ftrx: (I) 402-J4jo714
OveNeas Press CIul)
320 East 42nd Street,
NEW ZEAI-AI{D N¿rtional Press Clul)
Reno
ofSrn Fmncis.ô
Pre$ & Vjrgiria CIùb
155 Sansone Street, San Frânc¡sco, Califorîia 94102 Tel: (1) 475-9867a71
FCC oI Carùbodia
INDIA
Golden Snan Corrnll CLub
Tel: (45)
1-131615
Fax' (45) 1-91.1613
Seoùl FCC
11 Avenue d'lena 75116 PâLis "I'el:(3Ð 40-738830 Fax:(3Ð40-138849
GERMANY Inter
natio¡âl Press CLub
NieuwspooÍInr'l
Press
Center
MACAU CLub M¡l¡tar de Macau
U.K. Foreign Press Assocjalio¡ Groùcho Club
Nen Cavendish Cl;ult
11 Cadton Holrse Termce, loûdon SvlY 5ÀJ 'leI: (44) 171-9300445 Fax: (44) I11 9250469 45 Dean Street, London
Tel: (44)
77
vl\¡
17
Pùerro Galera Yacht Clr¡b
SINGAPORT Ceylon Spofts Cltìb 171.
262a4ú
229/230 Srnnd,lþ\don wC2R tB,{ 'leI: GQ 177-5a37255 Fax: ø4) 171 5A36608
HoLlardse CLul)
I.¿\¡IKA
Colombo Swìmm¡og ClLrb
NOTE yoLrr current FCC/HK membership card as
proof of
identity
2
introduction Check before leaving Hong Kong (or faxlphone FCC/HK from abr oacl requesting wc fax thc r ec¡pr ocal clLrb). Some clubs ALSO r€qu¡re ân
OffPorhân Road No 1, Yeoor, Thane-400 602 -te1: (91) 22-5412855, 5344349 Fax: (91) 22-5362316 E DÉil: goldss'an@bom3,vsn/ oet ¡n
7-1 YLUako cho 1 Chome, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo Tel: (81) 3-32113161 Fax: (81) 3-32113168
18tlì Floor, Koreâ Press Ccntrc Bù¡lcl¡ng 25 1-I(a Taepyong-Ro, ChLLng-KLr, Seoul (82) 2-7 34327 5, 2-1 3 4321 2 Fax: (a2) 2-7347712 208 Clúngcboong-dong Seoul
2-ga, Clìùng-gu,
Avenidâ de Praia Grande 975 F^*(a53)712160 Tel, (853) 71.1000 245-247 Anâwr¿hta Street Lanrnadaw PO 11131, Yaogoo
SaD
Fa*O51)a996o/t41o
Grcgorio St (cor South Expressway)
M¡gallares Commercial Certr€,
SRI
1 Most clubs accept
23-27758
lhx:
2 8333506
Po Box 30450. Puerto Galera Or iental Mindoro 5203 -telt (6Ð 973-741859
1-437 0373
44 Great CrìnrberLand P¡ace, London \vIH 8BS
(44) 171-7230391 F^xt (44)
23-27157 Fa* (855)
lvfakâti, Metro Mânila -îel: (6ì 2-8333507 /8
5AP
1-439-46A5 Fax: (44)
363 Sisowath Qrìây, Phnom Penh
'tel: (85)
'lel:(951)22023
'fel (37)7O-34691t40 Fax:70 36423A0
'lel Vigs & Pe¡ CIub
MYÁNMAR(BIMMA) FCC ofMyanrnâr
PHILIPPINES Manila ClLrl)
L¿rge Poren 10, 2511 CL, The H¿gue
(London).
Wigs & Pens battle over the coufr. of finalappeal
THAIIAND FCC Thâilând
101 ßalestier Road, Silg poe 329678 297 1009, 2986297, 298t502 Fax: (65) 2999487 Ejrajl: CSC sn@s¡ngnet com sg
'lel: (6Ð
22 Camden Pâr k,
Sing porc 329678 Fa*(6Ð4686272
-teL(614695211
f
I
n.,.rut'rratherin ctnf, oroved to
K.."rr. int
u,,ely gathering, held every other month at its adoptive home, the FCC, is a spinoff from London's age-old meeting
place for lawyers and journalists in
search of good conversation,
entertainment and the odd glass or
ñvo of wine.
There could not be a more
appropriate venue than the Foreign Correspondent's Club. Although only a century old it is a somewhat modern variation on the original Club's home. The London Vig & Pen club situated
required to pay 3dfor a scotch and4d lor abnndy. Prices have since become less encouraging for two professions not renowned for sobriety.
lØhilst the genealogical past of \ùØig & Pen club can
the Hong Kong
only claim to stretch back
h alf a
dozen
years, it can boast to have fitted comfortably into its posr-97 context and continues in the tradition of the original \Xzig & Pen to provide evenings of rapport, banter and boozing. Each meeting features two great '!Øig and a pen. RepreSpeakers, a sentative of these two loquacious
Mr Tim '\loolley spoke on the topic, "'$lhy journalists are not welcome in the Court of Final Appeal". He received Llproarious encouragement from the assembled guests - who admittedly weighed in heavier on the legal side of the partyas Tim provoked an attack on journalists, claiming that "No news is good but no journalists is even better". Rising to the occasion, Keith Jay
replied with what he expected from the Court of Final Appeal - " not a gr eat deal", he said, The long-seruing Hong
Kong broadcaster proceeded to propose alternative names for the
to air their
somewhat "quiet" Court in question,
views on current legal and journalistic issues - often combining the two with explosive results and appreciative
suggesting, "The Court of Last Prayer", "The Court of Ultimate Charm".
B¿ngkok, Bangkok 10500
buildings to having sutwived the Great Fire of London. The building has beenfrequented by journalists and jurists since 1908,
Ernâ¡l: fcct@asiâîccess ne th
notably growing in popularity after
audience. This month's entertainment was providedby a broadcaster with RTHK, Radio 3.
Srorm Loclge, P O ßox 863, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka 'îd:(94)1-2'1645',Ielegmm:-S\xi]jUS'
12lF,JewelryTrade Cen¡er, 919l1, Silonr Road,
'rel:(66)2-6520580,6520581 Fax:6520582
on The Strand, is one of the few
\ø.wII.
At this time, the members were Tf,E G0RRDSPOI|I¡ENT Mar.ch 1998
'We work through opinion
Fax: (64) 4-4995545
'rel: (82) 2-23A7666 Fax: (82) 2-2343866
Marìenplatz 22, 80331 MLrnich Tel:(49)89-2608088 Fax:89-26024850
NETHERI-A.NDS
Austral.ian/New Zealand regions.
be faxed to the reciprocals. Reciprocal Club details will soon be available onwalletsize cards. You'll getyours in the mail soon. I@
-Í el :
FRANCE Prcss CLub de FraLrce
4-4992797
KOREA
Seoul Club
Dk-l205 Cope¡hâgen K
Militar (Macau) FCC Thailand (Bangkok) and Groucho Club
a
ÀSIA
221 South V¡rg¡nia StreeL, Reno, Nevada 89501
14 Snaregarde,
The opinion survey we did
couple of months ago confirmed that among our 'best' reciprocals are Club
CAMBODIA
EI]ROPE DENMARK Iûter¡ational Press center
be welcome.
feedback to provide guidance to members. Most reciprocals will accept a current FCC Hong Kong card as proof of identity. One or two also ask for a letter of introduction. Check before leaving Hong Kong. If you forget, just phone or fax the Club from abroad requesting our confirmation to
PO Box 10378, rù?ellington
'|et: (64)
'tel: (1) 212-9834655 Fax. (1) 212 9834692 Press Chrl)
Level 41, Rialto SoLrth Tower, 525 Collins Sb eet, Melborìme, victorjt 3000 'tel: (61) 3 6142127 Fãx: (61) 3 6292086
Afrlca/Middle East, Central/South America and a few key European countries. Suggestions for suitable reciprocal clubs in these places would
reciprocity deal benefits us both. Our recíprocals are spread faidy, evenly over the main geographical regions: about a dozen each in the Asian, North American, European and There are some obvious gaps-notably
J,APÂN FCC otJapan
New York, Nes.Yor k 10017
Rugb), U¡ion Hou\e, Crâne Place (off31A Pitt St),
'lel: (61) \¡ictoriân Club
A qrrick tour of recil>rc<:al rnerrlt)ershrip agreernents frorn 1\4i-Ise Srrrith \ /isitins members ol some 5o V .lubs"around the worlcl can
Fax: (61) 2-2A74677
'lel: (61) 3-96545717 t*ax: Nâtionâ¡ Press ClLrl)
1240 Rùe Dr rìmmond, Montreal Qùebec, H3G 1V7
36-40 Châlmerc sreer, Sydney New Sor[h rwales 2010
'lel, (61) 2-2'112966
N. AMERICA C,ANÀDA Montrc¿l Press Clr¡b
\øest Ros,, GPO Box 1441, Canber ra ÂCT 2600 Tel: (61) 6-2488000
Reciprocal clubs
professions are invited
roars from a notoliously rowdy
Hong Kong's \Øig & Pen Club is co-hosted by FCC veterans, Ted Thomas and Michael Lintern-Smith and the next meeting will be held near the
@
end of March. March 1998 THE
CORRXSP0IDDI{T
The next handover
special economic zone,
Like thre encla\ze's lifesryle, }.4a.can:'s re\zersion to Cl-rina, in a999 prorrrises to l>e a loq¡-ke¡2, rela-><ed affair. Vzarren R.ooke e><plains u.h¡t \Y/irrthe return of sovereignryot W Mn.ru to China be anyrhing other than a pale shadow of events in Hong Kong 30 months previously? "No way!" says our man in Macau. The last remaining colony in the east, and the oldest, is a remar kably different animal to HongKong, despite the facttheyare
December 20, 1.999 is an arbitrary deadline. rùØhile Britainwas forced into a decision on Hong Kong becattse of a lease ending tn1997 ,there has been no such pressure on Macau. In fact, says
Jose, there is no t'eal agreement anywhere on the existence of Macau, at Ieast not one which was ratified by both
by only 45 kilometres of
Portugal and China." Also we do not
muddywater flowing down the Pead
have the confrontational situationwhich 'We Hong Kong developedwith China. alreacly have a'through-train legco' in place and, as I said, sovereignty was resolved when Portugal and Macau
separated
River estuary.
Jose lifts his glasS and studies it carefully. "People think the handover of Macau to China will be a mirror image of what happened in Hong Kong, but in truth Macau is nothing like Hong Kong."
Jose has my attention. After all, he can trace his family
in
Macau back four gene-
rations and he has held senior posts in civic life. He is also a paft owner of the restaurant we are sitting in.'lüe are both
carefr"rlly studying
our first
glass of wine - from the second bottle - and, inevitably, conver-
As he noted, Macau is hardly a backwater any more. It has changed dramatically in recent
as
successful in its way as Shenzhen
was for Hong Kong. Having been a regular visitor to Macau since 1965, I was able to vouch for Jose's account of the virtual rebirth of Macau over the past 30 years. But what of the hanciover?'Will it be without $
years and has an enviable infrastructure, with a new airport, a modern ferry terminal, rwo bridges linking the city and the islands ofColoane andTaipa and other bridges planned, the
in telecommunications
year after year and other companies won huge export orders.
problems?
From 7949 until the Portuguese revolution in1974 there was virtually no contact between the right-wing dictatorship in Portugal and the communist Government in China. Macau was left to its own devices, but
Airþort, oþened in 1995, accommodation, and stylish but you can't blame the Macau Interncttiolxótl tbat Luill lit'tk Macøu to Cbina, Euroþe ønd. facilities sports facilities. The huge that," for delaying Portuguese tbe rest of the worlcl well into the 21st century Nam Van Lakes project is says Jose. This surprises rte, I transforming the entire outer harbour reply, as I had always been told that passpoft is a cerlificate of nationality
"There's been a lot said
latest
È
and a containel' port. It has its
¡
about localising the civil service, e
own university, first class hotel
before 1p84 only Pofiuguese nationals cor"rld join the civil selice.
and all that entails. In Macau 450 years of inter-racial living has blurred these distinctions and
except adventurous tourists and Hong
"Thatmaybe so, butinthe pastthe Chinese were never really interested in joining the government. To do that
Kong residents seeking a quiet
you hadto become fluentin Pottuguese,
Portuguese otherthan having beenbom in Macau. Some Chinese families even
with little autonomy. Bythe earþ sixies Macau had once again reverted to a sleepy backwater, of interest to few,
Portuguese
and neithel the pay nor prospects of
officials controlled a civil service dominated by bilingual and trilingual
attracÍive. The Chinese communily in
weekend away. Forly or
so
Macanese while the Chinese con'munily got on with the day-to-day business of living. Three things happened to
bring Macau back to life, according toJose. Although a concession to run organised
gambling had been in force for some years, it wasn't until 1962 thar. four Hong Kongbased businessmen, Henry Fok, Stanley Ho, Teddy Yip andlp Hon, breathedlife into the concession and brought Las Vegas style gambling to
sation has swung back to the departure of the Porluguese from Macau, ending a presence that began inf543. Officially termed a Chinese a Macau. Today, STD, the territory under Portuguese !t companywhich has exclusive administration, Macau returns and. new from tbe bistoric A sweeping aista rights to Macau's nine casinos, to China at midnight December Vista. across the Prøia Grande to Ma.cctu's mod.ern skyline provides more than 50 per 20,1999,just a few days short cent of Macau's income and dominates resumed diplomatic relations in 1979." of the millennium. I argue toJose that "Since task. the enclave's economy. All four to his is warming the handover will follow the same Jose became m ulti-millionaires. pattern as Hong Kong's but on a much 797 4 the Porluguese have consciously Secondly, the 1974 revolution in been giving up claims to overseas smaller scale. The programme will be Portugal resulted in greater autonomy territories and we all know they offered exactly the same, except it will be the for Macau's administrators, who had Pofuguese flag being lowered for the to return Macau to Chinese r-ule. If we become hard pressed to meet the are to be honest, Portugal does not last time; the Governor and his senior growing demands brought about by Macau, in investment leave, have much administrators will take their probably by TAP Air Portugal in place econorrically or politically. It was the phenomenal success of STDM. Government expansion and spending of the royal yacht Britanniø, ancl life always too small and too far away." took a marked upturn. Then, inI)7), The point is well made. In contrast, will continue as normal for 50 years as Macat was able to resume its historic Britain was very reluctant to give up a it seems to be doing in Hong Kong. contacts with southern China and real money-earner such as Hong Kong, Jose's focus moves from the glass money from Macau and Hong Kong where Britishcompanieslike Cable and of re d wine. "Firstly, sovereignty is not an issue, it's been long settled. \Øireless gained most of their profits flowed in to create the nearby Zhuhai
promotions were particularly
Macau always concentrated on business and coÍünerce. If theyhadto learn a foreign language, they would
there is a large community of ethnic
Chinese with no claim
to being
Government in Hong Kong where pay and prospects were better. Although less than one per cent of
nationality. Such individuals face a difficult decision. A Portuguese passport carries with it the right to live and
the population of Macau are true
work not only in Portugal but in most of Europe, while residents' relatives living 45 kilometres away across the estuary may have only managed to obtain a limited SAR passport which requires a visa even to visit most countries.
well over 120,000, hold Portuguese passports. Until the resumption of contacts with China in \979 , anyl¡odywho could demonstrate a
"Let's be honest," says Jose, in pretty
Portuglrese bloodline orwas born in
Macau had the right
to become
a
Portuguese national. China on the other hand believes that a Chinese born anywhere is a Chinese nafionaL China makes it clear it regards a passmerely travel document while Portugal takes it far more seriously; a port
as a
dozens of beautifu I old buildings have been carefully restoled to their former
China says these people are not hold dual
Chinese and should
residents,
a culttrral centre and an exhibition centre, are under way or on the drawing boards. On the cultural front
have distinctly Portuguese names as a result of their forebears having been adopted or orphaned and raised and named by the church.
learn English and try and join the
Portuguese, neady 30 per cent ofthe
andotherambitiousprojects, including
"Portugal is leaving Macau
È
good shape. NØithin the Civil Service Ê seueral well appointed museums tbat there will be nowbe an opportunity for celebrate Macau.'s history ønd' ricb local people to go right to the top,
places traditionally reserved for expatriate Portr,rgal. It will be up to the Macanese to carry on the traditions of both Portr-rgal and of their own mixed heritage. The Chinese communi[y in Macau is young and today they have a genuine interest in helping run this place. Although we go back 450 years,
half the population has been here less than 15 years, Tourism and gambling are our lifeblood
and the people likely to be running Macau
If
The Gouernor's Palace, built in tbe 1840s, still bouses tbe offíces of tbe Gouent'or and bß cabinel
fu
Cb in e se -Po rtuges e
b
eritage
glory, and numerous
museums
opened as reminders of a more gracious Macau.
Now that most of the infrastructural projects have been completed Macau is turning its attention to improving areas such as education, culture and social welfare. Jose and I both reflect on the rapid changes. "No", he says "Macau has neverbeen like Hong Kong. Personally speaking, I'm quite happy with that."
lly realise that.
income from gambling is
Wan^ren Roolee is a Macau-based
threatened, it would effect up to 25 per cent of the workforce."
media and tourism consultant and former News Editor for RTHK. @ Marcl.r 1.998 THD CORRf,SP0IÐENT
On the wall Photographs by Steven
lkripp
e's known more for his words than his pictures, but many of his closest friends know the much-travelled Steve Knipp as a closet lensman.
Asked to dig through his files - culled from years of snapping for several fravel magazines and the in-flight guides from KoreanAir, Dragonair, Philippine Airlines, EVA Air and sundryothercarriers-he managedto offerup akind of "greatest hits" portfolio. In his own small way, Steve has managed to capture some of the essence of locales as far flung as California and
Mindanao, Beijing and Jerusalem.
Prints by: ColorSix Laboratories Ltd. lHE
CORRESP0I|IIEI|T March 1998
Clockwise
from \op: Priua.te
P6trb) - A seagull d.ines alone, MontereJ),
Califomia; Japa.nese tourlsts cotnered by German hausfrau, Great Barier Reef, Australia; Tbe fit and tbe fat, San Francisco, Califor niø; A Sailor's Nightmare - One guy and two girls, St Petersburg, Russiø; Poppa's þrid.e - Fatber and. Son, Western Beijing; Guarding God Soldier and Rabbi at tbe Wailing Wal| Tbe Old City, Jerutsalem; In barm's way - Female tr;tinee øt Russian bod.lguard academy, Borodino Forest, outside Moscow; Cracking doutn on tbe NPA - Filiþinn. takes ma.tters into ber own band.s øgainst terrorßts, Soutbern Mindønao, Pbiliþþines
@ March 1998 THE
CORRXSP0NDEIIT
Eddie'Wu try Kevin Sinclair
'Tn" diminurive figure ot Ecldie I Wu was a distinctive leature of the bar at the FCC during the Cultural
Revolution, a subject on which he was an expert. The jovial little man may have been short on physical stature, but on knowledge of his homeland and its political affairs, he stood tall. \Øhen he died in February at his home near Baltimore, aged77 , manyveteran Club members felt they had lost a frìend. He serwed on the
Boald of Governors in
many
capacities, with wit and humour. His
calming influence during some furious Boardroom debates was renowned. He was President from 7973 ¡o 1975.
Eddie is remembered mostly as a journalist for Tbe Baltintore Sun. He and I shared anappreciafion fol the cynical writings of the most famous
reporter of that newspaper,
H.L.Mencken. SØhen Mencken's biographer, the American author \Øilliam Manchester) was once passing through Hong Kong, the three of us had a fascinating lunch as Manchester recounted some of the unwritten legends of the ribald, robust and cantankerous Sage of Baltimore. 'ùØu Kin-lee was born in Northern
Burma where his father was one of
\ùØhen
the Japanese invaded
Burrna, Eddie's family trekked north to the ancestral homeland and- after dangerous adventures - finally got to Kunming. The Yunnan capital was headquarters for Allied forces and tùØu
worked as a senior translator in the joint Chinese-Ameican military unit commanded by GeneralJoseph Stillwell. He often talked of how the friendly familiarity of the American soldiers changed his outlook on life. Eddie saw history being rnade. As a
translator, he was among the Kuomintang and American contingent which accepted the Japanese sulrender in Nanjing.
He served in the mission of
culture at a Chinese communal school.
THE C0RRf,SPONIIDilf March 1998
Th e B
altimot"e Sun, fu om
until his retirement in
1980,
that Eddie really hit his stride. lØhen
the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution erupted with such bizarre frenzy, nobody around the bar at
the FCC could explain
the
remarkable tragedy. Nor could anyone else in the world. If anyone made sense out of the crazed fury that swept China, it was Eddie. He was glued to Mainland radio and worked his stable of diplomatic and political contacts with diiigence.
He was a great help to yolrng reporters. He seemed to have endless
.s
patience in explaining the intricate personal nelworks within the Chinese
so
Communist Party which wele
the
juggling the nation's fate. Atthe same
to bring peace between
nationalists and communists. He had friends on both sides of the lines, He remained working in Nanjing as the victorious communists swept south of the Yangzi. Later, he was employed as a translatorwith the Dutch embassy in Beijing, where he married Dr Mary Lang in 1957
In
.
1960, the \Øu family were
allowed to leave China to visit Burma, He didn't return to China. Instead, he came to Hong Kong where his knowledge of the inner
workings of the government in community. His excellent English Beijing helped him get a job as a came largely from his education at a reportel- on the Soutb Cbina local colonial-era school and af the Morning Post. He worked on UPI Univelsity of Rangoon. But his father where he was great pals of Charlie and he studied the language and
1966
General George Marshall that sought
the large Overseas Chinese mer-cantile
also insisted that Eddie learn Chinese
repofi er for
Smith and Burt Oakley, another two FCC legends now sadly dead. But it was dr-rling his years as a
time, the war was heating up in Vietnam and Eddie, in his role as a Sun reporler and as an FCC Board member, was a tireless host to the
stream of journalists who were passing through Hongkong.
Eddie was last in the Club bar duringthetransition. "Iwouldn'tmiss this day, ever," he told me lastJune a few days before the handover. "It's
the culmination of historic events."
0
Former Asia Business News cbief executiue Paul France
CNBC is dead long live CNBC Osren flugtres
GnlBG
å¡rA lrrtt¡ll¡l
looks at the fr-rture of regiona-l f ir:^arr<:ial
1>ro
ralrl
adcasting
He was not wliting at thaf stage, having been a business adviser since he moved to live in America. But his fascination with China and its political
development remained intense. "A lot of people see the return of Hong
Kong to China as the end of the story," he said. "I don't think so. It's the stafi of a new chapter."
@
Jn Eebruary last year Asia Business I News'(ABN) chief executive ofiicer Paul France was asked if the region
could support two business TV channels. Just two months since the first rumours had circulated that ABN would merge with rivals CNBC. France par,rsed for a moment
befole stating unequivocally "I'm telling you - there is only room for
one business TV channel, and that channel is ABN." A year later and France has been proven right - and
business channel will turn olrt to be. Cynics suggest it is essentially ABN with CNBC's logo, pointing to the
proven wrong. There is only one business channel in Asia, but it is
fact that France was appointed president of the venture, with Christopher Graves becoming
called CNBC - or to be more precise, CNBC 'a service of NBC and Dow Jones.' Ther e have been many questions
posed as to just what the 'new'
director of programming. Atthe sharp end of the channel, the on screen presentation is very much weighted towards ABN "talent" with only Rico March 1998
T[[
CORRXSPOMIDI{T
lr
Hizon in Singapore ancl Geolf Cutmore in Hong Kong coming over from CNBC's team. The new channel
offered many othels jobs, but with salalies cut by anything from 10 to 50 percent many of those selected simply said no. The bulk of the CNBC staff who stalted the channel back inJune 1995 have been scattered to the four winds.
The main bar of the FCC is sadly accustomed to wakes for English language media organisations cutting nnmbers, but in post
press conference announcing the lnergeland w'ith the end of his job is anothel set to leave the SAR at the [irne of w'riting. The NtsC Asia management and
palticularly the human resoLtrces department seemed to be obsessecl with cheese-paring as February 2 drew near. One fi'eelancer walked out in disgust when she learned she was not due anymoneyforremaining
adr.ertisers than having to either commit to one of two competing channels, or split one's budget in half. Nair identified subscliptions
negotiations in late 1996, CNBC's
was fired less than 48 hours before her for-rr months pay was due to be paid. The matter is in the hands of
hellawyers.
and distribution as the key factors
explanrtion was lo give viewers
in whether or not the agencies
chance to tune inlo the European
agreed to rernain on the sinking ship
One of the most important
and then the US markets, although
not? As Paul Bustin, managing
CNBC,"
it was comrnonly seen as a cost cutting exercise. CNBC will carry an unbroken feed from the US from miclnight to six am. The new CNBC leatures nine new or extensively levamped prog-
a former head of
Star
TV's channel distribution commented "It is obvious from the merger that the business news category
cannot support two cornpeting channels. I look forward to seeing if it can suppolt one." In late February France ancl his coLlnterpart at CNBC EuropeAllan Horlick hosted a lavish cocktail reception in Hong Kong for media
days,
Lorraine Hal'rn is said to be the front runnerfor a a
analysts and most importantly for adver-
planned CNN Intel'-
tisers and media buyels.
presenter's spot with
Invitations to the event displayed a picture of a globe and the words "Global Vision Global Reach. " In Asia this reach is a claimed 10 million households on an around the clock basis and another 50 million on
national daily business programme like fellow anchor Dalton
T
anonaka,
Hahn has not joined the
merged outfit. FCC stalwalt and on screen
reporter Andrew Stevens accepted a job with CNBC, while fellow club member and reporter Sharon =cqo Singleton joined AFP in a \Øanchai. Anchor Andrea
Catherwood was rumoured to be in the
about these and it will help
"Generally the lives of the media planners will be much easier becanse there is only one decision about what money should be allocated," () Flance was sanguine about co è () the effect on the industry of o CNBC, for the very sensible reason that it only went on air ()o
ramrnes that Graves feels will have more appeal to regional interests who are pickingup hardfinancial data from theil Rer-rters and
Bloomberg's service.'!f'hen CNBC launchecl on Febluary 2, Graves plaisecl his staff for their speed in
February 2nd and there had been Lorraine fIøbt't, CNBC Asia prcsenter a limited amount of time to assess its impact. He said that CNBC had meet oLrr targets this year." Korea's already secured half of its budgeted Samsung electronics cofirpany s¡as advertising l'evenue for 1998, among those joining the advertisers' roster. comlnenting "I wouldn't say there
revamping the schedules by saying "Other people climb
are hundreds of people bleaking
Perhaps the brightest aspect ofthe
Everest, you wired it for cable." \Øith some repofts suggesting that NBC and Dow Jones' New York-basecl bean counters are keeping a close eye on CNBC's financial situation, it will be
down the door to give us money, but we are up u.hele we need to be to
new channel is the programming lineup. Once NBC and Dou'Jones began
interesting to see what life is like on rhe summit in7998. ¡@
THE FCC BOOK 1997. EYEWITNESS ON ASIA. UP TO 1997 AND BEYOND .249 PAGES 0614 IMAGES. A COLLECTORS' ITEM
The irnagery is meant
to suggest that the
combined resources of NBC and Dow Jones have created an all encompassing product. at her post during the channel's rttn France insisted "This is a merging of down,althoughotherfreelancersdid strengths. The melding together of global resoLlrces and focr-rsed receive severance pay. join programming will create a highly the merged to Staff asked
managing editor Christopber Graues is now of programm,itxg ctt tbe neuJook CNBC
Fot"mer ABN
a job q'ith CNBC Europe. A number of long-stancling Hong Kong residents joined the cliaspora of former CNBC staff, including Susie Pote and news editor Mike Firn; Firn was working freelance shifts in the
frame for
generally people will be positive
p1'ogramme blocks.
o ()
CNBC Er-rrope newsroom in London
when his former boss in Chai'!ían, Magda 'Waltels waiked in, evidently surprised to see him there. Ex TVB Pearl and Cable TV Neu's reporter Andrew Brown who had the ignominious task of covering the TEE CORX.ESP0ilDEI|T March 1998
channel were told they would
forfeit
a
the new channel. "I think that
Technology Group, and
being announced, sadly aware there are very few vacancies around these
programrning. The official
woulcl wish to look favourably at
based Media and
mit or a permanent ID card are almost nil. Some pragmatists were searching the telephone listings for removal firms within days of the channel s demise
to carry a
qnestions facing the new CNBC is one dedicated br-rsiness channel be able to prosper where two evidently did
yet to be answered - will
directol of the Hong Kong
handover Hong Kong the opportr-rnities for expatriates withoLlt a work per-
schedtrles began
greater pel'centage of non-Asian
valuable information source forAsian
theirfour-monthpayoutforkeeping viewers," adding that he hopecl the CNBC on aiL, until it was filmly channel was of specific r,rse during pointed out that the new and old the sharp economic downswing in CNBC were separate legal entities. Asia. Andle Nair of the Network said Nlanagement's "penny wise, pound
foolish" attitude reached its nadir fi'om Hong Kong that in theory at when one member of staff who had least CNBC had more attraction to
coptEs
AVATLABLE FROM THE FRONT DESK AT HK$250.00 OR CALL 25211511 / FAX 28684092
Nlarch 1998 THE CORRf,SPONIIEI{T
was the culmination of a political
The role of the military in Indonesia has always been high profile. Schwarz
system "disengaged frorn r-eality". The president's choice of cabinet members
cliscolÌnts tl-re possibility of factions emerging that could splitthe colrntly or effect Suhafto's ren-ioval. "The military maintains a considelable degree of unity," he says, adcling that there is no
- inclucling his key fi'iends and family rnembers - reflected his belief that the International Monetary Fund
\ùØashington
-
-
and
are out to get him.
"The conventional wisdorn is that Habibie has no constituency, is disliked by tl'ie military and is likely to have a
very brief futr-rre." Pr-rndits forget, Schvr.arz says, that
the leadelship of tfie military
"The elite and the rniddle
tl'rat tl'ie generals
class are a truly shell-shocked
sector of society," Schwarz obselves, The astonishment is
him," he
rippling outward from Jakarta to the provinces in this highly centralisedsociety.ButSchwarz : does not see much of a future :. for the Iargely dormant
Schu.'arz is emphatic that thele are no parallels with the
widespread violence
Sirrrtrrering discontent in Indonesia ca1>tr-rrecl tkre attentiorr of rr.errrl>ers v,zl-ro sor-rg4l-rt incisirze anal¡zsis. Geofge FRrrssell listened to ts/o e><perts Schwarz firmly believes
the
'Tn" fjnancial crisis in Tndonesia I lemained the hot lunch topic at
sprawling archipelago has leached
the club in March. Several speakers
watershed
speculated on how far the Indonesian economic, political and social stlucture
existence. "Indonesia has ttndergone discreet, in'er.,ocable change," he says. "It can't go back to being run the way it was Lun."
would spiral out of control. Adam Schwarz, forr.rrer Jakarta
a
in its half-century of
.
The economy is not on the brink of collapse; it is collapsing. o Jakafia is in a state of denial. Tl're colporate sector is bankrupt,
the banking system is facing similar conditions, although govel'nment debt
"Thele a couple of factors
tendencies but a greater sense of autonomy," he says. Several instrr-rctions from Jakalta, such as the IMF-backed call to líft inter-plovincial tlade taxes, are
divided military and profound ideological tensions in lural areas at the encroachment of
Communist Party members
within rural Bali and
local
He also disputes the notion of a power struggle with the military after Suharto retires ol dies over the choice of Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie as his
econofiry. "There will be a re-dependence on primary resoLlrces: oil, gas, mining ancl wood. This gives power to the
level.
designated successor.
oomsday scenarios have abounded since the regional financial turmoil began last year. However', one of the grimmest pictures of the future of Indonesia was painted by Er-rgene Galbraith,
the real economy, the political system
business sector.
"The whole framework is under
system." As the clisis hacl broadened and
Amid the crisis, the nation's rr,rbber stamp legislatule gathered to approve
government.
deepened, Schwarz notes, turo key issues have etnerged:
Plesident Suharto's re-selection for
forces
tùØe
question. need to revisit the great communal issues: lhe military, religion, ethnic, even the geoglaphical stability. "
says Schwarz, i.s that of a "deer caught
responsiveness
in headlights".
of the political
fr,rtr-rre
The economic clisis, he believes,
set the stage for further unrest, particularly in the nations' peliphery.
Nascent independence and alltonomy movements in
East
Titnor,
IrianJaya andparts of Sulawesi could be reignitedbyfracttues inthe central He says the ìnclonesian sectrlily - sulprisingly sn-rall at just
International Monetary Fund,
simultaneously. Galbraith says he is clisturbed by
destructive and alrogant.
Chinese rioting.
He told attendees at a club
watchers. Part of that, he says, is the country's sheer cornplexity. "Talking about Indonesia is very tlicky, to state the obvious," he said.
The official reaction to the crisis,
@
350,000 soldiers, paramilitary r-rnits and police - vu'ould be hard pressed to contain unrestin several provinces
theJakarta authorities' attitude to anti-
group head ofresearch folABNAmro Hoare Govett Asia.
He believes the crisis has been multiplied by the immobility of the luling elite. "\ühat stal'ted ollt as a financial clisis has become a crisis for is compounded, he adds, "by the non-
legions."
Ominous signs
remained ominous.
and sociai relations. " This
as
fundamentally changing Indonesia's
h-rncheon that the country's
in Wøiting, adopts a lowerkey tone than rnany Indonesia
owner c1asses."
Schwarz sees the crisis
dissension."
However', the cor-rntry is facing huge infl ationary and pricing pressures. The tightening of credit and corporate illiquidity continues to squeeze the
A Nøtion
"significant degree of second-tier
to
Java
threatening the Muslim land-
Richbr,ug greets Adatn Scbwørz
independently laise revenue. Schwarz sees a "clecentralisation b)'default", and a trend among civil, military and business leaders to cooperate on a provincial and regional
is in a reasonable state of health.
Postand Far Eastern Econom.ic Reuiew staffer and author-of the highly plaised
1965
to power.
governments sense a threat to
A lnration in turmoil
in
and 7966 that brought Suharto
not present... an oveltly
rheir already limited ability
Jotr.rnalíst ancl autbor A¿lam Schwat"z addresses tbe c
says.
"I don't see separatist
being ignored as
è
could establish
a wolking relationship with Habibie. "They can live with
independence movements.
J:
has
changed over the years, and
'
desclibing their initial dealings with
the Indonesian autholities
as
"Tl-re IMF's early relationship with Jakarta - forcing tl-re closure of 16 banks - was vely damaging."
He says that unlike previons He says the result was that disturbances, in wliich the security Inclonesian banks could not use forces protected people under attack letters of credit - lesulting in the loss - whether Chinese or Cl'iristian - the of billions of dollars in deals that govefnment and nilitary appeaf to could have helpecl the country be turning a blind eye. fecovef. "It seems the Chinese are "Nike's order fol US$2 billion legarded as fail game - this is a very worth of shoes went unfilled because dismaying tlend. the banks couldnot provide theletters "Jakarta may see this as an of credit so the manufacturing opportunity to get rid of its Chinese company coulcl not older the poprrlation," lle walns. materials for the shoes so they could Galblaith lays sollte of the blame
squalely ar the feet of
sell therl to Nike and obtain dollars
the to pay the suppliers."
another five-year term. This, he says, Nfarcl'r
1998 THE
C0RRf,SPOilllENT
CanOn 10/F.,
Canon Hongkong Company Limited
906-9 1 1 Mount P arker House, I I I I King's Road, Taikoo Shing Tel: 2884 7788 Fax: 2568 8505 email: Krollasia@attmail com Stephen G Vickers Senior Managing
MiïorTower,61 Mody Rd , Kowloon, Hong Kong
Services/Products: Canon cameras and video camcorders
Markéting
Address : 21lF., Cornwall House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Fd,, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Manager
MrAlbert
Assistant Product Marketing
lvlanager
Chan
l\¡s Louise
Wong
Services:
25652OO7
Hong Kong Trade Development Council 38i F , Oflice Tower, Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Fìoad, Wancha¡, Hong Kong.
Tel: 2584-4333 Fax: 2824-0249 E-maÌl: hktdc@tdc.org.hk Web Site: http://www tdc org.hk
OpBN Housn Su¡.rnv
netvigator.com LYNNE CURRY -Writer/Researcher specialising in business, finance,Hong Kong China Trade Tel:2813 1559 Fax: 2813 0302 E-mail: lcurry@hkstar.com ROBIN LYNAM -features on travel, food, wine and spirits, music and literalure. Speeches and corporate copy writing also undedaken. Tel: (852) 2827 2873 Fax: (852) 2827 2902 ANN WILLIAMS -Fashispecialist. Press releases, brochures, E-mai I :edpeters
Kau To Village, Shatin, Hong Kong
ñl
2524 5031 Fax: 2810 6586 lnternet: http://www.shriro.com P.L. Poon
Jimmy Wan
Sole agent of Nikon cameras, Hasselblad cameras, Linhof cameras, Elinchrom
GAVIN COATES -"SAY lT WITH A CARTOON!" Call Gavin Coates on Tel: 2984 2783 E-mail: gavincoa@netvigator.com
FREE LUNCH The Correspondent requires freelance writers to cover the Club's lunches and speakers.
Te|1Fax2il7 6678 Pager:71168968 #8&18
DAVID THURSTON - People, events, travel,wacky digital portraits.
HUBERT VAN ES - News, people, travel, commercial & movie stills Tel: 2559 3504 Fax: 2858 1721 E-mail: vanes@asiaonline.net KEES PHOTOGBAPHY -- News. Features . Online Tel:2547 9671 Fax: 2547 8812 E-mail: kees@hk.super.net
Contact Andrew Lynch at2554 6034 or fax 2814 0633
FINANCIAL & CORPORATE SERVICES Neil Farrin Photosranhv Ltd.
n*t;¡*lÊna.a
l/F Tien Chu Commercial Building,lT3-174 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, HK Kodak House 1,321 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Assistant Public Belations Marketing
Manager
Communications
Jessica Chan Enquiry : 2564 9333
Direct
Fax
Clara Chung Realty Ltd.
: 2564 9309 : 2856 5004
Neil Fanin Photography
Tai Hang - Causeway Bay
570 sq.ft., mid - hi / floors, options of 1 bed studio, 1 bed with sludy or, 2 beds, Fullylparlly furnished or unfurnished. Panorama view, Close to MTR, bused and trams. 6 - 12 months lease, HK$9,000,- to HK$1 2,000.- exclusive
COLOR SIX LABORATORIES LTD. Ground Floor, 184 Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong. Tel : 2526-0123 . Fax : 2524-9598 Johnny Lee Managing Director Lam Yan Hung
ço¡ot Enlargement
Digital Retouching & Output
Manager Phillip Bruce Manager Terri Lai Enquiries (24 hours)
Public Relations Media Relations
28247700
Media
28247152
has been established in
Hong Kong since I 977, having
travelled worldwide on major adverlising campaigns, hotel and corporate assignments. Moreover, we have overseas production contacts for all wo¡ldwide projects. Pìease call
2-574
787t1
\ü/e provide qualified and experienced advice on how to form your own company, handle accounting and auditin g ^ndminimise your tax liabilities. Contacû Irene Davidson, 6989 rax: 2834 4989 Motrile: 9454 2298 E-mail cardinal@netvigator.com
ifyou have any photographic requirements
AInPORT AUTHORITY
2881-1866 19043-2807
Services: Film Processing
FREELANCE ARTISTS
O2O
JENNIFER BOWSKILL - Specialising in portraits,fashion,events, Commer-
Tel:
.
Video Equipment Hire Lighting, Sound, etc...
Tel/Fax: (852125709722 Mobile: 9097 2766
hotmail.com
FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHERS
Kodak lFar East) L¡mited
studio flash system, Epson LCD portables TV Agent of Epson multi-media projector
Manager
@
Tel:2524 4381 Fax: 2525 0774 E-mail: thurston@asiaonline.net
(neur Chinese Universily & Racecourse)
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: l0am - 7pm Saturday: lOam - 5 pm orby appointment TeI:2606 7093 Fax: 2601 4485
1a
2/F, Hutchison House, Central, Hong Kong
Shop
@
CARDINAL ASSOCIATES LIMITED
f tuitonl Shlro (H.K) Ltd. Director Manager
FRANCOIS BISSON - Film, Video - 10 years in Asia. NTSC - PAL
cial & Corporate photography
6 Yucca Villas, Yung Ping Path off Lai Ping Rd.
lnternational Section at2584-4333 Ext 7489.
EDWARD PETERS - Features, Travel, Profiles, Research. Many Asia Pacific photos. Tel: 2328 2553 Fax: 2328 2554
E-mail: williamsann
Unique, personally-selected quality furniture and furnishings representing the best of Bali, Java, Lombok & Kalimantan.
analys¡s, fast, call TDC's Media Communications
FREELANCE CAMERAMEN
newsletters etc. Tel: 2815 9789 Faxz 2454
B,u-l Anrwonns
For Hong Kong trade statistics, information and
Managing Senior
David W Holloway Yasmin R Shaker
InternationalRiskManagement Consultants Int e rnational C o rp o rate Inv e sti gators Wo rldwide B usine s s Intelli g enc e
2565 2008
.æË Ha ãFEE
Tel:
Director (Operations) Co-ordinator
Managing Director
Sole Distributor: JOS Consumer Electronics Senior
KROLL ASSOCTATES (ASrA) LrMrrED
FREELANCE WRITERS
Tel¿ 2a34
Faxz 2892 1727
Editorial Features, Advertising, Corporate and Commercial Photography throughout S.E. Asia and the Pacific
282477Os
ray
cranh.ire
photograpfìy
Terry Duckham/Asiapix Tel. 25729544 Fax. 2575 8600
EDITORIAL . CORPORATE . INDUSTRIAL
e-mail: asiapix@hk.linkage.net
Function: Developing Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok
Ray Cranbourne Photography Ltd. 96 Pokfulam Road, 1 1/F, Flat B-2 YY Mansion, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 25248482 Fax: (852) 25267630
THE ARTHUR IIACKER
editors, sub-editors & designers also required. Tel:2527 6377 Fax, 2868 1799 E-m il:
^àedit@asiaonline
News, Documentar¡es & Corporate Television
net
FCC L997 T-SHTRT HK$ 1,20. 0 0 This classic piece of Hacker memorabilia now available directly from the FCC
RICHARD
tE
ll
F.
Prov¡d¡ng a comprehensive serv¡ce throughout As¡a Pacif¡c
ONES
Video Cameraman / Editor News, Documentary, Corporate
Tel. 29820508 Mobile: 9104 5358 Fax. 2982 1758 e-mail: theaqe@hk.net
News & Feature Programming. Beta SP crews. Producers
. Journalists . Editing . Stock library. Avid Editing . Transport & Accommodation
As¡a Pac¡f¡c Vision Ltd. lh Floo( Telecom House, 3 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel (854 2A27 2122 FaK (8521 2802 2687 E-mail: apvbrown@asiaonline.nel WWW: httpr//ww.mandy.cor/apv002.html
Su¡te 1'164,
11
Malch 1998 THE
CORRESPOIIIIENT
Farewell to'Wendy arrd Kent Hayden Sadler
DAN RYAN'S
\M ã_-==:
CHICAGO GRILL
9)ía,*y" Real ,,4ønaaaø 7oo¿ d*¿ Ð,ur4¿
Place Queensway, Hong Kong Phone:2845 4600 114 Pacific 88
The Rickshaw Club 22 Robinson Road, Mid Levels Hong Kong Tel: 2525 39'77 Fax'. 2521 3599
The Hayden Sadlers ale off to Hollywood. Kent, longtime Hong Kong Tourism Authority staffer, is to continue promoting the SAR - as a consultant in Los Angeles. Then it's off home to Britain for the 3}-yeat Hong Kong residents. Many friends and close associates feted them at the Club for a fond farewell. Howevet, Wendy and Kent assured us that 'llendy found they will be back as regtlarly as possible. After Saul Lockhart presented Kent with the traditional Club tie, just the right role for it (lower centre picture).
LIVE MUSIC MOST NIGHTS GREAT PARTYVENUE A GYM AND SWIMMING POOL BY FARTHE BESTPIZZA IN TOWN SHOW YOUR FCC CARD WHEN ORDERING TO ENJOY A SPECIAL DISCOUNT
200 Ocean Terminal Harbour City, Kowloon Hong Kong Phone:2735 6111
PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS
nnie uan
Es,
Nida Cran
The Professional Contacts page appears every month in The Correspondent and on the FCC Correspondent web site at >http://www.fcchk.org < . Let the world know who you are, what you do and how to reach you. There has never been a better time. Listings start at just $100 per month,
with a minimum of a six month listing, and are billed monthly to your FCC account. copy Bennett
E
E
2lines
u
@$100
E
3lines@$150
small box @ $300x6mths / $250x11 mths
E
targe box w/ spot colour
E
E
4lines
E
Large box @ $600x6mths / $550x11mths
@ $200
copy attached
and. Wendy
Photographs by Ray Cranbourne
5lines@$250
@ $700x6mths / $600x1lmths
FCC Membership No.
Name Company Name: Address: Signature: For more information telephone 2572 9544 or fax 2575 8600
TEE COnnDSPOilllEtfI March 1998
March 1998 TEE
GORRDSPONDDI{T
-T--
"Love you baby..."
Wong is back Peter'\ülong, popular Kiwi pool shark and nemesis of the FCC pool room, has
returned from his four year sojourn in
flr
New Zealand to take overwhere he started - as SeniorArt DirectorforEmphasis at the helm of Cathay Pacific's award winning
a
ao a
in-flight magazine
Dis c oue ry.
First Vice President, Diane Stormont (toþ centre), welcomecl new þ'CC m.embers at an official reception in the Hugbes Room on Marcb 24. Otber Mem.bers of tbe Board entertained club anecdotes ouer cocktails
Jammin'on
uith
a Sunday
New Members
aftetnoon
Correspondent GordonWong Luke Hunt Irv Drasnin
Only Allen Youngblood is actually paid to make music at the FCC but a few talented amateurs have joined in for implomptu sessions on recent Snndays, featuling the likes of Nigel Armstlong,
È
Andy Chworowsky, Mitch Davidson, Tad
s
Stoner, Robin Lynam, Laurence Porter and
aS
their groupies, A1len continues to play. The others have returnedto their day jobs butthr-eaten to turn up the volume on another Sunday
È
èo
.g
ñ
soon.
Harald Maass Phalgr.rni Bhatt Stephanie Morimura Jacqueline Hartzenbusch Sean Russell
Magda Valter'
Wong \7ai-tak Nonnan Innis Tilak Puri Robelt Deverell John Fisher Patricia Coulson
Peter Eadon-Clarke Stephen Suen Joseph Lee
John Berry
Peter Pedersen
Nigel Gar.rnt Sam Sio
John Maloney Katherine Vilhelm Masatake Abe Leslie Henman Christopher Cole Stephen Finley Rick Adkinson lùloo Kwok-yin Nobuko Kodama Frank Proctor' Balbara Cooke Gerharcl Wehr Michael Dee Christopher Howe Thomas Scott Ashirn Golding
Lisa Solomon
Veronica Smith Jenny \7ong
Laurence Poots Peter Duffy
Mark Nicholls Robert Quist
Michael Trueman David Ralph Howel Thomas Parker Robinson
James Silverstein Nicolas Moussempes Deepak Maclnani Elizabeth Luya
Matthew Driskill Robyn Beck Terry McCarthy
JovY \ùøong
John Grobowski
Dlplomatic
'Vhitney Small
Jairne Goldaracena
Duncan Wong
Feclerico Chavez Jan de Vries Jachunr llaaknlra
Ieda Keattch Paul AÌmstfong Kalen Lane Stephen Weeks
Anastasia Stanmeyer Osamu Nakajima
Yoshiko Nakano Austin Lobo Yeung Chiu-man Rory McCarthy
Journalist
Cathy Holcombe Gerard O'Kane Catharine O'Brien Eric Ng lØilly Lam Sai Man
'Slong Kee-kwan
Cho Sung Dae
John Sandvand Hidea Yamamoto Andrew Btown Christopher ChamPion Stephanie Mitchell Elizabeth Baker Brice Minnigh
THE GORtrXSP0NIIENT Malcl'r 1998
Misha Krakowsþ Angus Pullinger
Gabriela Kennedy Sirnon Cheung David Tsoi
Martyn Richmond Dylan Tinker Tony Cowan
Lim Heung-sik Julie Clark
ñ
Balbara Vandegrift Gerrie Lim George Ball
Carolyn Meier
Syed
Jeffi'ey Tinmenrans Alkman Granitsas
.S
Alexancler McKinnon Debbie Chan Richald Ferguson
Jarnes Twiss
Bill \long
Nicholas Lord rùfilliam Rhode
è
Edward Colt Benedict Rogers Christopher Anderson Jacqueline Home
Akiko Kato
Kate Davies Richard Robinson
þ o
Photographs by Hubert van Es
Albukhary
Edward Tr,rrner III Alois Paier Veronica Chow .fonathan Glusman Michael Cetuvorst Thomas Koetzsch Robert rVilkins Catherine Cheung Yoshimitsu Shiba
Dernot Monaghan Don Hatfìeld Asad Sultan
Associate Fumio Okada .
Rosemaly Sayer
Villiam Bagley Gary Greenberg Sean Evans
Dominic Quinnell
Crystal Tang Jeanne Park Paul Vong
lùØilhelmina Ngai Caesar'Wu George Damer .fohn Gracey Gopal Lalchanclani Leanne Wood
Glendon Rowell Kapil Vaswani
Kunihikio Makita
Corporate Yu Kin-hon Leon Price David Clarke Georges Legros rJØong
Chi-yin Allen Yuen Brian Lippey
John McCormick Fan Tat-yan
Thomas Kessler Cheung Tat-tang
Joe Juhas Johnny Cl-reng
David Hui Kerry Long
Matthew McGrath Christophel Brown
Ruediger-AJexander'Walk
Jonathan Zeal
Lorena Glen
Steve Farmge
lvfarclr 1998 THD CORRESPOIIIIEIì|T
A montbly portrøit of FCC ircepløceøbles
THINKING INTERNET? No responsible communicator would consider launching a marketing campaign without careful planning. Right? So why do so many stumble blindly into cyber-wilderness with barely a second thought, resulting in ineffective campaigns, huge oveffuns and, ultimately, embanassment?
Don't become of those who succumbed to "Internet Fever" only to discover that WWW often means "What \Went Wrong?" New Media Communications offers professional guidance to help businesses plan and implement Internet initiatives from strategy through execution. More importantly, we ensure your on-line marketing integrates with existing promotional activities and meets your co{porate objectives. Staffed by marketing, publishing and Internet experts, NMC does not build cookie-cutter solutions. Listening and learning about your business and turning this into tailored on-line campaigns is one of our greatest assets. And yours.
Ray'Cuddles' Cranbourne Member since:
Does #708 give you a clue?
Age: Profession:
About the same. Golfer with photographic tendencies. Melburnian No thank you, I just haven't the time for one more. Don't you dare put me on the back page.
Nationality: Least likely to say: Most likely to say:
Pbotogrøpbed. by Terry Duckbøm ca.nl.era, by
sponsorecr
by
Crawford Dauid,son
?Ã NÜ
Kodak (Far East) Limited
+EJig(ìËH)ällçrÀ\Ël
Think carefully. Think NMC.
IT PAYS TO THINKAGAIN New Media Communications Ltd StLategic ìvfarketing
lnANeu,
Era
Tel: (852) 2838 7240 Fax: (852) 2838 5325 E-mail: kalunro@mail.com Web site: http://www.newmediacommunications.com
Tf,X CORRf,SP0I{DDNT March 1998
DIì'ING
SCttBA
- SNOR¡<
E
LL IN G . W¡NDST'BFING
. JET
. PARÂSA¡LING
Sl(llNG
r
af4
{..
ent y ou lanJ itr G.nnt ept o n your toes,
rh en r'll
È-
#
¡
,, \
:2 -'r
6 I \:
=\-
-
0
rC
tlf,'¡ --
SlNNsl.
^.tlSHCUI'.
.
:.:iÞ-ä-Éãl--
-:::l:-
ÐNIIOOHS.
ÐN¡O¡¡l
aSrJOH.
Venture t"yotrJ Àsia to tLe Pacilic. À -L"1" new experience, o{{
{"t
,.rn
*J
a
l-loÐ.
unique
SrlnOI
"r-rlt..r",
tJSIdOCl'lfH.
awaits you on Gr,ru-.
k"hJ"y on tkis Paci{ic l.lutrJ puruJi.". Or toucL Jo-n rnJ si-ply r"L* "njoying tLe oc".n tr""2"..
an action pu"lu"J
G.,rrn prornises to tring out tLe test in yo.r. Cull the G.ram Visitors Bure..r
6\rts
T-L"
GuamvisirorsBureau Auahan Setbision Blsítan
t}re
138ó. "n 2522
G lJAlVl A P"ci{ic ftluttJ Àá.,"nt.r."