PEOPLE RICHARD BUTT,
one of the top brains in Asia's advertising scene, is bidding farewell to Hong Kong in June. The 41-year-old FCC member, who has
gail), was brought to Hong Kong as the agency's creative director by well-known former FCC mainstay Michael Holbeche (now believed to be running a bar in
been Leo Burnett's creative director for Asia for the past four years, is heading for the agency's headquarters in Chicago, where he will report directly to the com-
Spain) in 1976. His patch was widened to all
pany president.
-
of Asia in the early 1980s, and will now cover the planet. "I guess I'llbe doingmuchthe same thing but over a bigger area," he said.
sad to leave the old job of course,
"I'm
but the new one is going to be pretty exciting,"
THOSE with long memories of the region may remember
he said.
W'endell "Bud" Merick,
The UK-born adman has had an award-
who died recentþ at the age of 60 at his
laden stay in Hong Kong, culminating in his
home in Bethesda, Md. He was a¡ active
team winning the Media and Marketing
member
Golden Junk (the top award) for three out of the four years the competition has been run. Among his best-known pieces are the
"arrive
in better shape"
MEMBERS
NE\A/
campaign for
A meeting place in Beijing FOREIGN correspondents in Beijing and other visiting hacks now have a meeting place - the Caravan Bar of the Great Wall Sheraton hotel. The hotel management has officiaþ named the watering hole the "meeting
month.
A telephone, message pigeonholes, English language newspapers and periodicals and television set to watch network news and other heighlights shown on the American Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS), which is broadcast inhouse at the hotel, are provided at the joint besides discounted food and beverages.
Visiting journalists can also use these facilities but they need to show
cur-
daughter Katherine- Anne.
the membership card of their local FCC. Seen at the reception to mark the
inauguration of the "meeting place" are, from left: general manager of the Great Wall Sheraton Tony Zamora, former FCC president and Beijing bureau chief of the Associated Press Jim Abrams, present FCC president and Time magazine correspondent Jaime F1orCruz, FCC treasurer and
AFP correspondent Pierre-Antoine Donnet, and FCC vice president and Voice of America corrrespondent Al Pessin.
assessment.
Excerpt a Medica Asia Ltd, who specialise in medical
Claudia Nalven, associate editor of Automated
publications. Before her arrival in Hong Kong last
Office magazine, came to
Hong Kong from
year she worked in London
as an editor for Current '82-'86 as chief sub-editor
for the Medical Tribune
with computer publications alter completing her education at the New York University. She also does volunteer work with the American Women's Association. she worked
Group.
Lisa Jane Bickerdyke, assistant regional editor of
been living in Hong Kong years.
for the past two good place
to
Keith Ronald Piper, who hails from Melbourne is the general marager of Maitland-Smith Ltd.
1ive, but
Hong Kong's llure
was
stronger and might hold her until 1997. If not, we1l, "Asia's the best."
Maureen Boyd
Graeme Dawson Robinson, who
vice president of has been
securities trading company
has worked in Hong -Kong for the last three
his native Lauda
assigned as parliamentary
years and came initially to
Frankfurl,
correspondent
set
for
Garl'Steven Rotrinson worked in north and west the
Basic Law Consultative
ness and commodities news
service in the UK. He was transferred to Hong Kong nine months ago as Bureau Chief.
he had already spent a year
umbia University.
Graham John Donnell
lransfer here he worked for Cresvale in London for twoand-a-half years.
January 1986.
a solicitor specialising
in
Hong Kong for two
Catherine Mary Gay-
nor has worked for
C
Cheney & Associates since her arrival in Hong Kong in September' 1985. She is a features writer for Thc Peak, Regent, and
as an exchange student in
Beijing, where his Mandarin, learned at home, served him well as a freelance
correspondent. He also u'orked for Austrian and Swiss publications before becoming Die Welt's Far
currently
East correspondent.
Joyce.
Alfred Kam Chi-wah
John Patrick Giannini
was bom in Hong Kong and left the teritory to study for his MBA degree in France.
can.
Andrew John Fraser
is a
photographer w-ith
He returned to Hong Kong
arrived in Hong Kong in
AgenceFrance-Presse He is based in Beijing.
to l'ork and is currently a product planning executi\¡e for Reuters.
October 1987 from London
where he worked for & Saatchi Worldwide. When he joined Saatchi & Saatchi in 1981
David N, Gibson is a
first
arrived in Hong Kong in September 1987 following
Saatchi
he was their internationai
employee.
He is based here as their
business
development
director.
Geoffrey Allen Galbraith,
manager of Cres-
vale (Far East) Ltd
-
a
senior consultant with Hill & Knowlton Asia Ltd. He
lwo-and a-half-years
as
head of public relations for Wang (UK) Ltd. Prior to
this he worked for other public relations consultancies, primarily Fortune 500 corporations.
ICIS-LOR group, a busi-
Catholic priest. Born ìn Mauritius, Keloon took his master's degree at Col-
at
Africa for eight years in the oil business before leaving two years ago to join the
Committee, a¡d a Roman
University. By that time,
years and finds the trade here different and simpler than back home. Every day is an experience, he says. Donnell joined FCC for its crowd, and the gym. He also plays football when he
THE coRRESPoNDENT
near as a language the Chinese
is also a member of
lecturer
commercial law, has been
1988
to
Hong Kong in 1982 from
up Cresvale's Hong Kong office. Prior to his
in
20 unncu
Jochen Hehn came
News in
CBC
the
international tobacco firm, R. J. Ret'nolds.
evision News from May 1981-1986 before being
TV
comes from
New Zeala¡d, is regional
assigned to Hong Kong to report for CBC Radio and Television as well as for the Financínl Post newspaper in Canada. Whilst workingin Ottawa, she was the political reporter for CBC Tel-
National
New
York two years ago and joined the South Chirn Morning Post. In the US,
Meliml Literature ¿nd from
Before thal, she worked in Bangkok. She says it was a
&
forcasling and political risk
edits for
United Press and was the Hong Kong bureau manager for UPI after the Korean News
place" of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Beijing at a reception last
/
Asia Trauel Trade, has
truce was Richard Butt
rently writes
Correspondents Clubs of Japan and Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s. He covered the Korean War for
sþed in 1953. Bud joined t/S World Reþortin 1966 and retired in 1983. He is sr:rvived by his wife A¡ne and
Cathay Pacific, as well as ads tbr Mariboro, Lane Craw{ord and The Regent.
Richard, who with his wife Fredi and three children (Adam, Amanda and Abi-
of the Foreign
Elizabeth Anfield
David John Kerr,
a
Canadian, is a sub-editor with the business section of
the Honglnng
Standtud. WorkinginHongKong, he says, is an adventure
Louis Edward Keloon, also known as Ha Seong Kwong, is the chief editor of KungKaoPoweekly. He
Malcolm McGraw has been u'orking in and out of Hong
Kolg for more than
a decade. He serued in the
Hong Kong Governrnent for 12 years before leaving
to join Gammon Group of Companies. He was assigned to Chi Wo
in
1982
Properties Limited as executive director and
general manager
in
Sally Rodwell
has been
employed by Orientations as associate editor since August 1987. Previously, she worked as project
editor at Vere
&
Associates Inc.
Stephen Robert Rogers, currently a business writer for the South China
Morning Posl, worked at
September 1987.
Times Media Ltd in South
Miron Mushkat arrived
Africa for several years as an investment and economic writer before coming
in Hong Kong in September
1977 lrom New Zealand.
to Hong Kong. He took up
Whilst lecturing at Victoria
his present position last
University, New Zealand,
year.
he was appointed as special assistant for corporate plar-
Rory Scott, is
ning and finance to chairman
of the
the
Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand . He will shortly be leaving his lecturing post at Hong Kong University to work for Baring Securities
as director
ofeconomic
managing director
the
of
a
tourism promotion and re-
presentation
company,
Scott Delton Ltd. Business takes him away for lengthy periods at times, a¡rd the FCC almosphere, he says, provides relief.
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