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POTUS SCHEDULE
SUNDAY:
--AF1 to Korea for 3:30 arrival
--wreath laying ceremony at National Cemetery, no
remarks
--American community greetings at Collier Field House
--private dinner with President Roh at the Blue House
MONDAY:
--breakfast with US and Korean business community at
Hotel Shilla, 5-10 min. remarks (themes similar to
Kodak speech: U.S. can compete, we're working together
to expand trade, importance of GATT
--Arrival ceremony at Blue House
--one on one with President Roh, expanded bilaterals,
joint press statement at Blue House
--State Luncheon at Blue House hosted by Korean
President, after lunch toast
--Address to the National Assembly, 15 minutes
--travel to Camp Casey, press the flesh with American
soldiers, 5 min. remarks. Jovial, what a great job
you're doing, last of the front lines type speech.
Acknowledge difficulty of 1 year unaccompanied tour
SITES
1)
Blue House: not on walkthrough, but the scoop as far as I
know is that the Blue House is the official residence of the
President of ROK. The Blue House was constructed in 1927 as
the Japanese government's residence for its Governor-
General. It occupies the grounds of the Yi-Koong palace of
the Koryo Dynasty.
In '48, when ROK was established, the building was
designated the Presidential Residence. After the student
revolution of 1960, it was renamed Chong Wa Dae (Blue Tile
House), a name derived from its unique blue roof tiles.
2)
National Assembly: not on walkthrough, but apparently it's
your usual, rococo, elaborate parliamentary style. I'm told
there's a large symbol behind where POTUS will be standing:
the Flower of Eternal Life framing a Korean character.
The Assembly building is located on Yoido, a large
island on the Han River. Completed in 1975, it houses
offices, meeting rooms, and the Assembly's library. The
current National Assembly is composed of 299 members from
two political parties. It is the thirteenth National
Assembly since the founding of the Republic in 1948. The
Assembly Speaker is Park, Jyun Kyu.
3)
Camp Casey: not on walkthrough, but this base houses U.S.
servicemen on a one-year unaccompanied tour. Their duty is
an uneasy vigil at one of the world's last front lines.
Part of their work is to patrol the DMZ (demilitarized zone)
often camping out in no man's land.
While we honor the returning heroes of Desert Storm, we
should remember also courage and commitment of our men in
Korea -- whose courage and commitment often go
unacknowledged. POTUS should recognize the difficulty of a
one year unaccompanied tour; Camp Casey is what is commonly
referred to as a "hardship post.'
CONTACTS: --AmEmbSeoul, 82-2-732-2106
COLOR
1)
Koreans, I'm told, like the Japanese, would have trouble
knowing how to respond to a joke by POTUS. One way,
however, to break the ice and establish rapport, would be to
mention family -- his family, the American family, family
values, whatever.
2)
POTUS was here in '89, and also in '82 as vice president.
SINGAPORE
POLICY THEMES
Singapore is the only ASEAN country we'll visit -- therefore
we'll want to touch on issues common to those countries. (ASEAN
is made up of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and the
Phillippines.) Singapore is our strongest ally in the region.
Singaporeans welcome us as a balance to Japanese investment.
They have a longstanding fear that Japan eyes them with military
interest.
We'll want to talk about South East Asia and Cambodia,
setting the stage for future dealings with Viet Nam. Instability
in the region: Thailand just had a coup, Burma has a
dictatorship. Cambodia, however, is soon to have UN sanctioned
elections. Ultimately, we'll want to resolve the POW/MIA
question -- an issue some unscrupulous people in the are have
exploited for profit. Resolution will require that Viet Nam be
completely open so we can scrutinize all the records. Until we
get to the bottom of POW/MIA, we can't really say that Viet Nam
is truly over.
I believe there are also some human rights concerns in
Singapore itself.
POTUS SCHEDULE
MONDAY:
--AF1 to Singapore
TUESDAY: --Breakfast meeting at Raffles with U.S. ambassadors to
ASEAN countries, no formal remarks
--Arrival ceremony at Istana Palace
--POTUS makes courtesy call on President and Mrs. Wee
Kim Wee at the Istana Palace
--meeting with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, then
expanded bilaterals
--15 min. speech at lecture series to the
Singapore/American Business community, held in Westin
Hotel (Security and Trade: U.S. engagement in the
region; importance of working together towards the
future)
Business Roundtable meeting at Hewlett-Packard, no
formal remarks
--groundbreaking ceremony for new American Chancery,
embassy greetings type remarks
-courtesy call on Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
State Dinner at Istana Palace hosted by President Wee
Kim Wee, after dinner toast
WEDNESDAY: view static display at Changi airport
--AF1 to Australia
SITES
1)
Raffles Hotel (just FYI, no formal remarks planned at this
point). Wrote Rudyard Kipling, "Feed at Raffles when
visiting Singapore." Established in 1887, the hotel
symbolizes the exotic charm and colonial nostalgia often
associated with the area. The hotel was named after Sir
Stamford Raffles, founder of modern Singapore in 1819.
Celebs who added their aura to Raffles': Joseph Conrad,
Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Somerset Maugham, Nowel
Coward, and sundry sultans, kings, and politicians. Raffles
embodied colonial high life: tea-dances, Charleston, jazz
bands, and billiards. Raffles is the birthplace of the
Singapore Sling. In 1902, the last tiger to be shot in
Singapore was pursued in Raffles, and finally dispatched
under the Bar & Billiard Room.
The hotel was declared a protected monument in 1987.
2)
Westin Hotel: the hotel is supposedly the tallest hotel in
the world. The lecture series in which the President takes
part is designed to give political, academic, and financial
eminentoes the opportunity to visit Singapore and mouth off.
Singapore gets to bask in their wisdom.
The series, inaugurated in 1980, is organized by the
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Previous speakers
include Henry Kissinger, Milton Friedman, Brian Mulroney,
Raymond Barre, and Giscard D'Estang. 1,500-2,000 will
attend speech.
3)
Groundbreaking ceremony for new American Chancery: this
event will basically take the place of Embassy
Greetings/American community remarks. Projected completion
for new embassy is 1995-6. 150-200 embassy staff, loads of
Singaporean schoolchildren. 2,000 guests in all. Site is
basically just a hill. Use your imagination. Building
metaphors applied to broader scope of U.S.-Singapore
relations might be appropriate.
The U.S. Ambassador in Singapore is Robert Orr. DCM is
Arthur Kobler.
4)
Istana Palace: previously called Government House, the
Istana was built in 1869 to house the British Governor of
Singapore. The grounds had been the nutmeg estate of
Charles Robert Princep. A statue of Queen Victoria was
installed in the drawing room to mark her jubilee in 1889.
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh stayed there in
February 1972. The edifice itself looks like a cross
between a mini-Versailles and a southern plantation.
Adorning the entry foyer are a matching set of tusks
presented by the Sultan of Singapore to the British
government.
The staff of the President, the Cabinet Office, and a
section of the Prime Minister's office work at the Istana.
CONTACTS: --DCM, AmEmbSingapore, Arthur Kobler, 338-0251, ext.
217
--USIS, Dennis Donahue, 244-5233
COLOR
1)
Singapore is a country of many races, languages and
cultures. The population is made up of Chinese, Malays,
Indians and Eurasians. Harmonious multiculturalism. One
often hears the phrase, "many races, one people." Maybe we
can make some "E Pluribus Unum" connection.
2)
The first American consul in Singapore, Joseph Balestier,
came to the area in 1834 and took up his post in 1837 --
inaugurating 154 years of diplomatic relations. His wife,
Maria Revere Balestier, was the daughter of Paul Revere.
Balestier's memory lives on in a bell, now in
Singapore's National Museum, cast in Boston's Revere Works.
Mrs. Balestier, presented the bell to the original Church of
St. Andrew.
3)
American Embassy Singapore suggests a Pearl Harbor footnote
to our Singapore stop: POTUS will be at Pearl Harbor on
Saturday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Japanese
attack, and honoring the resultant 2,400 Americans dead or
missing. We might also remember that on the same day, but
on Singapore's side of the international dateline, the war
began for the Philippines, for Thailand, for Malaysia, and
for Singapore. Bombers appeared over Clark Field and over
Singapore. Ground troops landed at Songkhla and Pattani
(Thailand) and at Kota Baharu (Malaya). Singapore did not
then have an army (British and Australian forces were
there) i Singaporeans who were either killed or injured were
civilians.
4)
Singaporean suffrage is universal and compulsory.
5)
Orchids are a major Singaporean product (and they're
beautiful).
6)
While there is no compulsory education in Singapore,
attendance is 94% and the literacy rate is over 87%.
7)
POTUS and FLOTUS visited Singapore when Bush was Vice
President.
8)
When the President called Orr to offer him the
ambassadorship, one of his selling points was to tell the
future ambassador how comfy the Residence is. (Orr was
previously Governor of Indiana).
9)
Quayle was here on May 22.
10) The origin of the name "Singapore" comes from the 13th
century's appellation of "Singapura," meaning "Lion City."
AUSTRALIA
POLICY THEMES
The last President to go down under was LBJ, 21 years ago.
Australia feels left out. They've been a strong ally -- there in
WWII, there in Nam, there in the Gulf. The Australians have been
very grateful to us for saving them from the Japanese in WWII.
But those warm feelings are now being tried by their anger over
trade policies (agricultural subsidies).
Oops on EEPS: Our Economic Enhancement Programs (an American
domestic subsidy so that we can export our products abroad at a
lower price) and the EC's strict protectionist policies have left
Aussies demonstrably furious -- riots, strikes. Need some
stroking action. POTUS needs to show himself as a champion of
free trade, "that's why the Uruguay round is so important," blah,
blah. Hopefully we'll have GATT progress we can highlight by
that time.
Generally, stress "harmony/kinship with the Australians."
CANBERRA
POTUS SCHEDULE
WED. DEC 4:
--arrival ceremony
THUR., DEC 5:
--Embassy greetings, hosted at Ambassador
Sembler's residence
--luncheon hosted by Prime Minister in Australian
Parliament Building's Great Hall. Toasts after
lunch; PM's toast/speech will be 5-10 mins., intro
POTUS for 3-5 mins. (may have to stretch if PM's
speech is longer).
--15-20 min. remarks to Australian Parliament
--meeting with Australian academic community;
talking points (don't know if we're responsible)
--Australian War Memorial
--Governor General Hayden's State Dinner at the
Government House
--RON Canberra
SITES
1)
Embassy Greetings: The Ambassador's Residence is 50 years
old, as are formal Australian-American diplomatic relations.
The ground lease for the mansion was signed while the
Japanese were bombing Australia. The house was built during
the war, and completed in 1943. Mrs. Roosevelt had a
personal interest here, and came out after the building's
completion to plant a tree.
The current Ambassador to Australia is Mr. Mel Sembler.
Ambassador and Mrs. Sembler are from Treasure Island,
Florida. In addition to the Embassy in Canberra, the U.S.
has three Consulates General in Australia -- one in Sydney,
Melbourne and Perth -- and a Consulate in Brisbane. There
is also a Consular Agent in Adelaide.
2)
Address to Australian Parliament:
The building itself is a striking postmodern palace,
designed by Roman Giurgola, and completed for the Australian
Bicentennial in 1988. The structure incorporates many
symbolic features which strive to reflect certain Australian
values, and resonate with Australian history, geography, and
culture.
For instance, on one side the earth, rather than
meeting the building at a right angle, runs gradually from a
distance and at an angle right up to the buildings peak
flagpole. This design twist represents the accessibility
and accountability of Australian government -- that the
government are subservient to those they serve.
Another example: in the forecourt of the Parliament,
along the walkway POTUS will follow, is a mandelic mosaic
design called "Meeting Place" which represents a meeting
place for all races and cultures. The work also celebrates
Australia's earliest settlers, so it is appropriate that an
Aboriginal artist, Michael Nelson Tjakamara, was asked to
create the centerpiece. It's pointillist strokes are
reminiscent of his tribes sand paintings.
Also neat: one of the original copies of the Magna
Carta is housed in the Parliament building.
POTUS will be greeted by the PM, walk up to the mosaic
in the middle, walk over and shake some Australian hands.
He then goes to lunch (check) in the Great Hall with the
ugly tapestry.
Parliament speech: POTUS starts out, "Thank you, Mr.
Speaker." (Speaker is Leo McLeay. Speech is not
teleprompted. House of Representatives: amphitheater-
like, modern, bathroom-tile-green. NOTE: this will be the
first time a foreign head of state has addressed a joint
session of parliament -- ever (POTUS should stress what a
great honor it is).
VERY IMPORTANT: We were going to do an event with the
Australia/USA Parliamentary Group which has now been cut --
so a specific reference should be included as to who they
are, what they do, kudos. The group is not a standing
committee or anything like that, just an association of
upper and lower house parliamentarians working to promote
US-Australian friendship ties. The group was formed under
the auspices of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Australian
National Group in May '88. The bipartisan group is the most
active of all Parliamentary Friendship groups. For more
info, contact: Nonda on MP Eamon Lindsay's staff at 077-
724844.
3)
Australian War Memorial: (No remarks, just FYI) Built
roughly in the shape of a Byzantine church, the memorial is
the most popular tourist attraction in the nation's capital.
Event will take place in the rectangular, central
courtyard, which includes a commemorative stone, a pool of
reflection, the Eternal Flame, a commemorative area, and
then, enclosed, the Hall of Memory. The dome inside the
Hall bears a radial pattern which represents the spirits of
the war dead rising towards the central circle (heaven).
The memorial also contains a museum, whose galleries
evoke and explain the Australian experience of war.
Australians in combat: New Zealand (1860), Sudan (1885),
South Africa (1899-1902), China (1900-01), WW1 (1914-18),
WWII (1939-45), Korea (1950-53), Malaya (1950-60), Malaysia
(1963-66), Vietnam (1962-72), Persian Gulf (1991) -- we
might remember that the Aussies responded immediately in the
Gulf, needing no prompting.
Plaque in memorial reads: "The Australian War Memorial
commemorates those 100,000 Australians who have died in war
and recalls the service and sacrifice of all Australians in
wartime." Also, museum holds a mini-copy of Eugeni
Vouchetich's famous statue, "Beat the swords into
ploughshares. NOTE: Australian repatriation hospitals are
still treating men wounded in WWI. 496 Australians died in
Viet Nam; 2,398 were wounded.
4)
(no remarks, just FYI) After dinner, when POTUS toasts, the
only thing he says is: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Her Majesty
the Queen of Australia," in response to the Governor
General's "Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United
States of America." Hayden is Queen Elizabeth's
representative; there is a such a representative in each of
the 6 Australian states (Australia is a commonwealth).
Governor Generals are Australian citizens; their posts are
purely ceremonial. Hayden is Australia's former Foreign
Minister.
The Government House is an old cattle "station," or
property. It is a simple, classical mansion on the rim of
Lake Burley Griffin.
CONTACTS: Lew Luchs, Media Counsellor, AmEmbCanberra, 270-5872
Ray Burson, USIS, (062) 705966
--Marilyn Meyers, DCM, 270-5000
--AmEmbCanberra, after hours, 270-5900
SYDNEY
POTUS SCHEDULE
FRIDAY (DEC. 6th) :
--noon arrival at Sydney airport (QANTAS Jet Base)
--Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre: 12:30-12:45
pre-lunch reception with South Wales Premier Grenier's
50 guests, 1:00 p.m. State Luncheon with remarks after
remarks and intro by Premier, 15-20 mins., 1,000 guests
--post-lunch reception with Australian American Coral
Sea Commemorative Council
--visit Australian National Maritime Museum, visit
American Gallery, brief remarks in dedication of
museum.
--harbor cruise on John Cadman III to Sydney Opera
House
--press conference at Sydney Opera House
--over to Kirribilli House for dinner?
--RON Sydney
SITES
1)
State Luncheon at Convention Centre: Both anthems played,
grace said, lunch served. After lunch, Premier Grenier
speaks then intros POTUS. Audience will be a cross-section
of the New South Wales Community. Centre is beautiful, yet
modern and antiseptic. Themes focus on our trade, joint
longterm commitments, the global marketplace, the coming
century, thread of education, etc.
If we touch on Asian topics, we might note that, for
more than a year, Australia has taken a leading role in
seeking a comprehensive solution to the Cambodian conflict
under UN auspices.
2)
Australian National Maritime Museum: Present are Prime
Minister and Mrs. Hawke, Chairman and Mrs. Doyle, Premier
and Mrs. Grenier, Ambassador and Mrs. Sembler. The event
serves as the official opening and USA Gallery Dedication.
2-3 min. remarks required, after brief remarks by Prime
Minister.
The building occupies a waterfront site on an arm of
Sydney Harbor, described by Mark Twain as "the darling of
Sydney and the wonder of the world." The sweeping curves of
the museum's white painted roof are reminiscent of waves,
clouds, and sails. It's interior is kind of split-level,
post-modern white. Almost warehouse looking, with hanging
mobiles and high ceilings. Out front, next to the museum's
sign, is a large mobile with fluctuating signal flags, the
kind used for intership communication. In one section is a
model of the Endeavor, presented as a gift by Queen
Elizabeth. The Endeavor was the ship commanded by Captain
Cooke when he discovered Australia. Also, there's a section
with surfboards (joke material?)
The American Gallery was our 1988 bicentennial gift to
Australia. Here, POTUS will unveil a plaque and then
briefly tour the gallery. The opening exhibit is called:
"Linked by the Sea,' and that name is carved into the wall.
It explores the similar origins of our two countries. We
might use that as a theme, touching upon how our two
maritime traditions, among many other bonds, help contribute
to our mutual sense of kinship. One of the most powerful
links: The Australian and US navies fought side by side to
turn back the Japanese military advance in WWII. Five
months after the outbreak of war in the Pacific, the Battle
of the Coral Sea in May 1942 was a crucial strategic victory
for the allies, and the first reverse for the Imperial
Japanese Army.
FUN FACTS:
*Australia has a long maritime heritage,
going back at least 50,000 years to the
probable arrival of the first humans from
Asia.
*There were three Americans on board Endeavor
when Cook discovered the east coast of
Australia in 1770 (but they were British
loyalists).
*The first foreign merchant vessel to arrive
in New South Wales was a US ship with a
welcome cargo of rum and other supplies.
*The first person to ride a surfboard in
Australia was a Hawaiian -- Duke Kahanamoku.
****Note: The exhibit houses two periscopes, one of
which is from the same class of submarine as the one which
collected the President after he was shot down in WWII.
More information is on the way via fax.
CONTACTS: --Margaret Eubank, Public Affairs Officer (USIS) 261-
9244
--Consulate General (after hours) 963-1209
--Ian Wilcock, Asst. Sec. Americas Branch, Australian
Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade, (06) 261-2711
--John Wade, Sr. Curator, Australian National Maritime
Museum, (02)552-7728
AUSTRALIA COLOR
(among other materials, files include extensive info on above
sites, speech excerpts from American Ambassador Sembler
GENERAL
1)
Australians in film: Errol Flynn, Mel Gibson, Paul Hogan
(one of screenwriters and main actor in "Crocodile Dundee),
Dean Semler (cinematographer of "Dances with Wolves.")
2)
Australians in music: Olivia Newton John, Men At Work, Bee
Gees.
3)
Washington Post cartoonist Patrick Oliphant is from
Australia.
4)
James Tuckey, a lieutenant aboard the ship which took the
first unwilling settlers into Port Phillip Bay (the future
Melbourne) in 1803 wrote:
"I beheld a second Rome rising from a coalition of banditti.
I beheld it giving laws to the world, and superlative in
arms and in arts, looking down with proud superiority upon
the barbarous nations of the northern hemisphere."
5)
Maybe POTUS could do a joke about vegemite, or vegemite
sandwiches. There's potential for humor in the fact that
Australians love the stuff while we think it's yucho. Maybe
at a luncheon, "Despite our many similarities, Americans
have never really developed a taste for your vegemite. In
fact, when I asked about today's menu, I was assured -- no
vegemite. \ Actually, I was worried about the broccoli."
6)
On Australian TV there's a very famous show called, "Skippy
the Bush Kangaroo. " Everyone knows about Skippy, he's kind
of equivalent to our Lassie. Maybe a joke about, "I hear
that here in Australia, you have 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.'
Well, back home we have 'Millie the Bush Canine. 1 (Tony
Mauro: Millie the Bush Scoobydoo). Or, "I was a little
nervous about playing golf here, what with all the kangaroos
running around. \ Fortunately, I've got Skippy on my side."
7)
In May 1836, President Jackson appointed J.H. Williams as
the first American Consul in Australia. The "Colonist," a
newspaper of the day, welcomed his arrival, praising America
thus: "Scarcely is there a sea which their ships do not
plough, or a port in which they do not ride " (maybe for
Maritime Museum?)
8)
"The Australians did not seem to me to differ noticeably
from Americans, either in dress, carriage, ways
or general
appearance."
--Mark Twain, 1895.
9)
Another link between Australia and the United States during
the 19th century: from 1897-1898, Herbert Hoover, later to
become the 31st U.S. President, worked in Western Australia
as a young mining engineer.
10) "Next to our own nation we place our kindred in America."
--Alfread Deakin, 1905 (Australian statesman?)
11) In September 1918, Australian and American troops fought
alongside each other in the main attack on the Hindenburg
Line which ended World War I, a battle experience to be
shared again in WWII, Korea and Vietnam.
12) In 1969, an Australian radio telescope and an American
antenna brought us the historic television pictures of the
first manned landing on the moon. The picture everyone
remembers -- Neil Armstrong's leg searching for the surface
-- was first seen in a tracking station briefing room near
Canberra. As a compliment to Australia, NASA in 1971 named
Apollo 15 "Endeavor after Captain Cook's Endeavor.
13) Australia's coat of arms consist of a shield containing the
badges of the 6 states. The supporters are native
Australian fauna -- a kangaroo and an emu. A yellow-
flowered native plant, wattle, also appears in the design.
14) Note: Australia taxes capital gains. (Individuals and
companies pay at different rates)
15) Bush has called the Australian-American relationship "an
intimate partnership between two peoples."
16) In the Persian Gulf, the first combined boarding to enforce
UN resolutions was by the USS Brewton and the HMAS Darwin.
17) 300,000 US tourists visit Australia annually.
18) "It will be a very poor day when little Australia won't be
able to summon up its traditional impudence by looking at
the U.S. and saying, 'What do you mean, you big stiff?'"
--Sir Robert Menzies in the Sydney Morning Herald,
27 June 1964. (Possible rejoinder: "Well,
Australia is not all that little, and I hope that
America is not all that stiff." Could be relevant
re. trade disputes)
19)
You must be the most beautiful people in the world."
--Duke Ellington, in the Sydney Morning Herald, 7
Feb. 1970.
20) Every year, America sends a high level delegation to
participate in the Coral Sea Commemoration. Dan Quayle was
here in '89 and Bush was here in '82.
21) Rugby and Cricket are Australian national pastimes. Rugby's
World Cup will be over by the end of October. It will be
the first time an American team has participated.
22) One of the most popular Australian television shows is
called "The Flying Doctor." Joke potential? LA Law is the
most popular American TV show here. The Civil War series
was also very popular.
CANBERRA
1)
American architect Walter Burley Griffin designed
Australia's capital. Griffin was from Chicago; studied
under Frank Lloyd Wright.
2)
Canberra is known as "The Bush Capital." I think there is
joke potential here, e.g. 'I know Australians and Americans
are close, but you didn't have to name your capital after
me.')
3)
Canberra's detractors often refer to the capital as
"Monumentsville," "a city without a mind," "the city of the
gray flannel mind, " and "a great waste of sheep country."
Canberra's fans call her "the garden city of the
Commonwealth" or "the front window of the nation." They
also say that "to know Canberra is to love it.'
4) The name "Canberra" comes from "Canberry," an Aboriginal
word meaning "meeting place."
5)
In Canberra, the kangaroos have a habit of falling people's
swimming pools (don't worry, they don't drown) joke
potential?
6)
Australia has the 10 most popular snakes in the world,
starting with the Death Adder.
7)
POTUS visit coincides with the annual advent of fly season.
Aussies are constantly waving off the insects, a gesture so
common it's nicknamed the "Australian Wave." Maybe POTUS
can joke: "Australians have a reputation for warmth and
hospitality. In fact when I got off the plane, I told
Barbara how flattered I was that they were all waving to me.
She said, 'Sorry to burst your bubble, George, but it's fly
season.
8)
Kangaroos abound on tennis courts, golfing greens. Maybe
there's a joke about POTUS asking PM what kind of penalty
you get for hitting a roo.
SYDNEY
1)
In the bay cradled by Darling Harbor stands a little rook
named Fort Denison. It was built in the 1840's to keep
Americans away at a time when the colonists in Sydney were
concerned about possible American aggression springing from
Anglo-American contention. It's a cute, little-known fact,
which reflects the loyalty of the early Australian colony.
2)
During World War II, Japanese submarines actually made it in
to Sydney Harbor. This illustrates what a mortal threat
Japan posed at the time, and provides a sharp contrast with
present relations.
3)
Looking out upon Sydney Harbor, the eye is drawn to the
Pacific horizon. Given our policy themes, we might want to
talk about Australia's "window on the Pacific,"
geographically as well as politically and economically.
3)
Aside from the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Harbor Bridge
is also considered a famous symbol of the City.
4)
On the state crest of South Wales appear a latin motto that
translated means: "Newly Risen, How Brightly We Shine."
HONOLULU
THEMES:
The stop centers around the 50th Commemoration of Pearl
Harbor. We want to recognize the sacrifice of those
who lost their lives and those who lost their loved
ones on December 7, 1941. Lt. Gen. Fields talked of
creating a realization for the American people that the
attack changed America forever. We went from being an
isolationist nation to an international superpower.
POTUS SCHEDULE
FRI, 12/6:
--evening AF1 to Honolulu
SAT, 12/7:
--7:30 helo to naval base, barge to USS Arizona
for memorial ceremony. Presidential honors, brief
remarks by Admiral Larson, Rear Admiral White,
Moment of Silence, ship whistle, missing man
flyover, national anthem, flag raising, 5 min.
remarks.
--8:20 depart for K-8 (Kilo 8, it's like a pier),
honors arrival, Joo intros POTUS, remarks 15-20
mins.
--9:00 depart for Hickam AFB, proceed to Kenney
Conference room for brief remarks to Asian
Ambassadors (in Honolulu attending annual meeting
of Chiefs of Missions Conference).
--depart Honolulu
SITES
1)
USS Arizona: The memorial itself is a bier-like structure,
white, with open windows on the sky. Supported above the
water, it straddles the midsection of the sunken Arizona,
whose bow and stern are marked by buoys. Toward the back of
the memorial is a chapel-like enclosure housing a wall with
all the names of Arizona's drowned. POTUS's back will be to
this wall, in front of him is a cutaway section in the
memorial's floor, where one can peer down on the submerged
starboard.
Remarks here are brief, as they are part of a larger,
hour-long ceremony. Here, as in the longer speech,
acknowledgments are key: both sites are far too small to
accommodate the vast number of veterans, families, and
guests. POTUS will be introduced by a survivor.
Acknowledgements should be handled with care to make sure
that no group (particular ship vets, vet organizations,
etc.) are slighted.
In particular, while the memorial is for the Arizona,
mentions should be made of USS Utah. The two downed ships
are the only that have people entombed in them (1,177 went
down with the Arizona, 58 went down with the Utah). Also,
while the longer speech contains a more general Pearl Harbor
focus, the memorial speech should be more specific to those
who went down with the Arizona and other ships, more of a
naval aspect.
Notes on the Arizona:
*One-third of all those who died at Pearl Harbor went down
with the Arizona.
*USS Arizona is still commissioned.
*USS Nevada, there during the attack, will be in port to
take part in the ceremony.
*Over 34 sets of brothers were killed on the Arizona.
*While I was there, I saw old women throwing leis in the
water; they were crying. I'm told Japanese visitors also
make their own pilgrimage to give leis.
*There is still oil leaking from the wreck; its viscous
iridescence coats the water under and around the memorial.
*In the same harbor as the memorial is the Bowfin -- the
sister submarine to the one that picked up POTUS when shot
down.
*It's possible that commemoration will include the same
vintage plane that POTUS flew in WWII.
*Sec. Cheney might take part in the day's events.
To come: I'm having faxed extensive detail on the memorial,
a history of the attack, letters sent by those aboard
Arizona shortly before it was bombed, letters written by
family members of the fallen, letters written by contrite
Japanese, survivor quotes on reconciliation, and more.
Research: get book, The Day of Infamy. Also, look for
recent Approach magazine with Bush on cover; it has a
detailed description of his involvement in WWII.
2)
Major speech at K-8: Kilo 8 is a fairly nondescript pier,
though apparently they 11 fix it up for the commemoration.
These longer remarks will be teleprompted. POTUS will be
speaking with his back to the water, historical battleship
row, and then Ford Island. Behind his right shoulder is the
Arizona, behind his left, the Missouri. Note: look at
above, Arizona info for color, etc.
3)
Remarks to Asian Ambassadors: Conference room within AFB
administrative building. Building exterior retains strafed
pocks of Japanese attack. Remarks are kind of wrap up of
themes and policy objectives of whole Asia swing. Asst.
Secretary for East Asia Solomon is the host of the
ambassadors, but he probably won't be in on meeting.
Remarks are brief; wouldn't be surprised if talking points
get substituted.
Per conversation with Asia Society --
There was an annual dinner in July of this year -- the 1990-
91 Annual Dinner. The upcoming dinner is the 1991-92 Annual
Dinner. Usually, there is, of course, only one big annual
dinner, but because the opportunity arose for the Pres to
speak, they arranged this "second" annual dinner -- only three
months after the first.
At the 1990-91 Annual Dinner, Senator Rockefeller spoke on
"The United States and Asia in a Changing World." He voiced
several criticisms of Bush. A copy of the speech is attached.
Note that 1991 is the 35th anniversary of the Society and
Rockefeller is the son of the founder. We do not know if
he'll be at this event.
The President will not eat dinner at the event. He'll speak
before dinner.
OCT-29-91 TUE 4:44
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The United States and Asia in a Changing World
The Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV
July 1, 1991
It is a great pleasure and privilege for me to speak at your
Annual Dinner. As you know, my father founded the Asia Society.
He would be pleased to know how much you have done over the years
to realize his vision of deeper American understanding of Asia and
to create the partnership between Asians and Americans so
necessary to both our futures.
We meet at a critical time for America -- at home and abroad.
As we rush toward the 21st century, we face a rapidly changing
world. Yet our policies and our point of view remain the same.
Tonight, I want to focus our collective attention on that changing
world and how we have to change to deal with it.
We begin with the end of the Cold War. The Communist Bloc
has vanished. Its remnants are busy sorting out their political
and economic lives. The Soviet Union has been revealed as the
emperor with no clothes.
This change has brought with it an end to the simplicity and
discipline of a bipolar world. We - - and the Soviet Union -- used
to be able to control -- or at least define -- events. Most
nations fell into one or the other camp. Now we face an explosion
of mischief makers and internal change. Libya and Iraq are in a
class by themselves. But numerous other countries face renewed
internal divisions with escalating violence. Yugoslavia. India.
Sri Lanka. South Africa. Ethiopia. Many of the West African
countries. Bulgaria. Albania. Proliferation of missile
technology and chemical and biological weapons makes the
irresponsible not just an annoyance, but a deadly force.
In an age of uncertainty, we can be certain only that there
will be more troublemakers. And as they grow, our capacity to
deal with them declines. The world looks to us for leadership,
particularly in the wake of the Gulf War, but it will increasingly
find us wanting. Because the definition of leadership is now
measured in economic terms. It is that new reality we must
acknowledge today.
The old question for America was one of will -- do we have
the will to shape events and lead the world? Another old question
-- do we have the means can we afford to lead the world?
Today the question has changed. In our new world, can we
afford not to lead?
Mao Zedong said that power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
He may have been right for his time and place. Today, however,
power grows out of the oil barrel, the wheat bushel, the steel
mill, the semiconductor plant, the software creator.
OCT-29-91 TUE 4:45
P.03
The Gulf War proved that military force, to keep the peace,
will still be necessary. But today it takes more than force to
lead the free world. Foreign policy is now a vital part of our
nation's economic well being. The steel factory in West Virginia,
the auto plant in Flint, the chip manufacturer in Silicon Valley
all have a stake in foreign economic policy.
As a nation, we cannot close our eyes to economic realities.
We cannot just hope the competition away. We cannot legislate the
competition away. Nor can we just dream of better days. We need
a foreign policy based on vision and economic realities.
But the Administration has closed its eyes. It fails to
understand that an economically strong America is the cornerstone
of our foreign policy; and even more, that a strong foreign policy
is essential to our economic well being.
This is a fatal flaw. During the 1988 campaign, George Bush
was accused of lacking vision, a charge he dismissed as
irrelevant. We are now seeing -- and paying for -- the truth of
that accusation.
Nowhere is the economic challenge more clear than in Japan.
The issue is not the aggregate trade deficit, which has been
shrinking slowly. Rather we should learn from its composition.
Our exports of wood, meat, grain and minerals have been
increasing. Our imports of power generating equipment, and
manufacturing and data processing machinery also are increasing.
In economic terms we risk becoming a colony -- exporting raw
materials and importing manufactured goods.
That is particularly true for those critical technology
sectors that make us a world leader. Semiconductors and the means
to make them. Computers. Lasers. Composite materials.
Robotics. Ceramics. These are not winners by choice, as the
Administration would have us believe. They are winners by
necessity. I tell you without hesitation and without
qualification that we will not survive militarily or competitively
in the 21st century without them.
But Japan has succeeded at recognizing how technology is
changing the face of economics. At how to support technology
development within a government framework that maintains
competitiveness. At how to translate technology into high quality
marketable products.
Their success has not always come by Western rules, but it
has in large part come at our hands. History is replete with
cases of dumping, infant industry protection, targeting, and
creative use of patent law to obtain our technology and deny us
access to their market. Our response to these actions has been
too little too late. We persist in seeing the Japanese not as
they are but as we want them to be, waiting for them to act like
us while our global position erodes. The most compelling
statistic is the 32,000 transactions over 25 years when we sold
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OCT-29-91 TUE 4:46
P.04
them $500 billion of our technology for $9 billion. We have
created our own problem; yet we wait for Japan to solve it for us.
A recent report prepared for the CIA characterized Japan as
aiming for "unequivocal economic dominance" of the world. But the
report also points us toward a solution. It says the United
States "'needs a shared vision' of its global economic future, and
a national strategy for the growth of knowledge and technology-
driven industries." And that is a succinct summary of our failure
-- a failure of vision and of will, a failure to deal with the
economic realities of foreign policy.
More than 20 years ago, Robert Kennedy said something that
personified his approach to public service. "Some men see things
as they are and ask, 'why.' I see things as they should be and
ask, 'why not. Today the Bush Administration refuses to see
things as they are and never asks how they should be.
As a result, we avoid the more painful reality of learning
how to defend our own interests -- both business and government.
The tragedy is that it hurts both the United States and Asia.
Good relations are built on strength and respect, not weakness.
If we deal with our problems, we have nothing to fear from Japan's
success and the renewed sense of confidence in the ASEAN
countries. And they will welcome our more credible commitment to
the region.
But the Asian challenge requires new creativity on our part
in competing. Basic industries remain critical to our
infrastructure and our industrial base. Competitiveness will mean
better trained workers and more far-sighted managers.
Today's high technology is characterized by short-life
cycles, very high R&D costs, investment in intellectual property
rather than fixed assets, and high mobility of production. Trade
rules and economic policies developed 40 years ago for basic
industries don't fit. We have identified tomorrow's problems, but
we are using yesterday's tools to deal with them.
We need to lower the cost of capital. Encourage patient
capital. Allow companies to work together to overcome huge R&D
costs. Retrain our work force with contemporary skills.
Vigorously promote exports. Nurture critical industries.
This is not a new list, and there is no lack of proposals to
achieve these goals. What we miss is Presidential leadership.
The Administration's response has been to deny the problem,
The Three Blind Mice -- Sununu, Darman, and Boskin -- have
systematically suppressed reports that detail our loss of
competitiveness and have harassed out of their jobs those who have
dared to speak the truth. America is willing to take on the
competitive challenge but cannot do so without the Presidential
leadership that has been lacking.
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OCT-29-91 TUE 4:46
P.05
Elsewhere on the continent our challenge is to turn potential
problems into opportunities. Nowhere is the task more staggering
than in India. But much can be accomplished if India chooses the
path of free market economics. We should resist the temptation to
turn away in frustration and instead engage India -- at the
government level and at the corporate level -- to move in the
direction that will benefit both her people and the trading
system.
We have had historically close political and military
relations with Taiwan and Korea, which we want to maintain. Our
challenge is to assist in their evolution toward open market
economies. Admission of Taiwan to the GATT as a developed country
would be an important signal that these countries are prepared to
assume the international responsibilities that come with economic
progress.
That, in turn, brings me to the difficult question of China.
We all know that China has taken a detour in its evolution toward
freedom and democracy.
And, it has once again taken a hard turn to the left
economically. Decision making is being re-centralized. Central
planning is on the upswing. In the last two years there has been
a huge increase in the number of Chinese unfair trade practices.
Dumping. Subsidization. Theft of intellectual property.
Outright fraud in labeling. In their drive to earn hard currency,
they have continued their program of missile sales to countries
like Iran, Syria and Pakistan, despite their promises to stop.
These are not the actions of a country seeking to join the
community of nations as an equal. These are the actions of an
international outlaw. A government swimming against the tide of
democracy and market economics that has swept the rest of the
Communist world.
Will rejection of MFN change China's behavior? Probably not.
Will renewal? Again, probably not. But the issue is not about
short term problem solving. It is about what standards of
behavior are appropriate for nations entering the 21st century.
It is about how to integrate China into the community of nations
permanently. It is about recognizing the inevitable that the
experience of Eastern Europe will spread to China. We should
prepare for it now rather than ignore it through blind support of
a bankrupt regime. We are in the process of developing in the
Senate a set of carefully crafted conditions that will encourage
an evolution towards civilized behavior, with the cost of failure
being denial of MFN. I hope that approach will ultimately have
the President's support.
As you can see, these are all complex, difficult problems.
The principle we must follow in solving them is that Asia's future
lies in our strength, not our weakness. Our continued presence
there will be a force for peace, stability, and the market system.
I believe that our challenge is to maintain and add to that
strength.
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OCT-29-91 TUE 4:47
P.06
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban once said that
nations always do the right thing in the long run after they
have exhausted all the other alternatives. In a difficult,
dangerous world, a world of military challenges and economic
necessities, we don't have the luxury of exhausting the
alternatives. Nor do we have the time. We simply have to get it
right the first time.
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AMBASSADORS (attending 4:48 The Asia Society's 1991-92 Annual uinnerja
Ambassador Dato Mohamed Abdul Majid, Embassy of Malaysia
Ambassador Abul Ahsan, Embassy of Bangladesh
Ambassador Michael J. Cook, Embassy of Australia
Ambassador Abid Hussain, Embassy of India
Ambassador Hong-Choo Hyun, Embassy of Korea
Ambassador Jesse B. Marehalau, Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia
Ambassador Denis McLean, Embassy of New Zealand
Ambassador Linthong Phetsavan, Embassy of the Laos People's Democratic Republic
Ambassador Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Embassy of Pakistan
Ambassador Margaret Taylor, Embassy of Papua New Guinea
Ambassador T.F. Wendt, Embassy of Western Samoa
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Mindanao that is sacred to the Manobo
three hundred villages in Bangladesh to
Tom Fox, director of the Center for
people. Geothermal energy plays a
oppose deforestation, land erosion and
International Development and the
Environment, World Resources Institute.
pollution from industrial wastes, con-
ceded that he had come to the confer-
ence with "great apprehension about
whether the environmental concerns of
our American counterparts extend
Sunita Narain (left),
beyond game parks and wildlife conser-
makes a point
vation. But I am excited to find we
at a workshop
seem to have reached common ground
discussion at the
so easily."
conference on
Environmental
Carolyn Carr of the Sierra Club
Activism in South
noted that environmental groups in the
and Southeast Asia.
U.S. were just beginning to move
A special presenta-
Credit: tlso Ruiz
beyond their original interest in wilder-
tion was made by
tor in world markets. In fact, much of
Robert B. Oxnam,
ness areas and endangered species "to
president of the
much less safe issues like toxic wastes
Asia is still struggling to achieve sustain-
Society, to Maurice
and safe energy development." There
able development. The frank exchange
R. Greenberg in
was widespread agreement among the
of opinions and the relationships estab-
appreciation of his
delegates that increased communication
lished here are the beginning of new
efforts in chairing
between environmentalists in the
partnerships in seeking fresh approaches
two Annual
United States and Asia - and between
to environmental problems in both Asia
Dinners.
NGOs in different Asian countries -
and the West." The Last Tree: Reclaiming
would benefit everyone concerned.
the Environment in Tropical Asia, a paper-
Not all issues raised at the conference
back book written by James Rush,
were so easily resolved. While some
professor of Asian history at Arizona
Asians looked to the United States for
State University, was published by The
economic well being Good relations
elected to the United States Senate in
are built on strength and respect."
1984 and re-elected in 1990. Before
models of environmentally-sound
Asia Society in conjunction with the
conference. The book is available at
To strengthen our economy, he said,
that he served for eight years as
development, others blamed their envi-
"We need to lower the cost of capital.
Governor of West Virginia.
ronmental problems on the policies of
The Asia Society Bookstore and
President Robert B. Oxnam noted
the industrialized countries of "the
through mail order. Price of the publi-
Encourage and reward patient capital.
Allow companies to work together to
North," which they see as fostering an
cation is $12.95 less membership dis-
that the 1990-91 Annual Dinner
overcome huge R & D costs. Retrain
unconscionably high level of consump-
count of 15%. (There is a postage
marked the 35th anniversary of the
our work force with contemporary
founding of The Asia Society and the
tion and a hunger for raw materials.
charge of $3.00 for all mail orders).
skills. Vigorously promote exports.
tenth anniversary of the opening of the
Following the two days of panel
Nurture critical industries.
Society's headquarters building at 725
discussions and plenary sessions, the
"If we deal with our problems, we
Park Avenue.
Asian delegates split into groups to meet
have nothing to fear from Japan's suc-
with grass-roots environmental activists
cess and the renewed sense of confi-
in Miami, Seattle, Los Angeles, and
dence in the ASEAN countries. And
Sacramento, California.
they will welcome our more credible
Marshall M. Bouton, executive vice
commitment to the region."
president of The Asia Society, said that
Senator Rockefeller, who is the son
the conference had challenged "the
of the founder of The Asia Society, was
new stereotype of Asia that projects the
image of a rich and menacing competi-
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ence on the Asia
Pacific Region in a
World of Change.
Senator Rockefeller Addresses Annual
Dinner; Society Announces Hinduja
Foundation Grant
John D. Rockefeller IV, United
than 600 distinguished guests were
From left to right, at The
States Senator from West
Asia Society 1990-91
twenty-four ambassadors and consuls
Annual Dinner: Robert B.
Virginia, was the keynote speaker at the
general representing Australia,
Credit: Elso Ruiz
Oxnam, president of the
1990-91 Annual Dinner of The Asia
Bangladesh, China, Fiji, Japan, Laos,
Society; Maurice R.
Society on July 1 in the Grand
Mongolia, Pakistan, Papua New
Greenberg, chairman of
Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, the
the 1990-91 Annual
The dinner was chaired by Maurice
Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri
Dinner; Senator John D.
R. Greenberg, chairman and chief
Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu and
Rockefeller IV, guest
executive officer of American
Vietnam.
speaker; and Indian
Consul General Rajendra
International Group Inc. and a longtime
A highlight of the program was a
K. Rai.
trustee of the Society. Among the more
cultural tribute to India featuring Birju
Maharaj, a world-renowned master of
Kathak, the classical dance of North
Credit: Elso Ruiz
Annual Dinner guest
India. Consul General and Mrs.
speaker Senator John D.
Rajendra K. Rai headed a delegation of
Rockefeller IV with his
Indian dignitaries attending the event.
mother, Mrs. John D.
At the dinner, President Robert B.
Rockefeller 3rd, wife of the
Oxnam announced that the Society will
founder of The Asia Society.
establish a Center for India-U.S.
Education with funding from the
Hinduja Foundation. For its initial pro-
gramming the Center will organize
In his keynote address on "The
conferences, symposia and seminars for
United States and Asia in a Changing
the Society's New York headquarters
World," Senator Rockefeller declared
and regional centers. In making the
that if the United States is to fulfill its
announcement Mr. Oxnam expressed
role as leader of the free world and as a
his gratitude to S. P. Hinduja, chairman
strong partner with Asia, its citizens
of the Hinduja Foundation and a mem-
must recognize that "an economically
ber of the International Council of The
strong America is the cornerstone of
Asia Society, for "his vision and leader-
our foreign policy; and even more, that
ship in making this initiative possible."
a strong foreign policy is essential to our
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Mrs. Rudolph joined the faculty of
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Mr. Brokaw, the sole anchor of
1989. She was also president of the
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Association for Asian Studies in 1986.
The Galleries will remain open whenever there is a Society event in the building,
conducted the first one-on-one tele-
Her most recent book, co-authored
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vision interview with Soviet leader
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He is a trustee of the Norton Simon
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has been a member of The Asia
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Michigan, has been an economic advi-
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the exhibition.
$7 members; $10 non-members
Three Days in Celebration of the Year of Tibet
November
Friday 11
Symposium
Cultures and Traditions of Tibet
9:00 a.m.-
A symposium with Hugh Richardson, Michael
12:30 p.m.
Aris, and Valrae Reynolds.
$15 members; $20 non-members
Saturday 2
Performance
Junko Ueda in Biwa Concert
Lecture
The President's Forum
8:00 p.m.
International artist Junko Ueda will perform
4:00 p.m.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet joins
Japanese music on the biwa (Japanese lute),
Asia Society President Robert B. Oxnam for this
accompanied by Wil Offermans on flute.
very special event.
$16 members; $20 non-members
$10 members: $15 non-members
Tuesday 5
Lecture
Politics & Japanese Prints
Films on Religion and Ritual in Tibet
6:30 p.m.
Henry Smith
A series of documentary films, presented as part of the Tibet Film Festival of
$7 members; $10 non-members
Tibet House.
Wednesday 6
Galleries
Motifs and Meanings in Asian Art:
Saturday 12
1:00 p.m.
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
Selections from The Mr. and Mrs. John D.
Directed by Graham Coleman and David
Rockefeller 3rd Collection
Lascelles. 1979, 4 hours (with 2 intermissions).
Through March 15, 1992
Part I: Prophecy
Part II: The Fields of the Senses
Four Films on Japanese Artists
Part III: Radiating the Fruit of Truth
Four films in conjunction with the exhibition "Undercurrents in the Floating
$6 members; $8 non-members
World: Censorship and Japanese Prints." November 8, 15, 16 and 22. Series: $20
members, $26 non-members. Individual films: $6 members, $8 non-members
Sunday 13
1:00 p.m.
Menri Monastery Directed by Duncan Burns and
Roslyn Dauber. 1991, 20 min. U.S. premiere.
Friday 8
6:30 p.m.
Utamaro and His Five Women
The Religious Investiture of His Holiness the
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. 1946, 95 min.
Dalai Lama Office of Tibet. 1964, 20 min.
The Lion's Roar Directed by Mark Elliott.
Friday 15
6:30 p.m.
Rikyu Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara.
1985, 50 min.
1990, 116 min.
$3 members; $5 non-members
Saturday 16
5:00 p.T.
The Death of a Tea Master
4:00 p.m.
Lord of the Dance: Destroyer of Illusion Directed
Directed by Kei Kumai. 1989, 107 min.
by Richard Kohn. Internationally acclaimed film
includes Mani Rimdu ritual conducted by
Friday 22
6:30 p.m.
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Trulshig Rinpoche. With Rinpoche in person.
Directed by Paul Schrader. 1985, 121 min.
1985, 108 min.
The director will be present
$6 members; $8 non-members
Tuesday 12
Lecture
Politics & Japanese Prints
6:30 p.m.
Harry Harootunian
$7 members; $10 non-members
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the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize for his
continuing efforts to find a nonviolent
solution to the occupation of his
homeland.
Korean Zen Weekend
Asia Society Events to Mark
"Year of Tibet"
As part of a nationwide celebra-
Senses is a study of Tibetan religious
tion called "The Year of Tibet,"
beliefs, including impermanence, non-
The Asia Society will offer a three-day
attachment and the right attitude
series of programs about Tibet past and
toward death. Part III: Radiating the
present. The highlight of the series will
Fruit of Truth portrays the Buddhist
be the appearance of His Holiness the
ritual of protection performed at the
Dalai Lama at a President's Forum,
Phulwary Sakya monastery.
Friday, October 11, at 4 p.m., followed
On Sunday at 1 p.m. three docu-
by a reception. (See accompanying
mentaries dealing with Tibetan religions
story).
will be shown. One film records the
On Friday morning before the
investiture of the current Dalai Lama; a
President's Forum, there will be a sym-
second was shot in north India at the
posium on Tibetan cultures and tradi-
only remaining monastery of the
tions featuring Hugh E. Richardson,
ancient Bon religion; a third chronicles
who served nine years as head of the
the life, teachings and death of His
British Mission in Tibet during the time
Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa, supreme
of the 13th Dalai Lama and who has
head of the Kagyu tradition.
Dancers from the Miranda Chin
The Miranda Chin
written numerous books on Tibetan
Dance Company will perform
Dance Company
At 4 p.m. on Sunday there will be a
history, customs and language.
showing of Lord of the Dance: Destroyer of
during an event-filled weekend entitled
Appearing with Mr. Richardson will be
Illusion, a 108-minute documentary that
"Korean Zen: Contemporary
Michael Aris of Oxford and Harvard
focusses on the Mani Rimdu ritual
Expressions in Dance, Music and Art."
Universities and Valrae Reynolds of the
conducted at two Buddhist monasteries
Other highlights include the world
Newark Museum.
in the Mount Everest region of Nepal.
premiere of a modern dance work,
From 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday,
All films in the series are being pre-
Lotus, by Sun Ock Lee, a Korean Zen
October 12, viewers can watch a trilogy
sented in conjunction with Tibet House
dinner and tea ceremony, lectures,
of films about Tibet by Graham
of New York.
and demonstrations of Korean Zen
Coleman and David Lascelles. Part I:
painting. Saturday and Sunday,
Prophecy profiles His Holiness the 14th
September 21 and 22.
Dalai Lama. Part II: The Fields of the
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A Rich Sampler of Japanese Culture to
Accompany Woodblock Exhibition
Lectures, a symposium, and films
Japan will also take place in November.
exploring various aspects of
On November 2, a concert of tradi-
The Lively Arts of Central
Japanese culture will be offered at The
tional and contemporary Japanese music
Asia Society this fall in conjunction
will be performed by Junko Ueda on
Asia in Concert
with the exhibition "Undercurrents in
biwa (Japanese lute), with flute accom-
the Floating World: Censorship and
paniment by Wil Offermans.
Japanese Prints" in the Society
As part of the Society's popular
Galleries.
"Meet the Author" series Robert Ozaki
Four art lectures in October and
will discuss his recent book Human
November will directly address the
Capitalism: The Japanese Enterprise System
An eight-member troupe from
The principal instrumentalist of the
works on display in the exhibition,
as World Model, and Kiyoaki Murata
Central Asia - heirs to a proud
troupe is Turgun Alimatov, who is a
while a series of four films, scheduled
will talk about An Enemy Among
tradition of lyrical musicality, sensuous
master of the sato, a bowed long-necked
for November, focuses on art, politics
Friends, a memoir describing his experi-
dance and epic storytelling - will
lute whose tone resembles that of a cello,
and Japanese artists. A symposium fea-
ences as a Japanese teenager who
give a series of concerts October 17
as well as the plucked tanbur and dutar.
turing international panelists in a discus-
arrived in the United States just before
through 20 in the Lila Acheson Wallace
He will be accompanied on tanbur and
sion of art and politics in the U.S. and
the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Auditorium of The Asia Society.
dutar by his son, Alisher Alimatov.
The performers, who come from the
Munojat Yulchieva will sing Central
Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan, are pro-
Asian classical songs, accompanied on the
fessional entertainers whose techniques
bowed rebab by her teacher, Shavfhat
and repertoires have been passed down
Mirzaev. Dancers will be dressed in the
through generations of master-teachers.
traditional multicolored costume of silk
Little known to the outside world, the
and velvet brocade to perform the vigor-
A music and dance
performing arts of Central Asia reflect
ous dances of Uzbekistan.
troupe from the
the sophistication and emotionality of
Each concert will include a selection
Soviet Republic of
the urban cultures that sprang up along
from the oral epic poems of the region's
Uzbekistan will
the historic Silk Route that stretched
nomadic peoples; these are recited and
give a series of
from China to the shores of the
sung from memory by skilled bards
performances
Mediterranean.
October 17-20 at
called bakhshis. Kahar Rahimov, the
The Asia Society.
Beate Gordon, who selected the per-
young bakhshi of the troupe, comes
formers, noted that the songs, dances and
from a long line of bards who make their
stories of this region are related to those
home in southern Uzbekistan near the
of Persia, northern India, Mongolia and
border of Afghanistan.
even Turkey. "While everything we see
Performances are scheduled for
will be authentic," she said, "these per-
Thursday and Friday, October 17 and
formances are by no means relics of a
18, at 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday,
distant past. In fact, they still serve as
October 19 and 20, at 3 and 8 p.m.
popular entertainment at weddings and
Ticket-holders are invited to attend pre-
other festive occasions in Central Asian
performance demonstrations in the
cities like Bukhara, Samarkand and
Burke Room outside the Auditorium a
Tashkent."
half-hour before evening performances.
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An exhibition that displays the
familiar beauties of Japanese
Undercurrents in the
1
woodblock prints in the unfamiliar light
Floating World:
of government censorship will open in
Censorship and
The Asia Society Galleries on October 9.
Entitled "Undercurrents in the
Japanese Prints
Floating World: Censorship and
The Lively Arts of
2
Japanese Prints," the show consists of
Central Asia
60 woodblock images and a selection of
illustrated books, lent by public and
I.M. Pei at President's
3
private collections in the United States.
Forum
The works date from the mid-eigh-
teenth century through the early twen-
Dalai Lama to Speak
3
tieth century. Included are sexually
at President's Forum
explicit scenes, portraits of historical
figures intended as covert criticisms of
Korean Zen Weekend
3
the ruling Tokugawa shogunate, and
disguised calendars which attempted to
Year Of Tibet Events
3
evade the government monopoly on
information about "the heavens."
Calendar of Events
4-5
Vishakha N. Desai, director of the
Eight New Trustees
5
Society Galleries, explained that the
Named
exhibition was prompted by last year's
actions of the National Endowment of
Hong Kong Center
6
the Arts which withheld grants from
American artists whose work was
Programs
deemed "offensive" by elected officials.
Rockefeller Addresses
6
"Attempts to regulate public morality
Annual Dinner
through control of visual material are
nothing new," Dr. Desai said.
Environmental
7
Japanese woodblock prints, known as
Activists Speak Out
ukiyo-e or "pictures of the floating
world," are usually associated with the
Asian American
8
pleasure quarters of Edo (pre-modern
Conference
Tokyo). The best known creators of
ukiyo-e, men like Kitagawa Utamaro
1992 Corporate
8
(1753-1806) and Utagawa Kuniyoshi
artists like Utamaro and Kuniyoshi
Tokyohara
Conference in Taipei
(1798-1861), were recognized as master
worked, we hope to add new layers of
Kunichika
artists in their day.
meaning to the viewer's experience of
(1835-1900)
Koki Shozo
Ever since the French Impressionists
this unique art, without in any way
(Portraits of
discovered ukiyo-e in the last half of the
subtracting from the enjoyment of its
Nobility).
nineteenth century, Japanese wood-
beauty."
Color woodcut.
block prints have been appreciated in
One woodblock by Utamaro, a trip-
The New York
the West primarily as aesthetic objects.
tych published in 1804, shows a famous
Public Library, gift
But according to Dr. Desai, this is like
cherry-blossom viewing party held by
of Donald Keene.
seeing them with one eye closed. "By
the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi in
revealing the social context in which
1598. Since Hideyoshi had ruled Japan
continued on page 2
Newsletter of
Volume 8 Number 1
The Asia Society
Fall 1991
Asia
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Censorship and Japanese Prints
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Undercurrents in the Floating World: Censorship and Japanese Prints
just before the ascendancy of the
Tokugawa clan, this was considered a
veiled criticism of the current regime.
The fifty-one year old Utamaro was
imprisoned in hand-shackles for 50
days; he died a broken man two years
later.
The exhibition will be on view at
The Asia Society Galleries through
January 5. To accompany it, the Society
is publishing an illustrated catalogue
containing two major essays: a study of
the development of ukiyo-e under the
threat of government censorship by
Sarah Thompson, visiting instructor in
art and Asian studies at Vassar College;
and a survey of the cultural politics of
Tokugawa Japan by Harry Harootunian,
professor of history at the University
of Chicago.
A related exhibition, "Early Masters:
Ukiyo-e Prints and Paintings from
1680 to 1750," will be held at the Japan
Society October 3-November 24.
Asia Society members are invited to
attend this show and related lectures
at special member rates, and will receive
a member discount for purchase of
the catalogue.
Utagawa Yoshiku
(1833-1904).
"Murder of the
Chaste Women"
from the series
Tokyo Ninchinchi
Shinbun, 1874.
Color woodcut. The
New York Public
Library, gift of
Donald Keene.
Architect I.M. Pei at
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
September President's Forum
at October President's Forum
I.M. Pei, the world-famous archi-
Hill Hotel in Beijing, the Luce Chapel
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama,
tect who was born in China in
in Taichung, Taiwan, the East Building
Tenzin Gyatso, will discuss cur-
1917 and became an American citizen
of the National Gallery of Art in
rent conditions in Tibet and prospects
in 1954, will be the guest of Asia
Washington, D.C., the Jacob K. Javits
for the future with Asia Society
Society President Robert B. Oxnam at
Convention Center of New York and
President Robert B. Oxnam at a special
a President's Forum on September 24 at
the expansion and renovation of the
President's Forum on Friday, October
7 p.m.
Louvre in Paris.
11, at 4 p.m.
Mr. Pei will talk with President
Calling Mr. Pei one of the "most
The conversation with President
Oxnam about his experiences in design-
distinguished Asian Americans of our
Oxnam on the stage of the Lila
ing buildings in Asia, the United States
time," President Oxnam noted that he
Acheson Wallace Auditorium will
and elsewhere, and about the varied
has been an architect "not merely of
be one of the Dalai Lama's first stops
cultural influences that have shaped his
buildings but of bridges between cul-
on a two-week visit to the United
work.
tures and people." In recognition of his
States to help mark "The Year of
After attending St. John's Middle
services to multicultural understanding,
Tibet," which is being sponsored by
School in Shanghai, Mr. Pei came to
Mr. Pei received The Asia Society
Tibet House in New York. (For other
the United States to study architecture
Award in 1984.
Society programs about Tibet, see
at the Massachusetts Institute of
accompanying story).
Technology and later at the Harvard
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and
Graduate School of Design. Among his
temporal leader of the Tibetan people.
best known buildings are the Fragrant
Born to a peasant family on July 6,
1935, he was recognized at the age of
Architect I.M. Pei
two, in accordance with Tibetan tradi-
tion, as the reincarnation of his prede-
His Holiness
cessor, the 13th Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama
In 1951 an agreement was reached
with the newly founded People's
Republic of China which acknowl-
edged Chinese sovereignty over Tibet
but left the traditional religious, political
and economic system intact. However,
the relation between Lhasa and Beijing
deteriorated through the 1950s and
the Dalai Lama fled into exile in India
in 1959 when Chinese troops suppress-
ed an uprising by Tibetan resistance
fighters. Since then he has led the strug-
gle for religious freedom for his
followers in Tibet.
A scholar who holds the highest
Geshe Lharampa Degree (Doctorate of
September
October continued
Thursday 12
Lecture
Meet the Author:
Wednesday 16
Lecture
The Music of Central Asia
6:30 p.m.
Human Capitalism: The Japanese Enterprise
6:30 p.m.
With ethnomusicologists Theodore Levin and
System as World Model by Robert Ozaki
Otanazar Matyakubov. (See performances below.)
$7 members; $10 non-members.
$7 members; $10 non-members
Saturday 21
Events
Korean Zen: Contemporary Expressions in
Thursday 17
Performances
Music and Dance from Tashkent, Central Asia
and
3:00-
Dance, Music and Art
through
Thurs., Fri.
Heirs to a proud tradition of lyrical musicality,
Sunday 22
10:00 p.m
A two-day immersion in Korean Zen, including
Sunday 20
at 8:00 p.m.;
sensuous dance and epic storytelling, this eight-
dance performances, lectures, a Zen tea
Sat., Sun.
member troupe from Central Asia will perform
and Zen dinner.
at 3:00 &
songs, dances, and oral epics.
Call for compete schedule (517-ASIA).
8:00 p.m.
$16 members; $20 non-members
Tuesday 24
Lecture
The President's Forum
Tuesday 29
Lecture
Meet the Author:
7:00 p.m.
World renowned architect I.M. Pei joins Asia
6:30 p.m.
Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet
Society President Robert B. Oxnam
by Robert Thurman
$8 members; $12 non-members
$7 members; $10 non-members
Thursday 26
Lecture
Meet the Author:
Films From Central Asia
6:30 p.m.
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
A series of six films from Uzbekstudios, Tashkent, USSR. The films are surprisingly
$7 members; $10 non-members
modern and urban, yet clearly underscore the current clash between traditional
Central Asian culture and contemporary Soviet society.
October 25, 26, and November 1, 3. Series: $30 members; $40 non-members
Individual films: $6 members; $8 non-members
October
October
Friday 25
6:00 p.m.
Farewell Green Summer Directed by Elior
Ishmukhamedov. 1985, 110 min.
8:15 p.m.
The Shock Directed by Elior Ishmukhamedov.
1989, 135 min.
Thursday 3
Lecture
Contemporary Asian Issues:
6:30 p.m.
What Is Central Asia?
Saturday 26
3:00 p.m.
Scarred by Kandahar Directed by Yuri Sabitov.
With Denis Sinor, distinguished scholar of
1989, 80 min.
F
Central Asian studies.
5:00 p.m.
Kiep's Last Journey Directed by Farid Davletshin.
$7 members; $10 non-members
1990, 85 min.
Wednesday 9
Galleries
Undercurrents in the Floating World:
November
Censorship and Japanese Prints
Taking a new perspective on a familiar subject,
Friday 1
6:00 p.m.
Shy Boy (The Savage) Directed by Kamara
The Asia Society Galleries will present an
Kamalova. 1988, 85 min.
exhibition of 60 Japanese woodblock prints and
8:00 p.m.
Kiep's Last Journey (See October 26)
illustrated books. Through January 5, 1992.
Sunday 3
2:00 p.m.
Little Man in a Big War Directed by Sukharat
November continued
Eight New Trustees Named
to Asia Society Board
Thursday 14
Lecture
Meet the Author:
6:30 p.m.
The Films of Merchant Ivory
by Robert Emmet Long
Robert Emmet Long and Ismail Merchant
will be present to discuss this book.
$7 members; $10 non-members
Credit: Bachrach
Tuesday 19
Lecture
Politics & Japanese Prints
6:30 p.m.
Julia Meech
$7 members; $10 non-members
Wednesday 20
Symposium
The True Subject:
6:30 p.m
Urdu Poetry and the Poems of Faiz Ahmed
Tom Brokaw
Joseph E. Hotung
Bette Bao Lord
Hugh M. Morgan
Faiz (1911-1984)
Presented by The Asia Society in association with
The Academy of American Poets, the program will
feature readings and discussions by Eqbal Ahmad,
Agha Shahid Ali, and Naomi Lazard.
Free admission
Sunday 24
Symposium
Art and Politics: U.S. and Japan
2:00-
An international panel discussion.
4:30 p.m.
$15 members; $20 non-members
John D.
Susanne H.
Amnuay Viravan
Alice L. Walton
Rockefeller IV
Rudolph
Eight men and women whose
Australian Mining Industry Council
December
distinguished careers have
1981 to 1983, was named chairman of
brought them to prominence in the
the World Gold Council in 1989 and
international community have been
has been president of the Art
named to the board of trustees of
Foundation of Victoria since 1984.
The Asia Society. Their election was
Mr. Rockefeller, a student of
announced by Chairman John C.
Japanese and Chinese, served in Asia
Tuesday 3
Lecture
Meet the Author:
Whitehead.
with both the Peace Corps and the
6:30 p.m.
An Enemy Among Friends
The eight new members are: Tom
U.S. State Department. Active in West
by Kiyoaki Murata
Brokaw, anchor of "NBC Nightly
Virginia politics since 1966, he was
$7 members; $10 non-members
News;" Joseph E. Hotung, Hong
governor from 1976 to 1984 and has
Kong financier and art patron; Bette
been U.S. Senator since 1985. He was
Friday 13
Lecture
Meet the Author:
Bao Lord, memoirist and novelist;
the guest of honor and gave the
6:30 p.m.
Brothers Against the Raj
Hugh M. Morgan, managing direc-
keynote address at the Annual Dinner
by Leonard Gordon
tor of Western Mining Corporation
of The Asia Society in July 1991. Mr.
$7 members; $10 non-members
Ltd.; John D. Rockefeller IV, United
Rockefeller's father, John D.
States Senator from West Virginia;
Rockefeller 3rd, was founder of The
Enthusiastic Response to Spring Lectures
at Hong Kong Center
Since its opening last fall, the
In April the Australian Minister for
Sir Q.W. Lee, chair-
Hong Kong Center of The Asia
Foreign Affairs and Trade, Gareth
man of the Hong
Society has sponsored a series of lectures
Evans, reported on his just completed
Kong Center, spoke
about contemporary Asian and global
trip to the People's Republic of China.
at the Hong Kong
Center's inaugural
issues that have drawn enthusiastic audi-
Asserting that his country was "second
dinner.
ences of Chinese, other Asian and
to none" in pushing China to improve
Western business and corporate leaders
its record on human rights, he said that
and diplomats.
he was encouraged by recent Chinese
The series began in January with
responses to Australian representations
Professor Robert O. Keohane of
on this issue.
Harvard University speaking on the
On June 21 President Benno C.
topic, "Superpower or Superpauper:
Schmidt of Yale University addressed
The U.S.A. Beyond the Year 2000." In
the role of academic freedom in a free
March Professor Nicholas Lardy of the
society, a subject of great concern to
University of Washington discussed
residents of Hong Kong who have
"Chinese Economic Reforms in the
enjoyed basically free campuses for
Hong Kong," Mr. Levin commented,
Nineties." With Hong Kong scheduled
many years and who will soon come
"there are considerable grounds for
to pass from British to Chinese
under the sovereignty of a nation whose
optimism, and it is important that busi-
sovereignty in 1997, there was great
universities are strictly controlled by the
ness and academic communities in the
interest in Professor Lardy's thesis that
government.
United States and Japan become more
China, which has been "privatizing" its
In July James Ho, deputy mayor of
fully aware of the reasons why Hong
economy in incremental fashion over
San Francisco and head of that city's
Kong's chances of successfully weather-
the last few years, is now further along
business development council, spoke
ing the transition are good."
the road to a market economy than any
about the involvement of Chinese
nation in Eastern Europe.
Americans in politics; and Karen Elliott
House, vice president of Dow Jones
International, described her recent visit
to North Korea with The Asia Society's
Study Mission and discussed the
Professor Robert A.
prospects for reunification of the
Scalapino, Robson
Korean peninsula.
Research Professor
Burton Levin, the director of the
Emeritus, University
Hong Kong Center, announced that a
of California,
major conference on the future of
Berkely, delivered
Hong Kong, co-sponsored by The Asia
the keynote
address at the
Society and the Massachusetts Institute
Hong Kong Center's
of Technology, was being planned for
Senator Gareth
inaugural dinner.
early 1992. "Despite some anxiety over
Evans, Australian
the forthcoming change in the status of
Minister for Foreign
Affairs and Trade,
spoke in Hona
Asian and American Environmental Activists
Exchange Views at Conference
A ground-breaking conference
bringing together environmental
activists from South and Southeast Asia
with their counterparts from the United
Credit: Geoffrey Biddle
States was held at The Asia Society in
April. The two-day meeting was co-
THE
sponsored by the Sierra Club, the
ASIA
World Wildlife Fund and the World
Credit: Elso Ruiz
SOCIETY
Resources Institute.
Fourteen Asian delegates represented
non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) that have been combatting
environmental degradation in
Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Nepal, the Philippines and Thailand.
Edtami Mansayagan
Theodore Smith
Sunita Narain
Agus Purnomo
Half the world's population lives in
Asia, where the environment is at risk
from forces generated by both
economic growth and persistent
A panel of leading Asian environ-
Susan Merrow,
poverty. A point made repeatedly by
mentalists at the conference
Asians at the conference is that environ-
Credit: Geoffrey Biddle
DEVELOPMENT is:
president of
included Sunita Narain, co-director
we
The Sierra Club,
mental issues in their countries cannot
of the Center for Science and
spoke at the open-
be separated from political, economic
Environment in India; Agus
ing night dinner of
Purnomo, former director of the
the conference.
and human-rights issues. In a few coun-
Indonesian Environmental Forum
tries, activists face the danger of perse-
(WALHI); Edtami Mansayagan,
cution and even imprisonment if they
director of the Tribal Filipino Center
resist government-sponsored develop-
for Development; and moderator
ment projects that impact on the envi-
Theodore Smith, executive director
ronment.
of the Consultative Group on
In many cases - such as India's
Biological Diversity.
Hug-a-Tree movement, which mobi-
lized village women to fight deforesta-
major role in government plans for
tion by shielding trees with their own
ending chronic power shortages in the
bodies - the endangered environment
Philippines. After many years of negoti-
is not some remote wilderness but a
ations and legal maneuvering, some two
place where people make their homes
thousand local tribespeople (led by
and earn their livelihood.
Mansayagan, who is a Manobo) swore a
Edtami Mansayagan of the
traditional blood pact to defend the
At a session at the conference were, left
Philippines described the efforts of his
sanctity of the land at all costs.
to right: S.R. Hiremath, coordinator of
Samaj Parivartana Samudaya; Brian
NGO, the Tribal Filipino Center for
Qazi Faruque Ahmed, executive
Rosborough, president of Earthwatch;
Credit: Elso Ruiz
Los Angeles Symposium
Next Corporate Conference
to Probe Asian American
Scheduled for Taipei in
Experience
Spring 1992
Some 800 conferees are expected
Councilman Woo commented:
The Asia Society's third annual
National Policy Research and by The
to attend a national symposium
"Asian Americans comprise the fastest
corporate conference in Asia will
Asian Wall Street Journal, a cosponsor of
entitled "The Asian American
growing ethnic minority group in this
be held May 7-9, 1992, in Taipei. It
the Society's first conference in Hong
Experience: Looking Ahead" at The
country. But many Americans still per-
will focus on the topic, "The Asian
Kong in 1989.
Biltmore in Los Angeles, October 24-
ceive their neighbors of Asian descent as
Regional Economy: Growing Linkages,
Robert B. Oxnam, president of
26. At least fifteen national Asian
mysterious, enigmatic and even
Global Implications." Following the
The Asia Society, noted that Taipei was
American organizations are cosponsor-
inscrutable. This conference will help to
successful format established at Hong
an excellent venue for the next corpo-
ing the symposium, which is being
clarify the identity of this increasingly
Kong (November 1989) and Bali
rate conference. "Among the most vital
organized by the Southern California
visible group of Americans."
(March 1991), the Taipei conference
societies in the Asia-Pacific region for
Center of The Asia Society.
Among the areas slated for discussion
will bring together senior private-sector
the last decade, Taiwan is now experi-
Representatives from Asian
are the relationships of Asian American
leaders, government officials, academic
encing a remarkable period of political
American communities across the coun-
communities to other ethnic minorities;
experts and members of the Asia
opening," Mr. Oxnam said. "With
try will meet with educators, business
the burgeoning presence of Asian
Society family to discuss regional issues
expanded linkages to the mainland in
leaders, journalists and government
Americans in the arts; and the impact of
in a global context.
trade, travel, investment capital and
officials to explore the changing reality
Asian Americans on relations between
High on the agenda will be the
communications, people are beginning
of Asian Americans in a changing
the United States and Asian nations.
impact on world trade of the increas-
to talk about the prospects for a
American society.
Other issues to be aired include the
ingly important economic ties among
'Greater China'- an economic entity
The agenda for the symposium has
controversy over bilingual education
Asian nations that once looked exclu-
arising from trade and investments
been developed by an organizing com-
and the question of "quotas" for Asian
sively to overseas markets.
among Hong Kong, Taiwan and the
mittee under four co-chairs: Richard E.
Americans in institutions of higher
In conjunction with The Asia
Republic of China. This will be one of
Sherwood, chairman of the Southern
learning; discrimination and opportu-
Society, the conference is being co-
the main themes of the Taipei meeting."
California Regional Center and Asia
nity in the workplace; and the often-
sponsored by Taipei's Institute for
Society trustee; David H. Murdock, a
noted disparity between the size and
member of the Center's Steering
strength of Asian American communi-
Committee and trustee of The Asia
ties (for example, one out of every ten
The Films of Merchant Ivory, a new 250-page book chronicling the 30-year his-
Society; novelist Bharati Mukherjee;
Californians is of Asian background)
tory of Merchant Ivory Productions, is available to Asia Society members for a
and The Honorable Michael Woo, the
and their limited participation in local,
special pre-publication price of $29.95. Ismail Merchant is a member of the
first Asian American to sit on the Los
state and national politics.
Society's President's Council. His most recent film, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, was
Angeles City Council.
The symposium has been funded
nominated for several Academy Awards, and he is currently working on a new
with initial contributions from Dole
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Food Company, Inc., The James Irvine
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ARCO Foundation, the Southern
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Kenwood Inc., Toyota Motor Sales
U.S.A., and The Rockefeller
Foundation.
The Asia Society
Annual Report
1990-1991
FAR
EAST
STATE
STATEMENT
Report of the Chairman
and the President
The need to educate
of Hong Kong; Hugh M.
Americans about their
Morgan, managing director
neighbors across the Pacific
of Western Mining Corpo-
was the principal motive
ration Ltd. (Australia); and
behind the founding of The
Amnuay Viravan, executive
Asia Society in 1956, years
chairman of the Bangkok
before the phrase "Pacific
Bank Ltd.
Community" became pop-
In addition, the member-
ular. From the outset we
ship of our International
Robin Moyer
enlisted the cooperation of
Council was doubled to in-
prominent Asians in our
clude 150 prominent figures
efforts to bring Asians and
from around the Asian-
While facing uncertainties
Pictured in Hong Kong at
Americans together in a
Pacific region. These
about its change in status
the opening of the new
community of mutual
leaders in business, cultural
to Chinese sovereignty in
Center were John C.
interest.
affairs, the professions and
1997, Hong Kong continues
Whitehead, Chairman of
The extraordinary
government service provide
to play a central role in
the Board of Trustees of
changes in Asia in recent
invaluable assistance for So-
Asian commerce and offers
The Asia Society, and
years have only made the
ciety programs both in Asia
the Society an unsurpassed
Robert B. Oxnam,
need for trans-Pacific
and in the United States.
window on political and
President.
partnership more appar-
The opening of our Hong
cultural developments
ent. With this in mind, the
Kong Center, the Society's
throughout the region.
Board of Trustees has
fourth regional center and
Collaboration with Asian
adopted a five-year Strate-
the first in Asia, was a ma-
sponsors helped make the
gic Plan that calls for even
jor achievement that would
corporate conference in Bali
stronger Asian participation
not have been possible
last March the largest of
at all stages and levels of
without the advice and as-
its kind ever held in the
Society activities.
sistance of eminent repre-
region. The conference,
In taking significant steps
sentatives of the Hong
which dealt with the future
toward this goal last year,
Kong community, espe-
of ASEAN (Association of
we acted to involve more of
cially those who served on
Southeast Asian Nations),
our Asian colleagues in the
the Society's International
was jointly sponsored by
governance and guidance of
Council. Sir Quo-Wei Lee
the Society and The Centre
the Society; to expand the
is the first chairman of the
for Strategic and Interna-
Society's presence in Asia;
Center and Burton Levin,
tional Studies in Jakarta,
to build working relation-
former U.S. Ambassador to
with the cooperation of
ships with a broad spec-
Myanmar (Burma) and for-
Fortune and support from
trum of Asian institutions;
mer U.S. Consul General in
American and Asian firms.
and to organize a number
Hong Kong, is the first di-
More than a thousand dele-
of major events in Asia and
rector. Programming at the
gates and two hundred
the Pacific region.
Center got off to a strong
members of the regional
In 1990-91 Asian repre-
start with a lecture series of
and international press
sentation on the Board of
interest not only to resi-
heard 38 distinguished
Trustees was increased with
dents of Hong Kong but to
speakers including three
the involvement of such
anyone trying to under-
heads of state: President
distinguished leaders as
stand fast-moving devel-
Soeharto of Indonesia,
Joseph E. Hotung, Hong
opments in East Asia.
Prime Minister Mahathir
Kong financier and art pa-
Standing-room-only audi-
Mohamad of Malaysia and
tron; Koretsugu Kodama,
ences heard eyewitness re-
Prime Minister Goh Chok
managing director of the
ports on China's economic
Tong of Singapore.
Bank of Tokyo, Ltd.; Sir
reforms and human-rights
Quo-Wei Lee, chairman of
policies from Nicholas
the Hang Seng Bank, Ltd.
Lardy of the University of
Washington and Gareth
Evans, the Australian Min-
ister for Foreign Affairs
and Trade.
I
STATEMENT
Following up the success
with the Society to launch
community leaders inter-
For example, the Southern
of this meeting, the next
Court Arts of Indonesia, an
ested in the preservation of
California Center has de-
corporate conference-
exhibition of 150 works
art objects and folk cultures
veloped strong ties with
scheduled for May 1992
representing 12 centuries of
throughout Asia.
Asian American commu-
in Taipei-will be co-
creativity by the peoples of
The 19th annual Wil-
nities and Asian-owned
sponsored by Taipei's Insti-
the Indonesian archipelago.
liamsburg Conference,
businesses in the Los An-
tute for National Political
The exhibition, which
dedicated to fostering ex-
geles area; the Houston
Research and The Asian
was curated by Dr. Helen
changes of opinion among
Center has worked closely
Wall Street Journal.
Ibbitson Jessup with Drs.
decision makers from the
with several Asian Consul-
The Society's Korean
Bambang Sumadio as co-
entire Pacific region, con-
ates General and with local
Peninsula Project benefited
curator in Indonesia,
vened in Sydney, Australia,
businesses that maintain
from an extensive collab-
opened in Jakarta prior to
a setting that symbolized
ties with Asia; and as al-
orative network that paved
its American debut at The
the key roles played in the
ways, the Washington Cen-
the way for a 13-member
Asia Society.
region by Australia and
ter has been instrumental in
American study mission to
In a project that broke
neighboring New Zealand.
opening lines of commu-
visit Beijing, Pyongyang,
new ground in international
The conference was hosted
nication with Asian gov-
Seoul, Tokyo and Moscow.
sponsorship of the arts, the
by the Australian Institute
ernment officials and with
In each capital, research and
Society and Yayasan Seni
of International Affairs.
American officials who deal
policy institutes worked
Berdaftar, a Malaysian
While expanding our
regularly with Asia.
with the Society to set the
foundation, presented an
contacts with senior people
The Asia Society has
agenda for the mission,
evening of theater based on
in Asian research institutes,
thrived over the years by
which explored prospects
that country's traditional
universities, museums, the
drawing on the imagination
for unification of North and
performing and martial
arts, business and govern-
and energy of large num-
South Korea. The study
arts, some of which are in
ment, we are also con-
bers of dedicated volunteers
mission was chaired by
danger of disappearing.
cerned with reaching out to
in this country. Now large
Robert A. Scalapino, Rob-
Manuel Alum, an Ameri-
rising young leaders. A
numbers of Asians who
son Research Professor
can choreographer with ex-
conference on environmen-
share our vision of a peace-
Emeritus at the University
tensive experience in Asian
tal advocacy brought grass-
ful and prosperous Pacific
of California at Berkeley
dance, was asked to go
roots activists from seven
Community are generously
and a longtime trustee of
to Malaysia to work with
Asian countries to New
offering their time, money
The Asia Society.
the finest traditional per-
York in April to discuss
and talents. This expanded
Close cooperation with
formers. The resulting pro-
goals and tactics with
partnership of concerned
Asian institutions was a
duction, Made in Malaysia/
American environmental
individuals from different
hallmark of our major cul-
A Shamanic Journey, drew
groups. Preparations are
backgrounds working to-
tural presentations during
enthusiastic audiences and
under way for similar con-
ward a common good is
the year. The National Mu-
laudatory reviews during its
ferences to deal with citizen
both a confirmation of past
seum of Indonesia worked
run at The Asia Society.
action on women's issues
success and an auspicious
Three major collabora-
and urban problems. The
omen for the future.
tions are now in the plan-
Society's commitment to
ning stages: An exchange
closer collaboration with
of art works between
Asian individuals and insti-
Tokyo's Idemitsu Museum
tutions extends to our three
you L.
and the Society's Rock-
regional program centers.
efeller Collection of Asian
John C. Whitehead
Art; an exhibition of art
Chairman
treasures from 18th-century
Korea organized with The
National Museum of Korea;
and an international confer-
ence in Bangkok that will
Robert D. Oslum
bring together scholars,
government officials and
Robert B. Oxnam
President
2
HIGHLIGHTS
The Asia Society Celebrates
Indonesia
In conjunction with the Festival of
Indonesia, a national year-long cele-
bration of Indonesia's cultural heri-
tage, The Asia Society premiered
Court Arts of Indonesia, an unprece-
dented exhibition of 150 works of art
spanning more than one thousand
years of history. On view from
September 19 to December 16,
1990, many of the objects, includ-
ing sculpture, court regalia, manu-
scripts, shadow puppets, dance
masks, musical instruments, textiles
and jewelry, had never before been
shown in public.
John Gollings
Visitors to the exhibition passed
through a series of spaces that repre-
sented a kraton-a Javanese court-
sian Weekends featured brilliantly
Jeweled wooden ritual
suggested by the installation's stun-
costumed dancers in performances,
marriage figures, 19th-
century Surakarta, Java.
ning architectural elements and pho-
demonstrations of traditional painting
From the Court Arts of
tographic murals. Highlights among
techniques and scenes from the wayang
Indonesia exhibition.
the many treasures on view were
kulit, the famous shadow puppet thea-
the kris, or Javanese dagger, with
ter. In addition, a five-part lecture se-
diamond-studded gold sheath given to
ries and a symposium were presented.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Following its opening at The Asia
and the diamond-studded crown
Society, Court Arts of Indonesia was
of Bima.
also presented in Dallas, Washington,
The exhibition was curated by Dr.
D.C., and Los Angeles, reaching a
Helen Ibbitson Jessup with Drs.
national audience.
Bambang Sumadio as co-curator in
Major funders for the Court Arts of
Indonesia. An accompanying cata-
Indonesia exhibition were the National
logue by Dr. Jessup, published by
Endowment for the Humanities; The
The Asia Society, explained the cul-
Luce Foundation; UNOCAL; PT In-
ture that underlay the exhibition.
ternational Nickel Indonesia; the Na-
A number of special events were
tional Endowment for the Arts; J. P.
held to complement the exhibition.
Morgan & Co. Incorporated; Revlon,
Spirit and Place, a collection of photo-
Inc.; The Chase Manhattan Corpora-
graphs by John Gollings, showed the
tion; and The Starr Foundation.
natural beauty of Indonesia. Through-
out October and November, Indone-
3
HIGHLIGHTS
ASEAN Conference in Bali Draws
Record Participation
In March 1991, The Asia Society's
The title of the meeting was "The
second annual corporate conference in
ASEAN Countries and the World
Asia convened in Bali, Indonesia.
Economy: Challenge of Change."
With more than a thousand delegates
Among the topics that prompted
from the public and private sectors
frank and heated debate were Japan's
plus two hundred members of the re-
role as a dominant economic power in
gional and international press in atten-
Southeast Asia, changing regional
dance, it was the largest conference of
security requirements in a post-Cold
its kind ever held in the region. The
War world, and the future of trade
host corporate sponsor was PT Astra
relations with the United States and
International.
the European community.
Three heads of state-President
When Dr. Mahathir discussed the
Soeharto of Indonesia, Prime Minister
Malaysian proposal for an East Asian
Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia and
Economic Grouping (EAEG) that
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of
would exclude the United States,
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger,
Singapore-were among the 38
Canada, Australia and New Zealand,
former U.S. Secretary of
State, was a keynote
speakers who addressed the distin-
the U.S. Ambassador to Japan,
speaker at the conference.
guished audience.
Michael H. Armacost, responded that
a less restrictive group already exis-
ted, the Asia Pacific Economic Coop-
eration forum (APEC). He suggested
that all efforts be made to promote
freer multilateral trade within the
Uruguay Round. President Soeharto
Michio Watanabe, member
of the House of Represen-
tatives and former Finance
Minister of Japan, with his
interpreter, addressing the
ASEAN conference in Bali,
March 1991.
4
HIGHLIGHTS
Three heads of state who
addressed the conference,
from left to right: Prime
Minister Goh Chok Tong
of Singapore, President
Soeharto of Indonesia and
Prime Minister Mahathir
Mohamad of Malaysia.
Left to right: Dr. Amnuay
Viravan, Chairman of the
Executive Board of Bang-
kok Bank Limited; Prime
and Prime Minister Goh stressed the
U.S. secretary of the treasury;
Minister Mahathir of Ma-
laysia; John C. Whitehead,
need to increase economic cooperation
William Soeryadjaya, chairman, PT
Chairman of the Board of
in the region and also called for a freer
Astra International; Washington
Trustees of The Asia Soci-
global trading environment.
SyCip, founder and chairman of the
ety; Maurice R. Greenberg,
Chairman, President and
Other keynote speeches at the con-
SGV Group; and William E. Tucker,
CEO of American Interna-
ference were given by Dr. Henry A.
Jr., former chairman, Caltex Petro-
tional Group, Inc., and Asia
Society Trustee; and Prime
Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of
leum Corporation.
Minister Goh of Singapore.
state, and Michio Watanabe, former
The conference was jointly spon-
finance minister and a leading political
sored by The Asia Society and the
figure in Japan.
Centre for Strategic and International
In addition to President Robert B.
Studies, Jakarta, with the cooperation
Oxnam and Chairman of the Board
of Fortune magazine. Additional sup-
John C. Whitehead, seven trustees of
port was provided by 13 American
The Asia Society addressed the
and Japanese multinationals and lead-
conference: Maurice R. Greenberg,
ing firms from Indonesia, Singapore,
chairman and CEO, American
Malaysia and Thailand.
International Group, Inc.; Robert
Scalapino, Robson Research
Professor Emeritus, University of
California, Berkeley; Richard E.
Sherwood, partner, O'Melveny &
Myers; William E. Simon, former
5
HIGHLIGHTS
New Exhibition Series Launched
before been shown publicly. It is con-
sidered one of the most important re-
cent acquisitions of Korean art in the
United States. Executed in color and
gold on silk, this Buddha triad from
the early Choson dynasty (1392-1910)
is one of the very few works that have
survived from that period.
The Objects in Context series was
instituted as a means to explore in
depth major works of art from Asia.
This inaugural exhibition brought to-
gether 61 related objects from Korea,
China, Japan and India, which included
eight works from the Rockefeller
collection at the Society. Viewers had
the opportunity to assess the achieve-
ment of Choson-dynasty Korean
Buddhist painters and to observe the
1000000
evident connections and continuities
in the history of Buddhist art in Asia.
The exhibition was organized by
Sheldan Comfert Collins
The Asia Society Galleries and cur-
ated by Dr. Hongnam Kim. An ac-
companying illustrated catalogue was
published by the Galleries, and a
three-part Korean Art in East Asia
Sakyamuni Buddha and
bjects in Context, a new exhibi-
lecture series was presented.
Attendant Bodhisattvas,
hanging scroll in color and
tion series at the Society, opened with
The exhibition and catalogue were
gold on silk, Korea, Choson
The Story of a Painting: A Korean
generously supported by The Mary
Dynasty, dated 1565.
and Jackson Burke Foundation, The
Buddhist Treasure from The Mary and
Exhibition centerpiece
Jackson Burke Foundation on April 30.
Armand G. Erpf Fund, the Friends of
from The Mary and Jackson
Burke Foundation.
Cross-cultural in its intent, this
The Asia Society Galleries and The
Starr Foundation.
exhibition focused on a rare 16th-
century Korean painting in the con-
text of Buddhist art from other parts
of Asia. The featured masterpiece,
recently acquired by The Mary and
Jackson Burke Foundation, had never
6
HIGHLIGHTS
High-Level Mission Studies
Korean Issues
A
thirteen-member American study
Democratic-Liberal Party; and in
mission led by Robert A. Scalapino,
Moscow, with Igor Rogachev,
Robson Research Professor of Gov-
Deputy Foreign Minister.
ernment Emeritus at the University of
A full report will be issued shortly
California, Berkeley, and a trustee of
following an international conference
The Asia Society, visited China,
in Washington, D.C., in September
North and South Korea, Japan and the
and a series of public symposia in
Soviet Union in May to explore polit-
Washington, Houston and Los
ical, economic and security issues per-
Angeles. Funding is provided by the
taining to the Korean peninsula.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Among the business and profes-
sional leaders who took part in the
blue-ribbon mission were David S.
Tappan, Jr., CEO of Fluor Corpora-
tion; David Gardner, president of the
University of California; William
Fuller, president of the Asia Founda-
tion; Russell Phillips, Jr., executive
vice president of the Rockefeller
Brothers Fund; Karen Elliott House,
vice president of Dow Jones Interna-
tional; Admiral Ronald J. Hays,
USN, Retired; and Charles William
Maynes, editor of Foreign Policy.
At each stop mission members met
with academic experts and senior
government officials. In Beijing they
Korean Peninsula Study
spoke with Foreign Minister Qian
Mission members met with
Qichen; in Pyongyang, with First
South Korean President
Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju;
Roh Tae Woo. Left to right:
Admiral Ronald J. Hays;
in Seoul, with President Roh Tae
Donald S. Zagoria; Charles
Woo, Foreign Minister Lee Sang Ock
William Maynes; Karen
Elliott House; and Study
and Deputy Prime Minister and Min-
Mission Chairman Robert
ister for Unification Choi Ho-joong;
A. Scalapino.
in Tokyo, with Vice Foreign Minister
Takakazu Kuriyama and with Keizo
Obuchi, Secretary-General of the
7
HIGHLIGHTS
Hong Kong Center Programs
Attract Wide Interest
Sir Q.W. Lee, Chairman of
the Hong Kong Center, at
the Center's Inaugural Din-
ner in March.
chairman of the Hong Kong Center;
John C. Whitehead, chairman of the
Board of Trustees of The Asia Soci-
ety; Robert B. Oxnam, president
of the Society; and Burton Levin,
former U.S. ambassador to Myanmar
(Burma) and consul general in Hong
Kong, who is the first director of the
Hong Kong Center.
In his welcoming remarks on behalf
of the governor, Sir David noted that
Hong Kong, the West's traditional
gateway to Asia, is well situated to
play a major role in the emergence
over the next ten years of what some
have dubbed the Pacific Century.
At
a festive dinner in March at-
With Hong Kong scheduled to un-
tended by more than five hundred
dergo a transfer from British to Chi-
dignitaries, The Asia Society cele-
nese sovereignty in 1997, the focal
brated the opening of its Hong Kong
point of the Hong Kong Center's first
Center, the Society's first regional
year of operation was a series of lec-
center in Asia.
tures about Asian issues delivered to
Robert A. Scalapino, Robson
standing-room-only audiences of
Research Professor of Government
Hong Kong and other business leaders
Emeritus at the University of Califor-
and diplomats.
nia, Berkeley, and a trustee of the
In April, Australia's Minister for
Society, gave the keynote address. His
Foreign Affairs and Trade, Gareth
Honour Sir David Ford, Deputy to
Evans, just returned from a trip to
the Governor of Hong Kong, offici-
China, reported that he was encour-
ated at the opening ceremony. Other
aged by initial Chinese responses to
speakers included Sir Quo-Wei Lee,
Australian concerns about human-
rights abuses on the mainland.
Robert A. Scalapino deliv-
ered the keynote address
President Benno C. Schmidt of
at the Center's Inaugural
Yale University spoke in June about
Dinner.
the role of freedom of expression in a
free society, a subject that has aroused
great concern among residents of
Hong Kong as they anticipate the
changeover to Chinese sovereignty
before the end of the decade.
8
HIGHLIGHTS
World Premiere of Made in
Malaysia/A Shamanic Journey
"To
the throbbing melody of the
martial art known as penca silat. This
stringed rebab rising over the densely
was the first time any such collabora-
textured rhythms of hand drums and
tive project had ever been undertaken,
gongs, a group of dancers in elaborate
and the first time that a Malaysian
crowns and costumes of brilliantly
music and dance troupe ever appeared
colored, handwoven fabric trooped
in the United States.
onstage across a bamboo and rope
Presented as part of the New York
bridge evocative of the Malaysian jun-
International Festival of the Arts,
gle." So ran a description in Dance
Made in Malaysia/A Shamanic Journey
Magazine of the Society's world pre-
was funded by The Starr Foundation
miere of Made in Malaysia/A Shamanic
and arranged with the cooperation of
Journey, which had six performances
Yayasan Seni Berdaftar, a Malaysian
in June.
foundation dedicated to the promo-
In a unique example of cross-
tion and preservation of the arts.
cultural collaboration, the Society sent
American choreographer Manuel
Alum to Malaysia for several months
to work with 26 dancers, musicians,
shamans and other exponents of tradi-
tional Malaysian performing arts.
Together they created a thoroughly
contemporary international music and
dance piece based on the folk dance-
dramas makyong and menora and the
Jack Vartoogian
From Made in Malaysia/
A Shamanic Journey
9
HIGHLIGHTS
Washington Center Corporate
Programs at Record Level
With corporate interest in Asia con-
To serve its corporate membership
tinuing to grow and deepen, the
better, the Washington Center estab-
Washington Center of The Asia Soci-
lished a Corporate Council under
ety organized a record number of cor-
Chairman John W. Gray, Jr., vice
porate programs during the past year.
president for corporate affairs at
At the same time, corporate member-
AT&T. The 13-member council will
ship increased to an all-time high
meet twice a year, to assist Center
of 36.
staff in developing programs and
The ever-expanding corporate com-
securing speakers and presenters.
munity in Washington was especially
In another series of programs,
interested in meeting and exchanging
Asian ambassadors and other high-
views with decision makers in the
ranking officials from four Asian
United States government and in
countries-Indonesia, Taiwan, India
Asian embassies in the nation's capital.
and Hong Kong-briefed audiences
Among the most popular corporate
of Asian and American business
programs offered last year were the
leaders on economic and trade issues.
off-the-record briefings given by
Providing a different and complemen-
American ambassadors and chief dip-
tary approach to understanding the
lomatic representatives to four Asian
region, three American experts spoke
nations: Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan and
about commerical relations with
Singapore.
Japan, China and other Asian nations.
John W. Gray, Jr., Chairman
of the Washington Center's
newly established Corpo-
rate Council, with Robert
Orr, U.S. Ambassador to
Jeffrey Crespi
Singapore, who spoke at
an Ambassadors' Briefing
corporate program.
10
HIGHLIGHTS
Stories of Women: Films By and
About Indian Women
A
rare view of contemporary and
traditional Indian life as seen through
the eyes of three Indian women direc-
tors was the subject of the Society's
film festival "Stories of Women: Films
By and About Indian Women" held
November 6 through 14, 1991.
Three of India's most distinguished
directors-Vijaya Mehta, Aparna Sen
and Soudhamini-were present for
screenings of their films and partici-
pated in panel discussions on topics
ranging from their own work and the
Laura S. Fieber
challenges of filmmaking in the Third
World to the general life situation for
and The New York Film Festival
Filmmakers Vijaya Mehta,
women in Indian society.
Downtown, and Berenice Reynaud,
Mira Nair, Aparna Sen
(back, left to right) and
"Telling Stories to the World:
film critic for Cahiers du Cinema and
Soudhamini (front right)
Indian Film and Global Cinema"
Rockefeller Foundation Scholar-in-
participated in a panel dis-
was a panel discussion that followed a
cussion moderated by inde-
Residence at the Whitney Museum.
pendent producer Muriel
screening of Soudhamini's It Rested, a
Richard Pena of The Film Society of
Peters at The Asia Society.
film on the music and dance of the
Lincoln Center served as moderator.
Malaiaalees tribal community of the
Mira Nair, director of Salaam Bom-
remote mountain ranges of Tamil
bay, joined the three guest directors
Nadu. Cosponsored by The Asia
for a second panel discussion, which
Society and the Independent Feature
was cosponsored by The Asia Society
Project, the panel brought the three
and New York Women in Film and
Indian directors together with Ela
moderated by independent producer
Troyano, of the Latino Collaborative
Muriel Peters, following a screening
of Aparna Sen's Picnic.
Other films in the festival included
Aparna Sen's Parama and Sati and
Vijaya Mehta's Rao Saheb and Smriti
Chitre (Memory Episodes).
Performing arts, film and lecture
programs at The Asia Society are un-
derwritten by a grant from the Joseph
H. Hazen Foundation.
II
HIGHLIGHTS
Houston Center Coordinates Festival
of Indonesia Events
As part of its ever-expanding out-
The Festival of Indonesia received
reach to Houston's growing Asian
its local kickoff with a performance of
community, the Houston Center of
the Saman Dance Group of Sumatra
The Asia Society served as coordinat-
at a reception in the Museum of Fine
ing office for the many events of the
Arts, cosponsored by the Houston
nationwide Festival of Indonesia held
Center of The Asia Society, the
in the city.
Museum of Natural Science and the
Working closely with Indonesian
Indonesian Consulate.
Consul General Tengku Dahlia
A highpoint of the six-month series
Soemolang, the Center helped to sup-
of Festival events under the joint
Silver Bodhisattva Man-
jushri, Central Java, early
port and publicize three important art
sponsorship of the Center and the
10th century. From the
exhibitions: Beyond the Java Sea: Art of
Consulate was the all-day Indonesian
exhibition Sculpture of
Indonesia at the Museum
Indonesia's Outer Islands, a traveling ex-
Bazaar held in Houston's Galleria.
of Fine Arts, Houston.
hibition that had its national premiere
In addition, the Houston Center or-
at the Houston Museum of Natural
ganized a number of programs on its
Science; Sculpture of Indonesia at the
own, ranging from an exhibition of
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and
Indonesian textiles to a briefing on
Modern Indonesian Art: Three Genera-
doing business in Indonesia by U.S.
tions of Tradition and Change, 1945-1990
Ambassador John Holdridge, whose
at the Sewell Gallery, Rice University.
talk inaugurated the Center's new
Business Customs Series.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, lent by Museum Nasional, Jakarta
The success of the collaboration
with the Indonesian Consulate will
serve as a model for a similar venture
The Saman Performers of
with the Korean Consulate during
Aceh, Sumatra, appeared
in Houston during the Fes-
The Asia Society's Korean Festival in
tival of Indonesia.
1993-1994.
Rachel Cooper
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HIGHLIGHTS
Conference Looks at Environmental
Activism in Asia and the U.S.
W
hile the rapid expansion of Asian
Following the sessions in New
economies continues to make head-
York, the Asian delegates divided into
lines in the world press, the environ-
three groups to travel to Miami, Sac-
mental costs of development in
ramento, Seattle and Los Angeles to
the region are less well known. A
meet with grass-roots activists who
ground-breaking conference entitled
are concerned with pollution, lumber-
"Beyond Boundaries: Issues in Asian
ing and other environmental issues
and American Environmental Activ-
common to both Asia and the
ism" brought together 14 grass-roots
United States.
activists from South and Southeast
Despite differences in approach and
Asia with more than sixty environ-
agenda, a general consensus emerged
from the conference that closer com-
Sunita Narain, Co-director
mental advocates from the United
of the Center for Science
States. The conference was sponsored
munication and even cooperation be-
and Environment in India;
by The Asia Society in conjunction
tween environmental groups in Asia
Agus Purnomo, former
Director of the Indonesian
with the Sierra Club, the World Wild-
and the West would be beneficial to
Environmental Forum; and
life Fund and the World Resources
all concerned.
Edtami Mansayagan, Di-
Institute.
The Beyond Boundaries conference
rector of the Tribal Filipino
Center for Development;
In two days of panel discussions
was made possible by contributions
with panel moderator The-
and plenary sessions, both the sim-
from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund,
odore Smith, Executive Di-
rector of the Consultative
ilarities and the differences between
the Rockefeller Foundation and the
Group on Biological
environmental activism in Asia and
Ford Foundation.
Diversity.
the West were thoroughly aired. Since
some of the Asian countries repre-
sented have little or no tradition of
public dissent, the non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) that speak out
THE
for the environment there often face
ASIA
official repression. Environmental
SOCIETY
NGOs in Asia also tend to be more
aware of the political, economic and
human-rights dimensions of environ-
mental activism because, in many
cases, the environments they are
Sunita Narain
Agus Purnomo
Edtami Mansayagan
Theodore Smith
trying to preserve are not remote
"wildernesses" but human habitats
where people have lived for countless
Geoffrey Biddle
generations.
13
HIGHLIGHTS
Nationwide Programs Spotlight
Asian American Experience
With Asian Americans comprising
author of The Wash. A roundtable dis-
the fastest-growing ethnic minority in
cussion on "Profiles in Leadership"
the United States, The Asia Society
featured Michael Woo, the first Asian
has undertaken a wide-ranging series
American elected to the Los Angeles
of programs to examine the Asian
City Council; Linda Wong, executive
American experience in all its variety.
director of the Achievement Council;
In New York, audiences heard talks
Professor William Ouchi of the An-
by two novelists, Gish Jen (Typical
derson Graduate School of Manage-
American) and Gus Lee (China Boy),
ment, UCLA; Ki Suh Park,
who have written about the challenge
managing partner of Gruen Associ-
of adjusting to life in communities
ates; and novelist Bharati Mukherjee.
with values very different from the
Three panel discussions on the topic
Asian homeland. At a President's
"Chinese Americans: Fact and Fic-
Forum in June, Society President
tion" were presented by The Asia
Robert B. Oxnam interviewed
Society and its affiliated China Coun-
Bharati Mukherjee, a native of
cils in Portland, Oregon; Milwaukee,
Calcutta whose book The Middleman
Wisconsin; and Boulder, Colorado.
and Other Stories was the first work
Participants included Professor
A panel discussion in Los
by a naturalized American citizen
Edward Rhoads of the University of
Angeles on "Profiles in
to win the National Book Critics
Leadership" included, left
Texas, Austin; Loni Ding, filmmaker;
to right: Ki Suh Park,
Circle Award for fiction.
Linda Fang, storyteller; Cherylene
Gruen Associates; Marshall
In Los Angeles, the Southern Cali-
Lee, playwright; Shawn Wong, writer
M. Bouton, The Asia Soci-
ety; Los Angeles City
fornia Regional Center cosponsored
and associate professor at the Univer-
Councilman Michael Woo;
with the Asian Pacific American
sity of Washington, Seattle; Genny
Linda Wong, Achievement
Council; and novelist
Friends of the Center Theater Group
Lim, playwright, poet and actress;
Bharati Mukherjee.
a dialogue with Philip Kan Gotanda,
D. Roberts, playwright, actress and
radio anchor; and Professor William
Wei of the University of Colorado.
To bring together the broadest
range of opinions on the complex
issues facing Asian Americans, The
Asia Society is organizing a national
symposium entitled "The Asian
American Experience: Looking
Ahead," which will convene in Los
Angeles in October 1991.
Toyo Miyatake
14
HIGHLIGHTS
Senator Rockefeller Addresses
Annual Dinner
At the Annual Dinner,
from left to right: Robert
B. Oxnam, President of
The Asia Society; Maurice
R. Greenberg, Chairman of
the 1990-91 Dinner; Sena-
tor John D. Rockefeller
IV, guest speaker; and
Rajendra K. Rai, Consul
General of India.
Twenty-four ambassadors and con-
suls general from Asian and Pacific
countries were among the more than
six hundred guests who gathered in
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel to hear
John D. Rockefeller IV, United States
senator from West Virginia, deliver
the keynote address at the 1990-91
Annual Dinner of The Asia Society
on July 1, 1991.
Maurice R. Greenberg, chairman
and chief executive officer of Ameri-
can International Group, Inc., and a
longtime trustee of the Society, served
as chairman of the annual dinner for
the second year in a row.
Elsa Ruiz
At the dinner, Robert B. Oxnam,
In his address on "The United
president of the Society, announced
the creation of a Center for India-
States and Asia in a Changing
World," Senator Rockefeller, whose
U.S. Education, which will begin by
father, John D. Rockefeller 3rd,
organizing conferences, symposia and
seminars for the New York headquar-
founded the Society in 1956, said that
if the United States is to fulfill its role
ters and regional centers of the Soci-
as leader of the free world and as a
ety. President Oxnam said that
strong partner with Asia, its citizens
funding for the new initiative came
from the Hinduja Foundation, whose
must recognize that "an economically
chairman, Srichand P. Hinduja, is a
strong America is the cornerstone of
Elsa Ruiz
member of the Society's International
our foreign policy; and even more,
Council.
that a strong foreign policy is essential
Senator John D. Rockefeller
Rajendra K. Rai, Consul General of
to our economic well being
IV of West Virginia was
guest speaker at the
India, and Mrs. Rai headed a delega-
Good relations are built on strength
Annual Dinner.
tion of Indian dignitaries who at-
and respect."
President Oxnam noted that 1991
tended the dinner, which featured
a cultural tribute to India. Birju
was the 35th anniversary of the
Maharaj, a master of the classical
founding of the Society and the 10th
dance of North India, performed a se-
anniversary of the opening of the
lection of Kathak dances, including
Society's Park Avenue headquarters.
one dedicated to Beate Gordon, who
retired this year as director of per-
forming arts for The Asia Society.
15
HIGHLIGHTS
19th Williamsburg Conference Held
in Sydney, Australia
Senator Gareth Evans,
from 14 countries to discuss issues
Australian Minister for
that affect the entire Pacific region.
Foreign Affairs and Trade,
gave the keynote address
Much of the discussion centered
at the opening dinner of
on the changing outlook for regional
the 19th annual Williams-
burg Conference in Sydney,
security in light of world events, in-
Australia.
cluding the collapse of communist
governments in Eastern Europe and
the war in the Persian Gulf. Many
participants stressed that with the de-
cline of ideological conflicts, questions
of security and economics would be
more tightly intertwined than ever
before. Panelists dealt in depth with
two areas of controversy: the future of
American-Japanese relations and the
prospects for economic reform in the
areth Evans, the Australian Minis-
Soviet Union, China and Vietnam.
ter for Foreign Affairs and Trade, was
In his keynote address, Senator
the keynote speaker at the opening of
Evans said that there was room for
the 19th annual Williamsburg Confer-
optimism in the new willingness of
ence held in Sydney, Australia, in
nations to work toward "common se-
February.
curity," a concept based on building
The latest in this series of high-level
mutual confidence between neighbors
forums, which was launched in 1971
in a realistic, step-by-step fashion.
by John D. Rockefeller 3rd, founder of
The conference was hosted by the
The Asia Society, brought together 48
Australian Institute of International
statesmen, business leaders and scholars
Affairs, with generous financial sup-
port from the IBM Corporation, the
NOVA Corporation of Alberta and a
number of Japanese and Australian
firms.
Enjoying a break from con-
ference sessions: Toshio
Yamazaki of Japan; John
Bresnan, Williamsburg
Conference Director; Yuan
Lee of Singapore; and Jusuf
Wanandi of Indonesia.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Exploring Cultural Diversity at the
Southern California Center
The Southern California Center of
The third symposium, "Investment
The Asia Society and AT&T pre-
in Human Capital and the Challenges
sented the second and third in a series
of Global Trade," was held in No-
of symposia on Pacific Technopolis: The
vember at the Hughes Aircraft Com-
United States and Asia in the 21st Cen-
pany headquarters in Los Angeles. A
tury, with the active support and in-
panel discussion on the role of the
put of local community and corporate
communications media in the "new
leaders.
global marketplace" brought together
The select audiences of business ex-
representatives of American television
ecutives, journalists, scholars, policy
and radio, the Spanish-language news-
makers and diplomats joined in dis-
paper La Opinion, the Korea Times and
cussions of the challenges and oppor-
the U.S. Japan Business News.
tunities facing Southern California as
A 32-page report on the entire se-
a hub of the burgeoning Pacific Rim
ries was written by David S. Grimes,
region.
the first AT&T Fellow at The Asia
The extraordinary cultural diversity
Society/Southern California Center.
of the region was reflected in the
range of topics, speakers and even in
the venues of the meetings.
The second symposium in the se-
ries, entitled "Maximizing Human
Potential in the New Multicultural
Workforce," was held in September at
the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena.
Speakers included William C. W.
Mow, chairman and CEO of Bugle
Boy Industries, and Peter Sellars, di-
rector of the Los Angeles Festival.
Participating in The Asia
Society and AT&T's Pa-
cific Technopolis sympo-
sium were, left to right:
David Arase, Pomona
College; David Lyon, The
RAND Corporation; and
Victor Pelson, AT&T.
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Contemporary Affairs
nois. Cosponsored by the
Peter Perdue, Massa-
sponsored by the Univer-
and Education
University of Illinois. Ur-
chusetts Institute of Tech-
sity of Lousiville's
bana, Illinois. February 1991
nology. Cosponsored by
International Studies Pro-
the Asia Education Net-
Conferences and Symposia
gram and The Crane
China: Backward or Forward?
Seeds of Peace in the Killing
work. Minneapolis, Minne-
House. Louisville, Ken-
Fields: 1991 Indochina Con-
Symposium with Tu Wei-
sota. May 1991
tucky. June 1991
ference. Two weeks of cul-
ming, Harvard University;
tural events and discussions
Chinese Americans: Fact and
Steven Levine, Duke Uni-
China: Backward or Forward?
about war and peace in
Fiction. Symposium with
versity; Deborah Davis,
Symposium with Merle
Cambodia and Vietnam.
Linda Fang, storyteller; Ed-
Yale University. Cospon-
Goldman, Boston Univer-
Cosponsored by the Chris-
ward Rhoads, University of
sored by the University of
sity; Michael Hunt, Uni-
topher Reynolds Founda-
Texas; Shawn Wong, Uni-
Missouri. St. Louis, Mis-
versity of North Carolina;
tion, Inc., the Henry Luce
versity of Washington;
souri. September 1990
Martin King Whyte, Uni-
Foundation and Occidental
Cherylene Lee, poet and
versity of Michigan. Wash-
College. At Occidental
playwright. Cosponsored
Korea: The Next Economic
ington, D.C. June 1991
College, Los Angeles, Cali-
by the Institute of World
Miracle? Seminar with Phil-
fornia. April 1991
Affairs. Milwaukee, Wis-
Chinese Americans: Fact and
ip Habib, former U.S. Am-
consin. June 1991
bassador to the Republic of
Fiction. Symposium with
Chinese American Fact, Film
Korea; Carter Eckert,
Linda Fang, storyteller; Ed-
and Fiction: Parents and Chil-
China: Backward or Forward?
Harvard University; Hagen
ward Rhoads, University of
dren. Symposium with
Symposium with Timothy
Koo, University of Hawaii;
Texas; Cherylene Lee, poet
Cherylene Lee, poet and
Cheek, The Colorado Col-
Michael Robinson, Univer-
and playwright; Loni Ding,
playwright; Genny Lim,
lege; Deborah Davis, Yale
sity of Southern California;
Vox Productions. Cospon-
New College of California;
University; Gregory Lee,
Il Sakong, former ROK
sored by the Colorado
Edward Rhoads, Univer-
University of Chicago;
Minister of Finance;
China Council. Boulder,
sity of Texas; D. Roberts,
Steven Levine, Duke Uni-
Chae-jin Lee, Claremont
Colorado. June 1991
playwright and radio pro-
versity; Martin King
McKenna College; John
ducer; Shawn Wong, Uni-
Whyte, University of
India Threatened: What Does
Bennett, former President,
Korea Economic Institute.
versity of Washington.
Michigan. Cosponsored by
the Future Hold? Sympo-
Cosponsored by the North-
the University of Colorado
Cosponsored by Stanford
sium with Abid Hussain,
west Regional China Coun-
at Denver's International
Indian Ambassador to the
University. Stanford, Cali-
cil. Portland, Oregon.
Affairs Program and the
fornia. January 1991
United States; Harry
May 1991
Colorado Consortium for
Barnes, Jr., former U.S.
East Asian Studies. Denver,
Contemporary Korea: Issues in
Ambassador to India;
China: Backward or Forward?
Colorado. June 1991
Women's Studies. Seminar
Robert Goheen, former
Symposium with Joseph
with Laurel Kendall, Amer-
U.S. Ambassador to India;
Esherick, University of
China: Backward or Forward?
ican Museum of Natural
Marshall M. Bouton, The
California, San Diego;
Symposium with Steven
History; Kyeyoung Park,
Asia Society; Stephen Co-
Merle Goldman, Boston
Levine, Duke University;
UCLA; Hei-soo Shin,
hen, University of Illinois;
University; Leo Ou Fan
Martin King Whyte, Uni-
Ainslee Embree, Columbia
Rutgers University; Seung-
Lee, University of Califor-
versity of Michigan; Jeffrey
kyung Kim, University of
University; Selig Harrison,
nia, Los Angeles; Steven
Wasserstrom, University of
Maryland; Jean-kyung
Carnegie Endowment on
Levine, Duke University;
Kentucky; Madeleine Zelin,
Ethics and International Af-
Chung, University of Illi-
Columbia University. Co-
fairs; Atul Kohli, Princeton
University; Susanne Rudolph,
University of Chicago;
T. N. Srinivasan, Yale
University. New York.
June 1991
Francine R. Frankel, Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania;
Peter Howell, Citibank;
Teresita C. Schaffer, U.S.
Teresito C Schaffe
Deputy Assistant Secre-
Peter Howell
tary of State for Near
Francine R. Frankel
Eastern and South Asian
Affairs; and Phillips Talbot,
The Asia Society, in a panel
discussion at the sympo-
sium "India Threatened:
What Does the Future
Hold?" in New York, June
1991.
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Arthur W. Hummel, Jr.,
EVENTS
former U.S. Ambassador,
chaired the "China and
East Asia" conference at
Wingspread Conference
Center, Racine, Wisconsin,
January 1991.
Florida Symposium. A three-
President, University of
Korea's New Role in the
day series of meetings and
California; Admiral Ronald
Global Economy: Looking
visits to environmental
J. Hays, President, The
North and South. Lecture by
sites, including the Florida
Center for High Technol-
David Steinberg, George-
Keys and the Everglades.
ogy Research; Karen Elliott
town University. Cospon-
Organized and cosponsored
House, Vice President,
sored by The Crane House,
by the Sierra Club. Partici-
Dow Jones International;
The International Center of
pants: Philip Gain, Songpol
Charles William Maynes,
the University of Louisville
Jetanavanich and Sunita
Editor, Foreign Policy; Hugh
and the Louisville World
Narain. Miami, Florida.
Patrick, Columbia Univer-
Affairs Council. Louisville,
April 1991
sity; Russell A. Phillips, Jr.,
Kentucky. December 1990
Rockefeller Brothers Fund;
Sacramento Symposium.
Alan D. Romberg, Council
Meeting with Ganesh Man
Three days of meetings
on Foreign Relations; David
Singh, Head of the Nepalese
with environmental
S. Tappan, Jr., CEO, Fluor
Congress Party. Presented by
China and East Asia:
workers and tours of sites
Corporation; Donald S.
Leon Weil, former U.S.
Implications for
of environmental concern.
Zagoria, Hunter College.
Ambassador to Nepal, with
American Policy.
Organized and cosponsored
May 7-29, 1991
Marshall M. Bouton, The
Conference chaired by
by the Sierra Club, Sacra-
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr.
mento. Participants: Qazi
Hosted by the Johnson
Faruque Ahmed, S. R.
Foundation at its Wing-
Hiremath, Maximo
spread Conference Facility,
Kalaw and Gurmit Singh.
followed by regional sym-
Sacramento, California.
posia. Racine, Wisconsin.
April 1991
January 1991
Seattle Symposium. Three
China and the World Commu-
days of presentations and
nity: Perspectives for the 90s.
meetings with local envi-
ronmental and Native
Houston, Texas. January
1991
American groups, includ-
ing an overflight of Seattle-
China in Asia: Implications
area forests by Project
for U.S. Policy. Los Angeles,
Lighthawk. Organized and
California. January 1991
cosponsored by the Sierra
Club. Participants: Avad-
Study Mission Seminars.
Left to right: Harry Hard-
Beyond Boundaries: Issues
hani Popuri Nageswara,
Held with the Chinese Peo-
ing, The Brookings Institu-
in Asian and American
Surya Dhungel, Hira Jham-
ple's Institute for Foreign
tion; Zhang Wenpu, former
Chinese Ambassador; and
Environmental Activism.
tani, Kishokumar and
Affairs, Beijing, May 9; the
Conference cosponsored by
Edtami Mansayagan. Seat-
Institute for Disarmament
Lev Deliusin, Institute for
the Sierra Club, World Re-
tle, Washington. April 1991
and Peace, Pyongyang,
International Economic
May 13-14; Seoul Forum
and Political Studies, Mos-
sources Institute and World
Los Angeles Symposium.
on International Relations,
cow, at the conference on
Wildlife Fund, followed by
regional symposia. New
One-day workshop. Mode-
Seoul, May 20; Japan
China and East Asia, Wing-
York. April 1991
rated by Patrick Del Duca,
Forum on International
spread Conference Center,
O'Melveny & Myers.
Relations, Tokyo, May
Racine, Wisconsin, January
Speakers: Qazi Faruque
23; Institute of Oriental
1991.
Reclaiming the Environment in
Asia: Three Activists Speak
Ahmed, Surya Dhungel,
Studies, Moscow, May
S. R. Hiremath, Philip
27, 1991
Asia Society; William
Out. A public discussion at
Fisher, Columbia Univer-
The Asia Society chaired
Gain, Songpol Jetana-
by Theodore Smith, Exec-
vanich, Hira Jhamtani,
Lectures and Meetings
sity; Richard Murphy,
utive Director, Consultative
Soviet Perspectives on the Ko-
Council on Foreign Rela-
Gurmit Singh and Kenneth
rean Peninsula. Breakfast
tions; Robert B. Oxnam,
Group on Biological Diver-
G. Riley. Los Angeles, Cal-
sity, with Edtami Man-
ifornia. April 1991
meeting with Gennady
The Asia Society; Theodore
Chufrin, Institute of Orien-
Riccardi, Columbia Uni-
sayagan, Director, Tribal
tal Studies, Moscow. New
versity. New York. Decem-
Filipino Center for Devel-
Korean Peninsula
ber 1990
opment; Sunita Narain,
Study Mission to Asia
York. October 1990
Co-director, Center for Sci-
Study mission to examine
ence and Environment,
issues relating to unification
The Effect of the Prime Minis-
The Korean War and its Sig-
India; Agus Purnomo,
ters' Meetings on North-
nificance in Contemporary
of the Korean peninsula.
Inter-Korean Relations: A
Chaired by Robert A. Sca-
South Korean Relations. Lun-
former Director, Indonesian
Environmental Forum
lapino, Robson Research
cheon meeting with Hong
Discussion. Presentations by
(WALHI). New York.
Professor Emeritus, Univer-
Koo Lee, Special Advisor
Bruce Cumings, University
sity of California at Berke-
to the President of the Re-
of Chicago; John Merrill,
April 1991
ley, with William Fuller,
public of Korea for Political
Department of State. Co-
Affairs. New York.
sponsored by the Depart-
President, The Asia Foun-
ment of Slavic and Eastern
dation; David Gardner,
November 1990
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Languages, Boston Col-
Narongchai Akrasanee,
lege. Boston, Massa-
Chairman of the Board of
chusetts. December 1990
Directors, General Finance
and Securities Co., Ltd. of
Luncheon Meeting with Julia
Thailand, and Henry A.
Chang Bloch, United States
Kissinger, former U.S. Sec-
Ambassador to Nepal. Pre-
retary of State, at the
sented by Leon Weil, for-
ASEAN conference in Bali,
mer U.S. Ambassador
March 1991.
to Nepal. New York.
Learning about Asia through
January 1991
Games and Activities. A day
of special events for third
Korean Culture through
Its Literature. Lecture by
graders from a Brooklyn
school. June 1991
David McCann, Cornell
University. Cosponsored
Publications
by The Asian Studies Com-
mittee, College of Arts and
Annual Volumes
My Neighborhood/Japanese
Malaysian Economy and Cap-
Sciences, University of
China Briefing, 1990. Edited
Geography and The Tradi-
Oklahoma. Norman, Okla-
ital Market: An Update. Nik
by Anthony J. Kane.
tional Home/The Modern
Mohamed Din, Executive
homa. January 1991
Copublished with West-
Home. Two new, double-
Chairman, Kuala Lumpur
view Press. July 1990
sided instructional posters
Stock Exchange, Malaysia.
Luncheon Meeting with
on Japan intended for use in
Cosponsored by the New
Wasim Sajjad, Chairman of
India Briefing, 1990. Edited
elementary and junior high
York Stock Exchange, Inc.
the Senate of Pakistan. New
by Marshall M. Bouton
schools. May 1991
October 1990
York. June 1991
and Philip Oldenburg.
Copublished with West-
Sri Lanka: A Business Up-
Educational Activities
view Press. August 1990
Corporate Program
date. Nissanka Wijewar-
Japan Trail '90. Two-week
dene, Director-General,
study program in Japan for
junior high school students
Korea Briefing, 1990. Edited
Meetings
Greater Colombo Eco-
and teachers. July 1990
by Chong-Sik Lee.
Modernization of the Thai
nomic Commission; Sus-
Copublished with West-
Financial System. Chavalit
antha De Alwis, Sri Lanka
view Press. December 1990
Thanachanan, Governor,
Ambassador to the United
Japan Teachers' Workshop
1991. A series of educa-
Bank of Thailand. Septem-
States; Mark Pursell,
Report
ber 1990
UNIDO/IPS Office; Peter
tional events for New York
The Last Tree: Reclaiming the
Howell, Group Marketing
City high school teachers.
Environment in Tropical Asia.
Investment Issues in Asia.
Executive, Citicorp/
Sandcastle (Suna no ue no
By James Rush. April 1991
Philip Brass, Managing
Citibank. Jointly presented
Robinson): Film presenta-
Director, Pacific Dunlop
with Citicorp/Citibank, the
tion followed by reception
Asian Updates
Limited, Australia.
Business Council for Inter-
honoring film director
The 1990 Prime Ministers'
September 1990
national Understanding and
Junichi Suzuki. "Tea
Meetings Between North and
S.J. Rundt Associates with
Ceremony Workshop":
South Korea: An Analysis.
Change in Asia: An Austra-
the Women's Economic
Conducted by tea master
By Young Whan Kihl.
lian Perspective. Senator
Round Table. October 1990
Hisashi Yamada at
October 1990
Gareth Evans, Minister for
Urasenke Chanoyu Center.
Foreign Affairs and Trade,
U.S.-Japan Trade Relations:
"The Widening Informa-
Turning Crisis to Advantage:
Australia. Cosponsored by
Implications for Asia. S. Linn
tion Gap between America
The Politics of Japan's Gulf
American Australian Asso-
Williams, Deputy United
and Japan: U.S. and Japa-
Energy Strategy. By Ronald
ciation and The Australia
States Trade Representative.
nese Media Coverage with
A. Morse. December 1990
Society. September 1990
November 1990
Emphasis on the Gulf
War": Panel discussion with
Korea's Experiment With De-
Perspectives on Indonesia's
Vietnam: Joining the World
Susumu Ohara, Japan Eco-
Capital Market. Marzuki
Economy. Barry Wain, Edi-
nomic Journal; David
mocracy. By Sung-Joo Han.
Owens, Dentsu Burson-
February 1991
Usman, Chairman, Jakarta
tor, The Asian Wall Street
Stock Exchange, Indonesia.
Journal, Hong Kong, and
Marsteller; Sally Solo, For-
Philippine Base Negotiations
September 1990
Jerome A. Cohen, Partner,
tune Magazine. Moderated
by Robert B. Oxnam, The
and Implications for Security
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
in Southeast Asia. By Fred
Emerging Trends in the Indian
Wharton and Garrison.
Asia Society. "Japanese
Greene. March 1991
Economy. Ram Nath Mal-
November 1990
Family and Society": Lec-
hotra, Governor, Reserve
ture by Victoria Lyon-
Educational Materials
Bank of India. October
Securities Regulation: Getting
Bestor, Donald Keene Cen-
Options for Women at Mid-
1990
the Right Balance. Robert
ter of Japanese Culture,
Columbia University. New
Life. Fifth program in Video
Owen, Chairman, Securi-
Letter from Japan II series for
Corporate Breakfast Meeting.
ties and Futures Commis-
York. April-May 1991
use in high schools and col-
Daniel A. O'Donohue,
sion, Hong Kong.
leges. April 1991
U.S. Ambassador to Thai-
November 1990
land. October 1990
20
EVENTS
Risk and Reward in Asia's
Economic Reforms in
Emerging Markets. Robert
Pakistan. Sartaj Aziz, Min-
Lloyd George, Managing
ister for Finance and Eco-
Director, Indosuez Asia
nomic Affairs, Pakistan.
Investment Services, Ltd.,
April 1991
Hong Kong. November
1990
The Rhino, The Birds and
The Outlook for Hong Kong's
Some Observations on Austra-
Financial Sector. John M.
lian Economic Policy. Bernie
Gray, Deputy Chairman,
Fraser, Governor, Reserve
The Hongkong and Shang-
Bank of Australia. Cospon-
hai Banking Corporation
sored by American Austra-
Limited, Hong Kong. Co-
lian Association and The
sponsored by The Hong
Australia Society. Novem-
Kong Association of New
ber 1990
York, Inc. May 1991
Investment Opportunities in
The Chinese Economy in the
Malaysia. Datin Paduka
'90s. Rong Yiren, Chair-
Rafidah Aziz, Minister of
man, China International
International Trade and In-
Trust and Investment Cor-
dustry, Malaysia. Novem-
poration, People's Republic
ber 1990
of China. May 1991
The Path to New Zealand's
My Last Two Years in China
Conference
Two Angels or Peris, ink on
Enterprise Economy. Ruth
and What Might Happen
The ASEAN Countries
paper drawing, Timurid
Richardson, Minister of
Next. James R. Lilley, for-
and the World Economy:
Iran, late 15th century.
Finance, New Zealand. Co-
mer U.S. Ambassador to
Challenge of Change. Co-
From the exhibition The
sponsored by U.S.-New
China. June 1991
organizing Sponsors: The
Here and the Hereafter:
Zealand Council. February
Asia Society and The Cen-
Images of Paradise in
1991
Executive Briefing
tre for Strategic and Inter-
Islamic Art.
Taiwan's Financial Sector:
national Studies, Jakarta, in
An Administration Update on
Going Global. Moderated
cooperation with Fortune.
Fund I (Gemala-Orien-
U.S.-Asia Economic and
by S. James O'Connor,
Host Corporate Sponsor:
Lehman Brothers). Bali,
Trade Relations: Focus on
Baring Securities, Inc. With
PT Astra International.
Indonesia. March 1991
Japan and Korea. Charles
In-jaw Lai, Ministry of Fi-
Corporate Sponsors: Bang-
H. Dallara, U.S. Assistant
nance, Taiwan; Harry
kok Bank Limited; Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Harding, The Brookings
Central Asia; Bank Dagang
Galleries
for International Affairs.
Institution; Liang Chang
Negara; The Bank of
February 1991
and David S. Meyerson,
Tokyo, Limited; Exxon
Exhibitions
Shearson-Global Financial
Corporation; PT Garuda
Court Arts of Indonesia.
U.S.-Korea Trade Relations:
Services Co., Ltd.; Sunny
Indonesia; PT Jardine Flem-
C. V. Starr Gallery, Arthur
Toward a New Era of Eco-
Chen, W. I. Carr (Taiwan)
ing Nusantara; Keppel
Ross Gallery, Mr. and Mrs.
nomic Cooperation. Bong-
Ltd.; Kuo-shu Liang, Bank
Corporation; Molex Incor-
John D. Rockefeller 3rd
suh Lee, Minister of Trade
of Communications, Tai-
porated; Motorola Incorpo-
Gallery. September 19-
and Industry, Republic of
wan; Ching-ing Hou Liang,
rated; PETRONAS; Taisho
December 16, 1990
Korea. April 1991
National Chengchi Uni-
Marine and Fire Insurance
versity, Taiwan. May 1991
Company, Limited; Yaohan
Curated by Helen Ibbitson
International Co., Limited.
Jessup, who also authored
Corporate Supporters:
the accompanying cata-
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.;
logue, this exhibition was
Gemala Group; Guardian
organized by The Asia So-
Industries Corporation;
ciety Galleries. After leav-
Sime Darby Berhad; Per-
ing The Asia Society, Court
tamina; PT Usaha Sistim
Arts of Indonesia traveled to
Informasi Jaya, agent for
the Dallas Museum of Art;
IBM World Trade Corpora-
the Arthur M. Sackler Gal-
tion; Indonesia Growth
lery, Smithsonian Institu-
tion; and the Natural
History Museum of Los
Angeles County.
Sartaj Aziz (left), Paki-
stan's Minister for Finance
Romance of the Taj Mahal.
and Economic Affairs,
C. V. Starr Gallery, Arthur
speaking with L. Oakley
Ross Gallery, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson of American Inter-
John D. Rockefeller 3rd
national Group at a New
Gallery. January 16-March
York corporate program in
17, 1991
April 1991.
21
EVENTS
Portrait of Shah Jahan
Music From Japan: Masters of
(detail), opaque watercolor
Traditional Instruments.
on paper, India, Mogul,
Shakuhachi master Hozan
C. 1635. From the exhibition
Yamamoto and koto master
Romance of the Taj Mahal.
Tadao Sawai performing
traditional and contempo-
Archives of Asian Art, Vol.
rary music. February 2,
XLIII. Annual journal
1991
published by The Asia So-
ciety Galleries. Essays by
Kronos Plays Music From
Robert W. Bagley, Denise
Japan. The internationally
Patry Leidy, Amy McNair
renowned string quartet in
and Steven Miles Kossak.
a program of contemporary
October 1990
music including the world
premiere of a new composi-
The Story of a Painting: A
tion by Somei Sato. Febru-
Korean Buddhist Treasure from
ary 8, 1991
The Mary and Jackson Burke
Foundation. Written by
Sarod Recital-Amjad Ali
Hongnam Kim. Published
Khan. Traditional North In-
by The Asia Society Gal-
dian classical music played
leries. 58 pages with 35
by sarod vituoso Amjad
illustrations. April 1991
Ali Khan, accompanied by
tabla and tambura. Four
performances: February
Performances, Films
21-24, 1991
and Lectures
Music From Japan: Yuji
Performances at
Takahashi in Recent Works.
The Asia Society
World premiere of a new
Balinese Dance. Mini-
work for keyboard, com-
performances of traditional
puter and trombone with
Balinese dance, with dem-
electronics, by Japan's
onstrations of crafts, ritual
highly individualistic
arts and painting. Presented
composer-performer.
as part of the Festival of
March 23, 1991
This exhibition was orga-
After leaving The Asia So-
Indonesia. Four weekends:
nized by the Los Angeles
ciety, it traveled to Bow-
October 6-28, 1990
Music From Japan: Music/
County Museum of Art
doin College Museum of
Technology/Audience II Sym-
and traveled to the Toledo
Art, Brunswick, Maine; the
Indonesian Fashion Show.
posium. Noted technology
Museum of Art, the Vir-
University Art Museum,
Celebrated Indonesian de-
experts joined composer
ginia Museum of Fine Arts
Berkeley, California; and
signer Iwan Tirta present-
Yuji Takahashi and per-
and The Asia Society.
the Museum of Fine Arts,
ing his own designs as well
formers to discuss the
Springfield, Massachusetts.
as traditional Indonesian
impact of Artificial Intel-
The Story of a Painting: A
court attire, with special
ligence on music today.
Korean Buddhist Treasure from
Photography
dance performance by
March 24, 1991
The Mary and Jackson Burke
Spirit and Place. Color pho-
Happy Soeryadjaya and her
Foundation. C. V. Starr Gal-
tographs of Indonesia by
troupe. Presented as part of
Kifu Mitsuhashi in Concert.
lery. April 30-July 28, 1991
John Gollings, which ac-
the Festival of Indonesia.
The prominent shakuhachi
companied the Court Arts of
October 24, 1990
player in a program of tra-
This exhibition was curated
Indonesia exhibition. Burke
ditional and contemporary
by Asia Society curator
Room. September 19-
Wayang Kulit-Indonesian
Japanese music, accom-
Hongnam Kim and orga-
December 16, 1990
Shadow Theater. Stories
panied by Nanai Yoshimura
nized by The Asia Society
from Hindu mythology and
on the koto. April 17, 1991
Galleries.
Publications
Javanese legends, with
Court Arts of Indonesia.
demonstrations of shadow
Pongsan Masked Dance-
The Here and the Hereafter:
Written by Helen Ibbitson
puppetry technique, game-
Drama of Korea. Leading ex-
Images of Paradise in Islamic
Jessup. 288 pages with 228
lan instruments and batik
ponents of one of Korea's
Art. Arthur Ross Gallery,
illustrations. Hardcover
painting. Presented as part
oldest performing arts tra-
Mr. and Mrs. John D.
published by The Asia
of the Festival of Indonesia.
ditions poked fun at the
Rockefeller 3rd Gallery.
Society Galleries in asso-
Four weekends: November
foibles of the rich and pow-
June 27-September 8, 1991
ciation with Harry N.
3-25, 1990
erful in festive comedies.
Abrams, Inc. Paperback
Presented in association
This exhibition was orga-
published by The Asia
with The New York Inter-
nized by The Hood Mu-
Society Galleries. Septem-
national Festival of the
seum, Dartmouth College.
ber 1990
Arts. Three performances:
June 8-9, 1991
22
EVENTS
Yellow Tale Blues, a film by
Christine Choy and Renee
Tajima, screened January
24, 1991, as part of the
Films and Filmmakers
Series.
Made in Malaysia/A
An Evening with Christine
Shamanic Journey. World
Choy and Renee Tajima. Two
premiere of a new work
new works: Monkey King
created in Malaysia for The
Looks West and Yellow Tale
Asia Society by American
Blues: Two American Fami-
choreographer Manuel
lies. January 24, 1991
Alum, with 26 Malaysian
performers. Presented in as-
Kamala and Raji. Ela Bhatt,
sociation with The New
founder of India's Self-
York International Festival
Employed Women's
of the Arts. Six perfor-
Association (SEWA) and
mances: June 20-23, 1991
member of the Indian Par-
liament, with documentary
The Root of Japanese Creative
filmmaker Michael Cam-
and Contemporary Dance.
erini. Discussion following
Lecture and video presenta-
screening. February 13,
tion by Roku Hasegawa,
1991
dance critic and editor-in-
chief of Danceworks. June
The War Is Over: A Journey
27, 1991
Home. Documentary writ-
Projected Radiance: The Cin-
Typical American. Gish Jen.
ten, produced and directed
ema of Indonesia. The first
Films
May 15, 1991
by Vietnamese American
national exhibition of Indo-
Stories of Women: Films By
filmmaker Tiana Alex-
nesian cinema in the U.S.
and About Indian Women.
China Boy. Gus Lee. May
andra. March 7, 1991
Six films and two panel dis-
29, 1991
Directors Vijaya Mehta,
cussions. Cosponsored by
Aparna Sen and Soudha-
Ju Dou. Film by Zhang
the Festival of Indonesia.
Art Lectures
mini. Six films and two
Yimou, director of Red Sor-
May 1-12, 1991
Indonesian Odyssey. A series
panel discussions. Novem-
ghum. March 8, 1991
exploring the culture from
ber 6-14, 1990
Lectures
early history to the present.
Life and Death of a Dynasty.
"Island and Ancestors-
Film on Indian Prime Min-
Meet the Author
Prehistory in Indonesia,"
isters Jawaharlal Nehru,
A series of talks by authors
Bennet Bronson, October
Indira Gandhi and Rajiv
of recent books on Asian
30, 1990; "Myths and Leg-
Gandhi, introduced by
history, culture and con-
ends of Java and Bali,"
filmmakers Anne and
temporary affairs, followed
Ward Keeler, November 13,
Robert Drew. April 8, 1991
by a reception and book-
1990; "Sacred Sites—
signing.
Mosques and Temples of
Indonesia," Hugh O'Neill,
My Tibet. Galen Rowell.
November 20, 1990;
September 13, 1990
"Mythic Worlds in Change
in Village Indonesia," Susan
Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic.
Rodgers, November 27,
Bette Bao Lord. September
1990; "Textiles and Cos-
26, 1990
tumes of Indonesia-
Enduring Traditions,' Iwan
Angkor: The Hidden Glories.
Tirta, December 11, 1990
Michael Freeman and Roger
Warner. October 29, 1990
Romance of the Taj Mahal
Lecture Series. Supplement-
Sacred Mountains of the
ing the Society's exhibition.
World. Edwin Bernbaum.
"Art and Politics in the Age
November 1, 1990
of Shah Jahan," Vishakha
N. Desai, February 5, 1991;
Almost a Revolution. Shen
"The Taj Mahal: The Meaning
Tong. December 8, 1990
of the Monument," Wayne
Pongsan Masked Dance-
Begley, February 12, 1991;
Drama of Korea, per-
The Laughing Sutra. Mark
"Western Perceptions of the
formed at The Asia Society
Salzman. January 23, 1991
Taj Mahal and the Mogul
in June 1991.
Age," Ainslie Embree,
In a Little Kingdom. Perry
February 19, 1991
Steiglitz. January 31, 1991
In Search of Self in India
and Japan: Toward a Cross-
Cultural Psychology. Alan
Roland. April 18, 1991
23
Asia Society President
EVENTS
Robert B. Oxnam inter-
viewed Peter G. Peterson,
Chairman of the Black-
stone Group and the Coun-
cil on Foreign Relations, at
a President's Forum, De-
cember 10, 1990.
The Art and Culture of Iran.
tein, April 30, 1991; "Ma-
Series opened with a special
jestic Splendor: A Korean
celebration of No Rooz, the
Buddhist Painting in Its
Iranian New Year. "Paint-
Pan Asian Context," Eliz-
ings from Persia: A
abeth ten Grotenhuis, May
Personal Selection of Mas-
28, 1991; "Korean Buddhist
terpieces," Stuart Cary
Paintings and Their Monas-
Welch, March 19, 1991;
tic Context," Hongnam
"The Imperial Tradition in
Kim, June 26, 1991
Iranian Architecture,' Jon-
athan M. Bloom, March
Symposia
26, 1991; "Wrought with
Trade Winds-Maritime
Silk and Gold," Layla S.
Trade and Indonesian Culture.
Diba, April 2, 1991; "Vi-
A one-day symposium on
sions of Paradise: The Story
the development of mari-
Zion Ozeri
of the Garden in the An-
time trade with China, In-
cient Near East," David B.
dia and the Middle East in
Stronach, April 9, 1991
the Indonesian archipelago.
The President's Forum
Luncheon honoring Qian
Guests speakers: Ken Hall,
Special evenings during
Qichen, Minister of For-
Korean Art in East Asia.
Helen Jessup, Paul Michael
which Asia Society Presi-
eign Affairs, the People's
Lectures supplementing the
Taylor, Anita Spertus and
dent Robert B. Oxnam
Republic of China.
exhibition The Story of a
Robert Holmgren. October
interviews distinguished
October 2, 1990
Painting: A Korean Buddhist
20, 1990
guests on topics of Asian
Treasure from The Mary and
history, culture and con-
Luncheon honoring
Jackson Burke Foundation.
The Art of Chinese Calligra-
temporary affairs before a
Nguyen Co Thach,
"Korean Buddhist Art and
phy. A one-day symposium
public audience.
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Its Beginnings, Jan Fon-
on Chinese calligraphy.
Vietnam. October 11, 1990
Guest speakers: Wang Fang
An Evening with Jim Whit-
Yu, Marilyn Wong Gley-
taker. October 18, 1990
Kifu Mitsuhashi, Japanese
steen, Robert Mowry and
Hong Kong Center
shakuhachi master, per-
Hongnam Kim. November
An Evening with Peter Peter-
formed at the Society
3, 1990
son. December 10, 1990
Program Highlights
April 17, 1991.
Superpower or Superpauper:
An Evening with Bharati
The USA Beyond the Year
Mukherjee. June 4, 1991
2000. Robert O. Keohane,
Harvard University. Co-
sponsored by the Harvard
Special Events
and Wellesley College
Clubs of Hong Kong. Janu-
Luncheon honoring Dr.
ary 1991
Subin Pinkayan, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Thai-
Chinese Economic Reforms in
land. September 27, 1990
the '90s. Nicholas Lardy,
University of Washington.
Luncheon honoring Raul S.
March 1991
Manglapus, Secretary of
Foreign Affairs, the Philip-
The Asia Pacific Region in a
pines. September 26, 1990
World of Change. Senator
Gareth Evans, Australian
Luncheon honoring Choi
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ho-Joong, Minister of For-
and Trade. April 1991
eign Affairs, South Korea.
September 24, 1990
Freedom of Expression in a
Free Society. Benno C.
Luncheon honoring Hus-
Schmidt, Jr., President of
sain Mohammed Ershad,
Yale University. June 1991
President, Bangladesh.
October 1, 1990
Special Event
Inaugural Dinner. Opening
Dinner honoring Shri Inder
address by Sir David Ford,
Kumar Gujral, Minister of
Deputy to the Governor of
External Affairs, India.
Hong Kong. Keynote ad-
October 1, 1990
dress by Robert A. Sca-
lapino, Robson Research
Professor Emeritus, Uni-
versity of California,
Berkeley. March 1991
24
EVENTS
Houston Center
Business Council. Breakfast
The Fabric of Life. Lecture
Contemporary Indonesian
with David Lampton,
by Judi Achjadi, Indonesian
Film Festival. Cosponsored
Program Highlights
National Committee on
Embassy, Washington,
by the Museum of Fine
Business Council. Breakfast
U.S.-China Relations.
D.C. Cosponsored by the
Arts, Houston, and South-
with Ambassador Zhu
October 1990
Museum of Natural Sci-
west Alternate Media
Qisheng of the People's
ence. November 1990
Project. January 1991
Republic of China. Sep-
Self, State and Society. Sym-
tember 1990
posium with Tu Wei-ming,
Collector's Series: Indonesian
China and the World Commu-
Institute of Culture and
Textiles. Members' discus-
nity: Perspectives for the 1990s.
Asian Film Festival. Co-
Communication at the
sion group led by Judi Ach-
Luncheon and symposium.
sponsored by the South-
East-West Center; Lodi
jadi. Cosponsored by
Lev Deliusin, Institute for
west Alternate Media
Gyari, Special Envoy of
TRIBES. November 1990
International Economic and
Project and Museum of
The Dalai Lama; and
Political Studies, Moscow;
Fine Arts. September 1990
others. Cosponsored by the
Against Nature. Opening re-
Nicholas Lardy, The Henry
Rothko Chapel. October
ception at the Contempo-
M. Jackson School of Inter-
Music at the Consulate Gen-
1990
rary Art Museum.
national Studies, University
eral. Teatime concerts fea-
November 1990
of Washington; Xie Xide,
turing Chinese music
Silken Threads. Luncheon
Fudan University, Shang-
students studying in the
and Indian/Pakistani cos-
Beyond the Java Sea. Open-
hai; and Ambassador
U.S. Held at the Consulate
tume show. October 1990
ing reception at the Mu-
Zhang Wenpu, Ministry of
General of the People's
seum of Natural Science.
Foreign Affairs, Beijing.
Republic of China.
Indonesian Batiks: Teacher's
November 1990
January 1991
September 1990
Workshop. Cosponsored by
the Community Artists'
Sacred Mountains of Asia.
China and the World Commu-
Business Council. Breakfast
Collective. October 1990
Lecture by Edwin Bern-
nity: Perspectives for the 1990s.
with Chavalit Thanachanan,
baum, University of
Symposium cosponsored
Governor of the Bank of
Music at the Consulate Gen-
California, Berkeley.
by Rice Institute for Policy
Thailand. September 1990
eral. Contemporary and an-
November 1990
Analysis. Lev Deliusin,
cient Chinese music and
Nicholas Lardy, Xie Xide
Festival of Indonesia Kickoff
instruments. Held at the
Myths and Legends of Java
and Ambassador Zhang
with Saman Performers from
Consulate General of the
and Bali. Lecture by Ward
Wenpu. January 1991
Sumatra. Cosponsored by
People's Republic of China.
Keeler, University of Texas.
the Consulate General of
October 1990
December 1990
Spices of Indonesia. Lecture
Indonesia, the Museum of
by Thomas Miller, McCor-
Fine Arts, Houston, and
Why Wild Men and Dragons
Sculpture of Indonesia. Re-
mick & Company. Cospon-
Museum of Natural Sci-
Never Meet. Lecture by
ception and private tour by
sored by the Museum of
ence. September 1990
Sharon Chester, Society
Celeste Adams, Assistant
Natural Science. January
Expeditions. Cosponsored
Director and Curator of
1991
by the Museum of Natural
Oriental Art, at the Mu-
Science. October 1990
seum of Fine Arts,
Sunda Tigers: Conservation
Sir David Ford, Deputy to
Houston. December 1990
and Tropical Forests in Indo-
the Governor of Hong
Business Council. Luncheon
nesia. John Seidensticker,
Kong; Sir Q. W. Lee, Chair-
and briefing by Burton
Art and Design in the Chinese
National Zoological Park,
man of the Hong Kong
Levin, former U.S. Am-
Garden. Lecture by William
Washington, D.C. Cospon-
Center; and John C. White-
bassador to Myanmar
Wu, Coordinator of the
sored by the Houston Zoo-
head, Chairman of The
(Burma). November 1990
Chinese Gardens, San
logical Society. January 1991
Asia Society Board of
Francisco. January 1991
Trustees, in Hong Kong,
Business Council-Business
March 1991.
Textiles of Indonesia. Private
Customs Series: Doing Busi-
tour of exhibition by
ness with Indonesia. John
Steven Alpert, collector,
Holdridge, former U.S.
Dallas, Texas. January 1991
Ambassador to Indonesia,
of Harvest International,
Reception for the Festival of
Inc., and Dr. Fred von der
Indonesia. Cosponsored by
Mehden, Rice University.
the Galleria and the Wynd-
January 1991
ham Warwick Hotel. Janu-
ary 1991
Court Arts of Indonesia. Lec-
ture by Helen Jessup, The
Indonesian Bazaar at the Gal-
Asia Society. February 1991
leria. Cosponsored by the
Consulate General of Indo-
Business Council Breakfast:
nesia and the Galleria. Janu-
Business Prospects for China,
ary 1991
Hong Kong and Taiwan. Asia
Society President Robert B.
Oxnam. February 1991
25
EVENTS
Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, Spe-
cial Envoy of The Dalai
Lama, addressed a sympo-
sium in Houston, October
20, 1990.
Indonesian Costume Show
Discover Asia: Discover Asian
and Tea. Farewell to Consul
Cuisines. Barbara Hansen,
General Tengku Dahlia
Los Angeles Times. October
Soemolang of Indonesia.
4, 1990
May 1991
Breakfast Dialogue. Susumu
Indonesian Batik: Teacher's
Awanohara, Far East Econo-
Workshop. Cosponsored by
mic Review. October 11,
the Consulate General of
1990
Indonesia and the Commu-
nity Artists' Collective.
Business and Investment Up-
May 1991
date on China. Cosponsored
by the City of Los Angeles,
The Lacquer Pavilion of Bang-
Mount St. Mary's College
kok. Lecture by Patricia
and the Consulate of the
Young. May 1991
People's Republic of China.
Great Cuisines of Asia-An
Restaurant Series. Special
October 29, 1990
Indonesian Banquet. Gala
meals planned at some of
Taipei Film Festival. Festival
Benefit. February 1991
Houston's best Asian res-
and reception cosponsored
Fashions of Indonesia: A Walk
taurants. April-June 1991
by the Museum of Fine
through History. Judi
Dance of Life. Members'
Arts and the CCNAA.
Achjadi, coordinator. Co-
evening at the IMAX The-
Japan and the West: Toward a
May-June 1991
sponsored by the Consulate
atre, Museum of Natural
Global Community. Lecture
General of Indonesia.
Science. February 1991
series cosponsored by Rice
The Transparent Thread:
November 10, 1990
University. April-May 1991
Asian Philosophies in Recent
Business Council Luncheon-
American Art. Reception
Janur: Festive Floral Arrange-
Business Customs Series: Do-
Papua New Guinea-Wildlife
and lecture series cospon-
ments of Indonesia. Cospon-
ing Business with Taiwan.
Conservation. Film and lec-
sored by the Blaffer Gallery
sored by the Consulate
Harry Harding, The
ture. Margaret Taylor,
of the University of
General of Indonesia.
Brookings Institution.
Ambassador of Papua
Houston. June 1991
November 8, 1990
March 1991
New Guinea, and Eric
Dinerstein, World Wildlife
Business Council. Breakfast
Korean Unification. Dr.
Business Council Symposium
Fund. April 1991
with Ji Chaozhu, Under-
Hong Koo Lee, Special As-
and Luncheon. "Protecting
Secretary General, Depart-
sistant to the President for
American Investment in
Business Council Breakfast:
ment of Technical Coopera-
Political Affairs, Korea.
Hong Kong" and "Hong
The Business of Conservation.
tion for Development,
Hosted by Coopers &
Kong Present and Future."
Papua New Guinea Am-
United Nations. Hosted
Lybrand at ARCO.
Peter Johnson, Hong Kong
bassador Margaret Taylor
by ENRON Corporation.
November 20, 1990
Economic and Trade Of-
and Eric Dinerstein.
June 1991
fice, San Francisco. Co-
April 1991
A Dialogue with the Play-
sponsored by the Greater
wright: Asian American The-
Houston Partnership-
Business Council Luncheon-
Southern California
atre. Philip Kan Gotanda,
World Trade Division.
Business Customs Series: Do-
Center
author of The Wash. Co-
March 1991
ing Business with Taiwan Part
sponsored by the Asian Pa-
II. Robert Parker, Mc-
cific American Friends of
Marx, Mencius and
Cutchen, Doyle, Brown
Program Highlights
McDonald's: Cultural Conti-
and Enersen, Taipei.
Corporate Briefing: The Gulf
the Center Theater Group.
nuities in Contemporary
April 1991
Crisis and Global Oil Mar-
January 9, 1991
China. Lecture by Richard
ket. Mikkal E. Herberg,
Business Council Breakfast-
Director, International
China in Asia: Implications
Smith, Rice University.
March 1991
Evaluation, ARCO. August
for U.S. Policy. John
The ASEAN Countries and
Hawkins, UCLA; K. A.
the World Economy: Chal-
22, 1990
Namkung, The Asia Soci-
Cultural Portraits of Indo-
lenge of Change. Report on
nesia. Reception and exhibi-
conference by William
Through Children's Eyes. A
ety; David Arase, Pomona
Cunningham, University
photographic essay by chil-
College; Dao Huy Ngoc,
tion of photographs by
Institute of International
Lindsay Hebberd. April-
of St. Thomas. April 1991
dren from Los Angeles and
May 1991
Indonesia. Cosponsored by
Relations, Vietnam;
East Meets West: An Exhibi-
the Indonesian Tourist Pro-
Douglas Pike, University
tion of Japanese American
motion Office for North
of California, Berkeley;
Of Kangaroos and Cockatoos:
Conservation Issues in Austra-
America. September 10,
Fredrick Z. Brown, George
Quilts. Reception and exhi-
lia. Miles Roberts, National
bition. April-May 1991
1990
Mason University; Tomozo
Morino, Japanese External
Zoological Park, Washing-
ton, D.C. Wildlife Series
Love of Food, Eye for Beauty:
Corporate Luncheon: The
Trade Organization, Japan;
cosponsored by the Zoo-
The Japanese Art of Food Ar-
United States and Asia: Chal-
William H. Overholt,
Bankers Trust Securities
logical Society of Houston.
rangement. Lecture, demon-
lenges and Opportunities in the
April 1991
1990s. Richard J. Steg-
Pacific, Ltd., Hong Kong;
stration and dinner. Richard
Richard D. Baum, UCLA;
Wilson, Rice University.
emeier, Chairman, CEO
May 1991
and President, UNOCAL
Kim Hakjoon, Chief Assis-
Corp. September 27, 1990
26
EVENTS
tant to the President for
Dana Rohrabacher; John
America Society and hosted
Hong Kong Economic and
Policy Research, Republic
Hawkins, Director, UCLA
by The Times Mirror Co.
Trade Office, San Fran-
of Korea; Kim Byong
International Students and
April 5, 1991
cisco. October 23, 1990
Hong and Chong Yong
Overseas Programs, which
Gap, Institute for Disarma-
cosponsored with The
Breakfast Dialogue: Reflec-
Update Breakfast: Prospects
ment and Peace, Demo-
Burma Forum. February
tions on Sino-U.S. Relations.
for U.S.-Vietnam Economic
cratic People's Republic of
23, 1991
Ambassador Ma Yuzhen,
Relations. Teresa Watanabe,
Korea; Jonathan Pollack,
Consul General of the Peo-
The Los Angeles Times;
The RAND Corporation.
Iron & Silk: A screening of
ple's Republic of China.
Gary Larsen, International
Co-sponsors: UCLA Cen-
the film with author Mark
Hosted by Terrance L.
Citibank. Moderated by
ter for Pacific Rim Studies,
Salzman. February 27, 1991
Carlson, Gibson, Dunn &
Steve Graw, U.S. Vietnam
UCLA Center for Interna-
Crutcher. April 11, 1991
Friendship and Aid Asso-
tional Business Education
Breakfast Dialogue: The Gulf
ciation. April 23, 1991
and Research. January 22,
War and Long Term Implica-
Japanese Corporate Philan-
1991
tions for the Region. Graham
thropy. Panel discussion and
Update Breakfast-
E. Fuller, The RAND
reception. Nancy London,
Developments in Taiwan: Re-
Prospects for Liberalization,
Corporation. Hosted by
author; Gerald Yoshitomi,
lationships with the Mainland
Political Change and Human
The Capital Group, Inc.
Executive Director,
and Implications for Hong
Rights in Burma (Myanmar).
March 6, 1991
JACCC; Masayuki Ko-
Kong. Natale H. Bellocchi,
Phillip Trimble, UCLA
hama, Hitachi, Ltd. Co-
Chairman and Managing
School of Law; Robert L.
Luncheon. Richard Sol-
sponsors: The Southern
Director, American Insti-
Brown, UCLA; Bertil Lit-
omon, Assistant U.S. Sec-
California Association for
tute in Taiwan, Washing-
ner, Far Eastern Economic
retary of State for East
Philanthropy, The United
ton. Co-sponsor: California
Review; Josef Silverstein,
Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Way. Hosted by ARCO.
Taiwan Trade & Investment
Rutgers University; David
Hosted by Jack C. Liu,
April 29, 1991
Council. June 21, 1991
L. Steinberg, Georgetown
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter
University; Congressman
& Hampton. April 5, 1991
Roundtable Discussion Lun-
AT&T Pacific
cheon: Profiles in Leadership.
Technopolis Series
At the AT&T Pacific Tech-
Beyond the EC 1992: Implica-
Michael Woo, L.A. City
Maximizing Human Potential
nopolis held at Hughes
tions for the Pacific Rim.
Councilman; Linda Wong,
in the Multicultural Workforce.
Aircraft Company head-
Panel discussion and eve-
Executive Director,
Moderated by Val Zavala,
quarters, Los Angeles, No-
ning reception. Ambas-
Achievement Council; Wil-
KCET. Speakers: Wellford
vember 1990 (left to right):
sador Yoshio Okawara,
liam Ouchi, UCLA; Ki
Wilms, UCLA Herbert
Jerry Arca, Vice President,
Executive Advisor to the
Suh Park, Gruen Associ-
Carter, The California State
AT&T, and a member of
Keidanren; Motoo Shiina,
ates; and Bharati Mukher-
University; Masayuki Ko-
the Southern California
Chairman, Policy Study
jee, author. Moderated by
hama, Hitachi, Ltd.; Helen
Advisory Board; Ambassa-
Group; Norman Shumway,
Marshall M. Bouton, The
Bauer, AT&T Bell Labora-
dor John Kelso of Australia;
former U.S. Congressman;
Asia Society. May 9, 1991
tories. Moderated by
and Richard E. Sherwood,
Jahangir Amuzegar, former
Steven D. Lavine, Presi-
Chairman, Advisory Com-
Executive Director, Inter-
Corporate Luncheon-Pacific
dent, California Institute of
mittee of The Asia Soci-
national Monetary Fund.
Opportunities: Financing
the Arts. Speakers: William
ety's Southern California
Cosponsored by the Japan
Change in East Asia and
C.W. Mow, Chairman and
Center.
North America. David K. P.
CEO, Bugle Boy Indus-
Li, Director and Chief Ex-
tries; Peter Sellars, Direc-
ecutive, The Bank of East
tor, Los Angeles Festival.
Asia, Ltd. June 12, 1991
Questioners: Waldo H.
Burnside, Carter Hawley
Breakfast Dialogue: U.S.-
Hale Stores, Inc.; Dennis
Japan Security Issues. Rich-
A. Collins, The James Ir-
ard Halloran, East-West
vine Foundation; Stewart
Center. Co-sponsor: East-
C. Kwoh, The Asian Pa-
West Center Association.
cific American Legal Cen-
June 18, 1991
ter. September 13, 1990
Asian Update Series
Investment in Human Capital
Japan and the Environment.
and the Challenges of Global
Yuta Harago, World Wide
Trade. Richard L. Drob-
Fund International. July
nick, Director, IBEAR,
25, 1990
USC; Nancy Y. Bekavac,
President, Scripps College;
Myanmar: Prospects for
Richard N. Rosecrance,
Change. Burton Levin,
UCLA; David M. Arase,
former U.S. Ambassador to
Pomona College; Victor A.
Myanmar (Burma). Octo-
Pelson, Group Executive,
ber 19, 1990
AT&T; David W. Lyon,
The RAND Corporation;
Hong Kong Report. Peter
Stephen E. Kulcyzycki,
Eric Johnson, Director,
27
EVENTS
KCET; K.W. Lee, Editor,
Chinese Brush Painting. Jane
Nepal Update. Julia Chang
Meet the Author Series
The Korea Times; Sergio
Ma Leung. January 29, 1991
Bloch, U.S. Ambassador to
The Future of Burma: Crisis
Muñoz, Editor, La Opinion;
Nepal. January 9, 1991
and Choice in Myanmar.
Yoshiro Sano, U.S. Japan
The Palace Museum Collec-
David Steinberg, author,
Business News; John Barth,
tion. George Kuwayama,
Political Instability in India
and Burton Levin, former
Marketplace. Cosponsored
Los Angeles County
and the Consequences for the
U.S. Ambassador to Myan-
by AT&T. Hosted by the
Museum of Arts. Febru-
South Asia Region. James
mar (Burma). October 23,
Hughes Aircraft Company
ary 5, 1991
Clad, Carnegie Endow-
1990
headquarters. November
ment for International
1, 1990
Chinese Folk Arts. Edith
Peace. January 29, 1991
A Traveler's Guide to Viet-
Wyle, Founder/Director
nam! Frederic M. Kaplan,
Pacific Communities in Cross-
Emeritus, Craft and Folk
Tunku Abdul Rahman Memo-
guidebook editor. April
Cultural Dialogue: The Chal-
Art Museum of Los An-
rial Lecture. "Malaysia: Re-
8, 1991
lenges of Conflict Resolution.
geles. February 12, 1991
flections on Nation-
Val Zavala, KCET; Grey-
Building." Dato' Musa
An Evening with Writer
son Bryan, O'Melveny &
Hitam, Malaysia's Special
Shashi Tharoor: Author of
Myers; Richard L. Drob-
Washington Center
Envoy to the United Na-
"The Great Indian Novel."
nick, IBEAR, USC; John
tions. February 12, 1991
April 19, 1991
Rehfeld, Seiko Instruments
Contemporary Affairs
USA, Inc.; George F. Tau-
Programs
Cambodia: Prospects for
Indonesia: Crisis and Trans-
ber, AT&T International;
Pakistan Update. Robert
Peace. Nayan Chanda, Edi-
formation 1965-1968. Mar-
Judith W. Luther, American
Oakley, U.S. Ambassador
tor, The Asian Wall Street
shall Green, author, U.S.
Woman's Economic Devel-
to Pakistan. September 11,
Journal Weekly, and Fred-
Ambassador to Indonesia
opment Corporation; Linda
1990
erick Z. Brown, George
1965-69, Assistant Secre-
Wong, The Achievement
Mason University. Febru-
tary of State for East Asian
Council; Stewart C. Kwoh,
China's Reform: Present and
ary 28, 1991
and Pacific Affairs 1969-73.
The Asian Pacific American
Future. Zhu Qizhen, Am-
June 6, 1991
Legal Center; Frank del
bassador of the People's Re-
Pakistan, the United States
Olmo, Los Angeles Times;
public of China. September
and the Gulf War. Najmud-
Washington Corporate
John Barth, Marketplace;
18, 1990
din Shaikh, Ambassador of
Series
Sergio Muñoz, La Opinion;
Pakistan. April 4, 1991
Ambassadors' Briefings: Ko-
Jay Mathews, The Washing-
Recent Developments on the
rea. Donald P. Gregg, U.S.
ton Post. May 31, 1991
Korean Peninsula. Lee Hong-
Address on U.S.-Korean Re-
Ambassador to the Repub-
koo, Special Assistant for
lations. Lee Sang Ock, Min-
lic of Korea. July 26, 1990
Discover Asia: Traditional
Political Affairs to the Pres-
ister of Foreign Affairs,
Arts of Taiwan
ident of the Republic of
Republic of Korea. May 1,
Ambassadors' Briefings: Indo-
Lectures cosponsored by
Korea. November 7, 1990
1991
nesia. John Monjo, U.S.
the Coordinating Council
Ambassador to Indonesia.
for North American
Journalists' Report: From the
China: Backward or Forward?
September 17, 1990
Affairs (CCNAA) at The
Toshiba Incident to the Persian
Martin Whyte, University
Broadway.
Gulf- Three Years in Tokyo
of Michigan; Merle Gold-
A Briefing on Indonesia. J. B.
and Seoul. Margaret Shapiro
man, Boston University;
Sumarlin, Minister of Fi-
Chinese Opera. Yen Lu
and Fred Hiatt, The Wash-
and Michael Hunt, Univer-
nance, Republic of Indo-
Wong, Director, Inter-
ington Post Co-Bureau
sity of North Carolina. June
nesia. Cosponsored by the
cultural Communications
Chiefs for Northeast Asia.
12, 1991
American Indonesian
Associates, and Nancy
November 29, 1990
Chamber of Commerce.
Yuan, President, Chinese
Singapore: 25 Years of Nation-
September 24, 1990
Opera Club of Los An-
U.S.-Korea Economic Rela-
Building. S. R. Nathan,
geles. January 15, 1991
tions in the Post-Uruguay
Ambassador of Singapore.
Corporate Members Luncheon.
Round. Cho Soon, former
June 13, 1991
At the residence of Ding
Chinese Music Through the
Deputy Prime Minister,
Mou Shih, Representative,
Ages. Cynthia Hsiang,
Republic of Korea. Decem-
China and the United States:
Coordination Council for
UCLA. January 22, 1991
ber 17, 1991
Reflections on the Past Two
North American Affairs,
Years. James Lilley, U.S.
Republic of China. Octo-
Ambassador to the People's
ber 11, 1990
Republic of China. June
27, 1991
Assessing Japan's New Eco-
nomic Role in Asia. Richard
Cronin, Congressional Re-
Philip C. Jessup, Jr., Chair-
search Service, and Richard
man of the Washington
W. Lisle, AT&T. December
Center Advisory Commit-
12, 1991
tee, and Zhu Qizhen, Am-
U.S.-Asia Trade Relations in
bassador of the People's
Republic of China, at a pro-
Light of the Uruguay Round.
Anna Ng
gram where the ambas-
Sandy Kristoff, Assistant
sador was guest speaker,
U.S. Trade Representative
for Asia and the Pacific.
September 18, 1990.
January 23, 1991
28
EVENTS
Corporate Members Luncheon.
Abid Hussain, Ambassador
of India. March 7, 1991
Commercial Relations with
China: An Update. Roger
Sullivan, President, U.S.-
China Business Council.
March 20, 1991
Hong Kong's Economic Fu-
ture. Paul Cheng, Member,
Legislative Council, Hong
Kong, and Executive Di-
rector, Inchcape Pacific Ltd.
May 21, 1991
Commercial Relations with
Taiwan: An Update.
Thomas S. Brooks, Direc-
tor, American Institute in
Taiwan. May 30, 1991
The Great Ascent: The Rural
Arts at the Embassies Series
Three Trustees of The Asia
Ambassadors' Briefings:
Poor in South Asia. Inderjit
Discover the Cuisine of South
Society at the March 1991
Singapore. Robert Orr, U.S.
Singh, Socialist Economic
India! Julie Sahni, food
ASEAN conference in Bali
Ambassador to Singapore.
Reform Unit, Country
journalist and author. At
(left to right): William
June 21, 1991
Economics Department,
the Embassy of India. Oc-
Soeryadjaya, Chairman,
World Bank. March
tober 9, 1990
PT Astra International;
Asian Development
27, 1991
Washington SyCip, Foun-
Roundtable Series
Cool Shores of Home, Warm
der and Chairman, SGV
Cosponsored by the Society
The Plight of Women and
Winds of Destiny: 350 Years
Group; and David Mur-
for International Devel-
Children in Cambodia and
of Dutch Architecture in Indo-
dock, Chairman and CEO,
opment
Laos. Catherine O'Neill,
nesia. Helen Jessup, The
Dole Food Company, Inc.
Chairwoman, The Wo-
Asia Society. At the Em-
The Persian Gulf Crisis and
men's Commission on Ref-
bassy of the Netherlands.
film series on Indonesian
Its Economic Impact on the
ugee Women and Children.
April 25, 1991
film since independence.
Developing Nations of Asia.
April 18, 1991
Asian Adventure Series
Cosponsored by the Na-
Tariq Fatemi, Deputy Chief
of Mission, Embassy of
Reorganization at the Agency
A Photographic Journey: The
tional Gallery of Art. Sep-
tember 16-30, 1990
Pakistan, and Attila Ka-
for International Development
Remote Minority Areas of
raosmanoglu, Vice Presi-
and the New University Cen-
China. Keren Su, photogra-
dent, Asia Region, World
ter. Ralph Smuckler, Execu-
pher. September 5, 1990
Indonesian Embassy Recep-
tion and Exhibition of Janur,
Bank. October 19, 1990
tive Director, Agency
Festive Floral Art. At the
Center for University Co-
My Father, My Country.
Changes in How We View
operation in Development.
Film screening with Mar-
Embassy of Indonesia.
June 28, 1991
garet Taylor, Ambassador
A members-only event.
Development in Asia. John
W. Mellor, Director, Inter-
of Papua New Guinea.
Cosponsored by the
Indonesian-American Soci-
national Food Policy Re-
The Collector's Series
October 30, 1990
Vietnamese Ceramics: Old
ety. October 25, 1990
search Institute. November
20, 1990
Problems, New Discoveries.
Sacred Sites: Mosques and
Temples of Indonesia. Hugh
"Beyond the Java Sea" with
John Guy, Victoria and
Conservation and Develop-
Albert Museum, London.
O'Neill, University of
Curator Paul Taylor. An Asia
ment: Saving Bhutan's Envi-
September 13, 1990
Melbourne. November
Society evening at the Na-
tional Museum of Natural
ronment. Bruce Bunting,
15, 1990
Vice President for Asia,
The Romance of the Taj Ma-
History. May 7, 1991
World Wildlife Fund.
hal: A Tour to the Virginia
New Zealand on Foot. Denis
December 14, 1990
McLean, Carnegie Endow-
Court Arts of Indonesia. Re-
Museum of Fine Arts, Rich-
mond. Cosponsored by the
ment for International
ception and viewing at the
Has Foreign Aid Outlived Its
Peace, former New Zealand
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
Asian-American Forum.
Time? John Sewell, Presi-
November 3, 1990
Secretary of Defense. De-
Friends' Event. May 22,
1991
dent, Overseas Develop-
cember 6, 1990
ment Council. January
Divine and Courtly Love in
A Tribute to Choo San Goh.
15, 1991
Indian Painting. Vishakha
An Armchair Tour of Old
Singapore. Margaret Sul-
Film honoring the Singa-
Desai, Director, The Asia
Assessing Economic Reform
Society Galleries. February
livan. June 25, 1991
pore-born choreographer.
in Vietnam. Danny M.
June 20, 1991
14, 1991
Leipziger, Asia Department
Special Events
II, World Bank. February
Projected Radiance: The Cin-
20, 1991
ema of Indonesia. A nine-part
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CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Balance Sheet as of June 30, 1991 and 1990
Statement of Current Funds Activity
Years ended June 30, 1991 and 1990
1991
1990
1991
1990
Assets
Revenue:
Current assets:
Contributions and grants
$ 4,445,046
3,387,009
Cash and temporary investments
$ 1,278,761
807,096
Membership
909,776
1,097,602
Pledges and grants receivable-current
1,163,303
1,046,005
Special events, net of direct costs of
Accounts and accrued interest receivable
468,388
345,242
$138,544 in 1991 and $204,735
Inventory and other assets
262,812
275,538
in 1990
590,346
822,733
Total current assets
3,173,264
2,473,881
Contributed services
260,057
235,504
Pledges and grants receivable-noncurrent
Grants from government agencies
428,800
318,898
658,334
650,000
Investments in marketable securities
Program service fees
1,944,445
1,849,076
13,178,289
13,796,396
Endowment and other investment
Land, building and equipment
17,440,233
17,792,777
income
819,406
817,158
Total assets
$34,450,120
34,713,054
Miscellaneous
569,496
495,070
Liabilities and Fund Balances
Total revenue
9,967,372
9,023,050
Current liabilities:
Expenses:
Accounts payable and accrued
Program services:
expenses
$ 820,961
612,170
Galleries
1,861,871
1,825,982
Deferred restricted revenue
1,140,468
1,452,865
Performances, films and lectures
804,477
1,010,345
Amounts designated for use in
Education and contemporary affairs
1,336,301
1,234,389
subsequent years-current
418,279
332,500
Regional centers
657,111
514,268
Total current liabilities
2,379,708
2,397,535
Asian activities
884,455
368,080
Membership services
536,254
489,328
Amounts designated for use in
Auxiliary services
1,243,519
1,176,321
subsequent years-noncurrent
640,000
590,000
Total program services
7,323,988
6,618,713
Total liabilities
3,019,708
2,987,535
Supporting services:
Fund balances:
Management and general
1,776,970
1,626,222
Unrestricted-Board designated
28,989
13,242
Development
850,667
766,888
Endowment
13,402,884
13,223,683
Total supporting services
2,627,637
2,393,110
Plant funds:
Unexpended
Total expenses
561,834
9,951,625
710,910
9,011,823
Expended
17,436,705
17,777,684
Excess of revenues
Total fund balances
over expenses
$
31,430,412
31,725,519
15,747
11,227
Total liabilities and fund balances
$34,450,120
34,713,054
Statement of Changes In Fund Balances Years ended June 30, 1991 and 1990
Unexpended
Expended
Current
Endowment
plant
plant
funds
funds
funds
funds
Fund balance-June 30, 1989
$ 2,015
12,845,159
785,689
18,196,973
Excess of revenue over expenses
11,227
-
-
-
Contributions
—
110,000
I
—
Net investment income
I
-
103,313
-
Net realized investment gains
—
268,524
20,973
—
Depreciation
—
-
-
(611,866)
Acquisition of fixed assets
-
—
(131,515)
131,515
Principal payments on capital lease
—
-
(61,062)
61,062
Interest payments on capital lease
-
|
(6,488)
-
Fund balance-June 30, 1990
13,242
13,223,683
710,910
17,777,684
Excess of expenses over revenue
15,747
-
-
-
Contributions
—
10,000
-
|
Net investment income
-
-
98,403
I
Net realized investment gains
-
169,201
6,883
-
Depreciation
-
-
I
(594,078)
Acquisition of fixed assets
-
-
(241,534)
241,534
Principal payments on capital lease
-
-
(11,565)
11,565
Interest payments on capital lease
-
—
(1,263)
—
Fund balance-June 30, 1991
28,989
13,402,884
561,834
17,436,705
This summary is condensed from the 1991 audited financial statements which are available upon written request to The Asia Society, 725 Park
Avenue, New York, NY 10021 or from the Secretary of State, New York Department of State, Office of Charities Registration, 162 Washington
Avenue, Albany, NY 12231.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
Officers
Cynthia Hazen Polsky
Coordinator
Korea
John C. Whitehead
John D. Rockefeller IV
Porter McKeever
Mong-Joon Chung
Chairman
Susanne Hoeber
Australia
Koo Cha-Kyung
Peter A. Aron
Rudolph
Nam Duck-Woo
David Clarke
Vice Chairman
Robert A. Scalapino
In Sang Song
Richard E. Sherwood
L. Gordon Darling
William L. Dix
Ward W. Woods, Jr.
William E. Simon
Malaysia
Vice Chairman
William Soeryadjaya
John B. Gough
Datuk Syed Kechik
Carl Spielvogel
Helen Hughes
Noordin Sopiee
Robert B. Oxnam
Francis X. Stankard
Washington SyCip
Zion Ozeri
James B. Leslie
President
Sir Russel Madigan
Myanmar
J. Taft Symonds
Hugh M. Morgan
Maung Maung Kha
Richard E. Sherwood
Frank Kin Maung
Secretary
William E. Tucker, Jr.
Bangladesh
U Myint Thein
Amnuay Viravan
Ward W. Woods, Jr.,
Enamul Haque
John J. Phelan, Jr.
Alice L. Walton
Vice Chairman of the
Kamal Hossain
Nepal
Treasurer
John C. Weber
Board of Trustees of
Prabhakar S.J. B. Rana
Marshall M. Bouton
John C. Whitehead
The Asia Society, in-
Canada
Ward W. Woods, Jr.
S. Robert Blair
New Zealand
Executive Vice
troduced the Indian
President and
Minister of External
John Bruk
Sir George Laking
Honorary Life
Roderick M. Miller
Assistant Secretary
Affairs at a special din-
Arthur S. Hara
Trustees
Allen T. Lambert
J. M. Robson
ner at the Society.
George W. Ball
Brian Talboys
Jan Arnet
Vice President for
Mary Griggs Burke
Hong Kong
Pakistan
Ernest A. Gross
Baroness Dunn
Finance,
S. Babar Ali
Administration and
Virginia W. Kettering
Tony Fung
Grayson L. Kirk
Joseph E. Hotung
Operations and
Philippines
Assistant Treasurer
Sherman E. Lee
J. S. Lee
Joaquin G. Bernas
Porter McKeever
Sir Quo-Wei Lee
Amando Doronila
Committee Chairmen
Winthrop R. Munyan
David K. P. Li
Ricardo J. Romulo
Executive Committee
Hart Perry
William Purves
Annual Dinner guest
Dante G. Santos
John C. Whitehead
Arthur Ross
speaker John D. Rock-
Jack C. Tang
Roberto T. Villanueva
Nominating Committee
Datus C. Smith, Jr.
efeller IV and his
India
Jaime Zobel de Ayala
Osborn Elliott
Chairman Emeritus
mother, Mrs. John D.
M. V. Arunachalam
Singapore
Rockefeller 3rd, son
Roy M. Huffington
Jamshed J. Bhabha
Tommy T. B. Koh
Finance, Budget
and wife of the foun-
Vinay Bharat-Ram
Lienfung Li
and Investments
President Emeritus
der of The Asia
Aditya V. Birla
ts. R. Nathan
Committee
Phillips Talbot
Society.
S. P. Hinduja
K. S. Sandhu
Francis X. Stankard
Keshub Mahindra
Yong Pung How
Development
V.A. Pai Panandiker
Committee
Gautam Sarabhai
Thailand
Ward W. Woods, Jr.
T. T. Vasu
Anat Arbhabhirama
Khunying Chatchani
Audit Committee
Indonesia
Chatikavanij
William E. Tucker, Jr.
Tanri Abeng
Sippanondha Ketudat
Kartini Muljadi
Sukhumbhand Paribatra
Trustees
Jakob Oetama
|Nukul Prachaubmoh
Peter A. Aron
Mochtar Riady
Chote Sophonpanich
Tom Brokaw
Sumitro
Konthi Suphamongkhon
Judith Ogden Bullitt
Djojohadikusumo
Jill K. Conway
George S. Tahija
ton leave for government
Kenneth W. Dam
Jusuf Wanandi
service
Osborn Elliott
Daniel J. Evans
Japan
Patrick A. Gerschel
Shigeru Goto
Maurice R. Greenberg
Gerald Grinstein
Elsa Ruiz
Sadako Ogata
Saburo Okita
Lisina M. Hoch
Tamotsu Yamaguchi
Joseph E. Hotung
Philip C. Jessup, Jr.
Thomas S. Johnson
Peter R. Kann
Koretsugu Kodama
Sir Quo-Wei Lee
Mary Burke, Honorary
Bette Bao Lord
Life Trustee (left),
Gita Mehta
with Peter A. Aron,
Hugh M. Morgan
Vice Chairman of the
David H. Murdock
Board of Trustees, and
Harold J. Newman
his wife, Erika, at the
Don Oberdorfer
opening of The Story
Joseph A. O'Hare
of a Painting: A Korean
Robert B. Oxnam
Zion Ozeri
Buddhist Treasure from
John J. Phelan, Jr.
The Mary and Jackson
Burke Foundation.
31
PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL
Prince Sadruddin Aga
C. Richard MacGrath
Trustee Cynthia
Khan
Anthony G.
Hazen Polsky and her
Caroline Leonetti
Mantzavinos
husband, Leon Polsky,
Ahmanson
Donald B. Marron
at the opening of the
William S. Anderson
Anthony D. Marshall
exhibition The Ro-
Erika K. Aron
Anne C. Martindell
mance of the Taj
Thomas C. Barry
Jonathan Mason
Mahal.
Charles B. Bear
John F. McGillicuddy
Angela Fung Bender
W. Barnabas McHenry
Lillian R. Berkman
Ismail Merchant
Raphael Bernstein
Mehli M. Mistri
Ambassador Julia
Issey Miyake
Chang Bloch
Helen Maguire Muller
* Edward E. Booher
Robert R. Nathan
Donald J. Bruckmann
Lily O'Boyle
Bruce S. Buckland
Walter F. O'Connor
Orville H. Bullitt, Jr.
Steven W. Oliver
Jerome A. Cohen
Roger O'Neil
Joan Lebold Cohen
Ronald O. Perelman
T.J. Coolidge, Jr.
Ann Phillips
Sara Barrett
G. A. Costanzo
Cynthia Phipps
Catherine Gamble
Anthony M. Pilaro
Curran
Frederick P. Rose
Peggy Danziger
Milton F. Rosenthal
Angier Biddle Duke
Henry Rosovsky
Sandra N. Eu
Jon W. Rotenstreich
Myron S. Falk, Jr.
Isaac Shapiro
Richard A. Fenn
Joseph E. Slater
Robert F. Froehlke
Monroe E. Spaght
John Kenneth Galbraith
Dao N. Spencer
Robert F. Goheen
Stephen Stamas
Roy M. Goodman
H. Peter Stern
Carl J. Green
Nancy A. Streeter
Marshall Green
Chang-Lin Tien
S. William Green
Hung-mao Tien
Dawn Greene
Seymour Topping
James L. Greenfield
Lee L. Traub
G. F. Robert Hanke
Marvin S. Traub
Paul C. Harper, Jr.
Harriet W. Tung
Zion Ozeri
William A. Hewitt
Leonard Unger
Carla A. Hills
Cyrus R. Vance
Trustee Harold J.
Richard C. Holbrooke
Sue Erpf Van de
Newman and his wife,
Robert D. Hormats
Bovenkamp
Ruth, with Galleries
Karen Elliott House
Leon J. Weil
Director Vishakha
Virginia Kamsky
Dolores Wharton
Desai (right).
Mary P. Keating
Jay Yang
Richard L. King
Alice Young
Shirley D. Kirkland
Antonie T. Knoppers
*deceased
Linda Noe Laine
Carol C. Laise
Stephanie Green
Lawson
Ginger Lew
Victor Hao Li
Kai-Yin Lo
Martin H. B. Lorber
Bette Bao Lord
John F. Loughran
Jack W. Lydman
At the opening party
for Romance of the Taj
Mahal: Trustee Gita
Mehta and her hus-
band, Sonny Mehta,
(left center and left)
with President's Coun-
]
cil member Robert F.
Goheen and his wife,
Sara Barrett
Margaret.
32
Chairman of the
SUPPORTERS
Society Board of
Trustees John C.
Whitehead, Prime
Minister Goh of
Singapore and Society
President Robert
B. Oxnam in Bali,
March 1991.
Annual Fund
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus R.
Benefactors
Company
Vance
Judith Ogden Bullitt
PT Astra International,
Koichi Yanagi
Burlington Northern
Inc.
Gilbert Zuellig
Foundation
Mrs. Virginia W.
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Corporate Matching
Kettering
Gifts
D'Amato & Lynch
Mrs. John D.
The Aaron Diamond
American Express
Rockefeller 3rd
Foundation
Foundation
William E. Simon
Dow Jones & Company,
The Bankers Trust
William Soeryadjaya
Inc.
Foundation
The Starr Foundation
Bellcore
Exxon Corporation
John C. Whitehead
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
The Chase Manhattan
Patrons
The Government of
Bank
The J. Aron Charitable
India Tourist Office
Chemical Bank
Foundation, Inc.
Hang Seng Bank
The Chevron Companies
William E. Tucker, Jr.
Jerry I. Speyer
Peter A. Aron
Limited
Liz Claiborne
Union Pacific
State Bank of India
Foundation
Mary Livingston
Lita Annenberg Hazen
Corporation
Sumitomo Corporation
Charitable Trust
Exxon Corporation
Griggs and Mary
E. M. Warburg, Pincus
of America
Griggs Burke
Leon Hess
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
& Co., Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips
Gannett Foundation
Foundation
Hinduja Foundation
Western Mining
Talbot
General Re Corporation
Dr. and Mrs. John C.
The Hongkong and
Corporation Limited
Alice Tully
Hoechst Celanese
Weber
Shanghai Banking
Westpac Banking
John E. Wiley
Corporation Limited
Corporation
Ward W. Woods, Jr.
Corporation
Hopewell Holdings Ltd.
Contributors
IBM Corporation
Sponsors
Hyundai Group
Supporters
Ethan Allen
The Kidder Peabody
American Express
Japanese Chamber of
Arthur Andersen & Co.
William S. Anderson
Foundation
Family of Companies
Commerce and
Bloomingdale's
Barnett F. Baron
The Henry Luce
American International
Industry of New
CIGNA Foundation
Stuart M. Bloch
Foundation, Inc.
Group, Inc.
York, Inc.
Coca-Cola International
William and Margaret
Mobil Foundation, Inc.
Baring Brothers & Co.,
KPMG Peat Marwick
Michael H. Coles
Braden
J. P. Morgan
Inc.
Kelley Drye & Warren
The Cowles Charitable
Robert B. Busby
Philip Morris
Bessemer Securities
David C. H. Liang
Trust
Dr. and Mrs. Hyun T.
Companies Inc.
Corporation
Manufacturers Hanover
Mr. and Mrs. Osborn
Cho
The New York Times
Cahill Gordon &
Trust Company
Elliott
Kenneth W. Dam
Company Foundation,
Reindel
Marsh & McLennan
S. William Green
Inc.
Fribourg Foundation
Caltex Companies
Pfizer Inc.
Companies
Roy M. Huffington
James L. Greenfield
in China and
Milbank, Tweed,
Helen and Philip Jessup
Alice N. Heeramaneck
Reader's Digest
Hong Kong
Hadley & McCloy
Hong Kong Economic
Hong Kong Trade
Foundation, Inc.
The Chase Manhattan
Time Warner Inc.
The Molson Companies
and Trade Office
Development Council,
Bank
Morgan Stanley Group
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Inc.
Unilever United States,
Citicorp/Citibank
The New York Times
B. S. Kim
C. Steven Horn
Inc.
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
Company
Korean Cultural Service
ICM Artists, Ltd.
Westinghouse
Patrick A. Gerschel
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Harold J.
John and Geraldine
Mr. and Mrs. George
Lisina and Frank Hoch
Newman
Kunstadter
Kellner
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Joseph E. Hotung
Nikko Securities Co.
Narendra Lakhani
Mitzie Ming-See Lau
Bequests
Mabel Hudson
International, Inc.
Allen T. Lambert
Lee Lamont
Estate of Hedley
IBM Corporation
Pfizer, Inc.
Mary E. Lane
Edna Lemle
Donovan
International Paper
John J. Phelan, Jr.
Jung-Sen Lee
Henry Luce III
Estate of Elizabeth
Lippo Group
David Rockefeller
Lester Schwab Katz &
E. A. G. Manton
Lowe Gamble
PepsiCo, Inc.
Rockefeller & Co., Inc.
Dwyer
W. Barnabas McHenry
Estate of Martha
Primerica
Arthur Ross Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Winston
Porter McKeever
Redfield Wallace
Dr. Mochtar Riady
The Rudin Foundation,
Lord
Mrs. Maurice T. Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Laurance
Inc.
Sir Russel Madigan
Dorothy S. Norman
Endowments
S. Rockefeller
Salomon Brothers Inc.
Merrill Lynch
Mr. and Mrs. William
The Armand G. Erpf
Washington SyCip
Shanghai Commercial
Mitsubishi International
B. O'Boyle
Asia Fund by Mr. and
Time Warner Inc.
Bank Ltd.
Corporation
Joseph A. O'Hare
Mrs. Gerrit P. Van de
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.),
James H. Ottaway, Jr.
Bovenkamp
Sustainers
E. Sherwood
Inc.
Helen Graham Park
Partners
Aetna Life Insurance
Sullivan & Cromwell
Kartini Muljadi
Hugh Patrick
Caroline Ahmanson
Company
Julius Tahija
Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop
Robert D. Rodgers
Carol and Rhett Austell
Air-India
Texaco Inc.
R. Munyan
Jeffrey A. Rosen
Sallie Baldwin and
Archer Daniels Midland
Nichimen America Inc.
William M. Roth
Foster Bam
Foundation
Nisshin U.S.A., Inc.
Robert A. Scalapino
Thierry Barbey
ARCO
Northern Telecom Inc.
Benno C. Schmidt
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Bank of Baroda
NYNEX Corporation
Datus C. Smith, Jr.
C. Barry
Bank of Tokyo Trust, Ltd.
Steven W. Oliver
Mrs. Dario Soria
Charles B. Bear
Bozell Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. George
Monroe E. Spaght
Lillian R. Berkman
D. O'Neill
Dao N. Spencer
Sidney J. Bernstein
Robert B. Oxnam
Stephen Stamas
Patti Birch
Qian Qichen, Minister
Mr. and Mrs. Leon B.
Francis X. Stankard
of Foreign Affairs,
Alfred Pope Brooks
Polsky
Ralph T. Strauss
Dr. and Mrs. Walter W.
People's Republic of
The Rockefeller Group
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H.
China, addressed a
Carey
Mrs. Bernhard K.
Tucker
luncheon at The Asia
Society, October 2,
Zion Ozeri
Schaefer
1990.
33
Jerome A. and Joan
Mrs. Laurance S.
Left to right: Carolyn
Lebold Cohen
Rockefeller
Carr, the Sierra Club;
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Mrs. John D.
Edtami Mansayagan,
A. Cramer
Rockefeller 3rd
Tribal Filipino Center
Catherine G. Curran
Frederick P. and Sandra
for Development; Mar-
Peggy Danziger
P. Rose Foundation
shall M. Bouton, The
Mr. and Mrs. J. Dennis
Milton F. Rosenthal
Asia Society; and Qazi
Delafield
Dorothy B. Rostov
Faruque Ahmed,
Sandra N. Eu
Michael B. Rothfeld
PROSHIKA, Ban-
Myron S. Falk, Jr.
Laura Scheuer
gladesh, participated
Bert Freidus
Michael Schulhof
in "Beyond Bound-
Marianne Gerschel
Mr. and Mrs. Eric P.
aries," a conference on
Ruth R. Goddard
Sheinberg
the environment held
Robert F. Goheen
Mrs. Herman Sokol
in New York, April 1991.
Elsa Ruiz
Golden Family
Jerry I. Speyer
Foundation
Arthur Ross Foundation
Nancy A. Streeter
Exxon Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J.
Frederick L. Gordon
Clark L. Taber
UNOCAL
Houghton Mifflin
Bruckmann
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome L.
Arbie R. Thalacker
Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit P.
Company
Judith Ogden Bullitt
Greene
Patrick J. Waide, Jr.
Van de Bovenkamp
The Independent
Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Carol Griffis
Mrs. Ira Wallach
The Armand G. Erpf
Feature Project Inc.
Curtis, Jr.
Mrs. S. B. Grimson
Fund
Kodansha International/
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Philip M. Waterman, Jr.
Leon J. and Mabel S.
USA Ltd.
Mr. and Mrs. John
M. Danziger
Sponsors
Guth
Weil
NLI International Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. David
Commemorative
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan L.
Penguin USA
Drabkin
J. & H. Weldon
Association for the
Halpern
Foundation Inc.
Princeton University
Mrs. Frederick L.
Japan World
Enid A. Haupt
Laurence F. Whittemore
Press
Ehrman
Exposition
Andrew Heiskell
W. Bradford Wiley
Random House, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Setiawan Djody
Jay Yang
M. E. Sharpe, Inc.
Ernst
Jane E. Henderson
Hinduja Foundation
Carl B. Hess
Nancy A. Streeter
Marilyn Grayburn
Lisina and Frank Hoch
C. Steven Horn
*deceased
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
NOVA Corporation of
Friends of the
A. Greenfield
Hans Jacobson
Alberta
Galleries
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P.
Program Funding
Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Mrs. Parvin Samrad
Kahn
Benefactors
de Havenon
Benefactors
Trust for Mutual
Harry Kahn
Evergreen International
Understanding
Mary Griggs Burke
Susan Morse Hilles
Koji Kakizawa
Mrs. Joseph H. Hazen
Lisina and Frank Hoch
(U.S.A.) Corporation
Ellen Bayard Weedon
Mary P. Keating
The Federation of
Foundation
Mrs. John D.
Mr. and Mrs. William
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Rockefeller 3rd
W. Karatz
Korean Industries
M. Kellen
Sustainers
Mr. and Mrs. H. Peter
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
The National
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
The Aga Khan Award
Stern
B. S. Kim
Endowment for the
L. King
for Architecture
Paul Walter
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Humanities
Mark and Anla Cheng
Consulate General of
The Pew Charitable
H. Kinney
Donors
Kingdon
Japan
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A.
Trusts
The Walter Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jack R.
Loeb
Shirley D. Kirkland
Rockefeller Brothers
Aron
John and Geraldine
Fund
Benjamin Zucker
Mr. and Mrs. Leighton
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A.
Kunstadter
The Starr Foundation
R. Longhi
Supporters
Aron
Kai-Yin Lo
C. Richard MacGrath
TDK Corporation
Con olidated Edison
Mr. and Mrs. C.
Mrs. Richard D.
Peter Marks
United States Japan
Company of New
Douglas Dillon
Lombard
Mrs. Earl Morse
Foundation
York, Inc.
Sandra N. Eu
Mr. and Mrs. Winston
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Educational
Mr. and Mrs. Myron S.
Lord
Patrons
P. Morse
John F. Loughran
Mary Livingston
Broadcasting
Falk, Jr.
Robert S. Pirie
Griggs and Mary
Corporation
Dr. and Mrs. Roger
Mrs. Rutherford Poats
Torkan Maham
The Government of
Griggs Burke
Gerry
Mrs. Robert L. Maher
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E.
India Tourist Office
Mr. and Mrs. Alan
The Brian R. Marlowe
Foundation
Poser
International Institute of
Hartman
Foundation
The Ford Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.
Islamic Thought
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Anne C. Martindell
Joseph H. Hazen
Poster
Ismail Merchant
Foundation, Inc.
Japanese Chamber of
Irving
Mary Clark Rockefeller
Commerce and
Mr. and Mrs. Leon
PT International Nickel
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Mrs. Henry B.
Indonesia
Industry of New York
Polsky
P. Rose
Middleton
Samuel and Ethel Lefrak
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Zareen Taj Mirza
J. P. Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Milton F.
Foundation
Ross
Steven W. Oliver
The Henry Luce
Rosenthal
Mr. and Mrs. William
Foundation, Inc.
Baron Thyssen
Roberta Sandeman
Ann Phillips
The National
B. Boyle
Mr. and Mrs. Guy A.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Roger O'Neil
PACT/Thailand
Weill
Endowment for
Seifer
Mr. and Mrs. George
D. O'Neill
the Arts
Cynthia Hazen Polsky
Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
World Wildlife Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
New York State Council
Mrs. C. H. Aall
E. Sherwood
Mr. and Mrs. F. Randall
L. Pulling
on the Arts
Contributors
Mr. and Mrs. Burton
Mr. and Mrs. Michael
The New York
The Architectural
Borman
Smith
Pura
International Festival
League of New York
Karen Johnson Boyd
Mrs. Rutger Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome W.
of the Arts
C. R. Bard, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Mr. and Mrs. George
Dai-Ichi Life
Balinese dancers fea-
W. Snider
Robbins
D. O'Neill
International
tured in special week-
Mr. and Mrs. Alan J.
Revlon, Inc.
(U.S.A.), Inc.
end performances
Strassman
David Rockefeller
in conjunction with
Mr. and Mrs. Karan
The Rockefeller
the Court Arts of
Trehan
Foundation
Indonesia exhibition,
Doris Wiener
October 1990.
34
Raul S. Manglapus,
Secretary of Foreign
Affairs of the Phil-
ippines, spoke at an
Asia Society luncheon
in his honor, Septem-
ber 26, 1990.
Honorary Friends
Corporate Members
Credit Lyonnais
The Rockefeller Group
Mrs. Eugene W.
Aboitiz Transport
Securities (Asia) Ltd.
Russell Reynolds
Kettering
Systems
Crosby Securities Inc.
Associates
Dr. Alexander C. Soper
Air India
Cyanamid International
The Salomon
Patricia M. Young
All Nippon Airways
D'Arcy Masius Benton
Foundation Inc.
Co., Ltd.
& Bowles
Scudder, Stevens &
New York
AMAS Securities Inc.
Dillon Read & Co., Inc.
Clark
Corporate Members
American Stock
Dow Jones & Company
Sequa Capital
Corporate Benefactors
Exchange
Inc.
Corporation
The Bristol-Myers
American Brands
DRT International
Squibb Foundation
Burlington Northern
Corporation
Information Services
Zion Ozeri
The Sequor Group
International
Dun & Bradstreet
Shearson Lehman
Brothers Inc.
Inc.
American International
Eli Lilly & Co.
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Citicorp/Citibank
Underwriters
The Export-Import
Mahindra & Mahindra
Meagher & Flom
The Cola-Cola
Apple Computer, Inc.
Bank of Japan
Ltd.
Smith Barney, Harris
Company
Arthur Andersen & Co.
Fay Richwhite Australia
Marine Midland Bank
Upham & Co.
Exxon Corporation
ASARCO Incorporated
Ltd.
Marsh & McLennan
Sotheby's
International
IBM Corporation
AT&T International
The First Boston
Sullivan & Cromwell
Mobil Oil Corporation
Baker & McKenzie
Corporation
Martin E. Segal
Sumitomo Bank Capital
The Starr Foundation
Bangkok Bank Limited
The First National Bank
Company
Markets Inc.
Bank Central Asia
of Chicago
Marubeni American
Sumitomo Corporation
Corporate Patrons
Bank of Boston
Freeport-McMoRan,
Corporation
of America
American Express
The Bank of East Asia,
Inc.
McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Sweet & Crawford
Company
Ltd.
Gavin Anderson
Merck Sharpe &
Taisho Marine & Fire
The Bank of New York
Banque Indosuez
Doremus & Co.
Dohme International
Insurance Co.
The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd.
Barclays de Zoete
General Motors
Metropolitan Life
Tata Incorporated
The Capital Group, Inc.
Wedd, Inc.
Corporation
Insurance Co.
Texaco Inc.
The Chase Manhattan
Baring Brothers & Co.,
Giorgio Armani Inc.
Mitsubishi International
Thai Farmers Bank
Bank, N.A.
Inc.
Global Research
Corporation
Thomas J. Lipton
Chemical Bank
Baring Securities Inc.
Associates
Mine Safety Appliances
Foundation
C. Itoh & Co.
Batterymarch Financial
Goin & Company
Company
Time Warner Inc.
(America) Inc.
Management
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.)
The Tokio Marine &
Ford Motor Company
Bloomingdale's
Grey Advertising Inc.
Inc.
Fire Insurance Co., Ltd
Fulflex, Inc.
Brown Brothers
Handy & Harman
Mocatta Metals
Towers Perrin
General Electric
Harriman &
Hang Seng Bank
Corporation
Town & Country
Company
Company
Limited
Molex Inc.
Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong Economic
Burson-Marsteller
The Hearst Corporation
Moody's Investors
Unisys
& Trade Office
Caltex Petroleum
Henry I. Daty, Inc.
Service
United Airlines
Manufacturers Hanover
Corporation
HDM
Morgan Stanley & Co.,
United Media
Trust Company
Chevron Corporation
H.J. Heinz Company
Inc.
UNOCAL
Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Chinese Maritime
Foundation
National Westminster
The Walt Disney
Foundation Inc.
Transport, Ltd.
The John W. Hill/Hill
Bank USA
Company Foundation
Milbank, Tweed,
Church & Dwight Co.,
and Knowlton
NCR Corporation
Washington National
Hadley & McCloy
Inc.
Foundation
Neutrogena
Life Insurance Co.
The New York Times
CIGNA Worldwide, Inc.
The Hongkong &
Corporation
White & Case
Company Foundation
The Club Corporation
Shanghai Banking
Newsweek
James D. Wolfensohn,
Northern Telecom
of Asia
Corporation
Nissho Iwai American
Incorporated
World Trade Office
Colgate-Palmolive
Hong Kong Trade
Corporation
Wyeth-Ayerst
Shell Oil Company
Company
Development Council
NYNEX Corporation
International
Foundation
Conoco Inc.
Hughes Aircraft
OffitBank
Toys "R" Us, Inc.
Continental
Company
Olympus Corporation
United Technologies
Corporation
Hyatt Corporation
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Corporation
Coopers & Lybrand
The Japan Development
Wharton & Garrison
Westpac Banking
Corning Incorporated
Bank
Pennie & Edmonds
Corporation
Coryo Research
John Swire & Sons Ltd.
Peregrine Brokerage,
Institute
Johnson & Johnson
Inc.
C.P. (U.S.A.), Inc.
J. P. Morgan & Co.
Pfizer International Inc.
CRA Limited
Incorporated
Philadelphia National
Kelley, Drye & Warren
Bank
Kidder, Peabody & Co.,
Pryor, Cashman,
Incorporated
Sherman & Flynn
Kingworld
Philip Morris
KPMG Peat Marwick
International
Lee & Li
Phillips Petroleum
Lintas:Worldwide
The Port Authority
The Long-Term Credit
of New York and
Sarod virtuoso Amjad
Bank of Japan
New Jersey
Ali Khan gave four
The Procter & Gamble
performances at The
Company
Asia Society in Febru-
Dancer/musician
Prudential-Bache
ary 1991.
Tjokorda Gde Arsa
Securities
Artha helped a young
The Prudential
visitor play a gamelan
Reebok Worldwide
Jack Vartoogian
instrument during the
Trading, Ltd.
Society's Indonesian
Robert Fleming Inc.
Festival Performances,
Rockefeller & Co., Inc.
October 1990.
35
Left to right: Kim
Mr. and Mrs. Alan
Mr. and Mrs. F.
Hakjoon, The Blue
Hilliker
Harrison Poole
House, South Korea;
Mrs. Walter Hinrichsen
Mr. and Mrs. F. H.
Kim Byong Hong and
Mr. and Mrs. David S.
Prem, Jr.
Chon Yong Gap, Insti-
Hirsch
John S. Price
tute for Disarmament
Mrs. Thomas
Robert W. Purcell
and Peace, North Ko-
Hitchcock
Sue Raffety
rea, at the "China and
Mr. and Mrs. John
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
East Asia" conference
Hopley
Rand
held at Wingspread
Ernest M. Howell
Judith S. Randal
Conference Center,
Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Linda Riddle
Racine, Wisconsin, Jan-
Ireland III
Sylvia Ripstein
uary 1991.
Yushimitsu Iwasaki
Luther S. Roehm
Beth E. Jacobs
Jeffrey A. Rosen
Mr. and Mrs. S. Jacques
Mr. and Mrs. Peter
New York Individual
Susan Rebell
Lucille T. Daum
Thomas Jaffe
Rosenberg
Supporting Members
Jean G. Johnson
Mrs. William H. Risley
Elaine H. Dekens
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Dr. Robert Ritch
Mr. and Mrs. Rohit
Russell S. Johnson
Rosovsky
Sustaining
Mrs. J. Fraser Jones
Sarah Rossbach and
Mr. and Mrs. Hy
Desai
Mabel B. Austin
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Rosenson
Henrie Jo Barth
Mrs. Livingston T.
Doug Fleming
Dickason
Josephson
William M. Roth
Hortense Sacks
William E. Braden
Sara Kendall
Mr. and Mrs. William
Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert
Mrs. Lawrence E. Brinn
Steve Kern
Schaar
Schimmel
Dickes
Dr. Ronald B. Brooks
Ashwan Khanna
Diane H. Schafer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Dr. and Mrs. Charles F.
George H. Dixon
Schwartz
Betty Knox
Mary A. Doyle
Margaret Sedgwick
Brush
Dr. Walter M. Kobialka
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Sylvia L. Simon
Mr. and Mrs. Angier
Martin E. Segal
Mrs. H. R. Labouisse
Mr. and Mrs. Edson W.
Biddle Duke
Daniel Shapiro and
Butler
Spencer
Jennifer Dumas
Dr. Robert Lager
Agnes Gund
Commissioner Roderick
Mildred Robbins Leet
G. W. Chu
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph I.
Douglas Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. Joel
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Straus
Martin Edelston
Shapiro
Elizabeth de Cuevas
Lester
Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Steven B. Deutsch
Mary M. Tanenbaum
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Seymour Topping
Benny Leung
X. Shea
Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord
Eisenberg
Alice Tully
Janice H. Levin
Ambassador Kee Bock
Donnelley
Jeannette S. Elliott
Mr. and Mrs. Neil
Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Jean C. Lindsey
Shin
Margaret F. Donovan
Weiss
Ercklentz
Henry Luce III
Nancy E. Shubert
George E. Doty
James B. Windle
Susan C. Evans
Dr. John M. Lundquist
Kathleen E. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Dr. and Mrs. W. H.
Erlanger
Christopher Forbes
Dr. Richard W. Lyman
Jeffrey Soref
Ann Macaluso
Mrs. Dario Soria
Alan Fortunoff
Wriggins
Marti Foster and Penny
Tonin MacCallum
Mr. and Mrs. John E.
McKown
David B. Sterling
Houghton Freeman
Young
Mr. and Mrs. Joel H.
Mrs. James V.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Frankel
MacGregor
Straus
W. Garry
Contributing
Iain M. Fraser
Daniel R. Malecki
John L. Tancock
Iola S. Haverstick
Ethan Allen
Robert F. Maloney
Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Mrs. Joseph Hazen
William S. Anderson
Richard A. Freytag
RoseMary Fung
Jane C. McBride
Tandler
Lex B. Henry
David M. Antebi
Stephanie Horton
Maiya K. Furgason
Dr. and Mrs. John
Dr. and Mrs. Peter
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick
Mr. and Mrs. Sven E.
Baekeland
Mr. and Mrs. Jay
McCullough
C. L. Teng
Furman
Terence McInerney
Mr. and Mrs. Dean
Hsia
Ned W. Bandler
Brett Gallagher
Mr. and Mrs. William
Thacker
Mr. and Mrs. Warren
William R. Barrett, Jr.
McLanahan
Mary A. Thompson
Josephy
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E.
Frances A. Gallagher
Dr. Hoshang J.
Bechtold
Mr. and Mrs. James
Thomas P. McVeigh
Theow-Huang Tow
Galton
Richard Merz
Mrs. Edwin Trent
Khambatta
Nancy Beffa
William F. Milcarek
Mr. and Mrs. James J.
William H. Gleysteen, Jr.
Maurice Triquet
Steve Bell
Sam S. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Ramon
Lally
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
June O. Goldberg
Mrs. William H. Miller, Jr.
Tublitz
Mitzie Lau
Eugene R. Gonzalez
Bergreen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.
Evelyn Moore and H.
Edward Tung
Cynthia Leary
Dr. Leon Bernhardt
Graff
Gregory Moore
Laura Utley
Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Mr. and Mrs. Suresh L.
Mrs. Maurice T. Moore
Sue Erpf Van de
Loeb
Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Bhirud
Graffman
Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Bovenkamp
Stanley J. Love
Mrs. Arthur W.
Dr. Dorothy Gregg
Morse, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John
Dr. Robert W. Lyons
Bingham
Dr. Paula A. Moynahan
Viener
Peter Marks
Guy A. Griscom
John P. Birchall
Carol Muratore
Rebecca Vogel
Mr. and Mrs. James
Dawson Martin
S. Robert Blair
Hahn
Dr. Robert J. Myers
Y. Hiro Wakabayashi
Dr. and Mrs. Maclyn
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S.
Patricia N. Nanon
Mrs. Najeeb Halaby
Mrs. James P. Warburg
McCarty
Borer
Krishna Nathan
Mr. and Mrs. Gurdon
Mr. and Mrs. Ali
Mildred R. Mottahedeh
Mr. and Mrs. Walter F.
Haliman
Mr. and Mrs. Roy R.
W. Wattles
Helen Maguire Muller
Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Saul B.
Neuberger
Jun Wei
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Raymond J. Burke, Jr.
Hamond
Mr. and Mrs. Braham
Mr. and Mrs. Guy A.
Natkin
Ann McIntosh
Norwick
Weill
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Sheila K. O'Brien
Caggiano
Mr. and Mrs. Kal
A. Hardy
Martin L. O'Neil
Dr. and Mrs. Walter W.
Noselson
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hart
Ida Pau
Carey
Conal O'Brien
Alice N. Heeramaneck
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
C. W. Carson, Jr.
Brian O'Neill
Mrs. J. Welles
Pegg
Mr. and Mrs. John
Robert U. Ossorio
Henderson
Dr. Frank Petito
Chancellor
Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Elinor Plimack
Trina Hidalgo
James Chang
Phillips
Vijay Raval
Dr. Jill S. Cowen
36
Shri Inder Kumar
Gujral, Minister of Ex-
Amitabha Buddha,
ternal Affairs, India,
13th-century Japan,
spoke at an Asia Soci-
from The Mr. and Mrs.
ety dinner in his
John D. Rockefeller 3rd
honor, October I, 1990.
Collection.
China Light & Power
San Miguel Brewery
Daido Concrete (HK)
Mikimoto Pearl
Company, Limited
Ltd.
Ltd.
Jewellery (HK) Ltd.
The Commercial Bank
Sanyo Electric (HK)
Daihatsu Motor (HK)
Minolta Hong Kong Ltd.
of Hong Kong Ltd.
Ltd.
Ltd.
Mita Industrial Co.,
Dah Chong Hong, Ltd.
Seiyu (Shatin) Co., Ltd.
Daiichi Chuo
(HK) Ltd.
Epson Hong Kong Ltd.
Shanghai Commercial
Kisen Kaisha
The Mitsubishi Bank,
Exxon Energy Ltd.
Bank Ltd.
HK Daimaru
Ltd.
The Great Eagle
Shun Hing Education &
Department Store
Mitsubishi Corporation
Company Limited
Charity Fund Ltd.
Co., Ltd.
(HK) Ltd.
Zion Ozeri
Hang Lung (Real Estate
Sino Land Company
Dainippon Ink &
Mitsubishi Electric
Agencies) Limited
Limited
Chemicals (HK) Ltd.
(HK) Ltd.
Hang Seng Bank
Sumitomo Electric Asia
The Daiwa Bank, Ltd.
Mitsubishi Trust &
Limited
Ltd.
Daiwa Securities (HK)
Banking Corporation
Dr. Joseph S. Weisberg
Hari N. Harilela
Sun Hung Kai
Ltd.
Mitsubishi Yuka Asia
Mr. and Mrs. John E.
Henderson Real Estate
Securities Limited
Diatrans (HK) Ltd.
Ltd.
Wiley
Agency Ltd.
The Swire Group
The Fuji Bank, Ltd.
Mitsui & Co., (HK) Ltd.
Mrs. John A. F. Willis
The Hongkong Bank
Charitable Trust
Fuji Xerox Far East Ltd.
Mitsui Marine & Fire
Charles Wilson
Foundation
Tanashin Denki (HK) Ltd.
HK Fujidenki Co., Ltd.
Insurance Ltd.
Peter J. Wilson
Hongkong Telecom
Jack C. Tang
Fujitsu Hong Kong Ltd.
Mitsui O S K Lines
Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Foundation
Tonnan Kai
Fukuoka City Finance Ltd.
(HK) Ltd.
Hopewell Holdings
Wei Lun Foundation
Winfield
GGS Hotel Holdings Ltd.
Mitsui Taiyo Kobe
Limited
Limited
Glory Watch Band (HK)
Bank, Ltd.
H. S. Winokur, Jr.
Enid S. Winslow
Joseph E. Hotung
Wing Lung Bank Ltd.
Ltd.
Mitsui Toatsu
William H. Wolff
Hutchison International
Winsor Industrial
Hang Lung
Chemicals Inc.
Mitsui Trust Finance Ltd.
Wai-Lin Wong and
Limited
Corporation Ltd. and
Matsuzakaya Co., Ltd.
Jeffrey D. Livingston
Hysan Development
Subsidiaries
Hattori Overseas Hong
Mitsukos Enterprises
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Co. Ltd.
Yaohan International
Kong Ltd.
Co. Ltd.
H. Woolley
Inchcape Pacific Limited
Co. Ltd.
Heiwado & Co., (HK)
Nagase (HK) Ltd.
Jardine Matheson & Co.
Ltd.
NEC Electronics Hong
Koichi Yanagi
Ltd.
Hong Kong Center
Hiroshima Finance
Mr. and Mrs. Mohamed
Kong Ltd.
S. Younes
Lai Sun Development
Corporate Supporters
(Asia) Ltd.
New Japan Securities
Richard S. Zeisler
Co., Ltd.
Ajinomoto Co. (HK) Ltd.
Hitachi Elevator
International (HK) Ltd.
All Nippon Service Co.
Nichimen Co., (HK) Ltd.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Lee Wah Weaving
Engineering Co. (HK)
Ltd.
Factory Ltd.
Ltd.
Nikko Gould Foil (HK)
Zimmerman
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Matsushita Electric
Aoki Corporation
Hitachi Metals Hong
Ltd.
Asahi Iwasawa &
Zuellig
Industrial Co., Ltd.
Kong Ltd.
Nikko Securities Co.,
Associates
Meloware Co., Ltd.
The Hokkaido
(Asia) Ltd.
Hong Kong Center
Nanyang Commercial
Management
Takush ku Bank, Ltd.
Nikon Hong Kong Ltd.
Consultants Ltd.
Special Contributors
Bank, Ltd.
Hokuriku Finance (HK)
Nippon Credit
Roman Szechter
ARCO Chemical Asia
New World
Bambi (HK) Ltd.
Ltd.
International (HK) Ltd.
The Bank of Fukuoka,
Pacific, Ltd.
Development Co., Ltd.
Hotel Nikko Hong
Nippon Express (HK)
Ltd.
Bangkok Bank Limited
Nomura International
Kong Ltd.
Co., Ltd.
(HK) Ltd.
Bank of Japan
The Bank of East Asia,
The Hyakujushi Bank,
Nippon Fire & Marine
Ltd.
ORIX Asia Ltd.
Bank of Tokyo, Ltd.
Ltd.
Insurance Co., Ltd.
Ricoh Business
Bear Co., (HK) Ltd.
Bei Shan Tang
Hyogo Trade Office (HK)
Nippon Life Insurance
Machines Ltd.
C. Itoh & Co. (HK) Ltd.
Foundation Limited
Industrial Bank of
Co.
Caltex Oil Hong Kong
Ryoden (Holdings)
Canon Hong Kong
Japan, Ltd.
The Nishi-Nippon
Limited
Limited
Trading Co., Ltd.
Japan Air Lines Co., Ltd.
Bank, Ltd.
Casio Computer (HK)
Chekiang First Bank
The S. H. Ho
Japan Asia Airways Co.,
Nishimatsu
Ltd.
Ltd.
Foundation Limited
Ltd.
Construction Co. Ltd.
Century Leasing (HK)
Japan Golf Promotion
Nissho Iwai Hong Kong
Ltd.
Inc.
Corporation Ltd.
The Chiba Bank, Ltd.
Japan Tobacco
Nissin Foods Co., Ltd.
Chori Co., (HK) Ltd.
International (HK) Ltd.
Nissin Transportation &
Chuo Trust Asia
Japan Travel Bureau Inc.
Warehousing (HK) Ltd.
Limited
(HK) Ltd.
Nitsuko (HK) Co., Ltd.
Citizen Watches (HK)
The Juroku Bank, Ltd.
Nomura Research
Ltd.
Jusco Stores (HK) Co.,
Institute Hong Kong Ltd.
John Gollings
Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank,
Ltd.
Nomura Trading (HK)
Ltd.
Kanematsu (Hong
Co. Ltd.
Dai-Ichi Katei Denki
Kong) Ltd.
Novalux HK
Co., Ltd.
Kawasaki (HK) Ltd.
Electronics Ltd.
Dai-Ichi Life
Kowa Asia Ltd.
The Ogaki Kyoritsu
International (HK) Ltd.
Kumagai Gumi Co.,
Bank, Ltd.
Ltd.
Oki Electronics (HK) Ltd.
The Kyowa Saitama
Omron Electronics
Bank
Asia Ltd.
Long-Term Credit Bank
Orient Dynamic Co., Ltd.
Dance mask of the
of Japan, Ltd.
Panda Travel Agency
princess Srikandi, Cir-
Mabuchi Industry Co.,
Ltd.
ebon, Java, late 19th
Ltd.
or early 20th century.
Maeda Corporation
From the Court
Man On Toshiba Ltd.
Arts of Indonesia
Marubeni Hong Kong
exhibition.
Ltd.
37
The Paravicini Prayer
Carpet, made of silk
and wool, India, Mo-
gul, c. 1625-50. From
the exhibition
Romance of the Taj
Mahal.
Price Waterhouse
The Toyo Trust &
Margaret Cullinan Wray
Houston Center
Corporate Benefactors
Quick Information
Banking Co., Ltd.
Charitable Lead
Individual Supporting
ARCO
(HK) Ltd.
Uchiya Hong Kong Ltd.
Annuity Trust
Members
Shuwa Investments Inc.
HK Ryosan Ltd.
UNY (HK) Co., Ltd.
Wyndham Warwick
LIPPOBANK
Patron
Sanaroma Corporation
Wako International
Hotel, Houston
Ltd.
(HK) Ltd.
Roy M. Huffington
Times Mirror Company
Houston Center
Sankyo Seiki (HK) Co.,
YKK Co., (HK) Ltd.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Taft
Sponsors
Ltd.
Yamato Transport (HK)
Corporate Members
Symonds
Arthur Andersen & Co.
Sankyu Eastern
Ltd.
Allright Corporation
Sponsor
Bugle Boy Industries
Arthur Andersen & Co.
International (HK)
Yasuda Fire & Marine
Margaret Wilson
The Capital Group, Inc.
Co., Ltd.
Insurance Co., Ltd.
BHP New Ventures, Inc.
Chevron
The Sanwa Bank, Ltd.
Baker & Botts
The Yasuda Trust &
Sustaining
Citibank
Battle Mountain Gold
Sanyei Corporation
Banking Co., Ltd.
Peter Bridges
DKB of California
Hong Kong Ltd.
Yokohama Asia Ltd.
Company
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Donald E. Simon
Seiko Hong Kong Ltd.
British Gas
Glassell
Foundation
Shimizu Corporation
Houston Center
Butler and Binion
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Faulkner & Co.
Shinko Sangyo (HK) Ltd.
Special Contributors
Compaq Computer
Owsley
First Interstate Bank,
The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd.
Abraham's Oriental
Corporation
Dr. Theresa Queng
Ltd.
Sogo Hong Kong Co.,
Rugs
Continental Airlines
GTE
Ltd.
Accurate Moving &
Enron Liquid Fuels
Contributing
Gruen Associates
Storage
Company
Mr. and Mrs. Fielding
Sony Corporation of
Alexander's Fine
Fayez Sarofim & Co.
I. Cocke
Hennigan & Mercer
Hong Kong Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd.
Sumida Electric (HK)
Portraits
First City Texas-
Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Hughes Aircraft
Co., Ltd.
Mrs. E. Rudge Allen
Houston, N. A.
Coneway
Company
Mr. and Mrs. David
Goldman Sachs &
Jeaneane Duncan
The Sumitomo Bank,
Bridges
Company
Herbert I. Goodman
Japan Consulate General
Ltd.
The Brown Foundation,
Gerald D. Hines
Mr. and Mrs. Fred B.
Johnson & Higgins
Sumitomo Corporation
KMPG Peat Marwick
Inc.
Interests
Griffin
(HK) Ltd.
Kajima International, Inc.
Sumitomo Life Hong
Carleton Hotel,
HUFFCO Group, Inc.
Michel T. Halbouty
Korn/Ferry
Washington, D.C
KPMG Peat Marwick
Mr. and Mrs. James W.
Kong Ltd.
International
Sumitomo Marine &
Cineplex Odeon, River
Mitsui & Company
Hargrove
(USA), Inc.
Ronald Hoelscher
Maguire Thomas
Fire Insurance Co.,
Oaks Plaza
Partner
Ltd.
Continental Airlines
Opicoil Houston, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. William
Marubeni America,
Nancy Dean
Price Waterhouse
L. Hussey
Sumitomo Trust &
Corp.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T.
Banking Co., Ltd.
Enron Corporation
Shell Companies
The Mitsubishi Bank,
TDK Hongkong Co.,
Glen Gondo
Foundation
Lober
Ltd.
Ltd.
Gump's
Tenneco Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris
Mitsubishi International
Taiyo Gyogyo Co.,
Mr. and Mrs. William
Texas Commerce Bank
Masterson
Hawkins
Thelen, Marrin,
Gene McDavid
Corp.
(HK) Ltd.
Mitsubishi Motor Sales
HK Taiyo Yuden Co.,
Barry Horn
Johnson & Bridges
Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Mitsui Manufacturers
Ltd.
Roy M. Huffington
Tindall & Foster
Mullineaux
Bank
Takagi Industries (HK)
Terry Huffington
Transamerica Fund
Jeri Nordbrock and
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
Co., Ltd.
Hunan Restaurant
Management
Mark Peterson
(America)
Temporary Center
Mr. and Mrs. William
Company
Alice Pratt
Mitsui & Co. (USA)
Hussey
Transco Energy
Hugh Roff
Corporation
Morrison & Foerster
Time Module (HK) Ltd.
The Members of the
Company
Susan Rutherford
Nissan Motor
Indonesian Consul
Trend International
Jean Sano
Tobu (HK) Ltd.
General and the
Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Corporation
Toho Life International
Limited
Nissho Iwai American
(Hong Kong) Ltd.
Dharma Wanita
Union Texas Petroleum
Schmeal
Corp.
The Tokai Bank, Ltd.
JAGS
Vinson & Elkins
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard
Nissin Foods
KPMG Peat Marwick
Virginia Indonesia
Shich
Tokio Marine & Fire
Company
Suzanne Silvers
Shimizu America Corp.
Insurance Co., Ltd.
Theodore Y. Louie
Skadden Arps Slate
Tokyo City Finance
Asha Mahendra
Westlake Polymers
Lucie W. Todd
Mandarin Hotel, San
Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Nanik
Meagher & Flom
(Asia) Ltd.
Vaswani
Sumitomo Corporation
Tokyo Tomin Finance
Francisco
Zapata Corporation
of America
Mrs. Edgar Marston
Odean Volker
(Hong Kong) Ltd.
Tokio Marine
Tomen Corporation
Matahari Restaurant
Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Wallace
Management
Toray Industries (HK)
Nalini Mathur
Union Bank
Katherine Means
Dr. and Mrs. D. H.
Ltd.
Union Bank Foundation
Tience and George
Watanabe
Toshiba Electronics
UNOCAL Foundation
Mercadel
Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Asia, Ltd.
Villanueva Foundation
Wilson
Toyata Tsusho (HK)
Roblee Foundation
Co., Ltd.
San Lorenzo of Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Corporate Friends
Shanghai River
Wozencraft
Braverman, Codron &
Restaurant
Co.
Southern California
Mr. and Mrs. J. Taft
Cushman & Wakefield
Zion Ozeri
Center Corporate
Symonds
Korea Times
Contributors
Thai Pepper Restaurant
Lee Kum Kee
Tokyo Hilton Hotel/
Corporate Patrons
Metropolitan Structure
Jakarta Hilton Hotel
Dole Food Co., Inc.
Mitsubishi Cement
Transco Energy
Nguyen Co Thach,
AT&T
Corporation
Company
Minister of Foreign Af-
Bank Niaga
Suneeta Vaswani
fairs, Vietnam, at an
Virginia Indonesia
Asia Society luncheon,
Company
October II, 1990.
38
Asia Society President
Robert B. Oxnam and
Choi Ho-Joong, Minis-
ter of Foreign Affairs,
South Korea, at an
event honoring the
minister, September
24, 1990.
Individual Contributors
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Mr. and Mrs. Leo A.
Pohang Iron and Steel
Feinberg
Daly III
Co., Ltd.
Martha T. Galbraith
Mr. and Mrs. Hart
PT Resources Jaya
McGee Grigsby
Fessenden
Teknik Management
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Mr. and Mrs. John
Indonesia
Halligan
Gilmore Ford
The Riggs National
Dr. and Mrs. Caryl P.
Marshall Green
Bank of Washington,
Haskins
Jeune Jaffe
D.C.
Vance and Kathy
Virginia W. Kettering
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Hyndman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.
International, Inc.
Alpheus W. and
McFarlane
Schnader, Harrison,
Dorothy Jessup
Mary G. Sethness
Segal & Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
W. Johnson
Zion Ozeri
Washington Center
Sumitomo Corporation
of America
Sherman E. Katz
Program Support
The Tokyo Electric
Mrs. Herbert D.
Bell Atlantic
Power Co., Inc.
Kerman
Corporation
The Washington Post
Stanley A. Kochanek
Nippondenso of Los
Patrons
Chevron USA
Angeles
American International
Marshall Green
Company
Hang Hing Lim
The Washington Times
Grace Lourenco and
NYK Line (North
Group, Inc.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Hans-Peter Brunner
American), Inc.
ANA Hotel Washington
The Madison Hotel
Washington Center
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H.
Sachs & Phelps
D.C.
McCormick &
Individual Supporting
Miller
Tokai Bank of
Apple Computer, Inc.
Company
Members
Dee Morgan
California
AT&T
Motorola Inc.
Sponsors
Mr. and Mrs. David
United National Bank
The Boeing Company
Washington Center
Mr. and Mrs. John
Newsom
The Chevron
Southern California
Corporate Members
Gilmore Ford
Mitzi Pickard
Center Individual
Companies
Marshall Green
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J.
Coordination Council
Corporate Benefactor
Philip and Helen Jessup
Reckford
Supporting Members
for North American
Mobil Oil Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Jack W.
Dr. Kenneth X. and
Patron
Affairs
Corporate Patrons
Lydman
Joyce Robbins
Richard E. Sherwood
General Electric
BellSouth Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Jane Washburn
Company
United Airlines
Masters
Robinson
Benefactors
Embassy of the
Don Oberdorfer
Helen R. Runnells
Sheldon Ausman
Republic of Indonesia
Corporate Members
David and Isabel Taylor
Daniel and Sybil Silver
Hans A. Ries
The Industrial Bank of
All Nippon Airways
Wilbur Woo
Charles S. Whitehouse
Florence S. Stone
Japan, Ltd.
Co., Ltd.
Daniel P. and Margaret
Sustaining
Embassy of the
American International
Sustaining
S. Sullivan
Caroline Ahmanson
Republic of Korea
Group, Inc.
Charles and Ann Bailey
Elizabeth G. Verville
Ben Benniardi
McCormick &
Apple Computer, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Hart
William Watts
Hwai Tang Chen
Company
Asea Brown Boveri
Fessenden
Charles F. B. Wilding-
James D. Hodgson
McDonnell Douglas
AT&T
Carol C. Laise
White
Howard Hom & Maria
Corporation
Bell Atlantic
Robert and Amy Pierce
Elsa B. Williams
Hsu
McNair Law Firm
International, Inc.
Akimasa Sano
Perkins Wilson
Ghassem Ladjevardi
Mitsubishi International
Capital City Associates,
Contributing
A. V. Liskow
Corporation
Inc.
Dr. Ada S. Adler
General Contributions
Roger Olsen
Mobil Oil Corporation
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Laurie Adler
Jack W. Lydman
Ali Razi
Nissho Iwai American
Citicorp-Citibank
Louise Ansberry
Robert R. Nathan
Isabel Rodriguez
Corporation
The Coca-Cola
Col. Robert C.
Mr. and Mrs. James N.
Northwest Airlines
Company
Breckenridge
Wallace
Special Donations
Singapore Airlines
Credit International
David and Carol
Patricia Byrne
Limited
Bank
Mohlman
Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas
*deceased
Teramura International,
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
L. Christopher
Washington Center
Inc.
Dow Corning
Mr. and Mrs. R. G.
Annual Dinner
The Tokyo Electric
Corporation
Cleveland
Contributors
Power Co., Inc.
General Dynamics
Fifth graders from P.S.
Ray and Marjorie Cline
Corporation
84, Manhattan, trying
Cosponsors
Supporters
Merritt T. Cooke
General Electric
out a gamelan on a
All Nippon Airways
Embassy of Australia
William E. and Sally S.
Company
Galleries tour, Fall
Co., Ltd.
Australian Vintners,
Colby
IFT Investment
1990.
Bell Atlantic
USA
Corporation
International
The Coca-Cola
The Industrial Bank of
Company
Benefactors
Japan, Ltd.
Credit International
Mr. and Mrs. Leo A.
Lockheed Corporation
Bank
McCormick &
Daly III
Hong Kong Economic
Company, Inc.
General Dynamics
and Trade Office
McDonnell Douglas
Corporation
Embassy of Japan
Corporation
The Riggs National
Japan Air Lines
McNair Law Firm
Bank of Washington,
Marubeni America
Mitsubishi International
D.C.
Corporation
United Airlines
Corporation
Royal Nepalese
Nathan Associates Inc.
Embassy
Nissho Iwai American
Northwest Airlines
Corporation
Pohang Iron and Steel
Co., Ltd.
Elsa Ruiz
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ADVISORY COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES
Dr. Subin Pinkayan,
Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs, Thailand, spoke
at an Asia Society lun-
cheon, September 27,
1990.
Contemporary
Performances,
Elizabeth P. Griffin
Washington Center
Affairs Committee
Films and Lectures
James W. Hargrove
Advisory Committee
Robert F. Goheen
Advisory Committee
Elizabeth B. Hawkins
Philip C. Jessup, Jr.
Robert A. Scalapino
Carlos Moseley
Ronald J. Hoelscher
Chairman
Co-Chairmen
Chairman
Terry Huffington
Madeleine C. Hussey
George J. Aste
China Council
Joan Lebold Cohen
Glenda K. Joe
Ann C. Bailey
Harry Harding, Jr.
William Dorrill
Milo Beach
Anne C. Klein
Chairman
Clifford Jones
Frederick Z. Brown
Otmar Kolber
Lily O'Boyle
Pauline Kolenda
Nayan Chanda
Halsey L. Beemer, Jr.
Jerome A. Cohen
Zion Ozeri
Benito Ortolani
Li Cunxin
Evelyn Colbert
Ethel Lefrak
Ernest Corea
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr.
Theodore Y. Louie
Genevieve Oswald
John Jamieson
David F. Mackie
Grega Gustafson Daly
Albert W. Sadler
Robert A. Kapp
Corporate Council
Carrol R. McGinnis
John Gilmore Ford
Douglas Schwalbe
Francis X. Stankard
J. Michael Muckleroy
Matthew M. Gardner, Jr.
Michel Oksenberg
Susan L. Shirk
Pippa Scott
Chairman
Dwight K. Nishimura
John W. Gray, Jr.
Chang-lin Tien
Security Advisory
Jeri L. Nordbrock
Carl J. Green
Ronald J. Anderson
Committee
Charles W. Runnette III
Harry Harding
Anthony Van Patten
Frederic E. Wakeman
George Aste
G. F. Robert Hanke
Hiroki Sakamoto
L. Oakley Johnson
William Woo
Neil P. Benedict
Chairman
Jacqueline Schmeal
Joseph P. Kanka
Alice Young
John M. Connolly
Richard J. Smith
Alton G. Keel, Jr.
Robert B. Egelston
Hong Kong Center
George W. Strake, Jr.
Gilbert H. Kinney
Northeast Asia
Herbert I. Goodman
Sir Quo-Wei Lee
Carol C. Laise
Ralph B. Thomas
Council
Peter Howell
Chairman
Sun-Koo Lee
Lucie W. Todd
James W. Morley
Paul S. P. Hsu
Committee
Suneeta Vaswani
Jack W. Lydman
Chairman
Edward Masters
Thomas W. Jasper
J. R. H. Bond
Fred von der Mehden
Robert Miller
Gail L. Bernstein
William G. Kirkland
Paul Cheng
Daniel H. Watanabe
Tom Brokaw
Charles K. Koo
Stephen Cheong
William H. Weiland
John W. Newlin III
Gerald L. Curtis
Guy B. Meeker
Margaret S. Wilson
Jean Newsom
Baroness Dunn
Robert Neimeth
Don Oberdorfer
Ellen L. Frost
Tony Fung
Richard L. Wilson
Richard C. Holbrooke
Jonathan M. Schofield
Shirley C. Wozencraft
Yoshie Ogawa
Joseph E. Hotung
John J. Simone
Thomas J. Reckford
Lawrence B. Krause
J. S. Lee
Southern California
Chong-Sik Lee
John C. Simpson
Nobuo Suzuki
David Li
Geoffrey A. Thompson
Center Advisory
Leonard Unger
Hugh T. Patrick
Richard Li
Committee
William Watts
Susan Pharr
Anthony J. Walton
Lo King-man
Robert A. Scalapino
Patrick J. Ward
Richard E. Sherwood
Charles S. Whitehouse
T. W. Shu
Chairman
Peter C. White
Education Advisory
Jack C. Tang
Honorary Life
Donald S. Zagoria
Committee
Barry Wain
Jerry J. Arca
Members
Frank Macchiarola
Robert H. Brandow, Jr.
Marshall Green
South and Southwest
Council
Asia Council
Chairman
Anthony Day
Robert R. Nathan
T. K. Ann
Zohreh Delpak-
Ainslee T. Embree
Jackson H. Bailey
Sally Sian Aw
Ladjevardi
deceased
Chairman
Ainslee T. Embree
James A. Barnes
Robert B. Egelston
Peter Frost
Thomas T. T. Chen
Stephen P. Cohen
Masayuki Kohama
Anthony A. Day
Robert D. Geise
Sir Sidney Gordon
A. Virginia Liskow
A. Elgin Heinz
F.K.Hu
William Drayton
David Lyon
Peter K. N. Lam
T. N. Srinivasan of
Robert F. Goheen
Veena Oldenburg
Harold J. Meyerman
Donald O. Schneider
H. C. Lee
Yale University asks a
Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr.
James P. Miscoll
Frank Tenny
Lee Shau Kee
question at the sym-
Thomas G. Kessinger
Les Mitchnick
K. S. Lo
posium "India Threat-
John P. Lewis
Marilyn Turkovich
David H. Murdock
William M. W. Mong
ened: What Does the
Mehli M. Mistri
Galleries Advisory
Jeanette McElwee
Mochtar Riady
Future Hold?" at The
Roy Mottahedeh
Ki Suh Park
Committee
Wang Gungwu
Asia Society, June
Lloyd I. Rudolph
Hans A. Ries
Sherman E. Lee
1991. Seated beside
T. N. Srinivasan
Chairman
Houston Center
James T. Riady
him are Abid Hussain,
Advisory Board
Donald E. Simon
Southeast Asia and
Indian Ambassador to
Esin Atil
J. Taft Symonds
Phillip R. Trimble
Oceania Council
the U.S. (left), and
Richard Barnhart
Chairman
Frank G. Wells
Donald K. Emmerson
Rajendra K. Rai, Indian
Mary Griggs Burke
Michael Woo
Chairman
William M. Arnold
Consul General.
Myron S. Falk, Jr.
Evelyn Colbert
Wen Fong
David M. Bridges
Ernest M. Howell
Donald Jenkins
Peter S. Bridges
L. Oakley Johnson
Thomas Lawton
James Chao
Stanley Karnow
Sherman E. Lee
Shern Min Chow
Porter McCray
May Chu
Eduardo Lachica
Linda Y. C. Lim
Miyeko Murase
John P. Cogan, Jr.
Stanley O'Connor
Joseph Cooper
Charles Morrison
Cynthia Hazen Polsky
Keneth W. Crawford
Ronald Morse
Seiji Naya
Mrs. John D.
William J. Cunningham
William H. Overholt
Rockefeller 3rd
Michael B. Decker
Richard E. Sherwood
Carl Estes II
Lloyd I. Rudolph
Henry Trubner
Barbara R. Foorman
Sheldon W. Simon
Allen Wardwell
Charles C. Foster
Donald E. Weatherbee
John C. Weber
Glen Glondo
Stuart Cary Welch
Herbert I. Goodman
Marc Wilson
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