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Festival Gastronomique équatorienne
de Ia CORPE/ a Genève

La Corporation équatorienne pour la promotion des exportations et investissements,
CORPEI, a organisé le 3 octobre dernier an Grand Hotel Kempinski de Genève un fes-
tival gastronomique qui a remporté un vif succés auprès des invites : personnalités du
monde des affaires, diplomates, fonctionnaires mternationaux et journalistes.

Monsieur Jaime Marchán, Ambassadeur de l'Equateur en Suisse, Monsieur Richard
Hall, Vice Président de la CORPEI et Madame Yolanda Rojal, Présidente de
I'Association de la presse étrangère en Suisse, coordinatrice de l'événement, ont pronon-
cé des allocutions.

Les spécialités ont été préparées par le Chef Gonzalo Dávila, venu spécialement de
1'Equateur pour cette occasion.
Action Press/Virot

(Copyright pour les photos : Action Press/Virot)

fe and devoted journalist turning 80

celebrated with friends and You see him in the Palais
colleagues from all over the des Nations, in press brief-
world who came to pay ings of all kinds, in the
tribute to Mr. Martin. Swiss Press Club, and it
would never occur to you
Mr. Gordon, as most of us that he is too old to follow
call him, is a British gentle- what is happening in this
man in the best sense of the world -- on the contrary!
word. Perhaps you have Hardly anybody has such
internationa
read his articles or listened experience of world affairs

to his radio programmes, as he does, and we in
for Mr. Gordon is and was Pressroom 1 are very
one of the top journalists pleased to have a colleague
with Reuters, the BBC and of such stature.
the Daily Telegraph before
he was 'supposed' to retire. Many Happy Returns! We
However, feeling too look forward to celebrating
engaged in world affairs, your 100th anniversary!
Mr Gordon went off to
Afghanistan as a war corre- Your colleagues in
spondent . . .before return- Pressroom 1
ing to Geneva to work for
Vatican Radio. He has jour-
A true journalist can never our senior colleague just nalism in his blood. (Copyright photos: WHIB)
turned 80, and the day was
retire! Mr. Gordon Martin,

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