Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1984. július-december (38. évfolyam, 27-48. szám)
1984-09-20 / 35. szám
7 TO OUR READERS Dear Friend. With this issue of the Amerikai Magyar Szó, we resume publication of a monthly English language supplement, under the name of Hungarian Mercury. This name honors the memory of the first periodical ever published in Hungary - a Latin language publication called "Mercurius Veridicus Ex Hungária" (Messenger of Truth from Hungary) - which served the glorious struggle for Hungarian freedom and independence under the leadership of Prince Ferenc Rákóczi in the early 18th century (1705). It is in the spirit of that early forerunner, enriched by the cultural and social advances of our own age, that we intend to edit the Hungarian Mercury. MERCURIUS VERIDICUS EX HUNGÁRIA. A Magyar Hírmondó, Our endeavour, we fully realize, is experimental. Its success depends on the enthusiastic participation of the readers of the Amerikai Magyar Szo, particularly those who read the English language press as well. We will count on their input in the form of letters, suggestions, interesting and relevant clippings, etc. The readers of the Magyar Szó will, of course, receive the English language supplement each month as a regular part of their subscription at no additional cost. However, our aim is to broaden our readership beyond its current range. For an annual subscription fee of $ 6.-twelve issues of the Hungarian Mercury will be sent to any address in the U.S.A. We need your help. Please let us hear from you. Use the coupon below for your comments and/or contribution. In Friendship, Zoltán Deák, Editor, Magyar Szó Hungarian Mercury 130 E 16 St. New York,NY 10003 Dear Zoltán Deák: I welcome the publication of Hungarian Mercury. Here are my comments. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••«••••••••••••••«« Here is my contribution to the press. Send the Hungarian Mercury to : —........................................................................................................................................... My name»------------------------------------ , BUILDING BOOM IN HUNGARY I _______' __________ During the first seven months of 1984 the state building enterprises of Hungary completed the construction of more than 13.000 apartments. 45.000 other homes or apartments are now in various stages of completion. These figures do not include the houses and apartments being built by individuals. The construction of new hotels are also proceeding at a rapid pace. On this page we present a few typical achievements of the Hungarian building industry. Top: a large housing project just completed in the historic city of Pecs, in Southern Hungary. Below the ultramodern Expo Hotel in Budapest and the Hotel Annabella at Balatonfu’red, world-famous spa at the "Hungarian Sea": Lake Balaton. CONFERENCE ON HUNGARIANS Scientists gathered in Budapest at the beginning of August for a conference on the position of Hungarians abroad. The conference was on Hungarian diaspora, the first event organized with the assistance of the Hungarian Forum set up by the World Federation of Hungarians. Dr. Zoltán Szabó, a retired government minister said the Forum was designed to enhance ties among Hungarian members of the intelligentsia around the world and in Hungary, to encourage events in particular specialist fields. Professional ties were a useful complement to ties of language, he said. Meetings of economists and of librarians of Hungarian origin have already taken place in Budapest, as have meetings of Catholic priests and Protestant ministers, and a congress of doctors from 20 countries.- The Hungarian Forum will intensify such contacts in future. The August conference considered collation of statistics on the Hungarian diaspora, aspects of its identity awareness, and the communities and institutions working among it. In August 1985 the Hungarian Forum will be holding a scientific conference of Hungarian specialists in agriculture, Szabó announced. Plans for 1986 include a conference on the role of Hungarians in world scientific and technical advance. Power plant equipment for China A subsidiary company of April 4. Engineering Works, Budapest, is building Sfr 4 million worth of return water treatment equipment for a thermoelectric plant under construction in China's Datong province. The first consignment is to be dispatched early next year, and on-the-spot assembly will be supervised by Hungarian engineers. The Institute for Energy Economy is supplying cooling towers for the Datong plant. Karoly Makk's "Playing for Keeps" a Hungarian-American coproduction starring Maggie Smith, Elke Sommer and Chistopher Plummer has been completed by the Hungarian MAFILM Studio, Budapest.
