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end of July saw the lingering joyous and exciting
mood from various Clubs having had their own change-overs
of Club officers.... so the Rotary movement gets
carried on, from year to year, with new energy and
ideas to serve Mankind. |
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| Governor's
Offical Visits |
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District Governor's official visits to the Clubs
began in the middle of the month. As an intergrel
part of his delegation, I tried to capture as many
visits as possible. These are opportunities for
me to learn about each Club's sub-culture and to
get to know the Rotarians in the Club. |
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| First
Lady of Mongolia and DGE
Gloria Chan, an unexpected
encounter at the invitation
of the office of President
of Mongolia. |
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Some
voluntary dentists from District
3450 and District 3480 serviced
almost 200 patients in five
days.
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| DGE
Gloria Chan and Community
Service Director, Rtn. Batbold,
on a horse-drawn carriage
in front of a Ger. |
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| Visit
to Rotary Club of Beijing (Provisional) |
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route to visit the Rotary Club of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia,
we stopped by Beijing for two days. Meeting with
our Rotary International Vice-President Gary Huang,
we all had a pleasant evening with members of the
Provisional Club in Beijing. They have already been
serving the community in a number of projects. The
more notable one was to take charge of flying babies
with heart defects to the US for the most advanced
and complicated surgeries. The evening ended with
better acquaintance among members from Hong Kong,
Taipei, and members from Germany, Denmark, UK, and
Italy. An experienced and renowned journalist, Wen
Huang from RI came along with RI VP Gary for media
purposes. |
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| Visit
to Rotary Club of Ulaanbaatar |
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was a grand occasion at the Rotary Club of Ulaanbaatar
for our DG's visit. It was not only well attended
by their own members and potential members, but
also Clubs from all regions that made Matching Grants
in projects with Ulaanbaatar-from Japan, Singapore,
etc. The evening was well-balanced by speeches and
some very fine musicians playing traditional Mongolian
instruments accompanied by skilful singing and dancing.
The team of dentists (past presidents from RC of
Taipei) and some nurses were warmly welcomed. They
planned to serve over 100 patients during their
five days' service there. Eventually it ended up
with nearly 200 patients. That was a great experience
to witness "Service above Self". |
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Invitation
to the Mayor's Office
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| Most
of the delegation from Hong Kong left with DG Johnson
after the Board Meeting with RC of Ulaanbaatar.
Then came the unexpected invitation to visit the
Ulaanbaatar Mayor's office. The service done by
District 3450 was recognised. I discussed the special
and more urgent needs in the city with the Vice
Mayor. Apparently school premises are more urgently
needed, followed closely by the lack of skills for
school leavers to face employment requirements. |
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| Invitation
to the President's Office |
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afternoon, another unexpected invitation came from
the Office of the President of Mongolia. The RI
Vice-President, Gary and I were received by the
First Lady of Mongolia, along with the President's
Advisor and the President's son. The project of
setting up of computers in 30 schools, funded by
RC of Kowloon North, with a Matching Grant from
a Club from Malaysia, and the Dental Care community
work were highly praised by the First Lady, A. Oyunbileg,
who founded the " For Human Good" Foundation that
implement projects to help children's health, youth's
job opportunities and education. She understands
our Rotary service, as she practically "speaks"
Our language of Service. |
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| DGE
Gloria Chan warmly received
by current and future leaders
of RC of Ulaanbaatar, President
Gombo (left) and President
Elect Zaanhuu (right). |
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| DGE
Gloria Chan visited a child
with a mysterious illness
which immobilized the lower
part of his body. |
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| Interaction
and Concerted Efforts |
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was definitely a worthwhile visit in that the bonding
between Mongolia and Hong Kong was further strengthened.
In those few days' time, through interacting with
the Ulaanbaatar Rotarians and visiting patients
in government housing estates, I got a much better
picture of how they live, where the difficulties
are and the strength and influence on their communities
of the RC of Ulaanbaatar. |
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By
Gloria Chan
Governor Elect. |
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