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Our
Service Partners:
Right
into the new Rotary year, our District Governor
Johnson, Immediate Past District Governor John
and I were invited to have a get-together with
the DG of Lions, Joseph Ng; the Lions Assistant
Governor Teresa Man, the current and incoming
Presidents of the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
We talked about the Charity Walk, our combined
fund-raising effort last year and the possible
joint effort in the near future. As an initial
step toward a more concrete project, the meeting
served well for maintaining contact and sharing
of concern for membership growth in each of our
organizations. We invited them to participate
in our upcoming Swimming Gala to have their teams
represented in our event.
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Dinner
with family members of the RC of Tsim
Sha Tsui East after the DG's visit.
At the back: Secretary Gary
Purswani, P.P. Prakash Kripalani,
President Michael Yuen.
Front
row: VP Ishwar Daswani, Mrs Daswani,
DGE Gloria & Mrs Kripalani.
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Display
of Originality and Dedication to Service:
In
the past couple of weeks, accompanying District
Governor Johnson to various official Club Visits
and attending the Forum on Economic Synergy in
Hong Kong, as well as the Rotary Foundation Seminar
and the joint dinner for the DG visit, I witnessed
the surge of energy and originality displayed
by the teamwork among the Clubs of New Territories,
Shatin, Tsuen Wan, Kwei Chung, Tolo Harbour, Channel
Islands, Tai Po, and HK Sunrise.
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Chatting
happily among Presidents at the break
of the Rotary Foundation Seminar:
left, IPP Cinderella, DGE Gloria
& President Grace.
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Fragments
of observation and reports from the board of the
clubs vividly stand out in my memory: the continuous
100% attendance in RC of HK Sunrise since the
beginning of the Rotary year is most notable and
a fine example for us all; the attitude to serve
in a hands- on manner by the RC of Causeway Bay;
the congenial and warm atmosphere among members
as well as their family members, the on-going
project to help villagers to maitain higher living
standard and life-style by providing and breeding
of sheep by RC of Tsim Sha Tsui East; the confidence
and generous outlook on membership growth of RC
of Kowloon; the committed effort of the Club to
their signature project of Gift of Life by RC
of HK Bayview; the exciting original project that
is also a plus for the Rotary image (to take place
soon and it is better to be "unveiled" by them)
by RC of the Peak; the relaxed and friendly atmosphere
of RC of Pennisula Sunrise; the well established,
well-woven club service of RC of Island West;
and the good work on youth-looking after their
Interact Clubs by RC of Kingspark.
Pointing
towards a direction......
So
far of all the clubs we have visited, more than
80% of the clubs have been and continue to do
at least one project in China. Capital spent so
far has been large and targets are diverse. During
our District Delegation visit to China in June,
the Ministry of Civic Affairs indicated that with
our resources, it would be a lot more helpful
for them if we can combine our district resource
to help them on some urgently needed effort to
immunize and educate people on certain disease,
namely, Hepititis B. It does make sense to have
combined resources toward a focussed target to
make it cost-effective. If this kicks off well,
it will be most beneficial for the Rotary image
to have a signature district project.
from
Governor
Elect,
Gloria Chan.
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