Last week's Proceedings -

Pres. Laurence chaired the luncheon meeting starting at 1.18 p.m. and thanked the active participation of our members to attend our Annual General Meeting today.
Hon. Secretary Norman was asked to introduce the visiting Rotarians, DAG Wendy Mung from the Rotary Club of Peninsula and PP Pedro Ching from the Rotary Club of Hong Kong City North. They all received a warm welcome by a big round of applause from our members.

Pres. Laurence made the following announcements:

The District Sports Day was held on last Sunday the 9^th December 2007 at the Kowloon Tsai Sports Ground. AG Eddy, President Laurence and his wife Jennie have attended (see photos) as our Club was one of the sponsors.

A Brazilian delegation with representative from their Foundation of Rotarians from Sao Paulo has been visiting Hong Kong and like to meet with us at the Renaissance Kowloon Hotel in Tsimshatsui, members who have interests in Brazil and/or like to meet with Rotarians in that area can join Pres. Laurence, Hon. Sec. Norman and Director Heman for the short meeting at 6.30pm in the evening of today. DGN Ada Cheng will accompany us to meet with them too.

We were invited by the Choi Jun School Principal to attend their inauguration ceremony of the School Teachers and Students Parent Association at their school on Sunday 23^rd December 2007. Members are kindly advised to join the ceremony to see the students whom we have sponsored their swimming class lessons for a year to boost their health and self-esteem.

SAA Heman then made his SAA report of the Red box collection amounting to HK$2,200.

ANNUAL MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

Pres. Laurence called the annual meeting to order and the meeting was attended by 22 members. They were in alphabetical order:

PP Henry Chan, Pres. Laurence Chan, PP Andrew Chen, PDG YK Cheng, Dir. Eric Chin, PDG Peter Hall, PP John Kwok, Dir. Heman Lam, Hon. Treasurer Rudy Law, Sec. Norman Lee, PP David Li, Rtn. Alex Ling, PP Stephen Liu, Rtn. Tony Loy, PP Tim Lui, Rtn. Kishu Narain, PP Tajwar Shadikhan, PE Andy Wong, AG Eddy Wong, Rtn. John Yao, Rtn. Nancy Yee and Rtn. Peter Yeung.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA OF ANNUAL MEETING AND THE MINUTES OF LAST ANNUAL MEETING
For the last Annual Meeting minutes, PP Henry Chan proposed to adopt the minutes and was seconded by PP John Kwok. Then Pres. Laurence Chan proposed to adopt the AGM agenda. It was seconded by PP Andrew Chen and passed without amendment.

ELECTION:
PP Andrew Chen was invited to chair the election, with PP Tim Lui & PP David Li assisting him to do the voting counts. The election was conducted in an efficient manner, started on 1:33 pm and ended by 1:43 pm.
The election results were as follows:-

The six directors elected for 2008 2009

PP Andrew Chen announced the President Elect 2007 – 2008 Andy Wong should be automatically the President for 2008 – 2009 without voting since he is a President-Elect.

Incoming President Andy made a short remark and promised to serve the club to the best of his ability with the assistance of his new board of directors.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Pres. Laurence reminded members there will be no meeting on 26th December 2007 due to Christmas Boxing Day holiday and proposed to cancel the meeting on 6th February 2008 due to Lunar New Year Eve. All attending members welcomed the proposition.

Meeting adjoined at 1:55 and Pres. Laurence Chan proposed a toast to RI, coupled with the Rotary Clubs of Peninsula and Hong Kong City North. The new board members of 2008 – 2009 were invited for a group photos following by another one with all participating members and visiting Rotarians.

December is Family Month

Stepping into the first day of December this year, our President Laurence Chan had organized a fireside meeting with members and their families at his residence at Fairview Park, Yuen Long, N.T. in response to Family Month. As reported earlier, 'basin food' was one of the main tradition foods hosted by President Laurence with lot of alcohol and soft drinks.

Apart from the fireside gathering as mentioned above, Past President George Leung also organized a mini golf tournament in Chung Shan Golf Club in Zhuhai, China on 7th December 2007 when all the golfing members enjoyed a fine day of golf. We all ended up at a most luxurious restaurant which served palatable Cantonese food for dinner. This was a good treat to all the golfers by PP George. Thank you, George!

In order to fully utilize the Family Month, we are having our Christmas party on the 19th (Wednesday) December 2007 during our regular lunch meeting. Members and their family members, especially the young ones, must attend the function and to greet each other for a joyful Yuletide and watch for Santa Claus arrival with his heavy bag. Christmas menu has been arranged from the hotel.

Besides all the enjoyments, we do not forget to serve the community, either locally or abroad. We have water project and also educational project in China. Joint project with our sister club had just been lined up. A comprehensive list of projects for this Rotary year will announce in the coming issues of the Tung Feng Bulletin.

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Club News

Zone Institute

The Kuala Lumpur Rotary Institute had just completed in K.L. Malaysia. Our district 3450 was well represented in the Institute. PDG Y K Cheng was appointed to train the incoming district governors of the Zone. He had this appointment for many terms. We are proud of him to serve in such a capacity.

Our next Zone Institute will be held in Taipei, from 17th to 19th October 2008. Incoming RI director Jackson Hsieh will be our convener. Members are urged to attend the Zone Institute, especially the new members. Registration forms will be available soon.

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A Touching Message from our ex-member:
From: David Waring [mailto:david@waring.net]
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 7:53 AM
To: 'Peter Hall'; geeon@netvigator.com
Subject: Rotary and polio

Dear PDG Peter and PP John,

I have a smile that encircles my head several times.

At my District conference in April, Gate's Sr was our key note speaker (that was arranged in April 2006). I had also invited RIP Bill Boyd to attend and meet with Gates. Due to the Council on Legislation preparation meetings that same weekend, Boyd could not attend so he had Giay, then Pres of TRF, attend. Giay gave the key note address on Thursday night with Gates in the audience. I arranged for the two of them to have a private breakfast in Giay's suite Friday morning, April 20, which lasted over two hours. Not sure exactly what they talked about (now I know). Friday noon Gates gave the key note presentation with Giay in the audience.
After Gates' presentation, I gave to each of them a framed mint sheet of 1957 US stamps, "Honoring those who helped fight polio. Little did I realize at the time how understated that would be.

Giay, Boyd and the others made the Gates donation happen.

But I am smiling, knowing I helped.

It was during my years with HKIE that I was converted from a person who attends Rotary meetings to become a Rotarian. I especially thank both of you as well as the other HKIE members. Again. Rotary indeed changes lives. I know, because it changed mine!

Please give my holiday greetings to all.

Thanks again.
YIRS,