Last week's Proceedings -

20th December, 2006

Pres. Paul opened the meeting with Christmas greetings. To be sure he also extended a Happy New Years greeting for safety sakes in case some of our members doesn’t show up next Wednesday. Don’t worry President, at least most of us will show up to support you.

Then Pres. Paul asked PP Rudy to introduce his guests. PP Rudy introduced his two Mentees They are Toby and Tin Fung who are students at Shue Yen college soon to be upgraded to University. We welcome them both.

Next Pres. Paul made some announcements:

  1. Rotary RainLily Project

    Objectives
    Educate awareness on sexual violence issues.

    Enhance awareness for Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women (ACSVAW) services and Rotary.

    Raise funds to promote awareness for ACSVAW through a series of public relations activities.

    Detailed Program

    Part One : Fundraising concert for Rotary RainLily Project – From Opera to Musical

    Co-organizer : The Opera Society of Hong Kong

    Date : Thursday 25th January 2007 at 8:00 pm

    Venue : St. John’s Cathedral, Garden Road, Central

    Part Two : Educate school students on the sexual violence issues by ACSVAW

    Date : October 2006 - April 2007

    Venue : Primary and secondary schools in New Territories West area

    Part Three : “Sexual Violence Awareness” promotion product design competition by students

    Date : January 2007 - March 2007

    Part Four : Rotary RainLily Family Dat (Parent-child games day)

    Date : Saturday 21st April 2007

    Venue : School

    Part Five : Rotary RainLily Project closing ceremony

    Date : May 2007

    Venue : Shopping mail

    For enquiry, please contact :

    Ms. Joyce Mak

    Rotary Club of Kingspark Hong Kong’

    Mobile : +852 9401 7665

    Mr. Fergus Fung

    Rotary Club of City Northwest Hong Kong

    Mobile : +852 9186 2106

    Email : Rotary Rainlily@gamil.com

    Website : http://www.rotary 3450.org/cnwhk/kingspark-hk/rainlily.htm

  2. Standard Chartered, together with Chi Heng Foundation, present to you the 2007 Living with HIV Charity Drawing Competition, to raise funds for children orphaned by AIDS in China tightly following our Hope in Books campaign. Aim : To raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and to show love and concern to children orphaned by AIDS in China

    Topics : Choose 1 our of 5 topics, all concerned with HIV/AIDS
    1. A Beautiful Blessing
    2. The World is Beautiful
    3. Under the Same Sky
    4. Hope for Tomorrow
    5. With Love

    Guidelines :
    1. Any coloring materials can be used : pastels, water colors, sign-pens, felt-tip pens etc.
    2. Paintings should be made on paper sized 38 cm x 29 cm
    3. Stick the entry form at the back of the painting
    4. Invite donations form families and friends in support of this imitative and fill in the donation form
    5. Bank in all donations to the Standard Chartered account 368-1-095700-7 (Chi Heng Foundation Limited). Alternatively, write a cheque title to “Chi Heng Foundation Limited”.
    6. Submit the (1) donation form, (2) donation receipt or cheque and (3) the painting to : Chi Heng Foundation, Flat B, 11/F., Winbase Centre, 208 queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong

    Categories :
    • Senior : Age 12 or above
    • Intermediate : Age 7-11
    • Junior : Age 6 or below

    With Prizes

    Submission Address :

    Chi Heng Foundation, flat B, 11./F., Winbase Centre, 208 Queen’s Road, central, Hong Kong

    Entry Deadline : 5th January 2007 (Friday)

    Results Announcement Date : 31st Jan 2007.

    For queries please contact :

    Chi Heng Foundation

    Tel : 25170584

    Fax 2517 0594

Reminder
  1. Visit of The Rotary Foundation Trustee Carolyn Jones. Thanksgiving Dinner will be held on 9th January 2007 at World Trade Centre Club 38/F., World Trade Centre, 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

  2. District Membership Development Event-Joint Club Meeting on 5th January 2007 Date: 5 Januray 2007 Venue: Renaissance Harbour View Hotel Time: 18:30-21:30 Fee: HK$350.-

    Please "REGISTER" now! Bring along all your members and potential members with you to enjoy a "District 3450 Joint Club Meeting" with an excellent speaker Dr. Sarah Liao on real environment problems in Hong Kong. Of course we cannot miss our PDG Raymond who will present us with some Rotary information that evening! You can "INDUCT" your new members that evening together with others DG Tony will present "a souvenir" for all new members this Rotary year.

  3. Rotary Internal District 3450 District Outing to Hong Kong Wetland Park to be held on 21 Jan 2007. (Sunday) Assembly Place : Ideal Hotel, Kowloon Tong, Assembly time : 8:30 am Fee : $138/person Age from 0-3 free of charge

    Host Club : Rotary Club of Tsuen Wan, Rotary Club of Hong Kong Harbour, Rotary Club of Metropolitan Hong Kong
    Tour Organized by FAT TAT HONG

    Co-ordinator : CP Tang Kam Tim (Tel : 92308030, 22197333)

Next SAA PP Rudy reported a handsome collection totaling $1,700 from many of our members.

Then Pres. Paul invited PE Laurence to give his talk on his new job. He started by saying he has been in IT field for over 30 years, the first 22 years was in Telecom and about 12 years in banking. Now he has changed again to Manufacturing. How can he make such changes? He believes that because they are all management job which makes it easy for him to change. But however it is a drastic change because of the differences in management styles between Hong Kong and China. The opportunity came when he was offered a three months contract to manage the factory in Dong Guong and office in Hong Kong.

This factory manufactures home safety devises such as smoke, fire, gas or carbon monoxide detectors. In the past no one paid much attention to such a small manufacturing business of 20 workers in 1980’s. But recent changes in safety standards the world over in many European countries that have made it compulsory to install such safety devices in offices and homes. This on top of the factory’s ISO 9001 standards plus 11 world certifications guarantees a good product. New regulations in France recently requires one smoke detector per 500 square feet of area. For an average premise of 1000 square feet would require at least two or more such devices depending on how extensive a protection you require. Right now they have two factories with over 1,200 workers with the monthly production of 1 million units. The factory output are distributed 70% to Europe, 9% to USA and Asia, and 20% to Australia and New Zealand. Right now the factory is in two manual assembly lines but he foresee that the next trend will be automation. This he believes is why he was hired.

Finally, to summarize he believes that you need two things, commitment and competence. How can you make these 1000 people to work together. That is the challenge of his job.

He concluded his talk by answering many interesting questions. He promised to arrange a factory visit in the very near future.

Pres. Paul thanked PE Laurence for a very interesting talk. He then closed the meeting with a toast to RI coupled with the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East.


Rotary Information

Rotary Family Month

Rotary Family Month marks the end of this calendar year in which we observe for our family including Interactors, Rotaractors, Group Study Exchange students and our sister clubs. Just a recap of the months designated by Rotary International as follows:

January Rotary Awareness Month
February World Understanding Month
March Literacy Month
April Magazine Month
June Rotary Fellowship Month
August Membership Extension Month
September New Generations Month
October Vocational Service Month
November Rotary Foundation Month
December Rotary Family Month

It does not mean that Rotarians do nothing except during the designated months. It only reminds us to specially observe the month in question what we haven’t initiated or completed. Rotary ideal should always be in our mind and try to enhance the image of Rotary and set a good example as well. We should be proud to wear our Rotary pin everyday.

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RI Directorship

While RI Zone 4-B is having its election of RI director for 2008-2010 from the following districts, viz., 3450, 3460, 3470, 3480, 3490, 3500, 3510 and 3520 which is to be held in January 2007, the RI board released the news of a RI director, Mr. Milton O. Jones resigning from the board due to health reasons, with effect from 15th October 2006.

The newly named RI director, Barry Rassin is replacing Mr. Milton Jones according to the RI Board decision.

Rassin, CEO and chair of Doctors Hospital Health System in the Bahamas, has been a Rotarian since 1980. He has served RI as a district governor, district trainer, committee chair, RI president’s representative, training leader and zone coordinator. Rassin also has been a representative to the Council on Legislation and an International Assembly Leaders’ Seminar trainer. He is a recipient of the RI Service Above Self Award and is a Major Donor and Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation.

Rassin is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, director and past chair of Project Read Bahamas, director and past chair of the Bahamas Quality Council, and honorary president of the Star of the Bahamas Charity Guide.



A SPECIAL REMINDER FOR ALL YOU GOLFERS

Our PDG Uncle Peter Golf Tournament has been rescheduled to
January 16th, 2006
Tee off Time Around 9:00am
The Hong Kong Golf Club
Fanling

If you wish to join please send your signup sheet to PP David Li.

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Electronic Make-up Questions

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Please copy these questions click the following URL John Kwok and paste it to the email and answer these questions and then click send

Jokes

A beautiful young woman, on an international flight, asked the priest beside her, "Father, may I ask a favour?"

"Of course you may. What can I do for you?"

"Well, I bought this expensive electronic hair dryer that is well over the Customs limits and I'm afraid that they'll confiscate it from me. Is there anyway that you could carry it through Customs for me?  Under your robes perhaps?"

"I would love to help you, dear, but I must warn you I will not lie."

"With your honest face, Father, no one will question you."

When they got to Customs, the young lady let the priest go ahead of her. The Customs Officer asked, "Father, do you have anything to declare?"

"From the top of my head down to my waist, I have nothing to declare."

The Officer thought this answer strange, so he asked, "And what do you have to declare from your waist to the floor?"

"I have a marvelous little instrument designed to be used on a woman, but which is, to date, unused."

Roaring with laughter, the Officer said, "God bless you, Father, go ahead."


Photographs of our meeting
on

20th December, 2006

Our guest speaker today was our own PE Laurence who spoke to us on his new career running a factory in Don Guang making fire and smoke detector alarms.

(L to R) PDG Uncle Peter, PE Laurence, Hon Sec. Andy, Pres. Paul all decked out with their Santa's helpers cap.

(L to R) Hon Sec Andy, Rtn Herman Lam, Dir Jason.

Auctioneer Kishu raising some cash from auctioning a bottle of something?

(L to R) PP's Tim, Rtn Charles, PP's John IV, Stephen, Hubert, George and Rtn Kenny.

(L to R) Rtn. Eric, PP Eddy, Rtn. Dr. Tony and the two mentees of PP Rudy.

The group photo of our meeting with all of Santa's helpers, with PDG Uncle Peter, our guest speaker and Pres. Paul on the 20th December, 2006.



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