Rotary Club of Hong Kong South Meeting Report

President Bob welcomed Rotarians and Rotariannes to our regular meeting.

Fellowship Chairman Thomas introduced:

PP Ko Ying, Club of HK North West;
Rtn. M Gidumal, Club of Kowloon; and
Mr. Bruno Mediati, Guest of Rtn. Kishore.

The following announcements were made:

PP Mike Venable's wife, Suzanne, passed away on 10 September. Funeral to be held in Somerset, UK, on 15 September 2000. Club HK South would send flowers on behalf of the members.

Club 888: 39 tickets are sold so far. Rotarians are encouraged to sell as many tickets as possible.

4 Club members attended the Rotary Foundation Seminar on 9th September 2000. The seminar was informative. The Club encourages more support on Paul Harris Foundation. Further information on the Foundation would be provided in the coming months.

Sergeant-at-Arms PE Kishore announced that fines and contributions totaled HK$420, the raffle raised HK$770, making total of HK$ 1,190.

Speaker: Mrs. Anita Chan - The Cheshire Home - Chung Hom Kok

Mrs. Anita Chan previously visited our Club to speak on The Cheshire Home in 9 September 1999. The Club welcomed Mrs. Chan to visit our Club again to update Club members on the latest development about the Cheshire Home.

The Cheshire Home at Chung Hom Kok is a place for taking care of people with disabilities who have no home of their own. The Cheshire Home was funded by various charity organisations including Hong Kong Jockey Club and Hospital Authority. In 1991, The Cheshire Home received more funding from the Hospital Authority to provide medical rehabilitation services and long term care to its residents. Today, The Cheshire Home at Chung Hom Kok has a total floor area of about 8,705 square metres and accommodates about 90 residents.

The mission of The Cheshire Home is to provide holistic care to people with disabilities in a multi-disciplinary approach. The Cheshire Home maintains a home-like environment where care and support are provided to restore the residents' health and ability to the maximum and whenever possible to prevent the premature deterioration of their health.

Scope of services include:

Administration & Finance
Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy
Medical Social Service

Besides the above services, staff members of the Home also arrange other activities for the residents, such as festival celebrations, outings, shopping, movie shows and karaoke contests.

The Cheshire Home also organises meaningful activities for the residents to participate. This year, the Home started volunteer training program for residents so that they learn how to give and take:

Production of cards for Tung Wah Hospital: this program helps the residents to find themselves useful. The residents transfer their skills on making cards to children at carnivals.
Performing at Arts Festival representing the disabilities.
Outings sponsored by St. Anne's Church.

Amongst the support of various organisations, Rotary Club also donated a van to the Cheshire Home, of which the van greatly helps the residents getting around different places. A ramp is also currently being built now and will be completed in October 2000. Rotarians are welcome to organise a barbecue visit to view and celebrate the vast development at the Cheshire Home.

The following developments are in need of public contribution and support:

Landscaping for rooftop gardens for gardening and more open space for residents
Backyard improvements for laundry services
Improvements on storerooms
Additional basic facilities such as racks/stands for TV sets
Construction of open area for resting and meetings

PP George thanked our speaker in his usual gracious manner.

Everyone was invited to drink the customary toast to the Rotary International and with that the meeting ended.