President
Peter left for Japan to attend the Rotary International Convention in Osaka.
PE Angela was acting-President tonight.
Our Fellowship Chairman was VP Tobias, Sergeant-at-arms was Thomas, who
collected total HK$720 for raffles and fines.
Also, tonight the Paul Harris Fellows Certificate was presented to Rtn
Stephen First for his contribution.
Please
note that the Board Meeting will be held on 3rd June 04 at 2:00pm
after our regular lunch meeting. Rtn Thomas invited our Honorary member Emily Ting and Mrs.
First to draw the Club 888 lucky numbers. The
First Prize winner of this month went to Mr. Ken Geissler, winning 6 bottles of
champagne. The list of the winners will be posted on our web site later.
Our
speaker today was Ms Icy Kwok, who has been living in HK for a long time.
She wrote a book entitled “Routes to Roots – Settling in HK” to
help new comer to settle in HK. She
pointed out that the HK movies are so popular around the world and as a result
some foreigners think all of the houses in HK have perfect sea views, big
balconies and big gardens. However,
these are not true. Only 5% of
private building at the Mid-levels has perfect sea views, and it is rare to find
a garden in HK.
Some
new comer thinks that HK is a part of China and most of the HK people speak
Mandarin. Hence they learn Mandarin before coming to Hong Kong.
But most HK people only speak Cantonese although after 1997, more and
more HK people learn Mandarin. On
the other hand, HK had been a British colony for a long time; so many foreigners
think the English of HK people will automatically be good.
But the English level of most people has dropped below average. All these surprise has made HK not as exciting as depicted in
the movie.
Luckily a
consolation is that when living in HK and regardless the size of your flat, you
can easily employ a maid to live-in and work for you.
Aside from being a real estate agent, she sees her role in assisting new
comer to adapt, understanding and appreciate of HK.
