President Peter presented a Four Avenues of Service Citation for Individual Rotarians to Rtn David Anderson. The award provides a means for Rotary Clubs to personally recognize one member of the club for outstanding achievements in the Four Avenues of Service. Rtn David reported that the Leprosy Project Committee was still working at obtaining the license for the clinic.

President Peter, VP Tobias, PP Raymond and PP Paul attended the Annual Convention in Osaka. There were 14,000 people attending opening ceremony in the Osaka Dome. During the dinner of District 3450, conference and house of friendship, President Peter and members met with our sister club, Yokohama Midori Rotary Club. They showed interests in our Leprosy Project and might give us some support. Also, they went to the Universal Studio, playing golf and wandering around Dotonbori at night to explore Osaka. Next year, the annual convention will be held in Chicago, USA from 18th to 22nd June 2005.

Our speaker today was PP Bob Wilson, and his topic was "Health, Ageing and Nutrition". He spoke about the importance of nutrition and exercise in maintaining health and extending life span. Examples were given of the ways in which foods have had their nutritional value substantially reduced by the ways in which they are grown, harvested and transported. Nutritional deficiency is common among older people and this causes not only physical ill health, but mental problems, such as depression. The importance of taking appropriate nutritional supplements to insure against the risk of not consuming adequate vitamins and minerals was stressed and an example given of the dramatic improvement in health of a 79 year old relative of PP Bob's after she began taking supplements.

Adequate exercise is also essential for maintaining health and reducing the risk of developing degenerative diseases. Mental health also benefits from exercise and mental illnesses, such as depression, can be averted. Mention was made of the report recently released by the Chief Medical Officer in the UK, concluding that an absolute minimum of 30 minutes a day of moderate exercise is required by adults on at least five days a week.

Last but not least, the Rotary Club of Hong Kong is planning to build a hospital near Nanning, China as its centennial project. Our club is invited support this project by donating HK$10,000 and we can name a room in the building.