Our Fellowship Chairman today was PP Paul and our Sergeant-at-Arms was Rtn David. Our Sergeant-at-Arms managed to collect $1,010 between the raffle and fines.

President Tobias announced that Rotary Open Week is held from 7th - 11th November, and welcome everyone to visit Rotary Information Centre. Our District will have a Tennis Tournament on 27th Nov and 11th Dec, which are opened to all Rotarians. The Inter-city meeting organized by Area 3 will be held on 5th Dec at Ritz Carlton Hotel. President Tobias proposed Rtn Stephane to be our Vice President and supported by members.

In addition, we will have St. Stephen Fete on 3rd Dec at St. Stephens College at Stanley and will need help from members. The Christmas Party will be held on 15th Dec at Aberdeen Boat Club and the sign up sheet is ready for members to sign.

The speaker of today was Mr. Phil Smyth and his topic was "Trials and Tribulations of Testing Terracotta - How to Spot a Genuine Antique". Mr. Smyth was a banker, and he is now using scientific ways to look at the antique. He told us to spot a fake by experience and by science method which included the carbon dating, TL test, CT scanning, pigment test and surface examination. The fake terracotta could be using old clay found at excavation, such as the marriage pieces shown as an example, or inserting genuine fragment into new pieces, while some certificates could be fake. To spot a fake one, you could use CT scan to scan the texture of the terracotta to confirm whether it would be consistent from inside to outside. So, nowadays we could not only rely on experience to spot the fake, we had a lot of scientific method to prove it. Mr. Smyth had given us a lot of information and for the limited of time, he answered our questions right after the meeting.