Our Fellowship Chairman today was PP George and our Sergeant-at-Arms was PP Paul. Our Sergeant-at-Arms managed to collect $785 between the raffle and fines.

President Tobias was not in town, so PP Peter was the acting President of today. He announced that the District Conference would be held on 22-23rd of April 2006 at Regal Airport Hotel. The RI Convention, in addition, would be held on 11-14th of June 2006 at Copenhagen and Malmo. Further, the District Cantonese Opera Songs would be held on 5 February at Hong Kong Cultural Centre to raise the fund to Hepatitis B prevention work.

Meanwhile, the raffle prize of today was a ticket of Red Priest. Our Club is organizing the District Sports Day, and the event will be held on 19th February. We need the help of all Rotarian to be present in order to support the event, volunteers for sports day marshal, and sponsorship of cash or different items.

The speaker of today was Mrs. Nancy Leung and her topic was "Situation and social service provision for the working women in an irregular trade". Nancy said sex workers have more than 3000 years of history in China, now we have around 20,000 sex workers in Hong Kong (including indirect and direct sex worker). A research done by CUHK that about 50% street walkers work for 7 days a week and about 1/3 of streetwalkers work 19 hours a day. This indicates that they are working hard for earning more money. While most of the sex workers are looking for inclusion by the community and a sense of belonging, they need help from others. To help the sex workers in HK, 'Action for REACH Out' was established in 1993. It has offered service such as Drop in Centre, outreach to workplaces, telephone hotline, accompanying service, counselling, referral, visits, life skill training, and research and public education. To continue their meaningful service, they need the help from the community to support its organization such as donation and any other resources.