Our Fellowship Chairman today was PP Paul and our Sergeant-at-Arms was Rtn David. Our Sergeant-at-Arms managed to collect $1840 between the raffle and fines.

President Thomas announced that the Charity Ball for the Hepatitis B Project will be held on 21^st Oct (Sat) at Regal Airport Hotel; our club will reserve one table.  District Golf Tournament will be held on 10 Nov (Friday) at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen.  The Sandy Bay Charity Fair will be held on 4 Nov (Saturday) to raise fund for the Society for the Relief of Disabled Children.  Finally, the District Vocational Service Seminar will be held on 24^th Oct at Marco Polo HK Hotel. 

The Club 888 lucky draw will have the draw on January. We now have about 36 prizes but we still need more. Hopefully, our members can be of help.  PP Kishore presented a cheque of $13,675.59 from Rotavest to donate to our community service fund.

The speaker of today was Mr. Arun Kumar Goel and Ms. Mamta Goel; their topic was “Travel, Trips and Trade”.  Mr. Goel has given us some tips for travel today.  He said that every country and culture has its own views of what is appropriate behaviour for women, and the reaction to violations of those standards can range from quiet disapproval to criminal charges and punishment.  For example, in Laos it is illegal to invite a Lao citizen of the opposite sex to your hotel room.  And then, Ms. Goel pointed our something travellers need to be careful, firstly make sure your passport is still valid for at least 6 months from your travel date, then she introduced to us the APEC business travel card which can make the trip more convenience.  After that, she remind us don’t carry valuables, have adequate travel insurance, stay alert and be aware of your surroundings, also choose a hotel where security is good.  Lastly, she preferred the traveller to dress conservatively and inconspicuously when travelling.