Over the weekend of May 24-25, members of our Club went to Macau to attend the 65th District Conference. Members who were in attendance included: President David, Past Presidents Grace, Angela, WT, Lily, Mark, and Rotarian Joanna. Members reported having a lot of fun, especially at the Governor Banquet. On May 25, during the Awards lunch ceremony, we witnessed Diana Au Yeung, a long-time service partner of our Club, receiving the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Vocational Service from Governor Nigel, for her work promoting vocational service excellence with our Rotaractors and with the greater community.
On May 23, Past President Dora and Immediate Past President Jason flew to Taipei to attend the Club Anniversary of Rotary Club of Taipei Mingmen. Our members reported being pampered by the generous hospitality of our sister club brothers and sisters.
On May 22, we welcomed Rotaractors from Cambodia to share with us their current community service projects. Rotaractors Bopha Touy and Vanna Bay came with Charter President Maria Hicks OAM and Past President Aviv Palti from Rotary Passport Club of Melbourne, Australia. Past President Aviv is a Rotaract Advisor of the Rotaract Club of Siem Reap, Cambodia, to which the Rotaractors belong. Other Visiting Rotarians included Past President Brendan Kierce from Rotary Club of Brighton, Past President Simon Castley from Rotary Club of Kowloon Golden Mile, Past President Betty Ko from Rotary Club of Hong Kong South, and Past President Leo Yu, from Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East. Past President WT brought a guest, Mr. WT Law, who has extensive experience working in Cambodia.
On May 18, Past President Mark attended the Island Scout Trail Walk 2025 Virtual Run Prize Presentation Ceremony. Past President Mark also had the opportunity to present trophies to cub scouts who have walked over 500km over a 3-month period!
On May 8, our Club met at Regal Hong Kong Hotel for our regular lunch meeting. During the meeting, members shared episodes of crisis management. We all realized that all of us can think on one’s feet effectively and decisively, even in the most twisted circumstances!
On April 26, Past Presidents Grace, Webster and WT participated in District Learning Assembly. Past President Webster had special duty as he, as District Treasurer, had to present the budget for the upcoming Rotary Year.
On April 25, Charter President Ka Man and Rotarian Ka Man visited our Rotary Community Corps at Hang Seng University Patrick SC Poon Amity College. They listened to our RCC members’ presentation and also bid farewell to College Master Professor Thomas Man, who is leaving the College at the end of the school year.
On April 24, our Club invited Maurice Yeung, an acoustician whose research focuses on windows that are acoustically sealing but affordable.
On April 10, our Club met for the 19th time in this Rotary Year. We had a full agenda — lots of reporting from President David on events in the past few weeks. President David also promoted various future events, including District Learning Assembly, District Conference, Anniversary Dinner of Rotary Club of Taipei Mingmen etc. Our speaker was President Nominee Donald Mak of Rotary Club of Hong Kong Northwest. He talked about teaching wing chun, a form of southern Chinese martial art popularized in part by Bruce Lee and Donnie Yen, sub-Saharan countries of Mozambique, Eswatini and Lesotho. His mission was to give hope to Africans by enhancing self-defense, physical, mental, and spiritual development. He also aimed to prepare participants for a globalized future with China as their potential pivot point out of poverty.
On April 1, President David led a strong delegation with Past President MK, Past President WT, Past President Eliza, and Immediate Past President Jason to attend the Club Installation of our sister Club, Rotary Club of Taoyuan Southeast. They were also showered with great hospitality by our sisters. Past Rotary International President Gary Huang was also spotted in attendance.