On December 1, President David kicked off our District Grant project to alleviate the physical and mental stress experienced by street cleaners. The project initiates a series of events and informal talks surrounding physical and mental health, and concludes by providing physical and mental stress relief by way of free remedial sessions to eligible street cleaners in the Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong districts. On occasion, President David offered Chinese medical help to several in need.
On November 30, Past President Mark attended the CPR/AED Project Opening Ceremony on behalf of both Governor Nigel, who was out of town at Rotary Institute, and President David. Our Club is a sponsor of the project, which aims to increase awareness of the importance of CPR/AED knowledge in the community and to encourage members of the community to learn how to practice CPR and use an AED machine. The project was conceived and organized by Rotary Club of Hong Kong Northeast.
On November 29, President David, Charter President Patrick and Past President Kay attended the Club Installation of Interact Club of King’s College, where Interactors reported past activities and plans for future ones.
On November 29, Past President Grace and Rotarian Ka Man attended the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of Ho Fung College, which is home to our Club’s first Interact Club. There, they met two Rotarians: Immediate Past President Tony Leung of Rotary Club of The HUB Hong Kong, a alumnus of Ho Fung, and Past President Alex Lau of Rotary Club of Central, a Board member of Ho Fung College.
On November 27, President David and Past President Webster attended the grand opening of Mrs. Sung’s newest project, a dim sum restaurant that is an offshoot of Holy Cafe. Mrs. Sung and Holy Cafe are our long-time service partner, and we are most glad to witness them grow.
Everyone is Beautiful is a community project providing opportunities for various minority groups to demonstrate their abilities to the public in different ways. This Diversity, Equity and Inclusion project, hosted by Rotary Club of The HUB Hong Kong, has two main goals: (1) to educate the general public on the capabilities of our minority groups so that they know the groups we believe to be “burdens” of our society, have the power to contribute to the society and better our community, and (2) to empower the minority groups in our community, affirming them that they too have the right and the power to serve our community. This year, carnivals booths were hosted by our 9 NGOs’ social workers and members, giving them a chance to serve the public. Also the public was provided with a chance to really “experience” our minorities groups’ abilities. Over the weekend, over 9,000 people were served, educated, and inspired with the motto: “It is ability, not disability, that counts.” Our Club is a sponsor of the event. Past Presidents Lily, Mark and Immediate Past President Jason attended the event.
On November 23, President David and other members witnessed the installation of the new Board of Directors of our Rotaract Club of HKU Lap Chee College International. President David and Charter President Patrick gave speeches to congratulate the new Rotaract President Irina Duan, the new Rotaract board and encourage them to serve above self. We were most pleasantly surprised to see that Sally Oh, previously our Rotaract Club’s president, is now a senior resident tutor of the College and a Rotaract Advisor. Congratulations to President Irina, Sally, and the new Rotaract Board!
On November 23, President David, Past Presidents Eddie, Grace, Samuel, Lily and Mark attended Yuk Chi Resource Centre’s 30th Anniversary Celebrations. We met Past District Governor John Wan, a long-time supporter of Yuk Chi.
On November 20, our Club participated in 4-Clans Meeting, hosted by Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East. Nearly 100 participants attended the meeting, featuring Ms. Bernadette Tsui, who talked about the circle of life as her life was transformed by Rotary, initially through a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship and then friendships with Rotarians. She was invited to the meeting by Charter President Patrick. Vote of Thanks was given by Past President Antonio.
On November 19, President David attended The ONE Gala Dinner together with Past Presidents Grace, WT, Ricky and Mark. Our Club is a sponsor of The ONE Humanitarian Award.