On September 25, our Honorary Member Vivien Lau visited our Club and gave a presentation on Paralympics and parabowling. Many members joined the dinner meeting to listen to the sharing by Vivien, who is arguably the “mother” of athlete support in Hong Kong.
On September 20, Past President Angela and Rotarian (and DEI Chair) Joanna attended District Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Seminar. We are happy to announce that Rotarian Joanna came in 4th during the quiz session!
On September 18, our Club had a fellowship outing at Hong Kong City Hall — not an ordinary outing but a chance to see our Charter President Patrick perform on stage! The occasion was a fundraising concert for Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, where we sponsor a Rotary Community Corps.
On September 13, several Club members visited our long-term service partner, Yuk Chi Resource Centre. On occasion, we gifted boxes of mooncakes for the Centre staff to share with carers. The mooncakes were sourced from Holy Cafe, another one of our long-term service partners.
On September 11, our Club hosted the first Club Assembly of Rotary Year 2025-26. During the dinner meeting, we also took the opportunity to celebrate birthday boys and girls around this time of the year.
On July 7, members including Past Presidents Grace, WT and Lily celebrated the new Rotary Year by joining Joint Interact high tea, hosted by Interact Club of St. Clare’s Girls’ School. Five other schools also participated: King’s College, Ying Wa College, Queen’s College, Ying Wa Girls’ School, and St. Paul’s Secondary School.
On July 5, Past President Webster attended Rotaract Leadership Training, and gave a presentation on financial governance and accountability. Past President Webster also met with Governor Cassy.
On July 3, Charter President Patrick led a large entourage comprising of Past Presidents Eddie, Grace, Angela, WT, Dora, Ricky, Lily and Jason to attend the 10th Anniversary and Club Installation of Rotary E-Club of Lantau.
On June 26, our Club hosted the final meeting of the Rotary Year. The highlight of the evening meeting was a presentation by Yukio Chidori, a lecturer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and an expert/scholar in shakuhachi, an end-blown flute music instrument. Over a dozen friends and family joined the meeting, including three current Club Presidents: President Patricia Or, of Rotary Club of Neoteric Hong Kong, President Anny Yip of Rotary Club of Happy Valley, and President Ariel Lai of Rotary Club of Hong Kong Northeast.
On June 14, Past Presidents Grace, Dora and Eliza spent an entire morning providing sanitation services to grassroot elderly homes.