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.
On March 30, Island Scout Trail Walk 2025 was held along Hong Kong Trail. Our Club was a co-organizer of the event. President David officiated the opening ceremony at Chi Fu Podium Gardens at noon, and presented several awards at The Peak in the afternoon on behalf of Governor Nigel.
March 21-23 marked one of the busiest time of the year for our Club. We hosted our 38th Anniversary Dinner on March 22, and received dozens of sister club visitors from Malaysia and Taiwan. On March 21, after picking up our guests from the airport, we had a sumptuous lunch at The Fullerton Hotel. In the evening, we went on a joyous tram ride followed by a fantastic Cantonese dinner. On March 22, some of us went on a boat ride and seafood lunch, while others stayed put and got busy shopping. In the evening, we hosted our Club’s 38th Anniversary Dinner, featuring Past President Ricky and Rotarian Ka Man as MC. We also had the privilege of inducting our newest member, Joanna Lai, with Governor Nigel Lo, Past District Governor Eric Chak (District Membership Committee Chair) and Charter President Patrick in attendance. Her classification is Legal. On March 23, some of us hiked up the south side, and made a detour to the 10-storey mural unveiled by Rotary Club of Hong Kong South back in December. Congratulations to Rotary Club of Hong Kong Harbour, to our newest member Rotarian Joanna, and to all who made time for a full…
On March 10, Charter President Patrick, Past President Grace and Immediate Past President Jason attended Past Presidents Dinner, organized by our District.
On February 27, our Club invited William Shum, a Past President of Rotary Club of Kowloon Tong and founder of Memorigin, the first Hong Kong brand which only produces tourbillon. William gave a condensed version of how he started his business. The regular meeting was also attended by our RCC members, who gave a report of their past activities.
On February 23, our Club celebrated Rotary’s birthday by participating in District Bowling Tournament x Blind Bowling. Honorary Member Vivien was the event’s Guest of Honor, while our Club sent the largest contingent of Rotarians, Rotaractors and Interactors, with 5 bowling lanes total.