The first regular Club meeting of the new Rotary Year was held on July 13, at Regal Hongkong Hotel. Our speaker, Amy Chan, founder of Child Development Matching Fund and Child Development Initiative Alliance, was no stranger to many of our members. She is also our Club’s nominee for THE ONE Hong Kong 2023.
District Installation was held on July 8, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Presidential Collar was ceremoniously passed on by Immediate Past President Eliza to President Jason.
On July 4, President Jason, Past President Grace and President Elect David attended the Joint-School Interact Club Afternoon Tea 2023, held at St. Clare’s Girls’ School. The event was co-organized by our Interact Club of St. Clare’s Girls’ School and a few other Interact Clubs in Hong Kong, including our Interact Club of King’s College.
The 12th Board Meeting of Rotary Year 2022-23 was held at Holy Cafe, our long-term service partner, on June 19. Mrs Maria Sung, proprietor and community volunteer extraordinaire of Holy Cafe, crafted a fantastic menu for Board members in attendance. Past Presidents Ricky and Mark also joined as observers.
Various members, including Past Presidents Grace, Ricky and Mark, Immediate Past President Sam, President Elect Jason and Sara attended our sister Club Rotary Club of Pudu’s 57th Club Installation in Kuala Lumpur. President Elect Jason represented President Eliza as head of our visiting delegation. Past President Ricky also had the privilege of having the entire venue of 100 tables singing happy birthday to him.
Our Club installation was successfully held on the evening of June 7; it was also the first Club Installation of our District. It was great to see many members: long time members and new faces. We congratulate President Jason Ling and his new Board of Directors for taking up the challenge of steering our Club to greater heights in the coming Rotary Year. We also thank Outgoing President Eliza for her leadership in Rotary Year 2022-23 and for taking our Preserve Planet Earth and Peace efforts to new heights!
The 63rd District Conference was held on May 20-21, 2023, at Regala Skycity Hotel. Many of our members attended: President Eliza, Past District Governor Belinda, Past Presidents WT, Angela, Dora, Ricky, Lily and Mark, and Rotarian Ka Man. Past District Governor Belinda chaired the Foundation sessions, while President Eliza managed the Preserve Planet Earth breakout. Past President Lily was on hand at the leaders’ lunch on the first day, while Past President Angela led group discussions during a Diversity Equity and Inclusion breakout. Past President Dora was in the Conference Organizing Committee, managing the conference floor and banquet. President Eliza also reported that she was part of the welcoming party that received our Mongolian Rotarians at the airport the day before the Conference.
On May 17, 4-clans joint dinner meeting was hosted by our mother Club, Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East, with a total of 13 Clubs and more than 100 family members in attendance. It was a very smooth and successful joyful evening! Thanks to the hard work of President Rico Fung of Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East and his team!
With the generosity of our District, the “Rotary Hong Kong Vocational Scholarship” has been established to provide financial assistance for VTC needy students, who care for the community and show leadership potential, to progress from Diploma and Bachelor degreeprogramme, and nurture aspiring vocational and professional talent with moral character and a positive attitude for contributing to the industries and society. Charter President Patrick and Past President Antonio attended the Rotary HK Vocational Scholarship Awardees Sharing Sessionon May 12.
On May 11, Immediate Past President Donald Chan of Rotary Club of Golden Bauhinia Hong Kong was our speaker on the very hot topic of Generative AI – way forward changing our lives. Immediate Past President Donald showed us how AI world could replace many of our jobs, particularly in the design world that you only need to type what you want in the poster and get it done in minutes. Prompt Engineering is the new job type to go for! Past President Dora encouraged Club members to attend the upcoming Rotary Club of Pudu installation on 10 June 2023. We had cake cutting to celebrate Past President Mark’s Wedding Anniversary. President Elect Johnny of Rotary Club of Auckland Harbourside, the Club that President Eliza always visited when she was in Auckland, visited our club today. Immediate Past President Donald also brought his friend Weston who so happened to be President Eliza’s common friend. Rotarian Clive Tsang from Rotary Club of Hong Kong Northeast also visited our club too.