On February 7, President David, Past Presidents Grace, Angela, Lily and Jason, and Rotarian Joanna joined “輕馨鬆Zone”, a workshop designed for caregivers. The workshop was co-organized by our Club and Rotary Club of Neoteric Hong Kong. The purpose of the workshop was to encourage caregivers to share their feelings to other caregivers, and to find common strategies for physical and mental relaxation.
On January 8, our Club convened for a dinner meeting at Regal Hong Kong Hotel. Our speaker was Ms. Helen Leung, Service Director of Yuk Chi Resource Centre in Tuen Mun. Ms. Leung updated our members with the Centre’s latest developments, and gave us a glimpse of upcoming projects and initiatives.
On November 20, our mother Club, Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East, hosted 4-Clans joint meeting. President David led our Club’s delegation. The speaker of the evening was Dr. Lo Chung-mau, Secretary for Health of the Government of Hong Kong. Dr. Lo talked about the latest development of the healthcare system in Hong Kong.
On October 9, Rotarian Joanna talked casually about her life as a lawyer. Many members and spouses attended Rotarian Joanna’s sharing.
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.
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 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 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.