On February 12, our Club hosted a dinner meeting featuring our very own Rotarian Sammy Au as speaker. Rotarian Sammy, as professional fortune teller, explained what the year of the Fire Horse means to all of us. Plenty of spouses and guests joined the meeting, which also doubled as our Club’s Chinese reunion dinner (團年飯).
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 May 8, our Club met at Regal Hong Kong Hotel for our regular lunch meeting. During the meeting, members shared episodes of crisis management. We all realized that all of us can think on one’s feet effectively and decisively, even in the most twisted circumstances!
In the weekend of January 25, members and spouses enjoyed a two-day excursion to Zhuhai, led by Past President Ka Hing and Immediate Past President Jason. it was two days of non-stop hiking and eating. Some of us even managed to squeeze inside Sam’s Club to get a thing or two!
On December 20, our Club organized a Christmas Party at The Fullerton Hotel, our first event at the hotel.
On October 19, several members visited Past President Ka Hing and Flora in Gold Coast. Everyone enjoyed a good evening of fellowship, great seafood, and fireworks!
On June 30, the last day of the Rotary Year 2023-2024, members and families trekked all the way to the border to visit Hong Kong Seeing Eye Dog Services. There, we learned about the premier training ground for guide dogs in Hong Kong. We also experienced how to navigate the world without sight, and learned how guide dogs learned to become human’s best companion. Several of us trekked farther north to Shenzhen for an evening of hotpot to close out the Rotary Year.
As a tradition, our Sister Club Rotary Club of Taipei Mingmen held their 26th Anniversary Celebration on May 2, 2024 at Taipei Garden Hotel (台北花園大酒店). We have five representatives attending including President Jason and Sara, and Past Presidents Dora, Webster and Mark. In the afternoon, our Sister Club treated us to a lunch of authentic Taiwan-cuisine at 山海樓, and after their Anniversary Celebration, we all went to karaoke for extra fun!
On November 11, after our visit to Ronald McDonald House, we went to Holy Cafe to assist their effort to register free-meal recipients and to distribute rice and other goodies to elderly. After the service outing, we gathered together to have an enjoyable dim-sum lunch.
Past President Dora, Past President Webster, Past President Lily, and Rotary-ann Sara visited Red Cross Blood Donation Center in Mongkok to give blood (and save life). Past President German Hui of Rotary Club of Lan Kwai Fong, District Blood Donation Chair, also joined us. The day closed with a nice afternoon tea.