On November 23, President David and other members witnessed the installation of the new Board of Directors of our Rotaract Club of HKU Lap Chee College International. President David and Charter President Patrick gave speeches to congratulate the new Rotaract President Irina Duan, the new Rotaract board and encourage them to serve above self. We were most pleasantly surprised to see that Sally Oh, previously our Rotaract Club’s president, is now a senior resident tutor of the College and a Rotaract Advisor. Congratulations to President Irina, Sally, and the new Rotaract Board!
On November 20, our Club participated in 4-Clans Meeting, hosted by Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East. Nearly 100 participants attended the meeting, featuring Ms. Bernadette Tsui, who talked about the circle of life as her life was transformed by Rotary, initially through a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship and then friendships with Rotarians. She was invited to the meeting by Charter President Patrick. Vote of Thanks was given by Past President Antonio.
On November 19, several Club members attended Intercity Meeting, where Guest of Honor Rotary International President Stephanie Urchick made a keynote speech and where top donors to The Rotary Foundation, including Charter President Patrick and Wendy, were honored.
On September 7, members visited Yuk Chi Resource Centre, our long-term service partner. Members managed to take a glimpse of the renovation of the multi-sensory room, which received significant funding from a Global Grant.
On May 31, Past District Governor Belinda, Charter President Patrick, and Past President Antonio attended Rotary Hong Kong Vocational Scholarship Awardees Sharing Session. They were instrumental in setting up the VTC scholarship almost 10 years ago.
On December 1, President Jason, Charter President Patrick, Past President Grace and Rotarian Ka Man visited Rotary Community Corps (“RCC”) HSU Patrick SC Poon Amity College for an informal fireside chat with RCC members and Master Dr Thomas Man. Past President Grace delivered a very informative introduction of Rotary, our Club as well as RCC. After the fireside chat, we had a cocktail session with the students with snack and drinks, and exchanged ideas on university lives and community services.
As part of District Public Image Committee’s effort to enhance the public’s knowledge of Rotary and Rotarians, Governor’s Kitchen, a video series featuring casual conversations among Rotarians in our District, was conceived. The video series is chaired by our Past President Angela. Charter President Patrick was recently invited as a special guest in Governor’s Kitchen to share his wisdom of life.
On November 18, many Club members attended Intercity Meeting 2023, including: Charter President Patrick and Wendy, Past District Governor Belinda, Past Presidents Grace, Dora, Lily, and Mark. Charter President and Wendy were recognized on stage as our District’s all-time top donors in a special recognition session presided by Rotary International President Gordon McInally and District Governor Andy Li.
On November 13, Club Installation of Interact Club of King’s College was held on their Bonham Road campus. Members in attendance to support the Kingsians were: President Jason, Charter President Patrick, Past President Kay, Past President Mark, and Rotarian Ka Man.
On November 11, after our vocational visit to Ronald McDonald House, our service day at Holy Cafe and fellowship lunch thereafter, some members changed to more formal clothing and attended the Club Installation of Rotaract Club of HKU Lap-Chee College International, who gave us a comprehensive report of past year’s activities and an outline of what they plan to do in the coming year.