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!
President Eliza joined President Rico Fung of Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East and other Island East Club members for a fellowship and a trial service helping SoCo (⾹港社區組織協會) to distribute Mid-Autumn goodies bags and supermarket cash coupons to the partitions apartments and cage homes families in Sham Shui Po. Deputy Assistant Governors Waiyi Tang and Betty Chiu joined the team as well. The Supermarket Cash coupon (9900 HKD in total) was donated by our mother club. Some attendees went to the Humanity in COVID exhibition – Photo exhibition and Installation art of grassroots life under the pandemic which was few blocks away from the SoCo Shum Shui Po Office. Service project started at 8.30 p.m. and finished by 10.15 p.m.
On May 12, District Governor Keith Chow, Past District Governor Ada Cheng, Immediate Past District Governor Eric Chak and District Governor Elect Norman from District leadership joined our luncheon. From Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East, our “mother club”, President Bernard Lee, Past President William Wong, and President Elect Rico Fung joined. Other guests included District Secretary Elizabete Fong, Mr. Kevin Chuc (a former speaker) and Winnie (Past President Dora’s guest). Our Honorary Member Vivien Lau introduced our speaker, the Honorable Kenneth Fok, a member of Hong Kong Legislative Council. Kenneth’s talk on “The Role of Sports in Social Development” was an extension of his talk at the 61st District Conference in 2021. Sports is more than sports. Over the course of the last 50 years of Chinese history, sports played a role in opening China to the world. In challenging political times, it is always best to keep sports and cultural exchange open among nations. In the Q&A session we learned a bit more about Kenneth. His grandfather’s involvement in sports development in Hong Kong and China was critical to his choice of profession. Just elected to the 7th Legislative Council, Kenneth seeks to support sports, arts, culture…