On November 8, Past Presidents Grace and WT attended District Rotary Foundation Seminar and Grant Management Seminar.
On November 6, Charter President Patrick and Past Presidents Kay, Grace and WT attended the installation of Interact Club of King’s College.
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 September 13, several Club members visited our long-term service partner, Yuk Chi Resource Centre. On occasion, we gifted boxes of mooncakes for the Centre staff to share with carers. The mooncakes were sourced from Holy Cafe, another one of our long-term service partners.
On July 7, members including Past Presidents Grace, WT and Lily celebrated the new Rotary Year by joining Joint Interact high tea, hosted by Interact Club of St. Clare’s Girls’ School. Five other schools also participated: King’s College, Ying Wa College, Queen’s College, Ying Wa Girls’ School, and St. Paul’s Secondary School.
On July 3, Charter President Patrick led a large entourage comprising of Past Presidents Eddie, Grace, Angela, WT, Dora, Ricky, Lily and Jason to attend the 10th Anniversary and Club Installation of Rotary E-Club of Lantau.
On June 12, Immediate Past President Jason represented our Club to attend the Global Grant Kickoff Ceremony of the project, “Sympetrum Nantouensis Conservation Project in Taoyuan”, led by our sister Club Rotary Club of Taoyuan Southeast. Past President WT also attended.
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 26, Past Presidents Grace, Webster and WT participated in District Learning Assembly. Past President Webster had special duty as he, as District Treasurer, had to present the budget for the upcoming Rotary Year.