Vol. 59 No. 44 6th June 2012

Last Week’s Proceedings – 30th May, 2012 Pres. Eric came back from his visit (jointly with HS Jonathan) from RC Osaka Jonan, and presented us with his delicacy dessert from there. We also welcomed back Rtn William Wong from his Germany trip (with a banner of Rotary Club Nurnberg-Reichswald, upon his make-up) and Rtn Stacy from her Bangkok trip (with a banner of Rotary Club of Bangkok South, upon her make-up). The birthday girl was Rtn Teresa, and her song leader being Rtn Anthony. SAA William reported that the red box collection was HK$1,500 for the day, with a major contribution of HK$500 from Rtn Teresa. Pres. Eric made the following report and announcement: � A slide show of his May 24-25 Visit to RC Osaka Jonan (with Rotarianne Christine, and HS Jonathan with

his and Rotarianne Emmy). The delegate was warmly received at the airport by Pres. Nagata and PP Umezaki, followed with a Sabu Sabu welcome dinner with their 6 board members. On May 25, Pres. Nagata and PP Ohara escorted a coach with the party to Kyoto. The delegate joined the RC Osaka Jonan Anniversary Dinner on May 25 evening with their 58 members attended. Pres. Eric was greeted by CP Masaaki Mitsunobu and their most senior member Katsuyiro Okamoto (over 90 years old) of RC Osaka Jonan.

� June 2, 2012 (Saturday, between 10 am – 1 pm) – being our final project service of pre-owned electrical

appliance to 9 under-privileged families. Members and their young people were encouraged to join, for details please checked with project-in-charge Rtn William Wong.

� June 3 (Sunday afternoon), Rtn Terry would open a new office of his company MadHead in HK Science

Park and Pres. Eric was invited as one of his officiating guests. Please expect a call from his PR staff for your invitation.

� June 9 (Saturday 3pm), HK PolyU's HK Community College Rotaract Club would have their Charter

Ceremony in their West Kowloon Campus. Members are invited to join Rotaract Advisor William Wong and William Leung.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG ISLAND EAST LTD.

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Club 16340 District 3450

Chartered on 06 April, 1954 by Charter President

PDG (Uncle) John Yuen

Tree Planting Project Date: Sunday 13th Nov, 2011

� June 13 (Wednesday 2:30), Holy Carpenter School Speech Day. For those members being interested, please enroll to Rtn. Joseph Tse.

� June 18 (Mon) or 25 (Mon) New Member Orientation Night, hosted by Training Chair PP Eddy Wong and Pres. Eric. All members are invited.

� June 19 (Tue) 2012 – PP Henry golf tournament at Fanling. Please enrol to Rtn Kevin. � District Installation on July 13, 2012 (Friday night), PE Nancy made her reservation of 2 tables. Members

are encouraged to join with their spouse, ($900 per head), please enrolled to PP Norman and PE Nancy. Rotary 123 by PP Eddy Wong : on the topic of “Transfer of Members”

• All relocating Rotarians are encouraged to seek out clubs in their new location. Because each Rotary club is self-governing, therefore, membership is not by default transferable.

• Rotary membership is by invitation only and at the discretion of the local Rotary club. Notified clubs are under no obligation to consider any person for membership.

• Upon your acceptance for membership in a new club, presumably you should resign your membership in your former club, also advisable to continue your use of the former membership number so that your membership history could be retained.

• Club president and honorary secretary would assist a transferring member, to process the Membership Data Form, use the member’s existing membership identification number to retain membership history and avoid duplicate records.

Rtn Stacy Ho had a pleasant duty to introduce our Speaker, Rtn Joseph Tse, of his vocational talk regarding “Education - Is it "Hard" or "Heart" ?” Rtn Joseph was educated in the UCLA as an economic undergraduate in 1982, took his postgraduate diploma of education (HKU) when teaching in the Delia International School. Completing his MEd from HKU in 1994. Rtn Joseph made his career choice in education as he was keen to share his ideas with the young people. Rtn Joseph was also keen on travelling and had his honeymoon in Hawaii, who continued to travel widely for academic exchanges and student programs in the Year 2000s. In fact, there were 500 high schools in Hong Kong, when each school was endowed with their own principals, and two vice principals. Rtn Joseph did make to his rank in the Holy Carpenter Secondary School among his counterparts of 1,000 vice principals in Hong Kong.

• Vision - according to Rtn Joseph, the Principal – Mr Alan Chow of the Holy Carpenter Secondary School had his vision that education could make a difference on our future society as the human capitals could determine the nation or the city's destiny.

• Mission - Rtn Joseph shared the mission of the Holy Carpenter Secondary School with us that they

would attempt to cultivate student lives by creating a supportive, harmonious and caring school environment.

That the School Management Committee was the governing body and Rtn Joseph's work in the school was about both the school development (such as the new curriculum from the 3-3-4 Diploma of Secondary System) and the school based management (such as the finance etc). Rtn Joseph shared two points to describe the uniqueness of the school's mission (when we joked that they were one of the unusual academies in Hong Kong).

• To pick the student input in their DSE year-one, that the school did accept the new immigrants, the school drop outs or even repeaters, that their students might have a more mature age.

• To pick the financial background in their DSE year-one, that more than half of them were under Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA scheme), or receiving full or half subsidy in their school fees.

Therefore, the Rotary's adopt a school program was well taken by the Holy Carpenter Secondary School. Rtn Joseph was also grateful to Rtn William Leung's donation of his piano to the school. Rtn Nelson thanked the speaker in our usual Rotary manners. The next week programme would be : Dennis of Discover Blue

Pres. Eric adjourned the luncheon meeting in time, and who proposed a toast of RI coupled with Rotary Club of HKIE. The members stayed for Group photo thereafter.

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International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians (IFFR) Meeting Local Rotarians & Building Friendship A group of 58 Flying Rotarians Pilots of International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians www.iffr.org and their spouse passed by Hong Kong after RI Convention and held a gathering dinner on May 20. They were led by Peter More the Past World President (2010-2012) and PP Michael Graves the World President (2012-2014). They are Rotarians from 10 countries including USA, Scotland, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Coordinating the reception to the international visiting Rotarians, Pres. Eric Chin of our Club led 2 members, PE Nancy and Uncle John, together with Eric’s spouse Christine, and arranged Pres. Lily Fenn of RC Happy Valley (a Helicopter Pilot) and invited Commodore PP Douglas Hia of Yacht Club Rotarian with 3 members to join the dinner to create a good opportunity to build up friendship with the visiting flying rotarians. PP Peter More extended his appreciation to the Local Rotarians who offered very kind hospitality being extended to some of our IFFR members. Some took them shopping and another one brought them to the Lantau Island to see the big Buddha. A number of the IFFR members also attended local Rotary meetings. What a wonderful fellowship shared with the visiting IFFR members! Below is the appreciation remarked by the 2012-2014 World President of IFFR Michael Graves to our Club Pres. Eric: “The HK Rotarian leaders attending our annual farewell banquet made this one of the most memorable gatherings in decades. Your presence and leadership were both much appreciated. Thanks for sharing the photo file. Let us please maintain our new connection.”

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LAUGH FOR THE WEEK

Subject : The Senior Wedding

Jacob, age 92, and Mary, age 89, living in Fort Myers, are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and on the way they pass a drugstore. Jacob suggests they go in. Jacob addresses the man behind the counter: "Are you the owner?" The pharmacist answers, "Yes." Jacob: "We're about to get married. Do you sell heart medication?" Pharmacist: "Of course we do." Jacob: "How about medicine for circulation?" Pharmacist: "All kinds." Jacob: "Medicine for rheumatism?" Pharmacist: "Definitely." Jacob: "How about suppositories and medicine for impotence?" Pharmacist: "You bet!"

Jacob: "Medicine for memory problems, arthritis and Alzheimer's?" Pharmacist: "Yes, a large variety. They all work." Jacob: "What about vitamins, sleeping pills, Geritol, antidotes for Parkinson's disease?" Pharmacist: "Absolutely." Jacob: "Everything for heartburn and indigestion?" Pharmacist: "We sure do." Jacob: "You sell wheelchairs and walkers and canes?" Pharmacist: "All speeds and sizes." Jacob: "Adult diapers?" Pharmacist: "Sure." Jacob: "Great . . . we'd like to use this store as our Bridal Registry."

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YEAR 2011-2012

President

Dr. Eric Chin

Vice President /

President Elect Nancy Yee

Secretary

Jonathan Lamport

Treasurer

Dr. Rudy Law

Ex–Officio

Heman Lam

Advisor

Peter Hall

Directors: PP Council Rep

Laurence Chan John Kwok Sharon Lamport Norman Lee Kevin Leung Andy Wong Andrew Chen

Service Chairs:

Paul Chan Colin Chau Teresa Ho Anthony Kwong

William Leung

Eddy Wong William Wong

Dr. Freddie Wu

Club postal address: P.O. Box 47064, Morrison Hill Post Office, Hong Kong Club website: http:// hkie.rotary3450.org Make-up cards to Club Secretary: Ms Anne Ng c/o Li, Tang, Chen & Co., 10/F, Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel : (852) 2827 8663 (ext.176) Fax : (852) 2827 5086

ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG ISLAND EAST MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY, 12:30 p.m.

30 May 2012 Luncheon Meeting

Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East

PP Uncle John Kwok, Rtn. Joseph Tse & Pres. Dr. Eric Chin

Pres. Dr. Eric Chin with Incoming Hon. Sec. Stacy Ho, PP George Leung & PP Henry Chan

Dir. Anthony Kwong & PP Rudy Law SAA William Leung & IPP Heman Lam

Dir. Kevin Leung & Dir Teresa Ho

Dir. William Wong & Rtn. Jonah Cheung

AG Andy Wong & PP Eddy Wong Rtn. Nelson Tse & SAA William Leung

This week birthday Rotarian - Dir Teresa Ho PP Eddy Wong presented the weekly Rotary 123 to the

members

Incoming Hon Sec. Stacy Ho introduced this week’s guest speaker - he is none other than our Rotarian -

Rtn. Joseph Tse

Rtn. Joseph Tse gave his vocation talk on sharing his years of experience as a school administrator

Pres. Eric Chin thanked Rtn. Joseph Tse with a souvenir brought back from Japan

Rtn. Nelson Tse gave a vote of thanks on behalf of the Club to Rtn. Joseph Tse

Members group photo

District Conference on 19-20th May, 2012 at Regal Airport Hotel

RI President’s Personal Representative Past RI Director Sushil Gupta

RI President Kalyan Banerjee

Leaders’ Lunch with RI President

Drum Dance at Opening ROTARY Broke barrier wall

DG David Harilela declared DC Opening

Address by RI President’s Personal Representative Past RI Director Sushil Gupta

Address by Keynote Speaker Prof Tony Chan, President of HKU of Science and Technology

Breakout Sessions

SAA William & Nelson,PP Norman,AG Andy,Pres. Eric,PE Nancy,PP Eddy,PP Uncle John,SAA

IPP Heman

District Conference on 19-20th May, 2012 at Regal Airport Hotel

House of Friendship counter Pres. Eric and family &

Miranda

RI Pres. Kalyan Banerjee at Governor’s Banquet

Pres. Eric and future leader Ivan

DG David sings at TVB live recruits $880,000

Presidents thank you song to DG

Singers performance at DG Banquet

Pres. Eric and Christine dance Pres. Eric and Christine with PDG Ada

(Standing)Norman,Cherry,Ivan,William,Eddy,Heman,Andy,John,Nelson,Jonah,Terry;(Sitting)Miranda,Christine,Pres. Eric,PE Nancy in Indian costume

& dress District Conference on 19-20th May, 2012 at Regal Airport Hotel

DG David and Pres. Eric Pres. Eric awarded major donor

Open forum led by Christine Loh and DJ Wong Wing

HKIE awarded in Call for Papers

(Standing) Jonah,SAA William,PP Norman,PE Nancy,PDG YK,Pres. Eric,Rotaractors,SAA Nelson and IPP Heman (Front)Rotaractors of Com-base, Lingnan University and HK Community College

International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians (IFFR) Fellowship Dinner

Meeting Local Rotarians Building Friendship May 20, 2012

P Eric and Christine and World President(IFFR) 2012-2014 PP Michael Graves and his wife

World President IFFR (2010-2012) PP Peter More RC of Westwood Village (our sister club)