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Golden News
Volume 18, Number 25 - Monday 20 December
2004
The official bulletin of the Rotary
Club of Kowloon Golden Mile is published
most Mondays and is distributed to all club members, District officials and to "friends of KGM". Winner "Best English Language Bulletin" in District 3450, 2001/2002 Visit our award winning website Also see our Cellular WAP Sites: http://tagtag.com/rckgm & http://tagtag.com/d3450 This Week's Meeting:
Our special guest this Wednesday
is Santa Claus, who will
be gracing us with his presence at the Annual KGM Xmas Party. Please note that the last two members to arrive for lunch
will be appointed to this year's Reindeer Pooper-Scooper
Squad.
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From Under The Kitchen
Sink: Our spy in the Holiday Inn kitchen, Vincent "You Want Sprouts With That?" Lam,
informs us that this week's fare is Xmas
food (doh!), namely roasted pumpkin soup with crispy
garlic and either Christmas turkey on gravy with fried sweet
potatoes and Brussels sprouts or vegetable picatta on pepper sauce
with fried sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts, followed by Christmas
pudding with brandy butter, ending with coffee or tea.
Note that a children's menu will also be available,
namely fish fingers & chips with tomato sauce, followed by jelly &
ice cream, for a special price of only HK$80 (+10% service charge) per
child, which includes a glass of soft drink or chilled orange juice.
Milestones: Birthday
greetings for: 23 December to PP
Ebe Tung "Che Wow", who shares her birthday with
Flamenco dancer Jose Greco. OLE!
26 December to PP Nanu
"Nanu" Lachman, who shares his birthday with Chairman Mao
Tse Tung.
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KGM Induction Anniversary greetings on:
20 December for Pico "Lino" Dialdas, who was inducted into
KGM in 2000, and celebrates
his 4th Anniversary.
23 December for Brian "The Full Monty" Hodgson, who was
inducted into KGM in 1992, and
celebrates his 12th Anniversary.
Next BOD Meeting - TONIGHT:
KGM BOD Members are reminded that the next BOD meeting will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m., Monday 20 December 2004, at Jade Suite II, at the 2/F of the Holiday Inn Golden Mile hotel. If you can't attend and
haven't already notified anybody, please call President Silva "Dollar" Yeung on 9408
1198 NOW.
Semi-Annual Dues:
Yes folks, it's time once again to pay your dues of $1,500 for the period 1 January to 30 June 2005, and you have two payment options: 1) By cash handed directly to KGM Treasurer Rajiv "Show Me The Money" Makhija; or 2) By
cheque payable to "Rotary Club of Kowloon
Golden Mile", mailed to P.O. Box 98129,
Tsimshatsui, Kowloon.
If you elect to pay by cheque, please remember to
clearly write your name on the back of the cheque, because our
overworked and unpaid Treasurer doesn't always know which company name
belongs to which
member. Election Of Officers:
Following the Election of Officers
conducted at the Annual General Meeting last week, the KGM members who
will comprise the KGM Board for the 2005/2006
Rotary year are:
President: Elissa Cohen
President-Elect: David Harilela
Vice
President: Miranda Kong
Secretary: John Hirsch
Treasurer: Rajiv Makhija
Directors:
Ashok Assomull
PP Patricia Blair
Carola Chard
Diana Chou
Brian Hodgson
PP Cassidy Lam
Vincent Lam
PP Vince Pinto
Diana Yeung
IPP Silva Yeung
Congratulations to all the successful
candidates, especially rookies John
Hirsch and Ashok
Assomull, and commiserations to the dedicated candidates
who did not make the cut this year, in yet another closely contested
election.
Fellowship News - KGM Xmas Party:
Yes folks, it's once again time for the annual KGM Xmas
Party, and this year the event will be held next week during our regular
club meeting on Wednesday 22 December
2004.
KGM members are invited to bring their children,
parents, grandparents, friends, business associates, domestic
helpers, secretaries, pets and other house-trained creatures to the
party, which is invariably a time of fun, fellowship and good cheer
(i.e. gallons of eggnog spiked with rum). There will be a
performance by the children of KGM members, who should bring a small gift
for their own children.
However if you plan on bringing a child (other than the
one you married), please contact Fellowship
Director "Lady" Diana Yeung on telephone 9197 8615
NOW, as she would also like to
prepare a special gift for them.
Program - Call For Assistance:
Our old mate and KGM Program Director Brian "Butt Naked Behind A Bulldozer"
Hodgson, is currently spending a lot of time in China, so
he's finding it increasingly challenging to secure speakers each week for
our regular club meetings.
Of course Brian is ably assisted by Terrence "Mr. T" Annamunthodo, but the
Program Committee would like additional assistance from other KGM members.
To check which dates are available, check the speaker listings on the KGM website,
then liaise with Brian and Terrence by sending them an email.
Speakers on virtually any topic of interest to KGM
members would be most welcome, but it would be nice to have some speakers
which don't make The Phantom feel as if he's about to croak due to his
excesses.
District 3450 News & Events:
Upcoming District
events:
Rotary
International News:
Although the
E-Store started by the KGM
Webmaster four years ago was not a success, Rotary International obviously
hopes that their Shopping Gateway will fare much better -
let's hope so.
Revised: An
appeal for funds to help
purchase RI Founder Paul Harris'
home in Chicago - information.
Repeat: The
RI Presidential Celebration
will be held from May 6 2005
in Taipei - details.
Repeat: The
RI Centennial Convention will
be held from Saturday 18 June
2005 in Chicago - information.
Repeat: Order the Rotary Centennial book online - here
Rotary
Information:
The 4-Way Test: One of the most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics in the world is The 4-Way Test. It was created by Rotarian Herbert I. Taylor in 1932 when he was asked to take charge of the Chicago-based Club Aluminum Company, which was facing bankruptcy. Taylor looked for a way to save the struggling company mired in depression-caused financial difficulties. He drew up a 24-word code of ethics for all employees to follow in their business and professional lives. The 4-Way Test became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company was credited to this simple philosophy. Herb
Taylor became president of Rotary International during 1954-55. The 4-Way
Test was adopted by Rotary in 1943 and has been translated into more than
100 languages and published in thousands of ways. The message should be
known and followed by all Rotarians.
“Of the things we think, say or do: 1. Is
it the TRUTH?
2. Is
it FAIR to all concerned?
3.
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4.
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?”
Golden Smile:
A lawyer married a woman who had previously divorced
ten husbands. On their wedding night, she told her new husband, "Please be
gentle with me, because I'm still a virgin." The puzzled groom replied,
"What? How can that be possible? You've already been married ten times?"
The wife replied:
"Husband #1 was a sales representative; he kept telling me how great it was going to be, but I never experienced the product. Husband #2 was in software services; he was never
really sure how it was supposed to function, but he said he'd look into it
and get back to me, but he never did.
Husband #3 was from field services; he said everything checked out diagnostically but he just couldn't get the system up. Husband #4 was in telemarketing; even though he knew he had the order, he didn't know when he would be able to deliver. Husband #5 was an engineer; he understood the basic process but wanted three years to research, implement, and design a new state-of-the-art method. Husband #6 was from finance and administration; he
thought he knew how, but he wasn't sure whether it was his job or
not.
Husband #7 was in marketing; although he had a nice product, he was never sure how to position it. Husband #8 was a psychologist; all he ever did was talk about it. Husband #9 was a gynecologist; all he did was look at
it.
Husband #10 was a stamp collector; all he ever did was
........... God, I really miss him!
but now that I've married you, I'm really excited!" "That's nice to hear", said the new husband, "but,
why?"
"Well, you're a lawyer. This time I know I'm
gonna get ..........".
Quotable Quotes:
"In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season
- Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; Jews called it
'Hanukah and went to synagogue; the atheists just went to parties and
drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry
Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the
wall'."
Dave Barry
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