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Golden News
Volume 18, Number 26 - Monday 27 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 speakers this Wednesday
are PP "Butch" Cassidy Lam, PP Vince
"Grumpy" Pinto and Rtn. Tim "Tam" Wong, who will each be
giving us their reflections on "2004 -
The Year That Was".
Milestones: Birthday
greetings for: 29 December to Ashok "Omar"
Kirpalani, who shares his birthday with British singer
Marianne Faithfull.
30 December to Ashok "Ah
So" Assomull, who shares his birthday with American golfer
Tiger Woods.
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KGM Induction Anniversary greetings on:
27 December for Susie "Madam Lash" Misini, who was
inducted into KGM in 2000, and
celebrates her 4th Anniversary.
Semi-Annual Dues - 1st Reminder:
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. Fellowship News:
Our youthful and dynamic Fellowship Director
"Lady" Diana Yeung has
announced that our next fellowship event will be the annual Chinese Night, graciously hosted by our
Chinese members.
The evening will be held on Saturday 15 January 2005 (at a venue to be
announced), so mark your diaries now.
For more information, contact Diana on telephone 9197 8615.
PS: If Chinese members want to avoid losing all their
money yet again to The Hong Kong Gwai-Lo Mahjong King (aka "The Phantom"),
they should start practicing now. BWA-HA-HA!
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Mark your calendars (or tap your PDA) now for other
forthcoming events on the
fellowship calendar:
4 February
2005: Dinner at the home of Avisha and David
Harilela.
? March
2005: The "Better Late Than Never" President's Night,
graciously hosted by IPP Patricia "Iron Lady"
Blair.
? April
2005: The world famous annual Indian Night, graciously hosted by our
Indian Members (cowboys still welcome).
? May 2005:
The annual NINC
Night, hosted by the "Non Indian, Non Chinese" members
(e.g. those of us on welfare!).
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.
Reports
from The President-Elect:
Our Fearless (and always fashionable) Leader 2B,
PE Elissa "Babushka" Cohen,
submitted the following reports on recent events:
1) St. James Settlement
Christmas party: I was accompanied at this event by
Miranda Kong, Syson Wong, and it was delightful. They are such a bunch of
warm-hearted people, which includes the members as well as the staff and
the member's parents. We were presented with a very nice certificate
of appreciation which was mounted on a lovely frame (made by the members).
I wish more members will come along next year to witness the joy of
the mentally handicapped patients and to see for themselves what helping
others is all about.
2) Annual KGM
Walkathon: Although we had a good turnout, it
was not as good as I had hoped but, nonetheless, a nice day was had
by everyone who participated. Twelve members did the tough,
scenic walk while another seventeen members did the tourist
walk. We had three tables for lunch and we consumed 12 bottles of wines in
the process, not to mention a large number of beers.
Would all those who
participated please hand in their cheques to me ASAP so
that I can close the books on this event and report on the funds
raised to the Board and the Club.
Community Service News:
Our old mate, Community Service Director Miranda "King" Kong has given us advance
notice of the dates of the next Free Medical
Checks For The Elderly services:
In Hong
Kong: Sunday 13 March
2005
In Macau:
Sunday 22 May 2005
Further details will be provided in due course, but
mark your calendars now.
District 3450 News & Events:
Upcoming District
events:
Rotary
International News:
Repeat: Visit the Rotary
International Shopping Gateway.
Repeat: 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 Functional Literacy Program: It has been estimated than a billion people -- one-sixth of the world's population -- are unable to read. Illiteracy among adults and children is a global concern in highly industrialized nations and in developing countries. The
tragedy of illiteracy is that those who cannot read are denied personal
independence and become victims of unscrupulous manipulation, poverty, and
the loss of human dignity. Illiteracy is demeaning. It is a major obstacle
for economic, political, social, and personal development and a barrier to
international understanding, cooperation, and peace in the
world.
Many
Rotary clubs are thoughtfully surveying the needs of their community for
literacy training. Some clubs provide basic books for teaching reading.
Others establish and support reading and language clinics, provide
volunteer tutorial assistance and purchase reading materials. Rotarians
can play a vitally important part in their community and in developing
countries by promoting projects to open opportunities that come from the
ability to read.
For example, Australian Rotarians developed Lighthouses for Literacy projects in four schools in Thailand. This innovative teaching method proved so successful that the Thai government adopted it for all the nation’s schools. Other Rotary clubs have used this model to develop literacy projects in Bangladesh, South Africa, Brazil, and other countries Golden Smile:
Contributed by our old mate PP Herbert Lau: Jack decided to go skiing
with his buddy Bob, so they loaded up their mini van and headed
north. After driving for a few hours, they were caught in a terrible
blizzard, so they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the middle-aged but
very attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the
night.
"I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I'm recently widowed," she explained. "I'm afraid the neighbours will talk if I let you stay in my house." "Don't worry," Jack said. "We'll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light." The lady agreed, and the two
men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night. Come
morning, the weather had cleared, and they got on their way,
and enjoyed a great weekend of skiing.
However about nine months later, Jack unexpectedly received a letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the ski weekend. He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked, "Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed on our ski holiday up North about 9 months ago?" "Yes, I do." said
Bob.
"Did you, er, happen to get
up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a
visit?"
"Well, um, yes," said Bob, a
little embarrassed about being discovered. "I must admit that I
did."
"And did you happen to use my
name instead of yours?"
Bob's face turned red and he said, "Yeah, look, I'm sorry, buddy. I'm afraid I did. Why do you ask?" "Well" said Jack, "She just
died and left me her house and 2 million dollars cash." (And you thought the ending would be different, didn't you?) Quotable Quotes:
"A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her
life to be thankful for a good one."
Mae West
(1892-1980)
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Phantom
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