Golden
News
Volume 13 - Number 42 - 24
April 2000.
The weekly newsletter of the Rotary Club of Kowloon
Golden Mile, Hong Kong.
Web site: www.rckgm.org
Web site: www.rckgm.org
Happy Easter
!
Well folks, Easter has come and gone again, which means
before you can say "I'm gonna shoot that nasty Wabbit", Xmas will be here, and
so will the end of Y2K. Sigh. There is no doubt that the older we get, the
faster time seems to fly. It feels like it was only last week that I was
standing by, torch and water bottle in hand, waiting for the world to end due to
the Y2K problem.
Anyway, I hope you all had fun looking for Easter eggs over
the long weekend.
Annual Ball - 6
May 2000 - Grand Hyatt Hotel.
If the ball is to be a
success, we need the support of EVERY member in KGM. Unfortunately we keep going
back to the same old pots each year, but it's about time you, yes YOU, got off
your backside and did something positive for the club for a change, OK ??. There
are a number of ways in which you can assist, and the main three
are:
1) Take
at least ONE TABLE - no, you do not have to pay for it yourself -
ASSEMBLE a table among friends who are not members of KGM. You do have other
friends, don't you ? Or why not use this opportunity to invite your Bank
Manager, your Accountant, your Legal Advisor and your Parole Officer ? Table
sales are being handled by PP Raju and Rtn. Notan Tolani.
2) Place an ADVERTISEMENT IN THE BALL PROGRAMME - contact Neerja
Sujanani, who will happily suggest an advert which is not one of those boring
"With Compliments" styles, but something which is more interesting AND more in
keeping with the "4-Way Test". For example, "Buy your next suit from Ali Baba's
Tailor Shop - ready in 24 hours, guaranteed for 12" !
3) Contribute A PRIZE - no, I don't mean that free lunch for one at
McDonald's which you won last week at another ball. We don't need a lot of
crappy stuff that you don't want - we only need a dozen DECENT prizes,
OK ? Contact Rtn. David Harilela with your proposed
contribution.
OK ? Get the hang of it ?
Simple really.
Annual Ball - Next Committee
Meeting:
This will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday 26th April 2000 immediately after
the regular club meeting that day.
A separate reminder notice
will NOT be sent out, so Ball Committee members are asked to please mark their
diaries NOW !
Vocational Service (Last Call !!)
Vocational Service Director
Miranda "King" Kong informs us she has arranged an exciting new Vocational
Service visit, as follows:
Venue: Hong Kong International Airport (Chek Lap Kok) Airport Control
Tower.
Date: Friday 28 April 2000.
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The assembly time and place shall be 10:45 a.m. at the 2/F lobby of the Regal Airport Hotel. Moreover, after the visit, there will be an optional lunch at the Coffee Shop of the same hotel, at a cost of only HK$110.00 per head. Excellent value !
KGM members who are
interested in attending this Vocational Service visit are asked to email Miranda
at miranda@clotex.com.hk as soon
as possible. The DEADLINE for
your reply is not later than Monday 24th April 2000.
Space is limited,
and KGM members will have first priority, however vacancies can be filled
by family members and friends.
Given the absolutely
pathetic response to the last Vocational Service visit arranged by Miranda, I
sincerely hope that she will not be let down yet again.
This Week's
Speaker: Ms. Hendena Yu.
Topic: ORSO & The Mandatory
Provident Fund.
This Week's Birthday
Celebrants:
There are no KGM members
celebrating a birthday this week. Boring. Very boring.
Forthcoming District & International
Events:
30 April - District Basketball Tournament, Harbour Road
Indoor Games Hall, Wanchai.
6 May 2000 - 40th Annual District Assembly - Hotel Miramar,
Tsimshatsui.
4-7 June 2000 - Rotary International Annual Convention -
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
29 June 2000 - District Handover Gala Banquet - Hong Kong
Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wanchai North, Hong Kong.
Cool Internet
Sites:
http://www.sxetc.org/ is (seriously) an excellent site for those of you with children at or approaching puberty. This site answers many questions which you may be too embarrassed to answer.
http://www.actresspictures.com/ is, as the URL indicates, a web site for those who
want to download photos of their favorite Hollywood
actresses. Well, I certainly enjoyed myself !
KGM
Web Site:
OK, OK, enough already.
I realise that most KGM members would not
know the difference between an "email" and a "shemale" so, in an effort to
minimise the considerable distress you would have to endure by typing in
+50 names in your address book AND creating an email distribution list of KGM
members, your grumpy (but award-winning) webmaster has done all the dirty work
for you.
If you click on "Members Stuff" / "Club Roster" and go into
the "Members Only" area using the username & password previously provided
to active KGM members, you will find another link to "Email
Distribution Lists". If you've lost the username & password
and/or never received it, email me (but only current KGM members,
please).
Anyway, simply follow the instructions and you should be able
to send emails to everybody in KGM with a single click of your mouse. If you
experience any problems, please let me know immediately.
Of course, there is a WARNING there that
this facility is to be used exclusively for KGM business, NOT for commercial
purposes.
"A committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame."
Lady Bird Johnson
Former US first lady
Joke Of The Week:
Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what
he had learned in Sunday School.
"Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge, and all the people walked across safely. He used his walkie-talkie to radio headquarters and call in an air strike. They sent in bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved."
"Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge, and all the people walked across safely. He used his walkie-talkie to radio headquarters and call in an air strike. They sent in bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved."
"Now, Joey, is that REALLY what your teacher
taught you?" his mother asked.
"Well, no, Mom, but if I told it the way the
teacher did, you'd never believe it!"
The
Phantom