Golden News
Volume 14 Number 21
30th November 2000
The Weekly Bulletin of
the Rotary Club of Kowloon Golden Mile
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NOVEMBER
IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH
BIRTHDAY BOYS
Jagdish Pursram 29th November
Manu Chulani 1st December
22nd November
The Meeting, with 33 members in attendance, was again held in the grander room to the right of the lifts and was opened and closed in good time. The clutch of birthday girls and boys was sung to, slightly more in tune than on a previous week and Rotarian Erica introduced the guests:-
Eric (Trailwalker) Thomas - guest of Rotarian Carola, but should have been me as I was a little late and fined heavily for it. I now owe Carola $200 less the cost of the chalk and powder for the signs on the Walkathon, my excellent (?)company on the day and the fine!
Mary Lam - guest of Rotarian Miranda
Theresa YC Cheung - guest of PP CK Tsang
Jaya Pursran - guest of Rotarian Jagdish
Visiting Rotarians were:-
Rotarian Harry Ahluwalia - Peninsula
Rotarian Prakash Daryanani - Kowloon and
Shane Parmanand - Kowloon
Brian then spoke about the Nominating Committee to be convened next week to make recommendations for next year's board; followed by PE Ebe who gave details of the coming week-end's Golden Mile Walkathon.
There followed a brief address by President Tsang of the Board of the Rotary Information Centre. President Tsang gave details of the Centre, its origin and ownership, i.e. the 23 Clubs in existence at the time of of its creation and explained that funds were needed for refurbishment. Pledges had been received from various clubs and individuals and he wanted to make sure that all Rotarians were in the picture as to the present situation.
Shortly thereafter when most were into the Stuffed Filo Pastry with Tofu or the Panfried Fillet of Sole Rotarian Vincent introduced the speaker Mr Raymond Lo, a Fung Sui Master, (Cantonese Romanisation) and a professional Fung Shui researcher is also known as Fung Sui Lo.
I am unable to precis the
Masters talk, I'd need a degree in the subject to do so, but must say how
interesting it was and how absorbed everyone was. You could have heard a
pin drop (metal), it was so quiet while he spoke except when questions were
(fire)d or (water) was drunk to satisfy the thirst for knowledge or when
chairs were scraped along the floor (earth) as Rotarians stood to ask
their never ending questions. Suffice to say that Master Raymond said nice
things about our Club, having heard that we were one of the best (altough you
wouldn't need fung shui to know that!) and gave some interesting predictions for
next year, a snake aparently. Rotarian Thomas Mo gave a worthy vote of
thanks.
NOVEMBER
IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH
BIRTHDAY BOYS
Jagdish Pursram 29th November
Manu Chulani 1st December
22nd November
The Meeting, with 33 members in attendance, was again held in the grander room to the right of the lifts and was opened and closed in good time. The clutch of birthday girls and boys was sung to, slightly more in tune than on a previous week and Rotarian Erica introduced the guests:-
Eric (Trailwalker) Thomas - guest of Rotarian Carola, but should have been me as I was a little late and fined heavily for it. I now owe Carola $200 less the cost of the chalk and powder for the signs on the Walkathon, my excellent (?)company on the day and the fine!
Mary Lam - guest of Rotarian Miranda
Theresa YC Cheung - guest of PP CK Tsang
Jaya Pursran - guest of Rotarian Jagdish
Visiting Rotarians were:-
Rotarian Harry Ahluwalia - Peninsula
Rotarian Prakash Daryanani - Kowloon and
Shane Parmanand - Kowloon
Brian then spoke about the Nominating Committee to be convened next week to make recommendations for next year's board; followed by PE Ebe who gave details of the coming week-end's Golden Mile Walkathon.
There followed a brief address by President Tsang of the Board of the Rotary Information Centre. President Tsang gave details of the Centre, its origin and ownership, i.e. the 23 Clubs in existence at the time of of its creation and explained that funds were needed for refurbishment. Pledges had been received from various clubs and individuals and he wanted to make sure that all Rotarians were in the picture as to the present situation.
Shortly thereafter when most were into the Stuffed Filo Pastry with Tofu or the Panfried Fillet of Sole Rotarian Vincent introduced the speaker Mr Raymond Lo, a Fung Sui Master, (Cantonese Romanisation) and a professional Fung Shui researcher is also known as Fung Sui Lo.
I am unable to precis the
Masters talk, I'd need a degree in the subject to do so, but must say how
interesting it was and how absorbed everyone was. You could have heard a
pin drop (metal), it was so quiet while he spoke except when questions were
(fire)d or (water) was drunk to satisfy the thirst for knowledge or when
chairs were scraped along the floor (earth) as Rotarians stood to ask
their never ending questions. Suffice to say that Master Raymond said nice
things about our Club, having heard that we were one of the best (altough you
wouldn't need fung shui to know that!) and gave some interesting predictions for
next year, a snake aparently. Rotarian Thomas Mo gave a worthy vote of
thanks.
Hi there! How are you! I'm sad and happy to say that after 7 years in Hong Kong, I've chosen to take a transfer opportunity back to LA!
I
would love to play host if anyone passes by LA, I'll be working for
our Beverly Hills Private Banking office and living as close to the
office as I can afford, my e-mail address will still be the
same!
Luv,
Agnes
ON VOCATION - JAMES TSANG - CLASSIFICATION US LAW/TAX
I was born in Hong Kong. I went to a Chinese
middle school - Pui Ching Middle School -- which I
proudly found out last year that it was the only Hong Kong school which
ever produced a Nobel Prize winner (Mr. Daniel C. Tsui (in Physics)).
After finishing high school, I went to the U.S. for higher education,
attending the University of Texas at Austin for my undergraduate
(accounting) and my MBA (finance) degrees. After completing my MBA
degree back in 1982, I wanted to return to Hong Kong, but my plan was
interrupted by the then negotiation between the Chinese and
British
governments on the future of Hong Kong. As a result of the
development, I decided to stay in the U.S. to "wait and see". Having
nothing better to do, I got enrolled in the Rudgets University Law School
in New Jersey. Two things happened in that year, the law attracted me to
continue on my law studies and the cold weather drove me back to the
South. So, my becoming a lawyer with a Southern accent is, in my
view, by coincidence more than by design.
After
finishing law school from SMU in Dallas and practicing law (in the taxation
and corporate/commercial fields) in Austin for two years, I came back to
Hong Kong to join the Hong Kong office of Baker McKenzie. Except for
one year I spent in San Diego (from 1989 to 1990), I have since practiced
international law (in both taxation and corporate/commercial fields) in
Hong Kong, presently with a Cleveland based law firm Squire Sanders &
Dempsey. I like my work, despite the pressure and the time
commitment I
have to put into it, because it is a profession which requires analytical
skills and interface with people (whether clients or opposing counsel),
both of which I enjoy doing.
I am happily (I hope my wife
would share this view) married with two children. When my kids were
small, I wished they grew fast, and as they are now 14 and 15, I wish they
were still small. I guess that is what people call
life.
JOKES FOR
THE WEAK
From Tommy
Cooper, with the compliments of Rotarian Brian Hodgson
"So I went
down my local ice-cream shop, and said I want to buy an ice-cream'. He said
hundreds & thousands?' I said 'We'll start with one.'
He said
'Knickerbocker glory?' I said 'I do get a certain amount of freedom in these
trousers, yes.'
So I went to the dentist. He said "Say Aaah." I said
"Why" He said "My dog's died.'"
"So I rang up my local swimming baths. I
said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where
you're calling from.'"
"Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are
Chinese. And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them.
It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin. Or my younger brother
Ho-Cha-Chu. But I think it's Colin."
"You know, somebody actually
complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen,
it said 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice."
So I was getting into my car,
and this bloke says to me "Can you give me a lift?" I said Sure, you look
great, the world's your oyster, go for it.'"
"And the back of his anorak
was leaping up and down, and people were chucking money to him. I said 'Do you
earn a living doing that?' He He said 'Yes, this my livelihood.'
"Cos
it's strange, isn't it. You stand in the middle of a library and go aaaaagghhhh'
and everyone just stares at you. But you do the same thing on an aeroplane, and
everyone joins in.
A blind bloke walks into a shop with a guide dog. He
picks the Dog up and starts swinging it around his head. Alarmed, a shop
assistant calls out: 'Can I help, sir?' 'No thanks,' says the blind bloke. 'I'm
just Just looking around'.
BRAIN
TEASER
A shoplifter has to pilfer
(What is special about the above
sentence?)
PRIME MINISTERIAL QUOTATION IN PLACE OF PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATION TEMPORARILY MISPLACED!!
URCHIN