Golden News
Volume 16, Number 15 - Monday 7 October 2002
The official bulletin of the Rotary Club of Kowloon Golden Mile is published
every Monday and is distributed to all club members, District officials and
other "friends of KGM".

Winner "Best English Language Bulletin" in District 3450, 2001/2002
And I'm off again .......

... this time to Beijing but, hopefully, I'll be back in time for lunch on Wednesday, so don't talk about me while I'm gone.
 
Although I missed it, my spies tell me that the official visit to KGM by our old mate DG Gloria Chan (pictured left), went smoothly and she graciously decided not to expel KGM from Rotary. Of course we suspect this serious oversight was due to the fact that our Fearless Leader President Nanu "Nanu" Lachman spiked her drink during cocktails. Wicked man.
 
Anyway, don't forget we have two special events this week the first being the Gala Premiere of the movie Tuxedo tonight (Monday), in aid of the fund-raising efforts for the District project to immunise 1 million kids in China against Hepatitis B.
 
The second special event is the Vocational Service Seminar which will be held on Tuesday. More information is available under "District 3450 News" below. 
 
Y'all be good while I'm gone now, y'hear.
 
The Phantom
This Week's Meeting:

Our speaker this week is Mr. Chan Yau  Chong on the topic "Walking to school - Oxfam's Educational Projects".

Mr. Chong graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1981, and obtained a Masters degree in Information Systems from the London School of Economics in 1985. 
 
He served in the Hong Kong Government as an administrative officer before taking up the position of Director of Fundraising in Oxfam Hong Kong in 1993, and in July 2000 he was appointed to his present position as Executive Director.  He also serves on the Board of Oxfam International, which is an alliance to lead Oxfam Hong Kong to work for lasting changes to global poverty.
 
For the past 25 years, Mr. Chong has been active in the self-help movement of the blind, the disability rights movement in Hong Kong and the Asia region.  He was, in a private capacity, President of the Hong Kong Blind Union, and he served as Vice-President of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Blind Union. 
 
Mr. Chong serves on several advisory committees to the Hong Kong Government, namely the Rehabilitation Advisory Committee, and he chairs the Committee on Integrated Education.  He received the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 1991 and the MBE award in 1995 for community service..


Milestones:
 
Happy Birthday for:

7 October to Elissa "Peanuts" Cohen, who shares her birthday with Bishop Desmond Tutu.
 
9 October to Balu "Kojak" Chainrai, who shares his birthday with the late John Lennon.

10 October to Graham "Double-Click" Daley, who shares his birthday with David Lee Roth of rock group Van Halen.


Fellowship News: 

KGM Fellowship Director Miranda "King" Kong, who changes her mind more often than I change underwear (i.e. every Saturday), announces that the next KGM fellowship will be another fabulous Harilela Hoedown, an event graciously hosted by Avisha and David "Party Dude" Harilela.
 
This party will commence at 7:00 p.m. on Friday 25 October at the Harilela Mansion, 1 Durham Road, Kowloon Tong (a.k.a. Holiday Inn North).

KGM members who are able to attend should contact Miranda by telephone on 9199 3077 or by email.

 
District 3450 News:
 

1) LAST CALL: For the fund raising premiere of the action/comedy movie "Tuxedo", starring Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt, which will be shown today, Monday 7 October, at the HKCEC. Tickets cost $1,000 and proceeds will go towards the District 3450 "Hepatitis B Immunisation Fund Raising Project".
 
KGM members should contact Project Chairman David Harilela on telephone 9168 8333 immediately!
 
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2) LAST CALL: For the Vocational Service Seminar to be held from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday 8 October 2002 at the Centenary Room, Hong Kong Hotel, Kowloon, Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. The cost of the lunch is only HK$240 inclusive of a drink. 

KGM Members interested in attending should contact Neerja Sujanani by telephone on 9070 5096 pronto.

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3) The District Conference will be held on Saturday and Sunday, 19 & 20 October at the Macau Tower Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The keynote speaker will be Mr. Edmond Ho, Chief Executive of the Macau SAR.

For more information, please contact Club Secretary David Harilela by telephone on 9168 8333 or by email
 
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4) The RC Khuree (Mongolia), the newest member club in District 3450, has established a website. Check it out!
 

Rotary International News:
 
 
1) RI's campaign to eradicate Polio, started in 1985, continues as RI heads towards it's Centennial in 2005. Visit the Rotary International website for the latest news.
 

2) The next RI Convention will be held in Brisbane, Australia from 1-4 June 2003. Visit the official website for more information.

 
Who Am I?:

What is the more common name of popular Latino singer Enrique Jose Martin Morales?

The answer appears at the bottom of this issue.

 
Dear Geek:
 
Often when I'm on the Internet looking for, er, um, biology websites, I sometimes inadvertently arrive at a pornographic or other websites, which either expand to fill my entire computer screen (so I can't see the "X" close button), or it repeatedly opens lots of annoying new windows, and I can't seem to close them. What should I do? Yours, Deep Throat.
 
Dear DT, 1. Seek professional help. 2. Hold down your "CTRL" key and press the "W" on your keyboard. Yours, The Geek.
 
Golden Smile:

"Hello, and welcome to the mental health hotline"
 
If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly.
If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you.
If you have multiple personalities, press 3, 4, 5, and 6.
If you are paranoid, we know who you are and what you want. Stay on the line so we can trace your call.
If you are delusional, press 7 and your call will be transferred to the mother ship.
If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully and a small voice  will tell you which number to press.
If you are a manic-depressive, it doesn't matter which number you press, no one will answer.
If you are dyslexic, press 9696969696969696.
If you have a nervous disorder, please fidget with the # key until a representative comes on the line.
If you have amnesia, press 8 and state your name, address, phone number, date of birth, HKID card number and your mother's maiden name.
If you have post-traumatic stress disorder, s-l-o-w-l-y and c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y press 0 0 0.
If you have bipolar disorder, please leave a message after the beep, or before the beep or after the beep. Please wait for the beep.
If you have short-term memory loss, press 9. If you have short-term memory loss, press 9. If you have short-term memory loss, press 9. If you have short-term memory loss, press 9.
If you have low self-esteem, please hang up. All operators are too busy to talk to you.
If you are blonde, please don't press any buttons, you'll just break something.
 
Quotable Quotes:

 
"The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you".
-- Woody Allen --

 
"Who Am I?" answer: Ricky Martin.

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