Golden News
Volume 16, Number 23 - Monday 2 December 2002
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
other "friends of KGM".

Winner "Best English Language Bulletin" in District 3450, 2001/2002
This Week's Meeting:

Our speaker this week is Mr. Ted Thomas on the topic "A New Standard".

 
Milestones:
 
Birthday greetings for:
 
1 December to Manu "Choo Choo" Chulani, who shares his birthday with Bette Midler, star of stage and screen.
 
6 December to Don "Sock It To Me" Sakhrani, who shares his birthday with 60's jazz musician Dave Brubeck.
 
7 December to Silva "Dollar" Yeung, who shares his birthday with former Boston Celtics basketball player Larry Bird.
 
 
Annual General Meeting: 

KGM Club Secretary David "Party Dude" Harilela has given notice that the next AGM for the Club and the Company will take place during our regular club meeting on Wednesday 18 December 2002 at the Holiday Inn Golden Mile.

At this time, the election of Directors to serve on the incoming Board, who assume office on 1 July 2003, will take place.
 
Fellowship News:
 
We finally received a report from KGM Fellowship Director Miranda "King" Kong about the last fellowship at the HK Gold Coast Yacht Club two weeks ago but, frankly, I'm too scared to publish it. I'm concerned some of you may be operating heavy machinery, if you catch my drift.

Anyway, rumour has it that this month's fellowship will have something to do with Xmas (doh!), and it will take place on a Friday night, somewhere in SoHo and apparently you'll have to pay money to attend, but you'll definitely have loads of fun.

That's all we know, so far but, hey, it's still early days.
 
Members interested in attending this well documented event should contact Miranda by email and give her a false name like Rufus P. Dingleberry.

 
 Special Event - Visit to SAA - Last Call:
 
Our old mate Vincent "Bone Bender" Lam has organised a visit to the animal sanctuary of the Society for Abandoned Animals ("SAA") in Yuen Long for Saturday 7 December 2002.
 
Complimentary transportation, graciously sponsored by Community Service Director Diana "Red Baron" Chou, will depart from the Holiday Inn Golden Mile at 2:00 p.m.

Members interested in attending this event should contact Vincent Lam by email or by telephone to 9045 6871.
 
Fund-Raising KGM Polio Plus Cookbook:
 
Our reserved but nonetheless playful President-Elect Patricia "Iron Lady" Blair (of the Blair Witch Project), and her faithful side-kick Sonya "Woo-Hoo" Wu (of the Wu Tang), have finally completed production of the new and improved KGM cookbook entitled "Dining In with Great Chefs of Hong Kong".
 
The price is only HK$188 per copy and this week we have an even nicer image of the cover on the KGM website.

Recipes, contributed by Hong Kong's leading chefs, include world renown exotic dishes such as "Fromage Sur Le Toast", "Filet Mignon Vache Fâchée", "Le Poisson et Pomme de Terre Anglais" and "Le Haagen-Daz Avec Le Sauce Chocolat".
 
For more information, contact Lady Patricia on telephone 9312 3606 or by email.
 
By the way, subject to the approval of our Fearless Leader President Nanu "Nanu" Lachman, KGM is ready to accept online orders by credit card. If and when Royal Assent is given, details will be sent to all members.
 
Community Service News:
 
The Lok Chi Association (樂智協會), a former beneficiary of funds from KGM, is holding the finals of their "Integration with Singing & Dancing" program from 2:00 p.m to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday 8 December 2002 at the Auditorium of Kwai Tsing Theatre.

KGM members and friends interested in attending this event as guests of the organisers should contact KGM Vice-President Silva Yeung by email.
 
District 3450 News:
 
Intercity Meeting in honour of the visit to Hong Kong by RI President Bhichai Rattakul

This will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Thursday 19 December 2002 at the Grand Ballroom, Intercontinental Hotel (formerly The Regent Hotel), in Salisbury Road, Tsimshatsui.
 
The cost is $500 per head, and there are only 500 seats available on a "first come, first served" basis.

Members interested in attending this event should contact Club Secretary David Harilela by email as soon as possible.

 
Rotary International News:

KGM Club Secretary David "Party Dude" Harilela has been appointed "On To Brisbane Chairman" in respect of the next RI Convention to be held in Brisbane, Australia from 1-4 June 2003.
 
Visit the RI website or the event website for more information, or contact David on 9168 8333 or by email.
 
 
Who Am I?:

What is the more common name of USA based, Australian actress Mandy Rogers? Clue: Very slim, very blonde.
 
The answer appears at the bottom of this issue.

 
Click Da Geek:
 
Starting with this issue, the Geek will be recommending interesting web sites.
 
Have you ever seen a flag but didn't know which country it represented. Check out Mooney's Flag Detective, which has a very cool flag search function which enables you to trace a flag by selecting it's basic design and narrowing it down from there.
 
Golden Smile:

Three dogs are sitting in the waiting room of a veterinarian and they start chatting.
 
DOG #1:  Why are you here?
 
DOG #2:  I'm a chronic digger, I just can't stop digging.  My owner says he's going to have the doctor give me Prozac.  Why are you here?
 
DOG #1:  I'm a chronic barker.  My owner says he's going to have the doctor snip my vocal chords.  Say, why are you here?
 
DOG #3:  I'm a chronic humper.  I hump anything I see.  This morning my owner came out of the shower and, as she bent over to get a towel, I just couldn't resist."
 
DOG #1:  "So, is she going to have you neutered?"
 
DOG #3:  "Naaah ... she just came in to get my nails trimmed."

 
Quotable Quotes:

 
"Diplomacy: The art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a stick".

Wynn Catlin

 
The Phantom
"Who Am I?" answer: Portia De Rossi.

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