My Dear Rotarians and Friends, in particular my Action Presidents, The 1898 Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable defines the gall of bitterness as the bitterest grief, or extreme afflictions. The ancients taught that grief and joy were subject to the gall, affection to the heart, knowledge to the kidneys, anger to the bile, and…
My Dear Rotarians and Friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Last Friday, 4 August 2000, the Balloting Committee, comprising Past District Governor Dr. Jason Yeung (Kowloon West), Past President Stanley Mok (Hongkong Sunrise) and Past President Ted Ho (Kingspark Hong Kong), met to examine the returns from club presidents in respect of the Ballot-by-Mail for…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Hi, it’s me, the new Governor of RI District 3450, talking to you in his new capacity for the first time. Rosita and I wish you well, whoever you are, wherever you are, and whatever you are doing or about to do. We wish you…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, The last week was not an easy one for the family and me. I had shared my life and thoughts with some of you and I thanked the kind souls who had taken the time to listen and to console. I would share with the…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, First, we had the warmest May in fifty something years; then the coolest June for don’t know how many years; and even as I was typing away the first two lines, I found that the tropical typhoon signal No. three was up. I wonder what…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, A very good friend of a very good friend of mine sent our mutual friend a list of things that one might learn or should learn from life. My very good friend shared that with me. It is a long list, easily over 12 items,…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, In the wee hours of 1 June 2000, I e-mailed my friends in Evanston asking whether the RI Board of Directors had returned a decision on the District’s petition to modify our district boundaries to include the whole country of Mongolia. I went to bed…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, A lot happened in the fortnight since I last wrote to you, some more obvious than others. On the eve of the District visits to Beijing and Mongolia, my mind naturally focused on the zud in Mongolia which is not getting better. Zud is Mongolian…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I have never doubted the difficulties involved in asking people for money. Asking people to pay levies is never a pleasant job. That is why nobody likes the Government or the Inland Revenue Department in particular. However, as your Governor-elect or Incoming Governor, I am…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Many Rotarians throughout the world woke up this morning and were saddened by the news of the death of Past RI President Paulo V C Costa who gave us the theme “Honour Rotary with Faith and Enthusiasm” when he was President in 1990-91. I got…
