My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I noticed early this morning that Rick King’s picture was already on center stage of the RI Website, more than 24 hours, East Coast time, ahead of his term. And why not? By convention, the president-elect is president after the international convention; and indeed some…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I was hoping to send you this letter from San Antonio, but by 26 June, my laptop went into a funny mode such that I couldn’t even access Microsoft Word, let alone connections to the outside world. I could operate though on Notepad, and I…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I did not travel to San Antonio alone after all, not the full journey anyway, but first, let me share with you the few hectic days in Hong Kong before I went off. First, there was the official opening of the refurbished Rotary Information Centre…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Last week, I went to Beijing for the annual District Visit to the Ministries without Rosita. Happily, I was in a delegation of 16, comprising Governor-elect Johnson Chu, Governor-nominee Gloria Chan, six Action Presidents, namely Ada Cheng, Meggy Tseung, Peter Wan, Y C Chan, Witman…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, It was close to a quarter of a century when Rosita and I first visited San Francisco. We spent a few days of our honeymoon in the city, visiting her brother who lived and worked there. We also met his then wife for the first…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Most of you would probably spend today or at least part of the day with a mother, grandmother, or mother-to-be. Some of us could be scurrying around town for roses or carnations while others, being blamed, chided, scoffed or ridiculed for forgetting or refusing to…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, My Easter message last week drew responses from many of you. Thank you very much. You are of more value than many sparrows. (Matt. 10:31) A past president sent me the same quote from the James version, but I am particularly impressed by what Past…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Easter was the Saxon goddess of the east and her festival was held in the spring. April was called Ostermonath, or the month of the Ost-end wind (wind from the east). Easter was therefore the April feast, traditionally lasting for eight days. Our Easter Sunday…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I had promised a past president some weeks ago to discuss e-mail protocol in this series. For some reasons, I have yet to do that. Something happened this week and I decided to deal with the matter now. Let me go back to the very…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I took a look at the notice outside Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre. It said something like there would be no interval in the two and a half hours performance, which sounded like a warning that one should visit the bath room. We did….
