Rotaract District Newsletter – Newsletter Vol 2

Rotaract District Newsletter – Newsletter Vol 1

Welcoming dinner was held on the night of September 17 at a traditional Chinese restaurant. With the support from our fellow Rotary District leaders, together with the hospitality of 25 local Rotaractors, all Japanese delegates enjoyed a fun-filled night in Hong Kong.

Before the commencement of dinner, we sang Rotaract song together. Familiar melody, repeated lyrics “Come join the world of Rotaract” broke the barrier of language difference as well as cultural difference among us, giving us a memorable start of the night.

During the dinner, DG David gave a welcoming speech and introduced his yearly project “The One” to the Japanese delegation. All Japanese Rotarians and Rotaractors were so impressed by this meaningful project. Following DG David’s presentation, DRC Vincent also expressed his heartfelt welcome to the Japanese delegation. Besides, through her presentation, DRR Edwina further pictured the structure of RI District 3450 and showed the attractiveness of Hong Kong to all the delegates. Meanwhile, DRR Noriko Ogura of RI District 2710 also showed thankfulness to our hospitable receive and proper arrangements on their visit.

In return for that, representatives from both RI District 3450 & 2710 exchanged their district souvenir as nice gesture.

Group photos, games, body languages, smiling faces could be seen throughout the dinner, the whole VIP room was flooded with uninterrupted laughs. Keeping up the exciting mood, our district board members led the Japanese Rotaractors to some famous tourist spots, including the Avenue of Stars, the Victoria Harbour, Bar Street in Knutsford Terrace at Tsim Sha Tsui. Our friendship is thus building up invisibly and speedily.
More highlights came on the next day. Over 20 Rotaractors from Japan and Hong Kong joined the sightseeing day. All the Japanese delegates were brought to some other well-known tourist attractions in Hong Kong, namely Hong Kong Museum of History, The Peak, Pottinger Street, Lascar Row and Man Mo Temple in Central, Ladies’ Market in Mongkok, shopping centres in Causeway Bay. They also got the chance to take tram, one of the earliest forms of public transport in Hong Kong, from Central to Causeway Bay. Above all, they were guided to try many different local foods, like Dim Sum, sugar cane juice, egg tarts. All these experiences were so fresh to them and we shared a joyful day together.
Though two days time was undoubtedly too short for all of us, we did cherish every moment to play, share and make friends with each other. Hopefully, this strong linkage between two RI Districts can be kept up forever and we are looking forward to our visit to RI District 2710 as well.

During the ceremony, IPDRC Wendy Mung and IPDRR Anita Chan highlighted the achievements and breakthroughs of the previous Rotaract year. Meanwhile, IPDRC Wendy also brought us a good news that several new Rotaract Clubs are going to be chartered in Rotaract District 3450. Following their touching speeches, IPDRC Wendy introduced DRC Vincent Ng to the audience and IPDRR Anita passed the DRR belt to DRR Edwina Chung, symbolizing the installation of the District Rotaract Committee 2011-12. Members of the Rotaract Executive Committee (a newly formed committee under the new Rotaract Structure) were pinned by DG David and New Generations Committee Chair PDG Tony as well. DRC Vincent then explained the new Rotaract Structure and DRR Edwina presented her year plan themed “Be an All-rounded Rotaractor” for the brand new year.

After the formal installation ceremony, Rotaract District Committee 2010-11 held an interactive and entertaining District Awards Presentation Ceremony to recognize contributions made by Rotaract Advisors and Rotaract Clubs last year. Different awards from nine categories like Outstanding Advisors, Presidential Citation, Most Valued Rotaractor, Long Year Service Award, Outstanding Project Awards, Rotaract Club of the Year and more were presented. PDRR Vincent (2005-06) from Rotaract Club of Kowloon West is the only Rotaractor who gets the 10 Year Service Award in Rotaract Year 2010-11. The Awards Presentation Ceremony was closed in the climax of the announcement of Rotaract Club of the Year – Rotaract Club of New Territories (Community-based) and Rotaract Club of Shaw College, CUHK (University-based).

With this successful start, DRC and REC 2011-12 promise to keep organizing various district level activities and offering support to Rotaract Clubs. Together we hope to attain a memorable Rotaract Year of “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity”.

District Service Project 2010 – 2011 Review Booklet

Alternatively, you can download the newsletter in PDF format here.

Here is a recap of our activities in 2010 – 2011.

RDC 10-11 – Newsletter Vol 2

Alternatively, you can download the newsletter in PDF format here.

The Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships Program is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program. Scholars study in a country other than their own where they serve as unofficial ambassadors of goodwill. Nearly 700 scholarships were awarded for study in 2009-10. Through grants totaling approximately US$16.2 million, recipients from about 70 countries studied in more than 80 nations.

Without Rotarian participation, the Scholarships program would provide students with funding assistance only. We need YOUR help in promoting scholarship availability, attracting strong candidates, and selecting the most-qualified scholars. I’ve attached the scholarship leaflet for your reference and please help promote this wonderful educational program of Rotary Foundation.

Further information and application forms can be downloaded from our District website: http://www.rotary3450.org/service/scholarship/

Application Deadline – 5pm, Friday, 29th July 2011

For enquiries, please email to d3450scholarship@gmail.com

RID 3450 Ambassadorial Scholarship 2012-13

Date: 25th June 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 4:00pm – 10:00pm
Gathering Place: Senado Square at 4:00pm (新馬路噴水池, 澳門市中心)
Registration fee: Around HKD$120-150 (Dinner included but ferry ticket excluded)

Tentative Rundown :
4:00pm – 7:00pm: Macau Heritage Hunt
7:00pm – 7:30pm: Fellowship at dinner venue
7:30pm – 10:00pm: June JPM with dinner served
10:00pm onwards: Free Time

Since this is the last JPM in our Rotaract Year, I really hope that you and your board members can spare the invaluable time in attending this JPM in Macau. This is the first time that we begin our JPM in Hong Kong and end in Macau. To capture this warm and meaningful moment, RDC 2010-2011 really need your support and participation!

As we need to consolidate the attendance for both Heritage Hunt and June JPM, therefore please complete the registration form and reply to me by 7 June 2011 (Tuesday). If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact me via email (chananita0524@gmail.com).

Thanks so much and looking forward to your presence in the last June JPM!

Yours in Rotaract,
Anita Chan (Siu Bak)
District Rotaract Representative 2010-2011
Rotary International District 3450
(Hong Kong, Macao & Mongolia)

Event Details
Date : 5th June 2011 (Sunday)
Time : 9:00am – 5:30pm (Registration starts at 8:30am)
Venue : City University of Hong Kong
Fee : $50/person (lunch included)
Theme : Give and Gain

The theme of this year is “Give and Gain”, which describes the learn-and-contribute cycle in Rotaract life. Our training activities aim to stimulate the thinking and mindset of the Rotaractors. To make it more focused, we have 7 elements of our training:

• Creativity
• Risk taking
• Followership
• Proactiveness
• Congruency of leader
• High communication
• Trust

What’s more? We have many innovative games awaiting you to challenge! Just tell your board members to join and submit the registration form to me (email: kammiekiki@yahoo.com) AND to our Vice-Chairlady Ginny Chung (email: yingying_forever@hotmail.com) by 27th May 2011. As seats are limited, late submission may not be entertained.

We look forward to seeing you on the event day!

Download Registration Form

It has been an exciting year for Rotaractors in Hong Kong, Macao & Mongolia. We’ve had fellowship activities such as wine tasting, BBQ and many services like elderly visit and tutorship to new immigrants. If you want to learn more what else has happened this year then you need to come to the Rotaract District Conference!

Date: 17 April (Sunday)
Time: 1:00pm – 6:00pm (Registration starts at 12:00nn)
* Clubs could start setting up from 10:00am onwards.
Venue: 香港文理書院 Cognitio College (Hong Kong) (Address: 4 Sui Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong)
Fee: $20/person

For this year, we want you to demonstrate how Rotaractors can be Creative and show how we Connect, so we will have both booths and variety shows to review the year for you.

• Booth – the format can be games, quizzes, exhibition, etc…
• Variety show – a 10 minutes show in the form of singing, dancing, fashion show or any other creative ideas you can think of!

Clubs can choose to do either activity or both and can also join up with other clubs to show Rotaract spirit. Please note that there will be great prizes to booths and shows that best fit with our theme this year!

We will also be subsidizing the first 10 clubs that register to host a booth and first 10 clubs that register to perform a v show with $100 subsidy at maximum by reimbursement with valid receipts after the event. So better hurry up and register by filling in the Registration Form and return to either me (kennethchan_1991@yahoo.com.hk) or Vice Chairlady Ashley Wong (ashley731123@hotmail.com) by 10th April.
We look forward to see you all on the day and to learn more from you!

Yours in Rotaract,

Kenneth Chan
Chairman
Rotaract District Conference 2010 – 2011
Rotary International District 3450
(Hong Kong, Macao & Mongolia)