Our Club received the Caring Organization Award from the Hong Kong Council of Social Service on February 20, 2008. The Caring Organization award acknowledges our Club's care for the intellectually-disabled children in our society. President Tony Yue and IPP Allen Au attended the Awards Ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

To promote the importance of mastering English and Putonghua to our youth and to improve their ability to become biliterate, our Club and the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers jointly organized the Biliteracy & Trilingulism Composition and Speech Competition (兩文三語菁英大比拼).

A total of 445 participants from 82 schools participated in the 4th Biliteracy & Trilingulism Composition and Speech Competition. Of the 445 students, 206 participants are from the Junior Section and 239 are from the Senior Section.

The Preliminary Essay Written Contest was held at the Lutheran Secondary School on October 20, 2007. Please click here to see highlights of the event.

The Communication Skills Workshop and Seminar on the Importance of Language Skills to our Workforce were held on November 17, 2007. Please click here to see highlights of the event.

The Semi-Final Competition was held on December 2, 2007 at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Please click here to see highlights of the event.

The Final Competition was held on December 22, 2007 at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Please click here to see highlights of the event.

The Awards Ceremony was held on January 19, 2008 at the World Trade Centre Club in Causeway Bay. Please click here to see highlights of the event.

The 4th Biliteracy & Trilingulism Composition and Speech Competition was covered in the February 2008 issue of the E-Campus Today.

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To enhance the awareness of environmental protection and to alleviate the problem of air pollution in Hong Kong, our Club and the Environmental Protection Department have jointly organized the Turn Off Idling Engines & Healthy Living project.

The Launch Ceremony of the project was held at the Hong Kong Park, Olympic Square on December 2, 2007 and was attended by about 100 people, including guests, students, Rotarians and Rtnne, Interactors as well as supporters and sponsors of the project, including EMSD, Hong Kong Automobile Association, SF&OC, Artline Facilities Management, Crown Motors Ltd., Grosvenor, Macy's Candies, Sino Estate Management, Sun Hung Kai Properties, Tai Fook Securities and Town Gas.

The officiating guests of the Ceremony included AG Peter Choy, Assistant Governor of Rotary International District 3450, Ms. Wong Sean Yee, Anissa, JP, Permanent Secretary for the Environment, Dr. Leong Che Hung, GBS, JP, Member of Executive Counci, Mr. Pang Chung, BBS, Hon. Secretary General of SF&OC and President Tony Yue. 7 elite Hong Kong athletes, including Li Ching, Ko Lai Chak, Ho Ka Lai, So Wa Wai, Chan King Yin, Mak Kar Yan, and Chiu Chung Hei were the Environmental Protection Ambassadors of the Project and took an oath with the student volunteers of Stl Louis School and Cheung Pui Chung Secondary School to promote "Turn Off Idling Engines & Healthy Living". After the Launch Ceremony, student volunteers went to Central, Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mongkok to distribute flyers and souvenirs to drivers to promote the Project.

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The Turn Off Idling Engines & Healthy Living project generated a lot of publicity for Rotary. The Launch Ceremony was well covered by the local media:

TVB - 8/12/2007 2:15 pm "Sports World" Program

Sing Tao Daily News - 3/12/2007 Press Clipping

Oriental Daily News - 3/12/2007 Press Clipping

Hong Kong Economic Journal - 5/12/2007 Press Clipping

Tai Kung Po - 6/12/2007 Press Clipping

Congratulations to PP Joseph Lu. His two daughters, Natalie Lu played the lead role as "Annie" and Emily Lu played the role as "Brenda" in the local production of the famous Broadway Musical - Annie. The play was presented by Hong Kong Chorus Society and co-presented by Theatre Space between 9-12 August, 2007 at the Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium. PP Lawrence Chan, VP Edward Chow, Rtn. Richard Ho, Rtn. Wilson Zak and Rtn. Barton Lee and their families attended one of the shows on August 11, 2007.

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The Biliteracy and Trilingualism Composition and Speech Competition project won The RI Significant Achievement Award for the Rotary Year 2006-2007. This is the second time our Club won this prestigious award, which is presented to the most outstanding club project in a Rotary International District during a Rotary Year. In the 2006-2007 Rotary Year only 50 Clubs out of a total of 32,000 Rotary Clubs won this prestigious award.

Under the leadership of IPP Allen Au and his Board, our Club won 10 RI and District Awards in the Rotary Year 2006-2007, setting a new record for our Club. The following is a list of RI and District Awards won by our Club:

	RI Awards & Recognition
1.	Biliteracy and Trilingualism Composition and Speech Competition
*	RI Significant Achievement Award
2.	Membersip Development & Retention Award
*	The Highest Membership Retention Award
3.	Presidential Citation
	District Awards & Recognition
1.	Biliteracy and Trilingualism Composition and Speech Competition
*	Literacy and Education Most Outstanding District Award
2.	Nature Education Program for the Intellectually-disabled Children
*	Public Relations District Award - Certificate of Merit
3.	Nutrition Program for Undernourished Philippine Children
*	Water, Health & Hunger District Award - Certificate of Merit
4.	Website (English)
*	The Most Outstanding District Award
5.	Rotary Foundation
*	The Rotary Foundation District Service Award
6.	Rotary Foundation
*	The Highest Number of Paul Harris Fellow Award
7.	Partners in Service
*	New Interact Club Sponsorship Award

The Rotary Centennial Institute for Wetland Conservation is a community service project with an environmental and educational objective. It was organized jointly by five District 3450 Area 5 clubs, including the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island West, the Rotary Club of Hong Kong North West, The Rotary Club of City Northwest Hong Kong, the Rotary Club of Mid-Level and the Rotary Club of the Peak. The project goals were to upgrade and renovate the WWF Hong Kong Peter Scott Field Studies Centre at the WWF Mai Po Nature Reserve, to facilitate the education of the community and international visitors on wetland habitat and conservation and to train professionals on wetland management and sustainable development.

A brochure about the The Rotary Centennial Institute for Wetland Conservation (District 3450 Area 5) could be downloaded here.

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