530
students from 101 local secondary schools participated in the Preliminary
Essay Competition of the 5th Biliteracy and
Trilingualism Composition and Speech Competition, which was
held at the Heung To Secondary School in Tseung Kwan O on October
25, 2008.
Students who participated in the Junior Section had to compose two
300-word essays in Chinese and English within a period of 2 hours,
while those of the Senior Section had to compose two 500-word essays
in Chinese and English within the same period of time. Please click
here for highlights of the event.
DG
Albert Wong
visited our Club on July 25, 2008. Please click here
for highlights of the visit.
The
Chinese University's Faculty of Engineering organized a two-week
summer course in engineering-related studies for 10 senior high
school students from Shenzhen and Guangzhou and 70 senior high school
students from Hong Kong in July.
Our Club not only sponsored the 10 students from China to attend
the summer course, but also organized a cultural
exchange dinner for the ten students from China on July 23, 2008.
Rotarians from our club, Rotaractors from the Rotaract Club of Hong
Kong Island West and the Rotaract Club of United College participated
in this event.
During the
dinner, Rtn. Anthony Mak gave a talk
on Bio-medical Engineering, while Rotaractor
Nicky Kwan of the Rotaract Club of United College, who
is an engineering student of the Chinese University shared his
reasons for choosing to pursue his university studies in engineering
with the students from China.
President
Jeff Ng, IPP Tony Yue, PP Thomas Wong, PP Lawrence Chan, PP Allan
Aw, PE Edward Chow, VP Felix Li, Rtn. Barton Lee, Rtn. Tony Niem,
Rtn. Francis Pan, Rtn. Norman Yeung
attended the District Installation and Leaders' Night, which was
held at the Miramar Hotel on July 4, 2008. Please click here
for highlights of the event.
President
Jeff Ng
and IPP Tony Yue hosted the Club Handover
Ceremony and the first Ladies Night of the new Rotary year at Xi
Yin on July 2, 2008. Please click here
for highlights of the event.
Under
the leadership of IPP Tony Yue and
his Board, our Club won 4
RI and District Awards and recognition in the Rotary Year 2007-2008.
The following is a list of RI and District Awards won by our Club:
RI
Awards & Recognition
1.
Presidential
Citation
District
Awards & Recognition
1.
Turn
Off Idling Engines & Healthy Living project
*
Outstanding
Public Relations Project Award
2.
Build
Water Wells in West Kenya
*
The
Best Ecology Project Award
3.
Website(English)
*
The
Best Club Website
Award
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
Our
members unanimously voted to adopt the RI Standard Club Constitution
and Club Bylaws at the luncheon meeting on April 20, 2007.
Club Constitution: Chinese;
English Club Bylaws: Chinese;
English
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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