 Good Monday to all KGMers! Hope you are all doing well. We will have our next Regular Meeting this week and it will be Lunch + Christmas Party, it's the last meeting for the year so let's all get together and celebrate. There will be Christmas food, Wine (red/white/mulled), Live Music and Visiting Guests from other clubs and ofcourse Santa, a Christmas party without Santa is not complete. We have very limited seats available, so please sign up today by clicking on this link here. Details for Upcoming Regular Lunch + X'mas Party: Date: December 14th, 2022 (Wednesday) Time: 12.30pm onwards
Location: Crystal Ballroom A, Holiday Inn Kowloon Golden Mile, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong Menu: Christmas Special (Western) RSVP: Please click here or add your name on the Whatsapp Group once the message is posted. DRESS CODE: Wear Something Christmasy, even if just a touch!
Kindly Note: *Hotel has requested to confirm the numbers by 12th December, so please RSVP at your earliest convenience. *We will confirm the headcount to the hotel based on the RSVP list, which means if we fall short, the club will still be liable to pay. Upcoming Events:January 11th - Fellowship @ HK Country Club January 18th - Regular Lunch Meeting For update on events, please scroll down to the bottom of the bulletin or visit our website here. Weekly Knowledge Section: Department of the Treasury: Over the past year, we have heard that the Treasury Secretary of US will increase interest rates, but what is the Treasury of the US? Here's a little information that may interest you; The Department of the Treasury is a United States executive department established in 1789. The department was originally formed as a solution to managing the finances of the federal government. The current secretary of the Treasury is Janet Yellen. The Senate confirmed Yellen on January 25, 2021, by a vote of 84-15. Click here to learn more about her confirmation process. HistoryOn April 1, 1776, the Treasury Office of Accounts was formed to maintain the accounts of the rebel colonies. This allowed the colonies to seek loans after the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. The subsequent years saw a steep decline in the value of Continental Dollars until Robert Morris was appointed Superintendent of the Treasury in 1781. In 1789, the First Congress of the United States created the Department of the Treasury, with Alexander Hamilton becoming the first secretary of the treasury. Many departments and agencies have taken root in the Treasury Department before breaking off. The U.S. Post Office, Commerce Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Management and Budget, Department of Health and Human Services, and even the U.S. Coast Guard were in some way responsibilities of the Treasury Department early in their development. At the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, the department played a strong role in the formation of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. MissionThe mission of the Department of the Treasury is as follows: | “ | Maintain a strong economy and create economic and job opportunities by promoting conditions that enable economic growth and stability at home and abroad, strengthen national security by combating threats and protecting the integrity of the financial system, and manage the U.S. Government’s finances and resources. | ” | | —Treasury Department |
LeadershipThe duties of the secretary of the treasury include: - Managing economic and fiscal policy;
- Handling government accounting and debt management;
- Promulgating and enforcing tax and tariff laws;
- Assessing and collecting internal revenue;
- Producing currency; and
- Supervising national banks.
Source: https://ballotpedia.org/U.S._Department_of_the_Treasury#:~:text=The%20Department%20of%20the%20Treasury,a%20vote%20of%2084%2D15.hem/ Today in History (11-17 December): 1642: New Zealand sighted, On this day in 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman sighted South Island, New Zealand, and later, mistaking the strait north of the island for a bay, believed he had found the west coast of a hypothetical southern continent. 1903: Flight of the Wright brothers, On this day in 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful sustained flights in an airplane—Orville first, gliding 120 feet (36.6 meters) through the air in 12 seconds. 1915: American popular singer Frank Sinatra, who also achieved wide success as a film actor, was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. 1972: Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt became the last humans to walk on the Moon.
Quote(s) of the day:
- "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." — Mahatma Gandhi
- “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” — Buddha
- "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." — Chinese Proverb
- "Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." — Buddha
- "No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world." — Robin Williams
- "To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks." — Bill Gates
Food for Thought: The ABCs of Vitamins: 13 Essential Vitamins and Why You Need ThemVitamins and minerals are essential substances that our bodies need to develop and function normally. There are 13 essential vitamins and each one plays a unique and vital role in keeping your body healthy. Vitamins aid in the growth, development, and function of all the cells. Your body cannot produce enough vitamins on its own, so we need to get them from outside sources. While many people take a daily multivitamin, most can get all 13 essential vitamins from foods and enriched foods. Multivitamins cannot take the place of eating a variety of foods that are important to a healthy diet. Below are details of each of the essential vitamins: 1. Vitamin AYou have heard the superstition that eating carrots can help you see in the dark. That is not exactly true, but carrots do contain beta-carotene, a precursor to vitamin A, which helps your eyes adjust to light. Your vision and immune system rely on the antioxidant vitamin A to function correctly, as do your heart, lungs, and kidneys. Vitamin A takes two main forms: preformed vitamin A (retinol, retinyl esters), and provitamin A carotenoids (of which beta-carotene is one). How much do you need?Adult men should aim for 900 micrograms (mcg) per day. Adult women should aim for 700 mcg per day. What should you eat?Preformed vitamin A is found in meat, poultry, eggs, and other animal products. Provitamin A is found in fruits and vegetables, like sweet potatoes, squash, spinach, mangoes and, of course, carrots. To be continued... Source: https://thinkhealth.priorityhealth.com/the-abcs-of-vitamins-13-essential-vitamins-and-why-you-need-them/ "Imagine Rotary" Initiatives for 2022-2023 Stay Safe and Stay Healthy. Have a Great Week Ahead!
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