Last Sunday we provided Free Medical Check-up to over 200 elderly citizens and gave them a bag of goodies to take home. Thanks to PP Silva for organizing this and a big thanks also to all the Rotarians from KGM, volunteers from Edelweiss, Yiing Wa College, Interactors and the medical team. Sharing a few Photos here, and please visit our website for more. Link to website here .
Recently the Government of Cambodia has awarded a Medal to LTPP in recognition of the humanitarian work done by Rotarians there. Congratulations to our Rotarian friends in Cambodia.
We love raising money and we love having fun, come and join us at the Hand Bag & Sunglasses Auction today, at the Club Lusitano, preview will start at 6pm. Kindly drop by and support this event and bring all your friends too. There are over 80 designer handbags and free Flowing Wine, Soft Drinks & Snacks.
Our regular Lunch Meeting is on this Wednesday, if you haven’t signed up yet please do it today as we have to inform the hotel by this afternoon. We have a very good speaker who is a Principal in the Control Risks’ Hong Kong office, see more information below. He will be talking about risk management and crisis preparedness and etc. Plus, we have arranged a Thanksgiving style lunch as it’s almost turkey time… Must not miss!
The links to the Rotary magazine and DG Letter have been updated.
Details for Upcoming Regular Lunch:
Date: November 16th, 2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 12.30pm to 2.00pm Location: Room B3, Holiday Inn Kowloon Golden Mile, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Menu: American (Thanksgiving style)
RSVP: Please click here or add your name on the Whatsapp Group once the message is posted. Speaker:
Topic: “RiskMap 2023: Top risks for the year ahead and what they mean for your business”
Speaker Bio:
Neal Beatty is a Principal in Control Risks’ Hong Kong office. In this role, he is responsible for client relationships in Hong Kong, developing new business with multinational clients and advising on areas of business risk that impact clients’ operations in Hong Kong, Greater China and the Asia Pacific region. Neal also consults with clients on issues related to strategic risk management and crisis preparedness, including restructuring and reputational issues. He has assisted clients dealing with sensitive internal compliance and business continuity issues and regularly conducts crisis & risk management workshops with senior management groups. A fluent Mandarin speaker, Neal regularly gives presentations to both multinational and Chinese companies.
Kindly Note:
*Hotel has requested to confirm the numbers by 14th November, 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:
November 30th - Fellowship
December 7th - Regular Lunch Meeting and AGM
December 14th - Regular Lunch Meeting + XMAS party
January 11th - First Regular meeting of 2023
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:
THANKSGIVING:
Why Do We Celebrate Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It is sometimes called American Thanksgiving (outside the United States) to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions. It originated as a day of thanksgiving and harvest festival, with the theme of the holiday revolving around giving thanks and the centerpiece of Thanksgiving celebrations remaining a Thanksgiving dinner. The dinner traditionally consists of foods and dishes indigenous to the Americas, namely turkey, potatoes (usually mashed or sweet), stuffing, squash, corn (maize), green beans, cranberries (typically in sauce form), and pumpkin pie. Other Thanksgiving customs include charitable organizations offering Thanksgiving dinner for the poor, attending religious services, watching parades, and viewing football games. In American culture Thanksgiving is regarded as the beginning of the fall–winter holiday season, which includes Christmas and the New Year.
Thanksgiving has been celebrated nationally on and off since 1789, with a proclamation by President George Washington after a request by Congress. President Thomas Jefferson chose not to observe the holiday, and its celebration was intermittent until President Abraham Lincoln, in 1863, proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens", calling on the American people to also, "with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience .. fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty hand to heal the wounds of the nation...". Lincoln declared it for the last Thursday in November. On June 28, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law the Holidays Act that made Thanksgiving a yearly appointed federal holiday in Washington D.C. On January 6, 1885, an act by Congress made Thanksgiving, and other federal holidays, a paid holiday for all federal workers throughout the United States. Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the date was moved to one week earlier, observed between 1939 and 1941 amid significant controversy. From 1942 onwards, Thanksgiving, by an act of Congress, signed into law by FDR, received a permanent observation date, the fourth Thursday in November, no longer at the discretion of the President.
1680 Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch's Comet/Newton's Comet)
1856 American Gail Borden is issued a patent for technology related to his invention of condensed milk
1896 Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
1908 Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light
1991 Michael Jackson's "Black or White" music video with groundbreaking morphing effects premieres simultaneously in 27 countries on MTV, Fox TV and BBC's Top of the Pops
1994 1st public trains run through the Channel Tunnel linking England and France under the English Channel
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