That was the title of The Economist’s leader for last week. By now, numerous articles must have been written, magazines and books produced, tons of paper used for their printing, endless emails exchanged across countries and continents, even more endless discussions in all media, airports and stock markets closed and re-opened, and so on. World…
The five senses are of course the five natural powers which give a person or animal information about the world outside. They are sight, hearing, feeling, tasting and smelling. The deprivation or impairment of any one of the senses would cause serious inconvenience to the subject in question on the one hand, and have generated…
Spy Kids, Planet of the Apes, Jurassic Park and Artificial Intelligence, what have they all got in common? Yes, they are all movie titles, but you cannot be serious if you expect a prize for that. Let me save you the guesswork, for this could be a frustrating experience, and besides, you couldn’t possibly know…
Chan Ka-lok is the Professional Development Director of the Rotaract Club of Kingspark. He told me weeks ago that he had invited Cao Renchao of the Economical Journal to speak at the Club’s August General Meeting and asked me to join the meeting last weekend. Mr. Cao is a household name in town, well known…
My Dear Rotarians and Friends, in particular, my fellow club members, I was rather thrilled when I saw for the first time “Letters from a Rotarian” in print. I had arranged for 100 copies to be delivered to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 20 July so that each outgoing and incoming president…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I was hoping to send you this letter from San Antonio, but by 26 June, my laptop went into a funny mode such that I couldn’t even access Microsoft Word, let alone connections to the outside world. I could operate though on Notepad, and I…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I noticed early this morning that Rick King’s picture was already on center stage of the RI Website, more than 24 hours, East Coast time, ahead of his term. And why not? By convention, the president-elect is president after the international convention; and indeed some…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I did not travel to San Antonio alone after all, not the full journey anyway, but first, let me share with you the few hectic days in Hong Kong before I went off. First, there was the official opening of the refurbished Rotary Information Centre…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Last week, I went to Beijing for the annual District Visit to the Ministries without Rosita. Happily, I was in a delegation of 16, comprising Governor-elect Johnson Chu, Governor-nominee Gloria Chan, six Action Presidents, namely Ada Cheng, Meggy Tseung, Peter Wan, Y C Chan, Witman…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, It was close to a quarter of a century when Rosita and I first visited San Francisco. We spent a few days of our honeymoon in the city, visiting her brother who lived and worked there. We also met his then wife for the first…
