My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, A lot happened in the fortnight since I last wrote to you, some more obvious than others. On the eve of the District visits to Beijing and Mongolia, my mind naturally focused on the zud in Mongolia which is not getting better. Zud is Mongolian…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I have never doubted the difficulties involved in asking people for money. Asking people to pay levies is never a pleasant job. That is why nobody likes the Government or the Inland Revenue Department in particular. However, as your Governor-elect or Incoming Governor, I am…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Many Rotarians throughout the world woke up this morning and were saddened by the news of the death of Past RI President Paulo V C Costa who gave us the theme “Honour Rotary with Faith and Enthusiasm” when he was President in 1990-91. I got…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Governor Dipo Sani and Conference Chairman Stella Kan can rightly congratulate themselves and each other for having organized an excellent District Conference – the 40th annual conference of District 3450 held over the weekend in Macau. Read on and you may agree with what I…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Today is Tree Planting Day in many Chinese communities worldwide. Today marks the 75th anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. It is also the anniversary of the founding of the Girl Guides movement in the United States. Most important, it is also Tree…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I am sorry if you could not access Frank Devlyn’s Website based on what I gave you in my last letter and I thank the readers for letting me know early. In a rush, I had typed a dot between frank and devlyn. The correct…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Well, it is now official. RI President-elect Frank J. Devlyn has announced today (4 February 2000) at the International Assembly his theme for 2000-2001, which is, as I intimated in my last letter, CREATE AWARENESS – TAKE ACTION. Frank Devlyn disclosed his theme towards the…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Tonight I will embark on a journey, which I have been looking forward to for some time. In fact, by the time you read this, if you read this, I should be half way round the globe flying to Los Angeles, if not already there….
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, I can never thank you enough for the concern and condolences, and love and support you have given me through words, messages and flowers following the death of my mother earlier this month. My life has not been as organized as I hope these days,…
My Dear Rotarians and friends, in particular my Action Presidents, Wen Huang, if you don’t know him, is a Public Relations Consultant at RI Headquarters, Evanston, which would make him Rotary’s spin-doctor, I suppose. He is quite a likeable character – warm, sensitive and helpful. I first met him at the meeting when Jason handed…
