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Introduction
Rotary Club of SoHo Hong Kong is one of the clubs under the District 3450 of the Rotary International which is an international service organization, bringing together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. Rotary Club of SoHo Hong Kong is a service organisation serving the community especially for those from young generation and underprivileged group e.g. Single parent family and ethnic minorities. The club was chartered by the Charter President Chris Tsang on 1 May 2012 and officially registered as a registered society under the Societies Ordinance of the Laws of Hong Kong in April 2013.
Contents
- Introduction
- District
- Area
- Grandmother Club and Mother Club
- Sister Club
- Presidents
- Board Members 2016 17
- No of members as at March 2016
- Members Classification
- Regular Meeting
- Venue of Meeting
- Little Bunny Project co organized with Christian Family Service Centre
- Cantonese Talent Show Competition co organized with Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service
- Joint Service Project of Mental Health Suicidal Prevention and Crisis Management
- References
District
Rotary Club of SoHo Hong Kong is under the Rotary International District 3450 which governs all Rotary clubs in Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia and The People's Republic of China - Guangdong Province.
Area
Area 4 of Rotary International District 3450
Grandmother Club and Mother Club
Grandmother Club: Rotary Club of Peninsula
Mother club: Rotary Club of Taipo http://www.rctaipo.org
Sister Club
Rotary Club of Hsinchu Chu-Chiann (新竹竹塹扶輪社) http://www.chuchain.org/
Presidents
Charter President Chris Tsang (2012)
Past President Polly Yeung (2012–13)
Past President Kirk Yip (2013–14)
Past President Edward Chan (2014–15)
Immediate Past President Christina Leung (2015–16)
President Edward Chu (2016–17)
Board Members (2016-17)
President: Edward Chu
President Elect: Menza Chu
Vice President: Jeffrey Kwok
Secretary: Renee Hue
Treasurer: Eddy Lo
Service Director: PP Polly YEUNG
Fellowship Director: Sarita Chu
Foundation Chair: Joey Cheng
Other Board Members:
CP Chris Tsang
PP Polly Yeung
PP Edward Chan
IPP Christina Leung
No. of members (as at March 2016)
16
Members' Classification
Members come from diversified classifications, including, Wholesale & Retail - Textile, Building Consultant, Human Resources, Counseling Psychology, Jewellery, Fashion, Finance, Banking, Occupational Therapy, Social Service, Tax Consulting, Education Consultant and etc.
Regular Meeting
Every Wednesday 19:00
Venue of Meeting
Shanghai Fraternity Association, South China Building, 1 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong.
Little Bunny Project co-organized with Christian Family Service Centre
It is a service project serving the underprivileged families or single-parent families in Kwun Tong District. We set up a Little Bunny Letterbox which serves as a communication channel between our members and the kids from those families. We also organize social gathering and festival parties for the kids and parents.
Cantonese Talent Show Competition co-organized with Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service
In order to facilitate social inclusion by learning and speaking in Cantonese, a talent competition is organized for kids and youth coming from those ethnic minority groups. Their mother tongue is not Cantonese.
Joint Service Project of Mental Health, Suicidal Prevention, and Crisis Management
On January 8–14, 2016, at -30C temperature, in the ‘Joint Service Project of Mental Health, Suicidal Prevention, and Crisis Management’, Professor Albert Chan who is a Clinical Psychologist and Crisis Management Trainer representing Rotary Club of SoHo Hong Kong flew all the way from Hong Kong to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to provide training to Mongolia Rotarians, Medical Doctors, Police Officers, Teachers, Social Workers, Power Plant Seniors and Flight Tower Controllers, with the logistic arrangement provided by Rotary Club of Tamir.