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Issue no: 12  /  27 Nov 2003

10 students from the Interact Club of CHIJ, St. Theresa's Convent, were given an overall insight into the Hospitality Industry courtesy of Rotarian Yoshi and his kind staff from The New Otani Hotel on the afternoon of 17th November. The vocational attachment cum seminar included a detailed slide presentation of  the hotel's management structure, function and operation including it's front and back-of-the-house set-up.

This visit also included a a welcome address by Rotarian Yoshioka, Managing Director of

Calendar of Events

The Interact Club of NJC will start their Christmas Cheer project by selling "The Christmas CD - All Wrapped Up"  by the a cappella group Vocaluptuous, teddy bears and chocolates at Suntec City from Monday 1st to 23rd December. They can be located at the walkway outside the food court next to the the Fountain of Wealth. They will be there everyday from 11am to catch the lunch crowd and will close at 7pm. Proceeds from the sale of the CDs will go to The Society of the Physically Disabled. Proceeds from the sale of chocolates and teddy bears will support NJC's community service trips to Cambodia and the Maldives.

RCSW will be organizing a Christmas Happy Hour at the Singapore Recreation Club on 10th Dec '03 from 7:00pm onwards at a cost of $20.00 per pax. This is an official Rotary meeting and make up cards will be issued to all visiting Rotarians. Your Rotary spouses are invited and you are welcome to bring guests. Email Rtn Michael Quek for details and catering arrangements.

A charity concert - an evening of music and songs from around the world - presented by our sister club, RC Pudu and Dama Orchestra will be held on the 10th December 2003 at the Grand Ballroom, Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. RCSW will be represented by a table courtesy of Rtn Bernard Chia.

A RCSW delegation will be making a goodwill visit to our sister club RC Pudu on 10th December to support the charity concert "Fragrance of the Night" (see details above) and RC Cebu-West from the 11th to 14th December to handover the computers that were collected last rotary year and donated through RCSW. This will also serve as an official visit as both clubs were not able to mutually visit each other because of SARS earlier on in the year.  Please look out for details by separate email announcement from International Director Loh Sin Yong or contact him directly.

RI District 3310 Conference, 9th - 11th January 2004. Suntec International Exhibition and Convention Centre. Registration fees for Rotarians and spouses cover daily coffee / tea breaks, lunch, Fellowship Dinner, Governor's Banquet, Opening Ceremony, Conference Programme and admission to the Conference Exhibition. Other events include Golf and Bowling Fellowship and a House of Friendship programme. Access District 3310 Conference website for more details.

All PDG's, PPs and senior members are requested to kindly forward any form of archive or documentary records or photos of RCSW's past to our designated Club Historian PP Khoo Chong Yew or Club Service Director Gary Loh.  This is for the purpose of our 50th Anniversary 'coffee table' souvenir book.

REMINDER.  Rotarian Pieter Van Putten will celebrate his 40th Birthday party this Saturday, 29th November at his residence 23 Cassia Drive S 289716, 7.30pm onwards. Members and guest attending are requested not to bring gifts but to make a donation to the Singapore Cancer Society which will be one of RCSW's Major Project beneficiaries. Pieter will also do a bicycle ride from Malacca to Singapore in support of this cause in April 2004.

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