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World Peace and Understanding Day

 

15th February 2006

Next week’s regular dinner meeting will not be held as the there will be a joint event for the Rotary Clubs in Singapore (details below) celebrating World Peace and Understanding Day.  Do consider attending to fellowship with Rotarians in other Rotary Clubs in Singapore.

 

Besides Fellowship, Rotary movement is also about giving.  This week’s speaker will share with us his experience in Cambodia establishing the first of possibly 10 Orphanages in the region.  Do attend this meeting and see if you can play a part in this vision.

Statistics:

Attendance: 47%

(25/53, including 11 make-ups)

 

100percenters: 15

(Michael Chua, E-Bulletin Editor)

 

 

This Thursday.....

At your Lunch Meeting this Thursday 16th February 2006
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

Dear fellow Rotarians,

            Please join us this Thursday for a presentation on:

 

“10 Years… 10 Orphanages”

Mr Robert Kee

Founder/Director – Operation Hope Foundation

 

About the Speaker:

 

Robert Kee is the founder of Operation Hope Foundation, which has set as its goal to establish 10 orphanages in the next 10 years.

 

The first project is Hope Village in Cambodia, one of the poorest countries in the region, and ravaged by AIDS.  As a result, the country has in recent years been facing an alarming increase in the number of orphans and abandoned children. 

 

Located in the poor province of Prey Veng, Hope Village was set up to reach out to these children and transform their lives with the hope of creating a better future for them. Spanning over 80,000 square ft, Hope Village offer facilities to create a nurturing and conducive environment for learning and growing. Currently ca. 100 children live in Hope Village.

 

On behalf of the programme and vocational service committees, we look forward to seeing you this Thursday.

Yours in Rotary

Michael Chua
Programme Service Director
RY 2005-2006

 

Buffet lunch at S$25.00 will be served. 
Parking complimentary.

 

We meet at 12.45pm onwards for lunch meetings
and
7pm for dinner meetings - every last Thursday of the month

 

Desk duty:   Jean-Paul Deslypere & Denis Tan

 

Kindly make alter nate arrangements
or contact Director Kenny Loh if you are not able to perform desk duty

 

Desk duty schedule for the following weeks

Nelson Goh & Paul Sie

John Grosvenor & Seah Khen Hee

 

Please extend our RCSW hospitality to our international visitors

our home page

http://www.rotarysingaporewest.org

Message from President

 

Dear Members,

 

Re: PHF matching grant project with RC Dhonburi

 

RC Singapore West has agreed to support RC Dhonburi with its “Satellite TV” project to raise funds to purchase satellite TVs for poor and remote villages in the Thai countryside. The equipment consists of satellite dishes, decoder receivers, television sets and related equipment.  Plans are to donate a total of 40 sets to different villages.  This project is a matching grant PHF project, with three of Dhonburi’s sister clubs involved – RC Yahata in Japan, RC Pusan-Gudeok in Korea and RCWS.  

 

We have committed 3 PHFs for this meaningful project.  I would like to appeal for 3 members who are not Paul Harris Fellow yet, or whose PHF donation has been quite a while ago, to come forward and support this cause.  Similar to our other matching grant project, you as the donor will know where the funds are going, and you can actually join a visit to Dhonburi later in the year for the handover ceremony.

 

Pieter Van Putten

 

What’s coming up:

 

1. 23 February 2006 – Intercity meeting to celebrate World Understanding and Peace Day. Our regular meeting will be CANCELLED. The dinner is at The Legends Fort Canning. Guest of Honour will be Mr. Chan Soo Sen, Minister of State, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Trade and Industry. The program for the evening is as follows:

 

7.30pm            Fellowship commences

8.00pm            Arrival of Guest of Honour

8.02pm            Toast to the President and the Republic of Singapore

8.03pm            Toast to Rotary International

8.04pm            Speech by Mr. Tay Kim Ann, District Governor 2005-2006, District 3310

8.10pm            Dinner commences

9.00pm            Speech by the Guest of Honour

10.30pm          Close of Event and Goodnight

 

Tickets are with President PvP and are priced at $50 each.