Major Project

12^th April 2006

Some good news.  The Totalisator Board has just given their support to the Major Project and allocated $20,000 for the Rotary Family Service Centre.  This donation together with the earlier $30,000 donation from the Lee Foundation has allowed the Major Project to fulfill about 90% of our pledge commitments.  However, we are still short of about $12,000 and ideas are welcomed as to how we can breach this gap.

Even as we grapple with the shortfall of funds for the beneficiaries, we seek the help from members to simplify the job of the treasurer to reconcile the project accounts and payments by their prompt payments (and a big thank you to those who have already made good their donations).  Each golfer is required to pay $500 for Major Project and for non-golfers, the amount pledged is $400.  It would certainly be a sad situation if we had to “chase” after payment one year later (which I’m afraid is the case for some outstanding payments from last year’s major project).

Michael Chua, E-bulletin Editor

Statistics:

Attendance: 20/52 (38%) with 4 make-ups

Sunshine: $225

100percenters: 14

This Thursday.....

At your Lunch Meeting this Thursday 13^th April 2006
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

Dear fellow Rotarians,

            Please join us this Thursday for a presentation on:

“Is Japan’s Economic Recovery for Real”

Mr Wong Keng Siong, Vice President, Group Research and Senior Economist, DBS Bank

About the Speaker:

Our speaker Mr Wong was senior economist at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, before moving on to the private sector in 1992. He worked for a number of top local and international organisations, such as JM Sassoon, Yamaichi Research Institute, the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, prior to joining DBS Bank in September 2005.

As Vice President, Group Research and Senior Economist in DBS, Mr Wong’s portfolio includes the euro area, India, Japan and South Korea . His research interests centres around economic and monetary policy. Mr Wong is not only well-quoted in the news media - due to his extensive experience in covering the Asian financial markets - his insights are highly sought-after at the policy-making level as well.

Mr Wong graduated in 1989 from the National University of Singapore with an honours degree in Business Administration. He is presently pursuing an executive MBA with the State University of New York at Buffalo. In the area of community work, Mr Wong has been a member of the executive committee of the SAFRA National Service Association’s Town Club since his appointment in July 2001 by then-Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan.

On behalf of the programme committee, 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

Notice:

1.  From PN Chuen Eng – Donation Tax Receipts for Major Project will be distributed out at the lunch meeting for those interested in making the claims for their income tax submissions.  The receipts can be collected from the main table from 2 March onwards.

What’s coming up:

1. 13 April 2006 – PDG Dr Tay Teck Eng will be celebrating his 92^nd birthday with the club during the lunch meeting.

2. 13 April 2006 – Community Service Committee Meeting at 6:30pm. Venue to be announced.

3. 28 April 2006 - Rotary Charity Golf 2006 for Rotary Family Service Centre

Venue : Tanah Merah Country Club, Tampaines Course

Hole-in-one prize  : Toyota RAV4

Special Lucky Draw : Fly Around The Island for Three

Registration and Lunch : 11:30 am

Shot Gun tee off : 1:00 pm

Dinner and prize : 7:00 pm

Cost:  S$500 per golfer, S$2,000 per flight, inclusive of lunch, dinner, drinks, games, buggy, goodie bag.

Double Tax Exempt S$350 per golfer, S$1,400 per flight.

Additional Dinner ticket is S$100 per person. Double Tax Exempt is S$50.

Make cheque payable to "Rotary Club of Singapore North"

Sponsors : $10,000 and above

Magazine : Color full page - $2,000

                   B/W full page  - $1,000

                   B/W half page - $500

Donation for goody bag, other merchandise for auction are welcome.

Please contact IPP K K Tan (9671093) or Jack Chuang (96157289)

4. 3 May 2006 – President’s Cup Golf Fellowship will be held at Sembawang Country Club.  The details are as follows:

Cost: $48 (members), $110 (non-members)

Cost includes green fee, buggy fee, quick lunch and 8-course sit-down Chinese dinner and GST.

Dinner for non-golfers would cost $35.

5. 5 to 8 May – Satellite TV for Distance Learning Project handover ceremony in Thailand.  

“The project has been approved to participate with Her Royal Highness Princess Sirindhorn's Distant Learning Program.  So, we will be invited to meet with Princess Sirindhorn to present our project on the 8 May'06 at the Royal palace.  That's why we've fixed the hand-over and site visit 2 days before we come back to Bangkok to attend the meeting on the 8 May'06.  Hope that you can gather some of your members to join this memorable ceremony.” - Snit Kunaporn, Rotary Club of Dhonburi

Those interested to see first hand the location where the project is implemented please contact International Service Director – Rtn Kenny Loh by the end of this week.

6. 25 May 2006 – Ms Catherine Lim will speak at the Fireside Chat on the topic “Perils, Promises, Paradoxes: How Catherine Lim sees her role as social critic”.

7. 17 June 2006 – Installation cum President’s Fellowship Night at Raffles Country Club.  Keep this date free and plan your June holidays around it!

8. 18 to 21 June 2006 – Visit to Panchiao North – led by PE Gary.  Those wishing to support this trip to contact incoming International Service Director, PP Wei Lien, at wltayqs@yahoo.com