Romu Bellani - 21st April

David Harilela - 25th April

 

 Meeting on 18th April, 2001

Hope you all spotted last weeks  error - the purported date of the meeting being reported!! "28th March" would you believe? That's what comes of using a previous editions as a template but not erasing all irrelevant bits first.

This report concerns last weeks meeting - promise!

Attendance: 29 KGM Rtns., 5 visiting Rtns., introduced by PP Raju:-

Rtn Vivek Sardana - Exhibition Services - Delhi Downtown Rotary Club

PP Ted Frazier - Communications -  Maryville, Tennessee Rotary Club

Pres Giovanna Mckay - Corporate Consulting - Rotary Club Waling Waling

PP Joop Litmaath - International Trade - Hong Kong Rotary Club

PP Michael N Harilela - Hospitality Industry - Rot'y Club, Kowloon North

6 Guests of Rotarians introduced by Rtn Jane:-

Ann M Hinch, April D Morgan, Tammy A O'Dell, Sheila D Campbell - GSE - Guests of RCKGM

       Nina Phan - Hamburg, Germany and Salman Tanzeen, Heidelburg, Germany, Guests of Rtn Jane.

 

         

I arrived at 1.10 p.m. just as Rtn Sgt Clarissa was setting the scene for her fines based on "art" as displayed in clothing, accessories or other accoutrement. A novel and effective fund raising concept...but we are still in the dark about PP Vince's red under-garments.

Rtn David then spoke of his close friend who had anonymously donated HK$20,000 to the KGM Community Service Fund. There followed heavy, grateful, applause from Rotarians present followed by a suggestion by PP Robin to make the gentleman a Paul Harris Fellow.

PP Ted Frazier "the fearless leader of the GSE team" then introduced himself and the other four members (see above) who each spoke about themselves with strong and proud Tennessee accent. The team very kindly provided a colourful and informative leaflet giving details of each participant and some interesting information about Tennessee

(2ns, 2s's, 4e's 'n a Tee!):-

The State flag was designed by LeRoy Reeves, 3 stars for the 3 divisions bound by the endless circle of the blue field - an indessoluble trinity.

The State Nickname is "The Volunteer State" originating in 1812 when thousands from the State enlisted following Governor Blount's call.

The State Wild Flower is the Passion Flower while the Iris is its Cultivated Flower.

State Song (by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant)

Rocky Top. You'll always be

Home sweet home to me.

Good ol' Rocky Top, Rocky Top,

Tennessee, Rocky Top, Tennessee.

 

I have a copy of the leaflet on the group should any member care to view it.

Rtn Elissa then introduced our speaker, Dr Susan Fan, Executive Director of "The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong", who talked on the subject of sex education and many aspects of the sexual relationship between couples during the lifetime of their marriage. Dr Fan, clearly a very qualified and experienced professional in the field of family planning counselling, first entertained us with a barrage of overhead slide cartoons illustrating many of the aspects of the subject in a most humorous way. Following this Dr Fan spoke with deadly seriousness about the work of the FPA in counselling couples of all ages, one area of which I remember was the need for couples to talk to each other about all issues, in particular, sex, where there might be some misunderstanding or other barrier to its successful execution ... which reminds me of the street pollster who asked a man whether he ever talked to his wife, to which he responded, "Well, to tell the truth the answer is no ... because since our marriage I've never been able to get a word in at all."

I have asked Dr Fan if we might have copies of some of the humorous slides and if successful will include some in future issues of Golden News. As can be expected there was a healthy and lively question session following Dr Fan's interesting talk.

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Well, fellow Rotarians, there is not much I can  tell you about my transparent life that your do not already know! However, I will attempt to bore you again.

I was born a long time ago right here in Hong Kong and was educated here also. My father was a good and handsome man from Pakistan and my mother was a lovely Cantonese lady who was also born and educated in Hong Kong. I am married  to John, who is a nice Australian whom you have all met over the years. He is originally from Melbourne and together we have 2 wonderful sons. Our first born son Jason is 23 and our baby son Ross is 20.
At present I am running my own jewellery business and I have been doing so
for more than 11 years. My company is Elissa Cohen Jewellery Company Ltd.
located right in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui. We export and retail a wide variety of cultured pearls, Italian gold jewellery and locally produced jewellery with diamonds, precious and semi-precious stones. We also provide custom-making, repairs and remodelling services.
In my spare time I like jogging, boxing, step aerobics, hiking and dancing. I also like to read and listen to music, especially the golden oldies!!

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