The monday meeting at Tanglin Club this week at 7pm took advantage of technology with guest speaker Ian Mehrag zooming in from Scotland, United Kingdom. The presentation was informative and educational with many questions asked on his topic of "How to achieve sustainable, predictable and consistant growth based on the 4C's framework" https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-meharg-5574631/
PP Hannes Feldhusen giving the welcome toast to RI, RCQ members and guests.
Guest speaker Ian Mehrag, zooming in from Scotland
Potential new RCQ members Anne-Sophie & Markus Helms
World Peace and Understanding Day: 118 Years Of Rotary International's Humanitarian Mission
World Understanding and Peace Day takes place on February 23 every year. This meeting of businessmen, beginning with Attorney Paul P. Harris, calling the first meeting with his business friends, Gustavus Loehr, Silvestor Schiele, and Hiram Shorey, on Feb. 23, 1905, in a downtown office building in Chicago. The aim was for a gathering of people where their backgrounds did not matter. They decided to call their club Rotary because the locations for their meeting would "Rotate."
Rotary International is an international organisation with over 46,000 Rotary Clubs, dedicated to humanitarian service and work towards the goals of goodwill, support education, provide clean water, fight diseases, protect the environment, and promote the development of local communities.
One of Rotary International's most well-known efforts is working to eradicate polio. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Rotary International helped in reducing polio cases by 99.9 percent.
World Understanding and Peace Day (WUPD) dinner with RCQ Honorary member, HE Peter Guschelbauer as the Guest of Honour.
Rotary Club of Queenstown members in full force at WUPD
World Understanding and Peace Day (WUPD) was held in conjuction with Rotary International's 118th Anniversary celebration.
ExplorewithLindaG_History & Culture Tour of Chinatown
PP Erich Schneider engaged PP Linda Gouw, a licensed tourist guide and engaging storyteller, to showcase Chinatown’s cultural splendours, hip lifestyle establishments and age-old places of worship to his friends from Great Britain.
It was a delight to have a Swiss, Scot and English on my Chinatown cultural tour.
Congratulations to PP Teo Pok Zin on his latest grandchildren addition!
Many congratulations to PP Teo Pok Zin's eldest daughter Wanjin, on the birth of her baby. A great day to remember, as it is also World Understanding and Peace Day!_23 February 2023.
Rotary Club of Queenstown extend their deepest condolences to PP Jeyan Nadarajah on the demise of his beloved mother on 24 February 2023.
