Friends From HKU Coming To Visit Us!

It's like the movie "the third encounter". We have been contacted by a Rotaract Club outside this district and outside Malaysia! They are the Rotaract Club of University of Hong Kong!

I was surprised and excited when I received the email sent by their international service director. They have planned to visit us, our "beautiful" country in January 2007. For the avoidance of miscommunication, kindly allow me to reproduce in full the email sent to me:-

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Dear Harinniann (it should be spelt as "Harnniann, nvm though),

I am Dennis Chan, the International Service Director of the Rotaract Club of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (District 3450). Few weeks ago, Queenie Lam, another International Director of our club sent you an e-mail, expressing our eagerness to go travelling in your beautiful country. Thanks for your warm reply.

After having discussed with other Executive Committees of our club, we have planned to visit your country in Mid-January of the coming year (2007). We plan to spend 4 days in your country. The details of the coming delegation are as follows for your reference:

Date: 10^th ¡V 13^th January 2007

No. of participants: 16

Age group of our participants: 18-22

We sincerely hope your club can arrange reception for our guys from Hong Kong. It is really a valuable chance for us to go to your country and to spend our holiday there. I would also like to ask if your club can make any arrangement for our participants. We truly want to have close contact with the local families in your country, as it is the best way to know more about the lifestyle and culture of Malaysia. It is also the best way to establish friendship between us. Also, I would like to ask if we can engage in any service project, e.g. paying visit to some school, to those disabled or elderly. If you can make this for us, our trip will be of a very meaningful and unforgettable one. Looking forward to your reply.

Yours sincerely,

Dennis Chan

International Service Director

Rotaract Club

The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong (District 3450)

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I have informed our PE Feldman about the proposed visit and had briefly discussed with him. It will be a very challenging project and it involves a great deal of human and/or financial resources to make it a success. We as good host of Malaysia have to make sure that our guests receive the best hospitality from Malaysia. We don't want our friends to go home and say "this is the last time I visit Malaysia!", do we?

It will not be easy but once we undertake this assignment, I trust that it will be fruitful and will be a great learning experience for everyone of us especially in terms of organising accomodation, transportation, foor, schedule etc etc. A lot of support and sacrifises of the members of our club needed to make it happens.

So, the Rotaract Club of Port Klang Centennial, are you ready to make some friends with the Rotaractors of HKU? Please brush up your Cantonese first... : )