The Lions Club of Sydney Chinese Inc is a member of Lions Clubs International, an international non profit community service organization, upholding a common motto “WE SERVE”. Today, there are Lions Clubs in 202 countries and geographical areas all over the world.  In District 201N5, which covers the Sydney area and Norfolk Island, there are some 75 Clubs with around 1,800 members.  Amongst these, there are 7 Chinese-based Clubs.  The Club is the first of these Chinese-based Clubs chartered in April 1995. Currently, the Club's membership stands at 66 and ranks the second highest in the District.

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President’s Message to Members
My fellow Lions

On 4 August, we attended a joint dinner meeting of clubs in our zone welcoming new DG Elvio Munzone. Details can be found on pages 2-3 of our August 2008 Bulletin.

At our August Members Meeting on 6 August, we celebrated birthday with Irene, Annie and Josephine (Thereses mom). We also enjoyed moon cakes, courtesy of Lion Felix Chen of Heng Fai Compony Pty Ltd.

Our Clubs membership and accounting teams have been working pretty hard lately. They have been chasing up overdue 2008-9 membership fees. If you haven't as yet paid, please send in your cheque for $150 soon - address it to the Lions Club of Sydney Chinese Inc. and post it to P.O. Box K422, Haymarket NSW 2000. Yes, we are a successful club with a strong membership. As always, our success comes from our collective efforts. It is up to each one of us to keep supporting the club to keep it strong. The starting point is to be current on membership by paying the annual dues.

At our Board meeting held on 19 August, approval was given for Annie Tai and Keith Chung to become members. We are hoping to induct them at our next members meeting on 3 September. So please come along and witness this happy event.

Preparations for Charity Ball 2009 - Saturday, 7 March - is making good progress. We now have confirmation of Shums Watches and Jewellery as Major Sponsor while Honey Travel, Liteco Construction, Rita & Arthur Kwan and Zilver Restaurant have all agreed to continue as Sponsors. If you have any leads on other prospective sponsors, do refer them to us and well follow them up.

We also have plans to organise a major charity choral concert in May next year. Watch this space for further news on this.

Our Finnish twin, LC Jävanpää Ainot, has been in touch again. They are an all-ladies club and they now have a new President Lion Sirkka Nieminen. Also, they have a new English section on their website - http://www.lions.fi/district107-C/JpaaAinot/activities.html. Do check it out if youre interested.

Please click here to view the August 2008 Bulletin.