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 206 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 1,750 members.  Amongst these, there are 7 Chinese-based Clubs.  The Club is the first of these Chinese-based Clubs chartered in April 1995. Currently, including the Associate Memberships of International President Sid L Scruggs III, International 1st Vice President Dr Wing Kun Tam and PID Barry Palmer AM together with 110 Active Members, the Club's membership stands at 113 and enjoys top ranking amongst all Lions clubs in the District.

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Editorial - Club Bulletin

The District 201N5 Changeover was held on 23 July 2010. At the formal function, PDG Beryl Payne duly passed the gong and gavel of the District to DG John Harrison.

In his inaugural address as DG, Lion Harrison urged Lions “to take an interest in the broader aspects of Lions outside of their Club”. He asked Lions to take up the challenge of his motto “Be the change you want to see”.

The very first change he wants to see: the composition of Zone 5 was realigned to consist of four clubs: Sydney Chinese Lions, Sydney Innerwest Lions, NSW Parliament Lions and Sydney Executive Business Lions. At the same time, our Honorary President Dr. Anthony Cheung was appointed as Zone Chairman of this Zone. Congratulations to Dr. Cheung.

Henceforth each of the clubs in the Zone will in turn be hosting a Zone meeting per quarter and invitations will be extended to the Presidents and members of other Clubs in the Zone. On 4 August, Sydney Chinese Lions had their members monthly meeting, this together with our Zone Chairman’s visit and welcoming of DG John Harrison, the 3-in-1 function was attended by Presidents and members of the other Zone 5 clubs as well. There were over 100 Lions and guests.

Nevertheless, this does not mean we have to change everything for the sake of making changes. Nor does it suggest that all other Clubs will have to keenly participate in all of our club’s activities, particularly those carrying a heavy Chinese connotation. For instance, at Sydney Chinese Lions, it will be business as usual at their annual visit to the elderly. This year they are visiting the Indo–Chinese Elderly Hostel on Sunday, 19 September, (a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival). Like previous years, enthusiastic support from Sydney Chinese Lions members is expected.

Meanwhile, Sydney Chinese Lions are organizing their inaugural Health Talk Day on Saturday, 30 October 2010. Qualified medical and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) practitioners will be giving talks on selected health issues. This is open to the general public and is jointly supported by the Australian Chinese Medical Association, the Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Society of Australia, Chinese Medicine Industry Council of Australia and Sydney Innerwest Lions. Watch out for further details in the appropriate media releases closer to the date of the event.

Sydney Chinese Lions collaborating with UTS, are also in the final phases of establishing a competitive scholarship to UTS research students in TCM. Again further details will be available soon.

August 2010

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