#3: Meeting to brief about the Association

Discussion meeting

Date: Feb 5, 2010

Time: 7:00 pm

Venue: Chinese Recreation Club

香港中華游樂會
香港大坑銅鑼灣道123號

CHINESE RECREATION CLUB, HONG KONG
123 TUNG LO WAN RD, TAI HANG, H.K.

電話: 2577-7376

Participants of dinner on Feb 5
* Tong Tak Cheung, Ronald
* Janice Yip
* P.T. Yeung
* Billy Chow Fong Wai
* Edward Sin
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* Eddie Wong
* Li Sek Kwan
* Catherine Wong
* Hymen Lam
* To Yiu Kwan
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* Vienna Tse
* Catalina Chan
* Sarah Mak
* Nancy Kok
* Leung Chung Bor
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* Florence Ip
* Faith Cheung
* Yih Sy Wong
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Since September 2009, the idea of providing free tutoring service to help needy students has grown from scratch and has mushroomed to the present stage within 4 months.

It started with one person (called person "A") giving free tutoring to students with visual impairment, later expanded to students with hearing impairment, all within the sponsorship of a small donation from 5 separate individuals.

The idea was divulged by person "A" to a group of classmates during a class re-union on November 4, 2009.

Another classmates (called person "B") who had been doing similar service on a small scale at a Christian body to students from poor families invited person A to dinner with his charity group for experience sharing.

At the experience sharing dinner on December 4, 2009, person "C" who have been keen to sponsor charity projects made an impromptu decision to sponsor the charity project to be run at a number of pilot schools.

Immediately the first pilot school was selected. The pilot school Principal (person "D") identified students from poor families needing help on tutoring and the subjects that need help. The students are Form 5 students taking the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE, 香港中學會考) in 2010, which examination would not be offered any more after 2010.

Person A quickly found tutors for each of the subjects (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English). Classes have begun for almost a month and all parties (including persons "A", "B", "C", "D", tutors and students) are calling it a success.

Very quickly, in January, three more schools were selected and tutors were found and matched to the schools.

Up till now, we have been communicating a lot by email and telephone.

It is time for a face-to-face meeting.

A discussion meeting will be held at the Chinese Restaurant of Chinese Recreation Club ("CRC") on Feb 5, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Discussion topics include but not limited to the following:
a) Person to explain the rationale in setting up the Association
b) Person to explain the funding side
c) Person to explain on the current tutoring service being provided at a number of schools.
d) Person to explain on the draft legal documents


Hope you will attend the discussion meeting.


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Tong Tak Cheung，Ronald said...

We are honoured to have invited Mr. Peter Sit, Senior Partner of the Sit, Fung, Kwong and Solicitors to be our Legal Advisor. Mr. Sit or his delegate, Miss Janice Yip (solicitor who drafted the M&A) will come to our dinner-meeting at CRC on the 5th Feb.


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Tong Tak Cheung，Ronald said...

Mr. P.T. Yeung, a retired banker who has had administrative experience or acting as Secretary General of another NGO style charity association, has consented to join us as Founder Member.

Mr. Billy Chow Fong Wai, a retired Finance Controller from the Hospital Authority has also kindly consented to join us as a Founder Member and wishes to offer his help as Accounting and Finance advisor.