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It is a blessing that the District Installation went ahead successfully with about 740 people attending. I would like to give thanks again for all who supported the event and my sincere thanks to Chair CP George Wong, organising committee, Rotaract and RIC colleagues. 

August is Membership and new club development month. Membership Committee is going to hold a Virtual Membership Forum on 22 August. We will have discussions on various topics such as Rotaractor becomes Rotarian, synergy with Toastmaster and Virtual Rotary Forum, etc. Yet, we need to invite eligible new members with due care and consideration, making sure that they are the right fit for the right club and that your club meets with new members’ expectations. As proven and evident by many clubs, many new members would turn into lifelong friends and fervent Rotarians once we engage with them in club activities, nurture our relationship with compassion and take care of them with sympathy when in need..

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Covid 19 Pandemic is still happening in the world. This is the most challenging time for all of us. Our way of living have changed. Club meetings changed to online. It is the best opportunity for us to think out of the box to expand our reach. Some of the clubs have invited prominent speakers from overseas and some clubs have joint meetings with their sister clubs. Rotary International encourages us to do online meetings. DG Visit to Mongolia will also be held on 23 August by online meeting. 

Rotary are very adaptable, we can modify our way of operations. We expand our reach by using technology. We can have joint projects and meetings with other Districts. Many clubs continue their service projects to serve the underprivileged amid the Covid 19 Pandemic. Rotarians and Rotaractors find values when we server others. We received US$25,000 from RI Disaster Response Fund, together with the funding approved by the District Charitable Fund, we have US$50,000 to let our clubs apply for projects to help the Pandemic situation. I would like to encourage all Rotarians and Rotaractors to do our best to continue serving the communities.

Rotary is needed now more than ever! Invite your friends to join us. When they see that we are People of Action and making a difference in the World, they will be eager to join us. 

I wish all of you good health, stay safe and be happy!

我們應該為今屆3450地區就職典禮能夠有740人參加而完滿也舉行感到一份祝福！為此我再次感謝大家的支持，尤其籌委主席CP George Wong及其成員、扶青團和RIC同事。

八月份就是社員和新社月。地區社員委員會Membership Committee在八月廿二日舉行一個「網上社員論壇Virtual Membership Forum」，內容涵蓋「如何幫助扶青轉化成扶輪社員」、「如何與Toastmaster產生協同效應」和「虛擬扶輪論壇」等等。與此同時，我們要注意邀請合適人士加入合適的分社，以致合乎新社員的期望。綜合過往各分社經驗，扶輪社友往往透過各社活動和社會服務，不但建立大家一生友誼和供獻社會精神，而且為有需要人士付出愛心！

新冠肺炎在全球依然肆虐，這是一個非常困難的時期，每一個人的生活模式都要改變。各社的例會亦要改為網上舉行，我們應該學懂創新而又能突破框框持續地去發展，有些分社成功邀請一些傑出的海外講者演說，亦有些分社一起與海外姊妹社合辦例會。事實上，扶輪國際亦鼓勵我們多作一些網上例會，而今屆原訂23/8日總監蒙古探訪亦改為網上會議。

作為扶輪社員，我們應該時刻準備改變我們的運作模式，包括利用創新科技去拓展我們的影響力，各社亦應該一起合辦一些服務計劃或與其他不同地區合作，而且在新冠肺炎之下有很多分社和扶青社依然繼續他們的服務社會計劃，另外我們剛剛收扶輪國際災難應變基金一共有25,000美元撥款，加上區域慈善基金合共有50,000美元可供各社申請作為新冠肺炎疫情下的服務計劃。作為總監，我鼓勵大家不要錯過這個服務社群的重要契機！

我認為此時此刻發揮扶輪精神至為重要，歡迎你邀請你的朋友成為我們一份子，讓他們目睹扶輪服務社群的精神，一起來使世界不再一樣！

我謹祝各位身體健康，萬事順心！