Branch Fundraising and Membership Promotion Luncheon Sunday 31 July at 12 noon
at Master Kong Chinese Restaurant 198 Victoria Street, river side of Victoria Street, next to Riff Raff (Rocky Horror) Statue. We are holding a Yum Cha lunch at the above Hamilton Chinese Restaurant) to provide support for those of our Society members in Christchurch in need. We are asking members to bring along one or two friends who may be interested in becoming a branch member and/or would like to support our fundraising. Our branch will cover the cost of the lunch for our members and their invited guests, but such branch members and guests would be expected to bring along appropriate Countdown or Pak’n Save vouchers (perhaps $20-00) which we would collect and then send down to Christchurch Branch for distribution to those of their members in need. guests donating vouchers can provide their name and email or postal address, or remain anonymous. It is requested that members and guests wear a name badge or label if they have one. We suggest that you arrive from 11.45 to make sure you are there by 12 noon (large tables at the rear of the restaurant). We are hoping for a large turnout so will need to book enough tables. Please Email or telephone
Ian (ph 855 0431 email [email protected]) or Stan (ph 847 4504 email [email protected])
with your names and number of guests by Friday 29th July at the latest so we confirm bookings with the Restaurant. Remember this lunch is free to you and your invitees.
Pot-Luck luncheon – Sunday 19 June
Unfortunately did not result in a great turn-out of members. We had hoped that a Sunday lunch meeting in the mid-winter months might be more convenient for members than driving out in the evening. Guest speaker Su Ellis also brought along son Alex who is currently studying at Hamilton East High School, and gave some interesting comments of his own. Chinese students tend to be seen as a model in New Zealand for diligent study, academic achievement, and good behaviour. It was thus interesting to hear that Alex, the only European in his school, and still learning Chinese himself, was held up by his teacher as a model for good classroom behaviour. Su and Alex gave a very interesting insight from the position of being a very rare European family in largely rural Chinese communities. The lack of preparation and training for teaching , resource materials, and opportunity for professional development for Kiwi teachers in China (away from the main centres), lead to Su and husband Chris’ involvement in setting up professional development conferences for English language teachers in China.
SHANXI visit Monday 4 July.
This delegation of four from the Business College of Shanxi University, Taiyuan, was only in New Zealand for 24 hours but came down to Hamilton for a visit to University of Waikato. Prof XU Zhong An, Head of the Delegation, and President of the College; Prof WU Jian She, Deputy-Director of Academic Division; Prof GUO Xin Ping, Dean of International Office; Dr ZHANG Fen Xi, Delegation Interpreter, and Assoc Dean of International Office. This College has over 1000 faculty and staff members, and over 13,000 students. The delegation kindly invited Miao, Jenevere, Stan and Ian to lunch at Master House Restaurant to introduce themselves. Dr Zhang is a PhD graduate of Sydney University and was already well known to Miao – they were next door neighbours in Taiyuan!
NZCFS Projects and Tibetan Communities Tour 10 – 31 October 2011.
There are still a few seats available on this very interesting trip. Please check out the details under Tours on our Society website www.nzchinasociety.org.nz or ask Ian or Jenevere or tour leader Dave Bromwich [email protected] for further details.
Lend-a-book or Swap-a-book
Some of us have books and novels on or about China. If you provide brief details of the book we can publish this in our newsletter – another member can then contact you to borrow the book. If we have sufficient interest we could include swap-a-book or lend-a-book as part of our monthly meeting. We would also love to have someone give a spoken précis of any interesting book on or about China that they have read. We also welcome any book reviews for publishing in our newsletter.
