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Issue no. 6 ( 20 April 2010)
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New members cocktail |
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It's time to welcome our new members and familiarize them with the services and support that the Institute offers. If you are newly admitted to the Institute between 30 March 2009 and 1 April 2010, don't miss this opportunity to meet your contemporaries, council members and members of the management at the new members cocktail reception on 5 May.You will get 0.5 CPD hour by joining the event.
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Sports and recreation club |
Come join the sports and recreation club to enjoy a wide range of activities organized by its ten interest groups.
Though sports and recreation club membership is renewable on 30 June each year, early bird membership will be offered to members after the new members cocktail on 5 May. That means one year's subscription for almost 14 months of membership. Click here for more details. |
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Discount offers |
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| Merry Monday in May |
Kay Ku, a skin care consultant, will bring you tips for maintaining youth at the anti-ageing talk at Merry Monday on 3 May. Join us to find out more and unwind after a hard day's work. |
| Introductory wine appreciation course |
Our core speaker, Louis Wong, conducted the first lesson of the introductory wine appreciation course on 1 March. The second lesson will be held in June. Stay tuned for enrolment.
Click here for photos of past Merry Mondays. |
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Latin technique and ballroom dance classes in May |
If you are interested in honing your skills in Latin dance with footwork technique, don't miss this opportunity and enrol in our next samba class.
For ballroom dance, waltz will be taught in our Tuesday ballroom classes. |
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Dance interest group
Click here to view this interest group's activities. |
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Bridge tournaments |
Congratulations to Cheung Lai-fun and Fung Siu-fan who won the championship in the first mini bridge tournament held on 23 Jan. |
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Basketball competitions |
The Institute's team took part in the charity basketball league organized by Hong Kong Red Cross on 23 and 24 January. Our representative team placed third in the joint professional basketball competition on 28 March.
The annual CPA basketball competition is now open for enrolment. Organize your team and go for the championship. |
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Badminton interest group |
The badminton interest group is recruiting elite players to represent the Institute in the external competition (e.g. joint professional competition). Please click here for details. |
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Annual bowling graded competition
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The first annual bowling graded competition organized by the bowling interest group was held on 27 March at Hong Kong Bowling City.
Congratulations to all the winners! Click here for photos to share the exciting moments of the competition.
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Standard Chartered Marathon |
The Institute was awarded the "most supportive group" in this year's Standard Chartered Marathon as 300 keen CPA runners joined this annual sports extravaganza. A post-marathon drinks gathering was held on 17 March for members who ran. Click here to see their accomplishments. |
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Dragon boat interest group |
The dragon boat interest group has already started their training on Wednesdays and Sundays to prepare for the Tuen Ng Festival Race.
The Institute's women's team placed first and third, while the men's team was the third runner-up in the 4x500m relay races in the Hong Kong Open Indoor Rowing Championship on 7 March. Gary Lam competed at the 2,000m category and won the bronze trophy.
Click here to view the dragon boat interest group's photo albums. |
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Golf activities |
The Institute's team came fifth in the sixth joint professional golf competition on 10 March held in Kau Sai Chau Golf Course.
Also, two golf days were held in SkyCity Nine Eagles Golf Course and Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club in Jan and March and another one in April at Kau Sai Chau Golf Course for novice players. |
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Sailing interest group |
"We had a Ko Lau Wan Laser 13 trip (sailing) in mid of March. Wind was good in the afternoon and most dinghies heeled up with us need to fly out on windward..." said William Kong, convenor of sailing interst group in his message to members.
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its newsletter and its photo album. |
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| Please click here for more events photos. |
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