It’s time for some heart-felt congratulations. 

 

Two weeks ago we had our first lunch meeting of the year at the Duxton Hotel with a celebration of Chinese New Year.  And what a celebration it was!  Everything was themed – the décor, the menu, the ambiance, the topic, the Sergeant.  Nan set the ball rolling with her usual Hollywood aplomb, Sandy Chong gave a superb presentation of the cultural and political factors influencing business relationships with our regional neighbors, and the intensity of the occasion was captured by our ace paparazzi Wesley Sim.  Our sublime journalist Barry Thornton, who could have made a healthy living during the Watergate saga of the 70s, but is best remembered for his cricketing fame, made sure a vivid account was front and centre of the Perth Post, Chinese Community Newspaper, and Jeff Leach excelled even himself with a range of fines as broad as the Seven Seas.