Wing-Kun Tam, of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), The People’s Republic of China, was elected president of The International Association of Lions Clubs at the association's 94th International Convention, held in Seattle, Washington, USA July 4-8, 2011.

President Tam is the chairperson of a multi-national group of companies specializing in aviation and travel business. A member of the Mt. Cameron Lions Club since 1981, he has held many offices in the association, including Campaign SightFirst multinational coordinator and OSEAL recording secretary, SightFirst China Action executive chairperson, 2005 International Convention Bidding Committee executive chairperson and honorary Host Committee chairperson. He has served on the international board for 11 years and three years on the executive committee.

President Tam has been a member or chairperson of many government and community service boards and committees of the Hong Kong SAR Government. He served as Hong Kong District Affairs Advisor before the establishment of the SAR in 1997. He has been the Hong Kong Convention Ambassador since 1995.

He is the recipient of Her Majesty the Queen’s Badge of Honor, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and the Bronze Bauhinia Star from the British and Hong Kong SAR governments. He is a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong and the appointed Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kenya in the Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR of The People’s Republic of China.

In recognition of his service to Lions Clubs International, President Tam has received numerous awards, including the Campaign SightFirst National/Multi-National Coordinator Award, the International Lion of the Year Award (2003) and the Ambassador of Good Will Award, the highest honor the association gives to its members. He is a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow and Campaign SightFirst Lead Gift Donor.

Dear Lion Friends,

Let me express my gratitude for the confidence reposed by electing me as the District Governor for 2011-12. I solicit your continued support for the smooth conduct of our service activities through fellowship. My slogan for the year is Focus on Future.

When thinking of the future, we have to think of our children, as Children are one third of our population and all of our future. We should concentrate on their physical and emotional strength; we need to tackle vision problems and deformities, we need to provide them clean environment, safe drinking water, also we have support them with opportunities for developing their full potential.

As our lifestyles become more developed by the day, so does the damage we do to the environment. Our every move, from watching television, to working at a computer, or driving a car harms the environment in one way or the other. Air and water pollution levels are increasing world over by the day. More than 700,000 children under five die from diarrhoea in India alone. We have to focus on environmental protection initiatives in a major way with activities including tree plantation, water harvesting, solid waste management, energy conservation, alternate energies etc.

Apart from these, we will have to continue with our on-going service activities such as blindness control and prevention, heart care, support to kidney patients, hearing and speech impairment, blood donation camps etc.

The new website will enable and equip you with more access and freedom to filing appeals for credits, managing club and members profiles, uploading photographs of various service activities and social functions in a more decentralized way. We request you to go through the same and utilise its features for your various activities.

Let us work together to make year ahead successful through our collective effort by taking service initiatives that will have an impact on the long term future of humanity and accomplish the I Believe Theme of the incoming International President Lion Dr. W K Tam.

With Lionistic regards
Lion Dr T A Varkey
District Governor, District 324 E4 2011-12.

M/s Medilab, Opp. GCDA, S. A. Road
Kadavanthra, Cochin-682020.
Tele: 0484-2320330, 4016565(O)
Mobile: 9447031471
Email: medilab@eth.net

Dear Lion Friends,

Let me express my sincere gratitude to all of you for the support and co-operation extended to me during my tenure as your District Governor 2010-11.

The Website of our District has been relaunched once again this year - but this time it is with a lot of significant differences. I must definitely compliment the DG team as well as all those who worked diligently behind it to make it a reality. There is a fresh approach to the construction of the web site this year and it has incorporated a host of new and useful features such as E-Reporting of monthly activity report. I wish the team all the best and hope that our Lion members will be immensely benefited by the new site and will make the maximum use of this elegant web site of our district.

With Lionistic regards
Lion Dr Binoy Mathai MJF
Imm. Past District Governor - 324 E4 2010-11.

Nedumchalil Trust Hospital,
Muvattupuzha-686 673.
Ernakulam, Kerala.
Tele: 0485-2811230/367(O)
Res: 2835703, 2831372
Mobile: 9895077167
Email: binoymathai49@gmail.com
binoymathai@vsnl.com

Dear Lion Friends,

Let me express my sincere gratitude for the confidence and faith you have conferred on me while electing me as your First Vice District Governor.

I wish you all a great year ahead with full of activities and accomplishment towards the ideals that we have set for the year.

With Lionistic regards
Lion CA Abraham Panjikaran EA MJF
First Vice District Governor
District 324 E4 2011-12.

Chartered Accountant, Mullakkal,
Alappuzha.
Tele: 0477-2260832(R), 2260039(O)
Mobile: 9846045639
Email: ianda@sify.com

Dear Lion Friends,

Let me express my sincere gratitude for the confidence and faith you have conferred on me while electing me as your Second Vice District Governor.

I wish you all a great year ahead with full of activities and accomplishment towards the ideals that we have set for the year.

With Lionistic regards
Lion Er. M Sivanandan MJF
Second Vice District Governor
District 324 E4 2011-12.

Sudharma, BTSRRA-86, B T S Road,
Edappally, Kochi-682 024.
Tele: 0484-2424756(O), o484-2344964(R)
Mobile: 9447247700
Email: sivanic@rediffmail.com
ersivanic@yahoo.co.in

Dear Lion Friends,

Let me express my sincere gratitude for the confidence and faith you have conferred on me while electing me as your Advisor to District Governor.

I wish you all a great year ahead with full of activities and accomplishment towards the ideals that we have set for the year.

With Lionistic regards
Lion Das Mankidy MJF
District Chief Advisor
District 324 E4 2011-12.

Mankidy Trades, 37/3440 B,
Desabhimani Junction,
Kaloor, Cochin-682 017.
Tele: 0484-2102122(O), 2345858(R)
Mobile: 9846058640
Email: das.mankidy@gmail.com

Post held: Secretary 1989-90,
President 1995-96, ZC 1996-97,
RC 1997-98, DC 1998-2002,
Vice DG 2004-06,
District Governor 2005-06

My dear brothers and sisters in lionism,

First let me thank all the Lions, Lionesses and Leos for the co-operation and support extended for enabling the District administration to complete an excellent first quarter filled with activities.

We started the month of October by observing “Gandhi Jayanthi”. Many Clubs in our District befittingly observed this by providing breakfast, lunch, etc. for the elderly. Our District Governor commenced the activities of the second quarter on Gandhi Jayanthi day by cleaning the premises of Kaloor International Stadium. Lions Club members in and around Kochi joined the District Governor on this hand on service initiative - “Go Green Go Clean”. The District’s “Go Green Go Clean” programme will continue in the coming months as well.

For the first time in the history of our District, a District Cabinet meeting was held outside India in Kuala Lumpur. 86 members attended the cabinet meeting cum district family tour which was enjoyed by all the participants. After we got back to India we observed a colorful White Cane Safety Day in association with Kerala Federation of the Blind. The event that was coordinated by Lions Club of Ernakulam started with a colourful rally which was flagged off by Sri Hibi Eden MLA. White canes were distributed to the needy at the meeting. Scholarships for blind students were also distributed to those who excelled in academic pursuits. More than 200 blind people and 150 Lions participated in that event. Lion Justice J B Koshy was the Guest of Honour of the meeting in connection with the programme. The programme concluded with lunch for the all the participants including lions. I would like to express the gratitude of the District Administration to all those who sponsored different expenses in connection with the same.

Another colorful event that was conducted in October was the UN Day celebration. Our energetic Region Chairpersons organized the function in a splendid manner. Sri K T Jose, IAS, Chairman, Coconut Development Board was the Guest of Honor for the function. Almost all the Clubs in our District conducted Peace Poster Contest on a single day on 25th October which can be considered as a path breaking event and to my knowledge a new history in our District. Three winners at this level of the contest will be called up to take part in the District level contest that will be conducted on 13th November 2011 at St Teresa’s School Auditorium, Ernakulam.

Commencing September 2011 the district reporting system has changed over to online. The Clubs can now report their monthly activities and claim contest points through our District website www.dist324e4.org. If the clubs find any difficulty on this please revert to me.

Wish all the readers a Happy Diwali and pray that the light of Diwali spread into your life Peace, Prosperity, Happiness and Good Health.

With Lionistic regards
Lion Koshy Panicker
District Cabinet Secretary
District 324 E4 2011-12.

Villa No. 14, Skyline Queens Park,
Keerthi Nagar
Edapally P.O., Cochin-682024.
Tele: 0484-2536426(R)
Mobile: 9846039990
Email: koshy.panicker@sify.com

Post held: Secretary 2005-06,
President 2010-11,
MCC 1998-99, ADCS 2007-09, JCS

Dear Lion Friends,

Let me express my sincere gratitude for the confidence and faith you have conferred on me while electing me as your District Cabinet Treasurer.

I wish you all a great year ahead with full of activities and accomplishment towards the ideals that we have set for the year.

With Lionistic regards
Lion Syam Sunder A.
District Cabinet Treasurer
District 324 E4 2011-12.

43/2151 A, Samriddhi,
SRM Road, Kochi-682018
Office: LIC of India, Kaloor, Kochi-17.
Tele: 0484-2402829(O), 2402717(R)
Mobile: 9447042717
Email: syamlic@gmail.com

Post held: Secretary 2002-03,
President 2008-09,
ZC 2009-10, RC 2010-11

Dear Lion Friends,

Let me express my sincere gratitude for the confidence and faith you have conferred on me while electing me as your District Chief Coordinator.

I wish you all a great year ahead with full of activities and accomplishment towards the ideals that we have set for the year.

With Lionistic regards
Lion Ar. Thomas Jacob MJF
District Chief Coordinator
District 324 E4 2011-12.

Mothi, Shenoy Road, Kaloor,
Ernakulam, Pin-682017.
Tele: 0484-2206207(O), 2346807(R)
Mobile: 9847031062
Email: arthomas@gmail.com

Post held: President 2001-02,
ZC 2002-03, GC 2005-08,
RC 2005-06, ADCS 2003-04,
DC 2004-05, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10

Dear Lion Friends,

Let me express my sincere gratitude for the confidence and faith you have conferred on me while electing me as your District Chief Advisor.

I wish you all a great year ahead with full of activities and accomplishment towards the ideals that we have set for the year.

With Lionistic regards
Lion Joseph Edmund Mathew MJF
District Chief Advisor
District 324 E4 2011-12.

Mather, 2D Ivory Heights,
Parambithara Cross Road,
Panampalli Nagar, Kochi-36.
Tele: 0484-4033165(O), 2312922(R)
Mobile: 9847062922

Post held: President 1993-94,
ZC 1994-95, DC 1995-2000,
Addl. Cabinet Secy. 2000-01,
PO 2001-02, RC 2002-03,
JCS 2003-04, Advisor to DG, Councillor.