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LIGHTERS’ London Reunion -
August, 2004  Bulletin 培正光社 倫敦重聚 "Fellowship and Fun" aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Keeping you up-to-date Issue 2 23 July, 2004Important! ACTION ITEMS: Check Your PassportForm from Gina Mok "HI" Tea Sunday (8/15) Pub/Dinner (8/15) Registration for Gala Dinner (8/16) Cruise to Scandinavia and Russia Visa Reunion Itinerary August 9 (Monday) – August 14 (Saturday) Pre-Reunion Tour "Best of Southern England" x:00 a.m.(8/10) Boarding Globus coach at Ramada Hyde Park Hotelx:00 p.m.(8/14) Return to Hotels August 15 (Sunday) Opening Day, Lighter’s 45th. Reunion 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Arrival Registration at Thistle Marble Arch Hotel3:30 – 5:30 p.m. "Hi" Tea at Thistle Marble Arch Hotel 6:30 p.m. Pub/Dinner at The Three Tuns August 16 (Monday) Morning Tour 8:25 a.m. City Bus Tour9:00 a.m. Walking Tour Gala Dinner and Dancing 6:30 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. Thistle Marble Arch HotelAugust 17 (Tuesday) – August 29 (Sunday) Post Reunion Cruise to Scandinavia and Russia 12 noon (8/17). Thistle Marble Arch Hotel to Dover for embarkingNorwegian Dream to sail at 4:00 p.m. 5:00 a.m.(8/29) Arrival at Dover and Transfer to Airports Check Your Passport Action! Action!It is very common for most nations to insist that your passport is having at least 6 month time before it will expired, at the time entering that country. Please check yours NOW.Form from Gina Mok Action!Have you return the informational form attached to her email dated June 25, 2004. If not, please do so ASAP. The information you furnished will help our committee to provide you a safe and pleasant reunion/holiday.Airport - Thistle Marble Arch Hotel Transfer From Heathrow Airport (LHR) Airbus: take Bus A2 (to London King’s Cross via Bayswater, Marble Arch and Russell Square), leaving every 35 minutes daily from 5:30 a.m. – 9:45 p.m. It takes about 1 hour and 35 minutes to reach the bus stop at Marble Arch; but you have to walk about 2-3 minutes from the bus stop to the hotel with your luggage. The bus is a long white coach called "National Express Airport" with a big red circle and a big blue circle marked on the rear as well as both sides of the coach. The cost is GBP8.00 (US$14-15) per person. Tickets are available either on the coach or in the office. "Hotel Link": 7-8 passenger van takes you right to the hotel front door in about 1 hour and 30 minutes. The cost is CA$34.00 (GBP14.00), a special rate through Gina Mok and pre-paid booking is necessary, per person. Taxi: "Black Cabs" take up to 4 people. The cost is GBP40.00 and up. Please avoid to use the mini-cab which is similar to those we called "white license ( 白牌)" in Hong Kong, even up to 40% discount may be offered.Underground: Take Piccadilly Line (blue color) to Holborn; then transfer to Central Line (red color) to Marble Arch with your luggage. The cost is GBP3.80. Train: It services between Terminal 4 and Paddington Station and takes 25 minutes to reach London. It departs at 15 minute of the hour from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a different departure interval on weekend. The cost is GBP 13.00 (regular) and GBP21.00 (first class). If your flight lands on Terminal 3, please follow the sign of underground and walk all the way through the tunnel (about 30 minutes) to catch a transfer train to Terminal 4 to make you way to the "Heathrow Express" terminal. Taxi from Paddington station to hotel is about GBP4. From Gatwick Airport (LGW) Airbus: Take Bus A5 to Victoria Station for about 1 hour and 45 minutes. The cost is GBP12.00 per person. Then take a taxi to the hotel, around GBP7 is recommended. "Hotel Link": 7-8 passenger van takes you right to the hotel front door. The cost is CA$46.00 (GBP19.00), a special rate through Gina Mok and pre-paid booking is necessary, per person. Taxi: "Black Cabs" takes up to 4 people. The cost is GBP70.00 and up. Please avoid to use the mini-cab which is similar to those we called "white license ( Train: take "Gatwick Express" train, runs every 15 minutes from 5:20 – 00:50 a.m. and hourly overnight, to Victoria Station for a 30 minute journey. The cost is GBP12.00 per person. Then take a taxi to the hotel, around GBP7 is recommended. Public Transportation Ticket One Day Card If you are intending to explore London by yourself or with your classmates, you may consider to purchase a traveller ticket (Zone 1 & 2, Central London) at all ticket stations: One Day – GBP5.30 One Day Off Peak – GBP4:30 (Not good before 9:30 a.m.) Three Day Card If you stay at London longer, you may consider to get an "Unlimited London Travelcard" through Gina Mok. The cost is CAD29.00 for Central Zone (inside London), this card provides 3 consecutive days unlimited use of London’s buses and subways; and, it needs to be ordered at least 14 days prior to departure. Please contact Gina if you are interested. One Week Card Please bring a small photo (an inch or so) of you when the initial card is purchased. The price is GBP17.00. Weekend Card Good only for Saturday and Sunday for a price of GBP6.30.
Money Conversion For your convenience, these are the approximate rate of exchange extracted from http://www.xe.com/ucc on July 13, 2004. 1 USD = 1.318 CAD 1 CAD = 0.759 USD 1 USD = 0.538 GBP (United Kingdom Pounds) 1 GBP = 1.857 USD 1 USD = 0.810 EUR (Euro) 1 EUR = 1.234 USD 1 CAD = 0.408 GBP (United Kingdom Pounds) 1 GBP = 2.448 CAD 1 CAD = 0.615 EUR (Euro) 1 EUR = 1.626 CAD 1 HKD = 0.069 GBP (United Kingdom Pounds) 1 GBP = 14.492 HKD 1 HKD = 0.104 EUR (Euro) 1 EUR = 0.628 HKD 1 AUD = 0.390 GBP (United Kingdom Pounds) 1 GBP = 2.562 AUD 1 AUD = 0.587 EUR (Euro) 1 EUR = 1.702 AUD Important Phone Numbers Please write down these numbers on a small piece of paper for your unexpected need during our stay at London: Nai-Sum Leung ( 梁乃森): 0208 200 9515 (Home)077 8530 2141 (Cellular) Gina Mok ( 莫燕秋): 079 8112 5205 (Cellular)Thistle Marble Arch Hotel: 0870 333 9116 Thistle Marble Arch Hotel The hotel will be our home base during our reunion at London: Bryanston Street, Marble Arch London, England W1H 7EH Tel: 0870 333 9116 Fax: 0870 333 9216 Web: www.thistlehotels.com/thistlemarble Check-in: 3:00 p.m. or earlier if room available Check-out: 11:00 a.m. "Changing of the Guard" at Buckingham Palace This is one of the "Must-See" in London. If you arrive on the 14th.(Saturday) or earlier, don’t miss this one. This colorful ceremony is help on the ODD days from July 31 to September 20, 2004. It starts at 11:30 a.m. for a duration of 45 minutes in the Buckingham Palace’s forecourt. Go early and get a good place to stand. For those who are not so lucky, you still be able to see Buckingham Palace inside between 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The ticket price is GBP12.95 (adult), GBP11.00 (over 60 and student), or GBP 6.50 (under 17). There is discount for a group of 15 persons or more, GBP11.50, 9.50 and 6.00 respectively. If you order ticket by telephone, there is a GBP1.00 surcharge per person. "Best of Southern England" Tour Please meet at 6:00 p.m., August 9 at Ramada Hyde Park Hotel’s lobby for a welcome "Happy Hour" among the Lighters. "Hi" Tea Sunday (8/15) Action!To welcome all lighters and their family to attend the 45th. reunion at London, Lighters in the United kingdom will present the "Hi" tea get together at 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. in the Whistle Marble Arch Hotel. Please be sure to come and say "Hello" to everyone and meet our hosts. For preparation purpose, please email Leung Nai Sum (lsleung23@hotmail.com) with the number of people if you are planning to attend. Thank you for your cooperation. Pub/Dinner (8/15) Action!Everyone is welcome to come for the drinks at the pub. But, please let us know (email to Ben at chinbong@pacbell.net) by August 10 if you are planning to have dinner over there because the restaurant usually does not have too much food in stock on Sunday. Please meet 6:30 p.m. at the lobby. The place we will go is named "The Three Tuns" on 1 Portman Mews South, London W1H 6HP. It is only a 2 minute walk from the hotel. Options for A.M. Monday’s (8/16) There are a few options we can utilize the free time we have before our gala dinner: city tour with Gray Line starts at 9:00 a.m., ends at noon, and picks up at Thistle Marble Arch at 8:25 a.m. The cost is GBP35.00. It can be booked through the hotel concierge 24 hours ahead, or do it on line www.goldentour.co.uk, guided London Walk (www.walks.com). The cost is GBP5.50, individual adventure by hop-0n/hop-off double decker sightseeing bus (www.theoriginaltour.com) walk around town on your own Registration for Gala Dinner (8/16) Action! Action! Action!Please register with Gina Mok ASAP if you are going to attend the "Gala Dinner" at the Thistle Marble Arch Hotel on Monday evening. Since there is not much time left, the best method to pay for this event is by charging on your credit card for $130 (Canadian dollar) per person. The cost will include buffet dinner, D.J. for dancing & karaoke, wine, tax and service charge … etc. Please furnish your card number to her, thank you.Gala Dinner Schedule 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. No Host Cocktail/Reception 7:00 – 7:30 p.m. Programs 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Dinner in Buffet Style 9:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. Dancing and Karaoke Dinner Menu Breast of Chicken in Lemon and Mushroom Sauce Lamb Kolta – Kebab Style Fillets of Salmon with a Herb Crust and Parsley Sauce Braised Rice Vegetable and Pasta Bake Selection of Cold Cut Meats, quiches and Salad Black forest Gateau Lemon Delice Fresh fruit Platter Coffee and Tea Cruise to Scandinavia and Russia Action! Action! Action!Cruise documents is being sent out by courier this week to Total Travel due to computer problem. There are forms that need to be returned to NCL for security clearance in order to be able to embark the ship. Because of this unexpected delay, there is an alternative method to fulfill this requirement (14 days before sailing) by going into NCL’s web site (http://www.ncl.com): click "Booked Guests Register Here" near the bottom left side, 2) click "Advance Guest Registration" near the top at center, and follow the directions given to complete the pre-registration. Please be sure to do this as soon as you can!Also, pre-booking of shore excursions can also done via internet to insure what you would like to have. Transfer from hotel to pier at Dover will be provided by the cruise line as part of the package. The departure time at the hotel will be around noon on the 17th. Transfer from pier to airport will be provided by Total Travel at no cost to you on the 29th. Visa Action!If you are going to take the post reunion cruise, visa is not required for Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom, and United States of America passport holders. However, if you decide to tour Russia on your own (not taking any organized tour), you will need to get a visa from your local Russian Embassy. Returning to London from Dover If you need to go back to London after the Scandinavian cruise, there are two different method you can choose: Option 1. Take the "South Eastern Line" train to London’s Victoria, or Charming Cross station. The last train’s schedule is 9:09 p.m. The cost is GBP12.90. Option 2. Take the coach with most of the lighters to Heathrow Airport, and switch to bus, "Hotel Link", taxi, Underground, or train to central London as described in "Airport – Thistle Marble Arch Hotel Transfer" above. Planning Committee In alphabetical order on family names: Stephen Chen ( 陳瑞祥)Ben Chinbong ( 陳炳璋)Chung-Wo Chiu ( 趙中和)Fat Yau Lam ( 林發有)Shirley Lam ( 林秀靈)S.S. Lau ( 劉紹偉)Nai-Sum Leung ( 梁乃森)May Mei ( 梅韻韶)Gina Mok ( 莫燕秋), chairpersonPeter Tong ( 唐上元)Lawrence Wong ( 黃宇楷)The Latest Numbers We have had 43 classmates (total of 73 people, including spouses) signing up for the reunion, 13 classmates (total of 19 people) will be on the bus tour, and 35 classmates (total of 67 people) have booked the cruise. Wonderful!Attendant List Chan, Alec ( 陳達) ^ -------------------- Chan, Tak KiChan, Pui Kin ( 陳培堅) ^Chan, Yuk Keung ( 陳毓強) ^ ------------ Chan, RebeccaChen, Bob ( 陳澎) * ^Chen, Mei ( 梅韻韶) *Chen, Stephen S.C. ( 陳瑞祥) ^ -------- Chen, HeidiCheng, Gina ( 莫燕秋) * ^ ---------------- Cheng, StephenChinbong, Benjamin ( 陳炳璋) ^ -------- Chinbong, AllisonChiu, Chung Wo ( 趙中和) --------------- Chiu, TinaChiu, David ( 趙崇光) ^ ------------------- Chiu, VictoriaChow, Ophelia ( 周坤維) ^ --------------- Wong, Chik WoonChu, Hung ( 朱鋐) ^Ho, Michael ( 何家楠) ^ ------------------- Ho, TipaneeHsieh, Ted ( 謝天詒)Ip, Kwok Ping ( 葉國平) ^ ---------------- Ip, Chan Ling MeeKwok, Gee Yin ( 郭子賢) ^ --------------- Kwok, MarionKwok, Tony ( 郭端) ^Lam, Fat Yau ( 林發有) ^ ----------------- Lam, Sau YingLam, Shirley S.L. ( 林秀靈) *Lau, S.S. ( 劉紹偉) * ^ -------------------- Lau, Kwai LingLee, Yuk Ming ( 李旭明) * ^ ------------- Lee, SelenaLeung, Daniel H.M. ( 梁康民) ^ -------- Leung, Wai JingLeung, Nai Sum ( 梁乃森) ^Li, Ann ( 陳瑩) ^Li, Alec ( 李銳芬) ^Luk, C.C. ( 陸志中) ^ --------------------- Luk, Lau Shiu Lee & Lau, SonyaMark, Shik Lung ( 麥鍚龍) ^ ------------ Mark, ReginiaNg, Kam Sik ( 吳錦鍚) ^ ----------------- Ng, DianeOng, Kwok Yung ( 鄧國勇) ^ ----------- Ong, Yuen TatPang, Wah Fu ( 彭華富) ^ -------------- Yam, Chi LaiPang Woon Tong ( 彭煥棠) * ^ -------- Chan, Lai ShimSu, Dennis ( 徐子敬) ^ ------------------- Su, DeniseTong, Peter ( 唐上元) *Tsang, Linda ( 曾慶璇) *Wong, Alfonso ( 黃銘賢) ^ -------------- Wong, AliceWong, Douglas H.D. ( 黃瀚鐸) ^ ------ Wong, FrancesWong, Lawrence Y.K. ( 黃宇楷) ^ ---- Tsang, Cornina Wing MayWong, Pat ( 黃雄耀) ^ ------------------- Wong, BonnieWu, Paul ( 胡汝源) * ^Yang, Kong Ling ( 楊江) ^ ----------- Yang, MyrtleYeung, Danny ( 楊定渝) ^ -------------- Gaylord, BeverleyYue, Shui Jane ( 余瑞珍) * ------------- Liu, Yiu SingZai, David Y.F. ( 謝玉峰) ^ ------------- Chu, JudyNotes: * taking the "Best of Southern England" tour ^ taking the "Scandinavia and Russia" cruise Please discard the last issue of this bulletin, and these are the latest!
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