Rotary Club of
PRESS RELEASE –26th March 2007
Communications & Press
officer Ian Valentine ian@cival.info
Rotary
Foundation - Group Study Exchange visitors in Bracknell
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Silva Yeung (left), GSE Team Leader, presents a banner from Rotary District 3450 (Hong Kong) to Uwe Weiler, Managing Director of Boehringer Ingelheim (Bracknell). |
A group of young professionals from Hong Kong were in Bracknell on Monday (26th March 2007) as part of a Group Study Exchange visit arranged by Rotary Clubs in the Thames Valley and Chilterns area. The visitors took part in a tour of the Boehringer Ingelheim facilities on the Southern Industrial Estate, arranged through the Rotary Club of Ascot. Managing Director Uwe Weiler welcomed the team and introduced them to the senior managers of the company. During the morning the visitors were given an insight into the business areas and medical specialisations of the company, and the type of manufacturing undertaken at the Bracknell plant. They were shown round the microbiology laboratory and the packaging and dispatch areas before being entertained to lunch with the Boehringer Ingelheim Executive Team. |
The visiting team comprises Jessica Chan (teacher), Kevin Lei (dentist), Tinny Wong (customer service manager) and Andrew Fung (financial planning manager), all under 35 years of age. The team leader is Rotarian Silva Yeung of the Rotary Club of Kowloon Golden Mile. The visitors arrived in the UK on Saturday (24th March), and will spend 4 weeks in the UK as guests of Rotarians, making vocational visits to various businesses in the area, as well as a number of cultural visits. Later this year a similar team of young professionals from the Thames Valley and Chilterns area will be making a reciprocal visit to Hong Kong.
The Group Study Exchange (GSE) program of The Rotary Foundation is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for young business and professional men and women between the ages of 25 and 40 and in the early years of their professional lives. The program provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits between paired areas in different countries. For four weeks, team members experience the host country’s institutions and ways of life, observe their own vocations as practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas.
