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History of Toastmasters in HK
The first Toastmasters club in Hong Kong was founded in 1954 by Adam Aitken, a Scot native who had been a member of High Noon Toastmasters in New York. At that time, members were composed mostly of expatriates, government officials and people from the upper society.
Up until the early 90s, Toastmasters movement in Hong Kong had remained a small community of only a few clubs. It was in the late 90s when Toastmasters in Hong Kong decided to join the bigger Toastmasters community in the Pan Asean region as part of District 51 that Toastmasters movement in Hong Kong started to pick up pace.

Since then, men and women from all walks of life, such as professionals and university student, joined in and reaped benefits from participating in the toastmasters programs. Many have became prominent members in all sectors of society – in banking, politics, civil services, professional disciplines, education, etc.

Currently we have around 50 Toastmasters clubs in Hong Kong conducting meetings in either English, Putonghua or Cantonese. Toastmasters clubs in Hong Kong today belong to either Division H, K or G. All the 3 Divisions are under Toastmasters International District 85 that comprises clubs in Mainland of China, Hong Kong and Macau.


Division H, K & G 

 The Council Members 2011/2012

 


Promoting Toastmasters in HK
Over the years, as members realized the huge benefits of the Toastmasters program, many tried sharing its benefits with different sectors of the Hong Kong public.


In-house Toastmasters Clubs

Many companies in Hong Kong found Toastmasters a perfect program in developing communication skills of its employees. With the help of passionate Toastmasters, many companies had setup in-house Toastmasters club for their employees. Some of the companies with in-house Toastmasters clubs:
  • HSBC 
  • Towngas
  • AON
  • Manulife
  • ALE
  • Gammon

    University Clubs

    Almost all tertiary institutions in Hong Kong had setup in-campus Toastmasters clubs to develop the communication and leadership skills of its students. Passionate Toastmasters served as mentors and advisors for these clubs.

    HK University Chinese University
    LingNan University Polytechnic University
    City University Baptist University
    HKU SPACE HK University of Science and Technology
    IVE(ST), IVE(TM) HK Institute of Education

    Youth Leadership Program

    As Toastmasters gained wide popularity, highly passionate Toastmasters had been helping secondary schools in Hong Kong to conduct the 8-to10-weeks Youth leadership Program to let students from Form 3 and above gain insight of the Toastmasters program.
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    Community Events

    Over these years, Toastmasters in Hong Kong had cooperated with various academic institutions, community organizations and government bodies in promoting awareness of public speaking. Toastmasters had served as judges in various speech contests and conducted various workshops on public speaking to the public.

    • Speakers Bureau

    Speakers Bureau is setup within Toastmasters for the following purposes:
    1) To promote Toastmasters
    2) To contribute to the society by providing a pool of quality speakers to speak on various occasions
    3) To provide experienced speakers an extended stage in giving speeches or presentations outside the comfort zone of their club environment

    For the past years, aside from being invited to serve as judges in various speech contests such as the Basic Law Speech Contest and the Standard Chartered English Public Speaking Contest , Toastmasters in Hong Kong were invited to conduct a series of Art of Expression Course, within the Capacity Building Mileage Programmes, for one of the collaborating women's groups and service agencies, Aberdeen Kaifong Welfare Association. Toastmasters from Speakers Bureau served as workshop leaders. The program participants are mostly housewives who would like to gain more confidence through improved communication skills. Read their newsletter.

    Speakers Bureau is open to Toastmasters in Hong Kong who would like to contribute to the community and share what they've learned from Toastmasters.
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