The program was started in 1998 by Kim and Shanton, and they were joined in July, 1999 by Allan. In the meantime, both Kim and Shanton have moved on due to other commitments, work assignments elsewhere etc., and Allan remains as the sole (near to) original presenter of the program.
A number of others have been a part of the team over the life of the program, with the current presenters as per the composite photo at the head of this blog. These are:
- Allan: Australian who is now retired after 40 years in the I.T. industry. Allan lives with his Singaporean Chinese partner of 13 years.
- Aline: Of French origin, who joined the team in late 2007. Aline works in the accounting and auditing field.
- Ash: Born in India, but has been in Australia for several years now. Works in the service industry, and lives with his Indian partner.
- Hugh: Scottish, but moved to Australia several years ago. Hugh works in catering management.
- Ka Fam: Born in India of Chinese heritage. Lived in Australia for many years. He works as a horticulturalist.
And Ka Fam is currently undertaking training workshops which just happen to conflict with our Wednesday evening broadcasts, so he is also currently absent but expects to be back on board in October, all being well.
And Allan heads off on one of his many/frequent visits to Hong Kong from 21st August. On this occasion he will be away for almost 3 weeks. But he heads off back to Hong Kong yet again from 16th October (this time with his partner in tow for the first week...) for another 4 weeks.
So Hugh and Ash will be covering the program during these two pweiods, although Ka Fam will have re-joined the team by October anyway, so that should alleviate the situation.
2 comments:
Since 1998... so when is the 10 year anniversary?
Well, Dan... unfortunately no records seem to have been kept as to the EXACT starting date of Orange Ribbon. However, as far as I have been able to determine, it seems that the program started sometime during July, 1998, initially with Kim Benton and Shanton Chang. I didn't join them until after I finished my 4-year spell doing the "Pot Pourri" program with Bill Jeffrey, which means I joined he team in July, 1999.
Put simply, I think our 10th anniversary has already passed. And I think we are up to about program edition 335, but that detail is back home in Melbourne, and I am in Hong Kong so can't look it up.
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