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Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 1 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be Table of Contents Programme / Diary of Events 3 Editorial / President‘s Message 4 Club Proceedings / President‘s 5 Announcements / Thanking the Speaker Speaker‘s CV 6 Speaker‘s Text 7-9 Picture Gallery—Meeting on 3rd Nov 2014 10-11 Council of Past Presidents Meeting 12 R C Pudu‘s 4 Major Events 13-15 District News 16-31 Just For Laughs 32 Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 2 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be Date : 10th November 2014 Issue No : 15 Berita Pudu PROGRAMME FOR TODAY PROGRAMME FOR NEXT WEEK Speaker: PDG Dr Rajindar Singh Speaker: Mr Ishmael Ho Subject: The Joy of Giving Subject: Greater KL Growth Pattern & Infrastructure Duty Table: Rtn Kenneth Wong Fellowship: Rtn Chinniah Duty Table: Rtn Elaine Tan Finemaster: Rtn Steven Chiew Fellowship: Rtn Tenny Lee Introducing: PP Mike Yeow Finemaster: Rtn Sandy Soh Thanking: PDG Lee Keng Bin Introducing: Rtn Loo Ming Chee Thanking: PP Richard Liew Rotarians’ Birthdays (November) Spouses’ Birthdays (November) 05th—President Daisy Chiu 03rd—Spouse Edward (PP Leong Choy Ying) 11th—PP Dato‘ P Y Choong 16th—Ann Chantra (Rtn Chinniah) 13th—Rtn May Lim 22nd—Ann Pearl (Rtn Dr C C Wong) 20th—PP Dato‘ N K Jasani 23rd—Ann Elaine (IPP Alex Chang) 20th—Rtn Robert Tan 29th—Ann Lilian (PDG Dr Paul Lee) Wedding Anniversaries (November) 28th—Rtn Sarkunan Subramaniam 01st—Rtn Roy Sreenivasan & Ann Siew Kien 15th—Rtn C T Heng & Ann Carven 23rd—Rtn Dr C C Wong & Ann Pearl CLUB DIARY OF EVENTS - NOVEMBER 2014 Wedding Anniversaries (October) Mon, 3rd Nov 12.45 pm Weekly Meeting Shangri-La Hotel, KL 27th —IPP Alex Chang and Ann Elaine Tue, 4th Nov 6.30 pm Club Service Committee Meeting Bukit Kiara Club Wedding Anniversaries (October) Wed, 5th Nov 6.30 pm Community Service Committee27th— IPP Meeting Alex Chang and AnnBukit Elaine Kiara Club Mon, 10th Nov 12.45 pm Weekly Meeting Shangri-La Hotel, KL Tue, 11th Nov 6.30 pm Youth Service Committee Meeting Bukit Kiara Club Wed, 12th Nov 6.30 pm Vocational Service Committee Meeting Bukit Kiara Club Mon, 17th Nov 12.45 pmCLUB Weekly DIARY Meeting OF EVENTS – OCTOBER 2014 Shangri-La Hotel, KL Tue, 18th Nov 6.30 pm International Service Committee Meeting Date Time Programme VenueSelangor Club Bukit Kiara Thurs, 20th Nov 3.00 pm Launch of Rotary Day & Rotary Kasih Pyarmid Shopping Mall Thurs, 20th Nov 7.00 pm An Evening With R I President Gary Huang Sunway Pyramid & First Lady Corinna Huang Convention Centre, PJ 21-23rd Nov Kota Kinabalu Rotary Institute Sutera Harbour Resort & Spa, Kota Kinabalu Weekly Meeting Mon, 24th Nov 12.45 pm Shangri-La Hotel, KL Board of Directors Meeting Wed, 26th Nov 6.30 pm Bukit Kiara Club 27th—29th Nov District Interact Conference Help College, KL Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 3 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be EDITORIAL PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ccording to legend, a young man while omething interesting happened roaming the desert came across a spring of last week. That was the delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so AA Whatsapp double blue sweet he filled his leather canteen so he could bring SS some back to a tribal elder who had been his teacher. checkmarks. What does it mean? After a four-day journey he presented the water to the Being Kiasu like me, you may think old man who took a deep drink, smiled warmly and we are being charged and will then use thanked his student lavishly for the sweet water. The less unless proven otherwise. If that is young man returned to his village with a happy heart. true, we will then see less argument on our chat groups. I think this is a good move forward. Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out, saying it was awful. It apparently had become stale because of the old leather container. The We have completed our major Community Service student challenged his teacher: "Master, the water was project ‗Musical Appreciation for the Underprivileged foul. Why did you pretend to like it?" and Physically Children‘. Thank you to Director Veronique. The project was featured in The Star The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water. I newspaper. tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of loving-kindness and nothing could be Our upcoming project is the International Food Night. sweeter." Everything seems to be moving along well. Invitations to embassies have been sent out and responses are I think we understand this lesson best when we receive coming in. It will be a night filled with food and wine. innocent gifts of love from young children. The I hereby urged Rotarians to bring their foreign friends natural and proper response is appreciation and to this function so as to enhance the international expressed thankfulness because we love the idea within element for the evening. The other highlight for the the gift. evening is the award presentation for our Vocational project ‗Beautify my Home‘. I am sure all of you will Gratitude doesn't always come naturally. be eager to see how the students can transform the Unfortunately, most children and many adults value Homes with a fresh and new look. only the things given rather than the feeling embodied in it. We should remind ourselves about the beauty and I sincerely look forward to all Rotarians taking an purity of feelings and expressions of gratitude. active role to participate in these projects. Not forgetting our motto ‗Service Above Self‘, lets do good After all, gifts from the heart are really gifts of the for the society. heart. I wish all a pleasant week ahead. Warmest Regards. Daisy Chiu PP Mike Tung President RY 2014-2015 Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 4 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be PUDU NEWS Record of Meeting on: 3rd November 2014 Statistics Guest Speaker: PDG Dato‘ Dr Raveendra Kumar Guests 8 Visiting Rotarians 1 Subject: TRF Grants Club Members 27 Total Present 36 Collections 36 Visiting Rotarians Club Birthdays RM 58.00 Anniversaries Fines PDG Dato‘ Dr Raveendra R C Seremban Paying Diners RM 160.00 Kumar Raffles & Others Total (RM) RM 214.00 Guests Host President Daisy Chiu Mr Lawrence Kwan President Daisy Chiu PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr Derick Chong President Daisy Chiu Ms Lim Soo Sze IPP Alex Chang 1) The Club Service Meeting will be held on Mr Daryl Kok PP K H Low Tuesday, 4th November 2014 at the Bukit Kiara Mr Betrand Rtn Veronique Club, KL at 6.30pm Mr Naby Dansoko Rtn Veronique Ms Lisa Siow Club 2) The Community Service Meeting will be held on Mr Tan Yaw Sing Club Wednesday, 5th November 2014 at the Bukit Kiara Club, KL at 6.30pm PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENTS CLUB PROCEEDINGS INTRODUCING THE SPEAKER Sgt-At Arms Rtn Robert Tan called the meeting to order at 1.20 pm on behalf of President Daisy Chiu. He welcomed all visiting Rotarians and guests. He then led in the singing of the National Anthem and then proposed the PP Leong Choy Ying introduced the guest speaker PDG Loyal Toast. Dato‘ Dr Raveendra Kumar The fine master was IPP Alex Chang. THANKING THE SPEAKER President Daisy was fined RM 2 for talking on her hand phone while sitting at the High Table. PDG Dr Paul Lee thanked PDG Dato‘ Dr Raveendra Rtn Robert was fined RM 2 for not welcoming some Kumar for a very educational and enlightening guests. presentation. Dato‘ has explained the TRF Grants in a more simplified presentation. PDG Dr Paul hopes that R Rtn Veron was fined RM 2 for appearing in the Star C Pudu will participate in the TRF Grants more actively newspapers. in the near future. He then presented a memento to PDG Dato‘ Dr Raveendra Kumar. PP Tai was fined RM 2 for busy preparing his daughter‘s wedding. PP Datuk Y K Chew, PP Mike Tung, PP K U Rajah, Rtn Ken Wong, PP Datuk Dr Lee and Rtn Dr C C Wong were fined RM 2 for late attendance. PDG Dr Paul Lee was fined RM 2 for not wearing a tie. Rtn Tenny was fined RM 2 for wearing a leopard striped skirt. PP K H Low was fined RM 2 for sitting with some embassy guests. Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 5 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be SPEAKER’S CV PDG Dato Dr.Raveendra Kumar hails from Ipoh and did his primary and secondary education there. He graduated as a doctor in 1973 from India and joined our Malaysia Civil Service. He did various stints in Ipoh, Kuala Trengganu and Seremban Hospital before setting up private practice in Seremban in 1981 and still practises there. He joined the Rotary Club of Seremban in 1999 and served as President of RC Seremban in 2003/2004. He was Assistant Governor in 2005/2006 and Rotary Governor in District 3300 in 2011/2012. He is currently the chairman of the Grants Subcommittee in the District Rotary Foundation. He is a member of the Pardons Board of Negeri Sembilan since 2012. Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 6 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be SPEAKER’S TEXT Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 7 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be SPEAKER’S TEXT Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 8 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be SPEAKER’S TEXT Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 9 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be CLUB MEETING ON 3RD NOVEMBER 2014 Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 10 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be CLUB MEETING ON 3RD NOVEMBER 2014 Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 11 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be COUNCIL OF PAST PRESIDENTS MEETING AT THE RESIDENCE OF PP CHOO JEE SAM ON SUNDAY, 26TH OCTOBER 2014 AT 7 PM Rotary Club of Pudu 2014-15 Page 12 Involved We Are, Committed We Must Be International Food Fair & World Understanding Night Tri-Club Project with RC Dhonburi and RC Singapore West Vocational Service Beautify My Home prize presentation Rotary Club of Pudu’s 48 Anniversary Celebration On Sat, 13th Dec 2014 at Rtn Tenny’s Residence at 7 pm We realised that many of you may not know of our Club‘s MAJOR EVENT this year and that is the INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIR NIGHT to be held on Saturday 13 December, 2014 at 7.00 pm at Rtn Tenny Lee‘s residence The Organising committee is led by PP Kumar Tharmalingam – Event Chairman There will be FOUR MAJOR EVENTS in this and they are :- 1.