Rotary cover final.pdf 6/22/10 1:05:58 PM BERITA (For Members Only) www.rotarypudu.org.my The Weekly Bulletin of The Rotary Club of Pudu C M Y CM MY CY CMY K This website is sponsored by Rtn Sandy Soh of Sofresh Marketing Sdn Bhd 11, Jalan B12 Taman Perindustrian Belmas Johan 48000 Rawang Selangor DE Tel: +603-6091 8669 Fax: +603-6092 4668 Email: [email protected] Enjoy your BOARD OF ROTARY YEAR 2010/2011 Enjoy your BERITA Enjoy your President 76TH R.I. D3300 CONFERENCE BERITA Leong Choy Ying BERITA ([email protected]) 18 DAYS TO THE 76TH R.I. D3300 CONFERENCE Issue No : 20/2010-11 22nd November 2010 Tel: 603 21170 888 Fax: 603 21170 999 Vice President CAN YOU BE COUNTED? Heng Choun Tee ([email protected]) Programme Today Happy Birthday! Tel: 603 2142 1107 Fax: 603 2142 0197 Speaker : INTERACT ELOCUTION CONTESST PP Albert Lim Yew Seng (22nd November) Honorary Secretary Rotary Meeting around the Klang Valley WINNERS Ann Pearl (Rtn Dr. C.C. Wong) (22nd November) Lawrance Annies Subject : Ms Nasha Raina bt Abdul Rahim Ann Elaine(Rtn Alex Chang) (23rd November) ([email protected]) Ms Filiz Yaprak Karacha Rtn Sarky (28th November) Tel: 603 7801 8027 Fax: 603 7801 8118 DAY TIME ROTARY CLUB VENUE Me. Balamurali Tamil wanan Honorary Treasurer Monday 1245 RC Pudu Shangri-La Hotel, KL Roy Sreenivasan 1730 RC Cyberjaya 1st Floor, MSC Innovation Centre, Cyberjaya ON DUTY ([email protected]) 1830 RC Pantai Valley Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, Bukit Kiara, KL Duty Table : Ashok Kumar 1900 RC Titiwangsa Royal Selangor Club, KL Tel: 603 6201 2663 Fax: 603 6201 2618 Fellowship : Tenny Lee 1930 RC Brickfields Royal Selangor Club, KL Happy Anniversary! Finemaster : Patrick Lee President Elect 2000 RC Senawang Royal Sungei Ujong Club, Senawang, Seremban Steven Oon Hoon Nam Introduce : Edward Lee Rtn Dr. C.C. Wong & Ann Pearl (23rd November) ([email protected]) Tuesday 1245 RC Petaling Jaya Grand Dorsett Hotel, Subang Jaya Thanking : PDG Dr. Paul Lee Tel: 603 6273 2868 Fax: 603 6276 0868 1815 RC Bangsar Royal Selangor Club, KL 1830 RC Bandar Utama Business Centre, One World Hotel, Bandar Utama, PJ Immediate Past President 1830 RC Metro KL Banker’s Club, Amoda Building, Jln. Imbi, KL IPP Robin Tay Lian Kiat Programme On Duty 1900 RC Kajang Prescot Metro Inn, Kajang ([email protected]) Speaker : PDG DATO JIMMY LIM Duty Table : Lee Su Zane Tel: 603 6201 0086 Fax: 603 6201 0086 1930 RC Danau Desa Wisma Belia, 1st Floor, Room 711, Jalan Syed Putra, KL 1945 RC Port Klang Royal Klang Club, Klang Subject : ROTARY FOUNDATION Next Fellowship : Arvin Kumar Directors 2000 RC USJ Pahlawan Room, 5th floor, Summit Hotel, USJ Week Finemaster : Richard Liew Club Administration Introduce : May Lim Sandy Soh Kwee Tin Wednesday 1230 RC Ampang Novotel Hotel, No 2, Jln Kia Peng, KL Thanking : Sharon Lim ([email protected]) 1245 RC KL Di-Raja Shangri-La Hotel, KL Tel: 603 6091 8669 Fax: 603 6092 4668 1245 RC Shah Alam Kelab Shah Alam, Shah Alam 1745 RC Subang Holiday Villa Subang, Subang Jaya Public Relations Diary 22nd November - 12th December 2010 1830 RC KL North Royal Selangor Club, KL Alex Chang Huey Wah 1830 RC Sri Petaling Sri Petaling Hotel, Sri Petaling, KL Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun ([email protected]) Tel: 603 2166 9928 Fax: 603 2166 9328 1930 RC Cheras Bankers Club 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1930 RC Bandar Sunway Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel, Subang 12.30 pm 6.30 pm 7.00 pm 3.00 pm 10.30 am Rotary Lunch District Board of Interact Official launch Service 1930 RC Central Damansara Royal Commonwealth Club, Damansara Heights, KL st Shangri-La KL Conference Directors Co-ordinating for 1 Responder Tan Peng Huat 1930 RC Bukit Komanwel Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Club Organizing Meeting Council Meeting Motorcycle ([email protected]) 2000 RC Kampung Baharu Selesa Inn, No 285-287, Jln Tuanku Abdul Rahman, KL Committee Project St John Royal Lake Club SMK Methodist Tel: 603 6280 4329 Fax: 603 6272 5580 2000 RC Damansara West Sri Damansara Club, Bandar Sri Damansara, KL Meeting Ambulans 2000 RC Sungei Way Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Club, Bukit Kiara, KL New Generation PP K.H. Low’s KPS Area, HQ, Jeffrey Yap 2015 RC Port Dickson Royal Port Dickson Yacht Club, Port Dickson office Klang 2030 RC Melawati K Club, Taman Melawati, KL ([email protected]) 29 30 1 2 3-5 4 5 Tel: 603 2300 1029 Fax: 603 2300 1026 2030 RC Lembah Damansara Tropicana Golf & Country Club, PJ 12.30 pm 7.00 pm 7.00 pm District Interact 5.00 pm Rotary Lunch Club Rotary Conference Pudu Rotaract The Rotary Foundation Thursday 1245 RC Klang Royal Klang Club, Klang Administrative Foundation Meeting Edward Lee Shin Foong 1245 RC Gombak Corus Hotel, Jln Ampang, KL Shangri-La KL Royal Bintang Committee Committee Resort, Eurasion Club ([email protected]) 1245 RC Seremban Royal Bintang Hotel, Seremban Meeting Meeting Seremban Tel: 603 2162 8181 Fax: 603 2711 8218 1730 RC Damansara Royal Selangor Club, KL Marco Polo Rest. Royal Lake Club 1900 RC Sentul PDRM Golf Club, Titiwangsa, KL Membership Development 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1900 RC Kelana Jaya Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort, KL Steven Oon Hoon Nam 12.30 pm 6.30 pm ([email protected]) 2000 RC Puchong 9, Jln BK 3/2, Bdr Kinrara, Puchong Rotary Lunch District Tel: 603 6273 2868 Fax: 603 6276 0868 2.00 pm Conference Friday 1845 RC KL West Royal Selangor Club, KL Organizing 76TH R.I. DISTRICT CONFERENCE 2030 RC Bernam Valley 2nd Flr, 19B, Jln Bdr Rawang 1, Rawang Public Relations Shangri-La KL Advisors Cmmittee Committee Meeting PDG KB Lee, PDG Dr. Paul Lee, Saturday 0730 RC Bukit Kiara Sunrise Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort, KL Meeting PP VG Chandran, PP Ng Sim Bee, PP K.H. Low’s 0900 RC Lembah Damansara Tropicana Golf & Country Resort, PJ Shangri-La KL PP Phang Poke Shum office 12 1 Editorial PP Phang Poke Shum President’s Message Leong Choy Ying Lot 10 F12, First Floor, Lot 10 Shopping Centre 50 Jalan Sultan Ismail, The Nominating Committee (NC) can be a mystery to Works of Rotarians 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia many Rotarians. Actually the NC is provided for under Tel: +603 2144 9986 My favourite section of The Rotarian Magazine the By-Laws of our Club. In Article I: ELECTIONS is the “World Roundup” which gives us Rotary Pavillion OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS, it is stated that Lot 4.15.01 Level 4, news in brief from around the world. Pavillion Kuala Lumpur “if it is determined to have a nominating committee, 168 Jalan Bukit Bintang 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia such committee shall be appointed as the club may I am always fascinated by the types of work Tel: +603 2145 9986 determine”. In Pudu it has been decided that the and projects that are being carried out by clubs nominating committee shall consists of all the Past from different continents. For example, in the Sungei Wang G033 Sungei Wang Plaza, Presidents of the club. And in Pudu the past presidents less developed countries, their Rotary Clubs Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia collectively forms the unofficial “Past Presidents’ focus on more fundamental physical needs like Tel: +603 2148 9986 Council”. Of course Past Presidents are but ordinary giving out hearing aids and wheelchairs. In the members of the club. more wealthy nations, they do projects that are Great Eastern Mall Lot 1.10, 1st Floor, Great Eastern Mall, more of ”self–actualization” for example like promoting No. 303, Jalan Ampang Basically the duty of the NC is to “propose to the peace in schools through conflict resolution tools, 50450 Kuala Lumpur Club a list of nominees to be the Board of Directors Tel: +603 4257 8986 celebrate Mothers’ Day in honour of foster mothers. for the ensuing year”. The reasoning has been that the Past Presidents “have vast knowledge of the Some of the most amazing project takes Rotary work club and without any vested interest, they are in the across continents. These are a couple of fine examples: best position to ensure a smooth transition of Club • A Rotary Club in Australia raised funds from their leadership succession.” own community to build health clinic and houses in It normally works this way. The Incoming President a remote village in Sri Lanka that was devastated by (i.e. President Elect) attends the official Nominating the 2004 tsunami. Committee Meetings and proposes a list of names for • An American Rotarian initiated a “Crutches 4 the NC to consider and deliberate. All positions are Africa” project in the US to collect used crutches, carefully evaluated but the names for the positions canes and wheelchairs to be given away to people in of President Elect and Vice President remain the the African countries. With Best Compliments from prerogative of the Past Presidents Council. Looking back at our own club this year, RC Pudu has The positions of the PE and VP are normally filled by carried out a wide range of projects including caring candidates who want and will move up higher in the for the community by visiting old folk’s home and administrative hierarchy in time to come. This way promoting a green environment; nurturing the new continuity has a better chance to succeed and these two F&N Beverages (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Simon Sim Thai Fong generations through leadership training and Interact No.