This website was Runner-Up to the R I District 3300 Best Website RY 2011-12 Award For clubs with >25 members Webmaster: [email protected] Enjoy yourBerita 13th August 2012 Issue No : 7/2012-13 PUDU Programme Today Programme Next Week Speaker : PP Siew Peng (Rotaract Pudu) Speaker : PP Kumar Tharmalingam Subject : Group Study Exchange in USA Subject : Is Real Estate Sexy? ON DUTY ON DUTY Duty Table : Rtn. Sandy Soh Duty Table : Rtn. Elaine Tan Fellowship : Rtn. Roy Sreenavasan Fellowship : Rtn. Mok Sin Finemaster : PP Quah Sek Cheng Finemaster : IPP Dato Steven Oon Introduce : Rtn. Loo Ming Chee Introduce : PP Ng Sim Bee Thanking : PDG K B Lee Thanking : Rtn. May Lim Happy Birthday! fUTUre rOTarY eVeNTS Rtn. Tenny Lee (12th Aug) PP K U Rajah (18th. Aug) AGTS – AG’s Training Seminar Friday 28/9/12-– Sunday 30/9/12 @ Kulim, Langkawi GDLTS –Group Discussion Leaders’ Training Seminar Friday 19/10/12 – Sunday 21/10/12 @ Kamunting, Taiping Pre-PETS 1 Spouse's Birthday! Friday 23/11/12 – Sunday 25/11/12 @ Tampin, A’Famosa Resort Pre-PETS 2 Ann Shirley (19th. Aug) Friday 15/3/13 –Sunday 17/3/13 @ Ampang, D’Villa Residences District Assembly Friday 26/4/13 –Sunday 28/4/13 @ Melawati, Grand Dorsett Hotel DTTS – District Team Training Seminar Sunday 19/5/13 @ Klang Central, Klang Executive Centre Happy Anniversary! District Conference Friday 6/12/13 –Sunday 8/12/13 @ Kuala Lumpur West, Hotel Nil Istana (tentative) Hari raYa GreeTiNGS THe PreSiDeNT , MeMBerS aND SPOUSeS Of THe PUDU rOTarY ClUB WOUlD like TO eXTeND THeir WarMeST GreeTiNGS TO all OUr MUSliM MeMBerS aND THEIR FAMilieS, SelaMaT Hari raYa aDil fiTri, Maaf ZaHir BaTiN. Rotary Club Diary 13th - 31 August 2012 Date Time Programme Venue August Mon 13 12.45 pm Luncheon Meeting Shangri-La Hotel, KL Wed 15 6.30 pm Club Admin Committee Loong Foong Rest., Thu 16 6.30 pm New Gen Comm Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club Sun 19 Hari raYa aiDilfiTri Mon 20 Hari raYa aiDilfiTri Tue 21 6.30 pm TRF Comm Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club Sun 26 Visit to Jenjarom Old Folks’ Home Mon 27 12.45 pm Luncheon Meeting Shangri-La Hotel, KL Wed 29 6.30 pm BOD Meeting Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club fri 31 MerDeka 12 Rotary Club of Pudu 2012/2013 Rotary Club of Pudu 2012/2013 1 Editorial President's Message Nice Quotes fellOWSHiP iN rOTarY Vivian and I wish all our Muslim Rotarians and their family a The get together after the Monday regular meeting at warm “ Selamat Hari Raya Adil the pub has been going on for years. It is very popular Fitri, Maaf Zahir Batin” greeting. with some members not only because they enjoy a pint or two after a hard morning’s work but also they It is great to be home after 2 enjoy the company on offer. Hence many Rotary ideas weeks out of the country on were hatched there and some of them were excellent business assignment. I wish to ideas which won us awards. Also the gathering saw thank VP Lawrance Annies and comradeship in action which extends beyond Rotary. PE Alex Chang for standing in for If you have the opportunity and time, do join them for me during my absence. What a some good fellowship. great team we have in Pudu Rotary Club?! I am indeed blessed to be your President this Rotary Year 2012- Also members and their families and friends going out 2013. to the Jenjarom Old Folks Home for a biyearly visit, normally adjourn to a sea food luncheon meal after the Leadership succession is important for any organization visit. This type of fellowship is excellent to introduce to continue to grow and flourish. Take for example what family members to other Rotarians and the Rotary world. is happening in BAM. They only have one player, Dato In fact some long lasting friendship even emerged Lee Chong Wei, who can be considered world class. from these types of trips. The next time you have the Having just won his second silver in as many Olympic opportunity do join for a visit to the Home and tuck in Games outing, Dato Lee, may not be able to feature in some soft shell crabs!. the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as age is not on his side. Now, BAM is in a scramble to try and produce other Members of the club do informally organize visits world-class players to represent our nation. overseas and have great fellowship. These types of visits include visiting sister clubs. Besides having During the PETS training I attended before assuming the great fellowship with members of the sister clubs and office of President, the trainers elaborated on the need building friendship on the side, these trips are famous for of a leadership succession plan. We, in Pudu Rotary shopping. Popular trips are to Bangkok, HongKong and Club, are grateful to our Past President Council for Manila. Not forgetting of course the ever popular trips to taking up the responsibility of identifying and grooming Songkhla and Singapore. Do join them for such a visit new leaders of our club. This can be witnessed by the the next time one is organized. Guarantee satisfaction ability of the club to function while the President is ‘not and enjoyment! Bring extra money for shopping! available’ for a short period of time. There are many other fellowship opportunities in Rotary, I thank all the members of my Board for saying ‘Yes’ to particularly in Pudu. After meetings fellowship is ever serve with me in this current Rotary Year. For some of popular. Besides drinking whisky together, there you, this may be your third or fourth year serving in the are also exchanges of views ranging from business Board. You are moving up the leadership position. The proposals, politics, social problems, etc. There are future of Pudu Rotary Club is in your hands. You and hosts of committee meetings every month and these are all the other members of our club determine our club’s opportunities to get together. standing in District 3300. Are we going to just scrape through the year or to grab the opportunity to serve our Besides these we have the club assemblies, the district community with distinction? The choice is yours! assemblies and conferences and even RI conferences. If you like to meet people, do participate in some of Let us all combine our resources and talents to serve our these assemblies and conferences and you are bound community and make our mark here and now. to meet many of them. There might even be business opportunities! Before I sign off, a gentle reminder that there will not be a Monday luncheon meeting next week, 20th. August In addition, members do get together for special treats 2012 as it will be a Hari Raya holiday. So go enjoy the like eating fish or durian together. Thus we have a open houses of your Muslim friends and do bring your Wednesday group (for lunch) and a Friday group. All family along. expenses are prorata. If you are keen on trips, meals, drinks, durian etc do contact Bulletin Editor PP Richard In Rotary Service, Liew or AG PP Gary Lim and they can illuminate you on aaron Ong the time, place and expenses! President RY 2012/13 2 Rotary Club of Pudu 2012/2013 Rotary Club of Pudu 2012/2013 11 33 Pinehurst 7690 US $466,551.32 Districts with 100 percent club participation and at least 34 Fort 6990 US $584,750.80 US$100 per capita in Annual Fund giving Lauderdale South Pudu News District Country AnnualCapita Top 50 per capita Rotary Clubs worldwide in Annual 1750 France $102.16 Fund giving 2030 Italy $116.35 2540 Japan, Akita $103.06 Record of Meeting on 6th August 2012 4 Noida 3010 India $8,234.67 2590 Japan, Kanagawa $171.43 22 São Paulo-Aeroporto 4420 Brazil $3,318.86 2600 Japan, Nagano $117.26 Guest Speaker : MS. STEPHANIE LAI 10 Kowloon 3450 Hong Kong $2,980.39 2660 Japan, Osaka $175.41 Subject : HYPNOSIS 21 San Nicolás 4130 Mexico $2,824.09 2690 Japan, Shimane, $168.68 de los Garza Tottori, Okayama Sherina Teoh PDG K B Lee 7 Pasig 3800 Philippines $2,800.86 ViSiTiNG ROTARIANS Winnie Lew PDG K B Lee 24 Calgary 5360 Canada $2,516.28 2710 Japan, $125.00 Hiroshima,Yamaguchi Name Club Lee Seng Chuan PDG K B Lee 10 Hsinchu Northwest 3500 Taiwan $2,183.90 Rtn. Elysia Teh RC Tropicana 2760 Japan, Aichi $138.41 Arnaud Perury Rtn. Veronique 3 Rotary E-Club 2640 Japan $2,031.41 Damansara 2780 Japan, Kanagawa $185.81 Sunrise of Japan 2830 Japan, Aomori $125.89 STaTiSTiCS 34 The Villages-Noon 6980 US $1,990.26 GUeSTS 10 Busan-Dongrae 3660 Korea $1,968.26 3131 India, $125.56 Visiting Rotarians : 1 22 São Paulo-Vila Alpina 4430 Brazil $1,922.88 3140 India, $177.14 Name Host Guests : 12 20 Wuse Central-Abuja 9125 Nigeria $1,900.11 3800 Philippines $220.74 Stephanie Lai Club Club Members : 28 4420 Brazil, Sao Paulo$349.56 22 São Paulo-Butantã 4610 Brazil $1,899.96 Elaine Chang Rtn. Alex Chang Total Present : 41 8 Thuringowa Central 9550 Australia $1,899.75 4480 Brazil, Sao Paulo$122.83 Louisa Chang Rtn. Alex Chang 9 New Seoul 3650 Korea $1,866.68 5000 USA, HI $179.24 Chow Bee Leng Rtn. Alex Chang COlleCTiONS 28 Antigo 6220 US $1,681.25 5020 Canada, BC; $120.88 Rac.