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Volume 8 / August 20, 2014
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THE ROTARY CLUB OF BANDAR SUNWAY WAS CHARTERED ON THE 22ND OF APRIL 1993
President 2014-2015
Rtn Xavier
016-2939058
[email protected]
The Board of Directors
Vice President
Rtn Arjan
012-2340561
[email protected]
International Services Director
PP Dieter Esser
012-3713167
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President-Elect
Rtn. Jude
019-2415215
[email protected]
Public Image - Director
PP Mani Raja Chandran
019-2115977
[email protected]
Immediate Past President
Rtn. Sandra Anne Raj
019-2709770
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Vocational Services Director
Rtn Angelo Nicholas John Baptist
012-286 9809
[email protected]
Secretary
Rtn. Lydia Francis
012-2154587
[email protected]
Bulletin Editor
PP Movin
016- 2447740
[email protected]
Treasurer
Rtn Krishnan Nachiappen
012-3059343
[email protected]
Club Trainer
PP N. M. Thangaraj
012-2787875
[email protected]
Membership Develop. Director
PP Dr. Arasu
019-3926475
[email protected]
Honorary Members
Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah
Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam
The Rotary Foundation - Director
PP Ram Nair
012-2882950
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TRF Major Donors
PP Dato' Ram Nair
PP Dieter Esser
Paul Harris Society
PP Magandran Muthiah
Club Administration Director
Rtn Nagarajan
012-282 3015
[email protected]
PP Movin Miranda
Service Projects Director
CP Richard Ernest
019-3113446
[email protected]
Multiple PHF's
Youth Services Director
Rtn. John Beardsley
012-6446153
[email protected]
Sergeant-At-Arms
Rtn Kanagarajah Vadivelu
019-213 2187
[email protected]
TRF Benefactor
IPP Sandra Anne Raj
IPP Sandra
PP Manohur
Paul Harris Fellows
Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah
Dr. Susan Cheah
Late PP Sinnu Marapan
Datin Shamini Nair
Mr. Poh See Lim
Ms. Lalitha Sambamoorthy
PP Manohur
Rtn Mikel William
PP Tarlochan Singh
PP Letha Krishnan
PP Daniel Berkemeier
Rtn Denis Gruhier
Rtn Hew Deng Wai
PE Nigel Jones
PP Mani Raja Chandran
Pres Datin Sandra Raj
PP N. M. Thangaraj
PP Eric Wong
PP Divakaran
Rtn Paul J
PP Susan Mackle
Tan Sri Ravindra Menon
Sister Clubs
Australia : The Rotary Club of Kippa Ring
India :
The Rotary Club of Bangalore West
The Rotary Club of Ottapalam
The Rotary Club of Calcutta Metropolitan
South Korea :
The Rotary Club of Central Kyung-Ju
USA : The Rotary Club of Lacey
Sri Lanka :
The Rotary Club of Capital City
Inner Wheel Clubs
The Inner Wheel Club of Selangor
Friendship Exchange Clubs
Thailand :
The Rotary Club of Nakhon Si Thammarat
Turkey :
Eskisehir Yazilikaya Rotary Club
PP Raveendranath
PP K.K. Chue
PP M. K. Menon
PP Suresh Kumar Rajadurai
PP Movin Miranda
Rotaract Clubs
The Rotaract Club of Bandar Sunway
Jamil Rais fellows
Interact Clubs
SMK Subang Utama
Maz International School
SMK Seafield
SMK Sunway
SMK SS 17
PP Ram Nair
PP Raveendranath
IPP Sandra
PP Manohur
PP Dieter Esser
(chartered 2nd June 1998)
The Rotaract Club of Taylor's College
(chartered 15th July 2013)
The President Speaks
My dear friends in Rotary
First of all a big thank you to everyone who attended the last
week’s meeting, it was great to see all our members
overloaded with energy and the fellowship was incredible.
Nothing is more encouraging than having all our members
gathered under the same roof and would like to also thank
Rtn Jose for his amazing insight on tele-communication . Not
forgetting the fining session that he conducted with tricky
questions.
For the last 7 weeks we had various activities such as
Kajang Prison project, Kitchen Bundle, Regional Quiz (Johor
Bahru, Kota Kinabalu and Penang), ILTS, Three Pillar Seminar
and DG visit. Although it was a tight schedule we still had a
good attendance for all the events, hats off to all those who
gave their time and effort.
The 7th national-level IQuiz will be held on 23rd
August 2014 at Sunway University, it’s the final round of
IQuiz. The atmosphere gets intense as the heat builds up among the Intreractors, as they will
be tested on their knowledge on science, history, geography, film, music and sports. It has
become an eagerly awaited event amongst Interactors with 160 teams from across the country.
I urge all members, spouses and friends to attend the grand finals for the year 2014-2015.
On behalf of our club, I have collected food items such as rice, cooking oil, flour, sugar,
can food, biscuits etc from Giant Hypermarket Kinrara Puchong . It will be distributed to
Shalom Home and St Jude's Home. We were also given the opportunity to collect the groceries
from Giant Hypermarket Klang for the second time. As for the date of collection, we need to
reconfirm with our DG. I sincerely thank both DG and PP Dato Ram for allowing us to collect
the groceries within a short period of time.
Moving on, the 10th installation of SMK Bandar Sunway took place on 16th August
2014. The installation was officiated by Puan Hafsah (Head Mistress) of the school joined by
Puan Usha and other teacher advisors. The students were inspired by the speeches and were
also motivated to continue their good work as Interactors. I would like to thank Rtn John and
Rtn Asvika for attending the installation.
On the same day, Interact Club of SMK Subang Utama carried out out their installation
which was also a marvelous event. We were glad to see the spirit and aura in these students,
who were also inspired by the amazing speech given by the President. Not forgetting PP Diva,
Rtn John and Rtn Asvika who once again gave their time and effort to be part of this
installation.
The heroes from the Rotary Club Bandar Sunway PP Ravi, PP Arasu and Rtn Dinesh
had a war against dengue at SS3 which is known to be the hot spot for dengue cases. Despite
knowing the threats of dengue which claimed 2 lives and it was raining, our heroes when door
to door to educate the residents about the disease. What more can I say, your help and
concern is simply admirable.
...contd
The Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway Vol 8/ 2014-15
August 20, 2014
The President Speaks
My dear friends in Rotary ...contd
Last but not least, I would like to thank everyone who participated in all the events listed
above, I urge all of you to bring in more people to expand the number of members in our club.
As they say "Two heads are better than one". Thanks and Kudos to all of you
"Light up Rotary"
Regards,
President Xavier
President, Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway 2014-15
The Classroom Experience 2014 organised by
Rotaract Club of Taylor's College
The Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway Vol 8/ 2014-15
August 20, 2014
RC BANDAR SUNWAY – NOTES ON THE REGULAR MEETING HELD AT SUNWAY LAGOON RESORT HOTEL, 7.45PM, AUGUST 13TH, 2014
Attendance: President Xavier, Ravee, Jose, Nagiah, Richard,MK Menon, Thangaraj, Angelo,
Movin ,Suresh, Eric, Arasu, Rajen, Puvan, Paul, Mani.
Apologies: Dieter, Sharon,Lydia,Diva,Ram,Asvika,Arjan,Jude,Naga,Michael,Kana,Mano,Susan
Sandra and Viro
WELCOME & TOASTS
President started the meeting by thanking members present for DG’s visit and proceeded to
report the past week activities.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
By President
ILTS
11 members attended. Sunway Internation hosted with 53 Interact BOD’s in attendance.
Started at 8am anmd ended at 1.30pm. Successful event.
3 Pillar seminar
17 RCBS members attended and was updated with the latest on PR, Membership and
Foundation.
Project Rumah Kasih
DG Kiren’s brainchild. First project will be conducted at Giant, Kinrara whereby groceries
donated by the public will be distributed to the needy’s by 17 participating Rotary Clubs.
Other Announcements
1. PP Arasu, the OC for 7th National IQuiz reported the following:
 As of 13th Aug, only 60 teams registered. Need the numbers badly because YB
Kamalanathan, the Deputy minister of Education might attend or at worst will be
represented by a senior office from Education ministry. Requested members to continue to
“push” the other clubs to send their Interact team.
 An invite had also been sent to RTM and TV3 invited for media coverage to cover the quiz as
well as the MOU Signing ceremony.
 PP Thangaraj is still working on 2 TV’s from Harvey Norman.
 OC to email forms to all members for the disposal of clubs that find difficulty to register
online.
 Challenge - 23rd August is a school day replacing the Hari Raya holidays.
2. PP Arasu also shared the Anti Dengue campaign at SS3/33 a dengue hotspot. He requested
members participation as dengue is becoming a real threat with the increase in number of fatal
and normal cases
3. PP Thangaraj reported that Rotaract Taylors will organize an event titled “Classroom
experience” on 16th August. He will be representing RCBS and requested more members to join
him.
BIRTHDAY, WEDDING ANNIVERSARRY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
No Birthdays or anniversaries for the week.
Notes by
PP Mani Raja
The Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway Vol 8/ 2014-15
August 20, 2014
Women Empowerment via Holistic Community Development
The Rotary Club of Patan (RCP) has been
supporting the community of Chandihanjyang
since May 2009 through its midday-meals
program at the Devi Bhanjyang Rastriya
Primary School. Chandibhanjyan is a village
of over 5400 inhabitants in Central Nepal. To
ensure a more sustainable source of livelihood
for the underprivileged, rural smallholder
farmers in Chandibhanjyang, the RCP decided
to join hands with Heifer International Nepal
and launch a holistic Community Development Project with the primary goal of empowering
women to uplift their families.
Heifer’s Value-based Holistic Community Development Approach has shown amazing results
in other parts of rural Nepal and around the world. The model involves donating livestock
and providing technical assistance to families, who then ‘pass on the gift’ of their first female
offspring and share their gained knowledge.
Within a short span of 3-4 years, self-help groups that form into Social Entrepreneur
Women Cooperatives will be directly empowered through gifts of animals, organic vegetable
farming training, micro-funds and economic activities that link production with markets.
The project will especially focus on helping the community to achieve self-reliance and break
the cycle of hunger and poverty.
The community’s social capital will be strengthened by gradually organizing 831 families
into 41 Self-Help Groups (SHG). Initially 239 families will be organized into 10 SHGs, which
will serve as model groups and form and mentor the additional 31 pass-on SHGs.
Members of the RCP will provide additional technical inputs in the areas of maternal and
child health, nutrition, adult education, veterinarian medicine, and infrastructure
development.
The project will be implemented in partnership with the village development committee, local
NGO and stakeholders. The RCP and Heifer International Nepal have already started the
preliminary phases of the project planning and fundraising. The project's estimated budget
for the three-year period is US$ 230,000. The RCP, in collaboration with other Rotary
partners, has set their target contribution at US$ 60,000. Initially we plan to raise US$
20000. Heifer will contribute US$ 124,000 and US$ 46,000 will be leveraged from the
community itself.
The Rotary investment will fund 500 goats at US$ 50 each; 25 bucks at US$ 150 each; 275
animal sheds at US$ 30 each; fodder, vegetable and fruit seeds; animal medicine and
vaccines; as well as exposure visits.
The Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway Vol 8/ 2014-15
August 20, 2014
SMK SUBANG UTAMA INTERACT INSTALLATION YEAR 2014/2015
On the 16th of August 2014, SMK Subang
Utama had its annual Interact Installation
of the year 2014/2015. The purpose of this
event was to officially install members of the
Interact Club of SMK Subang Utama and to
also install the incoming Board of Directors
for the new Rotarian year 2014/2015.
President Francis Xavier, PP Divakaran
(Rotarian Advisor of SMK Subang Utama) ,
Rotarian Asvika and Rotarian John
Beardsley were invited to witness the event.
The Principle of SMK Subang Utama, Puan
Zanariah bt Abu Bakar was also invited but
could not attend the event. Instead, one of the school’s administrators, Puan Rose Chai
attended the event in place of the headmistress. The event was overseen by the teacher advisor,
Puan Rohana bt Yahya. A total of 3 sister schools under the Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway
was present at the event which included SMK SS17, SMK Seafield and SMK Bandar Sunway.
The event turned out to be a successful one and at the end everyone was filled with bittersweet
memories especially the outgoing Board of Directors for the year 2013/2014.
Rotary D3300 War on Dengue
Our District Governor Kirenjit along with DGN
Darul Abdullah, PP Dato' Rizal, PP Dr Sen Gupta
and PP Elizabeth Yam will be joining other
Rotarians in a SEARCH & DESTROY ANTIDENGUE CAMPAIGN - a collaboration between RI
DISTRICT 3300 / MBPJ / MINISTRY OF HEALTH
SELANGOR at 0730hours on 23 August 2014.
Date: 23 August 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 0800 to 1000hours
Venue: SS3 area Petaling Jaya
Place to meet: SS3/64 Petaling Jaya = Football field
(behind 7 Eleven row of shop houses) +++
ASSEMBLE BY 0730HOURS +++
Attire: ROTARY T-Shirt or your Club T-Shirt
Rtn. Dhinesh from our club joined the effort last
week and is seen in picture above.
The Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway Vol 8/ 2014-15
August 20, 2014
Miss Malaysia Tourism finalists help RC Petaling Jaya
in Dist 3300 raise RM150,000 for charity
MORE than RM150,000 was raised during
the Miss Malaysia Tourism Pageant 2014
Charity Gala Dinner held in Dorsett Grand
Subang last weekend.
The dinner was organised with the Rotary
Club of Petaling Jaya (RCPJ) as part of
Dorsett Grand Subang’s corporate social
responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
“I would like to thank all who came forward
with donations as no matter the amount, it
is appreciated. I assure you that RCPJ will
put each and every sen donated to foster better living for the underprivileged,” said Datuk Seri
Dr N. Krishna Moorthy. All funds collected will be channelled towards non-profit organisations
and community services in Petaling Jaya. Among them are National Kidney Foundation,
Supermom Bakery in Taman Megah, the Petaling Jaya library, underprivileged students and
young terminally-ill patients.
Interact Club of SMK Bandar Sunway installs new Board for
year 2014-15
The Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway Vol 8/ 2014-15
August 20, 2014
DUTY ROSTER
Date
Fellowship
R.I Info
Fine Master
20 Aug
Kennedy
Puvan
27 Aug
John
Mani Raja Asvika
3 Sept
Richard
Dieter
Mag
10 Sept
Sharon
Movin
Jude
Paul
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Date
Date
Our Speaker today
Details
Details
28 Mar Rtn Paul J celebrates his birthday
21 Aug PP Letha & Madhavan celebrate
their
29 Mar Rtn
Lydia Joan
Francis celebrates her birthday
wedding
anniversary
30 Mar Rtn Maheswary celebrates her birthday
25 Aug PP Susan & John celebrate their wed1 Apr Rtn Kennedy & Chisa celebrate their wedding anding
anniversary
niversary
28
Aug Rtn
3 Apr
PP DrArjan
Dietercelebrates
Esser celebrates
birthday
hishisbirthday
29 Aug
Shakila (spouse of PP Diva) celebrates
herbirthday
29 Aug
Sanjiv (son of PP Dato Ram) celebrates
his birthday
Smile-a-while
A blonde hadn't been to church for many many
months. She always promised to go, but never
did.
One day, the pastor was astounded when she suddenly rocked up for Sunday service. Thereafter,
she was at every Sunday service, every prayer
meeting, every home group meeting, etc.
Three months later, one Sunday after the service,
the pastor asks her, "What happened to you? You
always dodged church and now it looks like you
can't get enough of it?"
She replied, "Its this new car of mine pastor; they
told me the warranty will lapse if I miss even one
service!"
The Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway Vol 8/ 2014-15
Our speaker today is Austrlian Rotraian Tony Freeman, from the District
9600 (Queensland) committee for
‘Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children’ (ROMAC)
ROMAC has been in operation for over
25 years. Rotarians volunteer their
time and expertise to run this Rotary program that encompasses all the
Districts of Australia and New Zealand.
Assisted by many eminent Australian and New Zealand surgeons who
generously donate their time free for
the treatment of our patients, this humanitarian program has provided
over 350 children from more than 20
developing countries with urgent medical treatment that has given them new
hope.
The Objectives of ROMAC are as follows
 To provide hope where there is no
hope
 To restore dignity to human life
 To save or transform the lives of
children from developing countries.
 To provide the best possible medical
and surgical expertise
Since ROMAC began in 1988, they
have treated over 350 deserving and
underprivileged children.
August 20, 2014
Attendance Report - The Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway -August 2014
Meetings
YTD
1 Pres Xavier
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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39
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41
42
43
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45
46
47
48
PE Jude
IPP Sandra
VP Arjan
Rtn. Angelo
PP Arasu
PP Chue
PP Dieter
Rtn Dinesh Francis
PP Diva
Rtn Dorothy
PP Eric Wong
PP Gopal
Rtn John
Rtn Jose Raveendran
Rtn Kaman
Rtn Kana
Rtn Kanishen
Rtn Kennedy
Rtn Krishnan
PP Letha
Sec Lydia
Rtn Asvika
PP Mag
PP Mani Raja
PP Manohur
Rtn Michael Amos
Rtn. Mickel
PP Mick Menon
PP Movin
Rtn Nagarajan
Rtn Nagiah
Rtn Nigel
Rtn Paul J
Rtn Puspha
Rtn Puvan
Rtn Rajan
PP Ram
PP Ravee
CP Richard
Rtn Sanjiv
Rtn Sharon
PP Suresh
PP Susan
PP Tarlochan
PP Thangaraj
Rtn Udo
Rtn Viro
Attended
YTD
Meetings
this month
Attended this
month
Make-up
this month
Total this
month
% attendance
YTD
% attendance this
month
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7
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2
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85.71%
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100.00%
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71.43%
100.00%
57.14%
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42.86%
100.00%
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42.86%
28.57%
57.14%
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85.71%
85.71%
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71.43%
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Club attendance last week including
33
Club attendance last week including make-up's -
73%
Percentage club attendance for month including make-up's -
Inviting our spouses into Rotary isn't just about getting our numbers up. It addresses the reality that Rotary
still has far more men as members than it does women, and that is something we need to work on. When we
bring more women into Rotary, our clubs become more appealing to prospective female members – and
become more productive as well.
Gary C K Huang
President 2014 - 15
Vol 21
The Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway
Vol 8
August 20 , 2014