The Five Presidents with the Asst. Governor Group 12, PP Johnson Phang.

Vocational Awards recipient with Club Presidents, Asst. Governor PP Johnson Phang and PP Shanmugam, Chairman Vocational Service.

Joint Meeting and Vocational Awards Night.

When one or more Rotary Club decide to share their meeting it open unlimited opportunities for the members to share their experiences in addition exploring joint activities potentials. Each club president will take turn to make their club announcement. The speaker of the day too would have a bigger audience for his talk. That is what is great in Rotary, sharing ideas and knowledge.

On Monday, 25th. October 2010, five club, namely Rotary Club of Titiwangsa, Rotary Club of Cheras, Rotary Club of Damansara, Rotary Club of Bukit Commonwealth and Rotary Club of Kampung Baharu had their joint meeting at Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur. Vocational award night was also held at the same time to honour and recognised 8 recipients. Rotary Club of Kampung Baharu had nominated En. Badrul Hisham to receive their award. En.Badrul had been serving Kelab Sultan Sulaiman for the past 17 years with full dedication.

Present from Kampung Baharu were Hj.Razali, Ruzman,Jamil,Amran,Aida,Norlia, Datin Nor, Tariman, Khairuzad and Shah. (Absent - Dr.Feardaus, Jonnaidi,Sam)

Full report below; (courtesy of PP Pushpa Krishna)

A joint, Group 12, Vocational awards night was held at Royal Selangor Club, Jalan Raja, on 25 October 2010. This event saw the coming together of 5 Rotary Clubs namely, RC Damansara, RC Bukit Komanwel, RC Cheras, RC Kg. Bahru and RC Titiwangsa. Eight members of the public were duly recognized for their dedication in carrying out their duties in their respective vocations while maintaining high moral and ethical standards .

The event was timed to coincide with RI’s Vocational Month (October) and the joint effort made an extra impact showing the unity and fellowship between Rotarians and Rotary Clubs.
Gracing the occasion was PP R. Shanmugam, district chairman of Vocational Service Committee. In his address, he congratulated the recipients on being hand picked for this recognition and commended them for being model members of the community with sound ethical values and great dedication in their profession. He further applauded Rotary for being one of the few organizations that has managed to provide humanitarian service to the community and encourage ethical vocational standards at the same time. This balance between these 2 forms of service profoundly distinguishes ‘Rotary’ from most of the other organizations.
In an effort to provide some Rotary information to non-Rotarians and Rotarians alike, a video presentation was played giving an overview of Rotary’s role in eradicating Polio from the face of this earth. Polio day was on 24 October.
The citation of each candidate was read by each club’s Vocational Service chair and a Certificate and plaque was presented to them by the respective Presidents in the presence of PP Shanmugam and AG Johnson Phang.
The recipients of the awards are as follows:
1. Persatuan Penjagaan dan Latihan Kanak-Kanak Autistic
2. Pn. Supaletchumi Munusamy, headmistress of SJK(T) Jalan Cheras
3. Mr. Shan Chandran Ponnambalam, producer of the breakfast show on NTV7
4. Pastor Jacop David, founder of the Shepherds Center Foundation
5. Ms Selvamalar who works with underachievers and the needy.
6. Mr. Vincent Ho
7. Ms Pushparani of MMI Global International and
8. En. Badrolhishan Bin Abdul Rahman – a carpenter who excels in his work despite his handicap

 Persatuan Penjagaan dan Latihan Kanak-Kanak Autistik, Hua Ming is a non-profit organization set up by parents of children with autism and they provide education and training for the children, counseling for the parents and they promote public awareness of the condition. Set up in 1996, they are the only Autism Society to teach in Mandarin and English. The award was accepted by the President of the Society.
 Mdm. Supaletchumi Munusamy, Headmistress of SJK(T), Jalan Cheras. has been instrumental in transforming a school of small beginnings to a well equipped school with a language centre during her tenure in the school for the past 6 years. The school now boasts an active enrolment of 300 students, most of whom are from poor families. Together with the help of the faculty members and the PIBG, Pn. Supaletchumi constantly strives to improve the facilities.
 Mr. Shan Chandran Ponnambalam, producer of the Breakfast Show in NTV7 started his career in broadcasting in 1996 in Metrovision. He joined NTV7 in 2000 and worked his way up from editing and finally to being a Producer. He highlights events by local NGOs including Rotary and also publicizes the work of Charitable Homes in interviews with them. He has helped in creating awareness on the plight of single mothers and has also helped in launching the careers of several new and promising entertainers.
 Pastor Jacop David, together with his wife, Bridget, have dedicated the past 17 years of their lives to providing care and love for orphaned, abandoned, abused and neglected children from broken families. Pastor Jacop founded the Shepherds Centre Foundation in 1993 which started with just 2 children and has now soared to 103 children in the various homes set up by the foundation. There are the boys and girls homes, a nursery, home for school dropouts, skills training in carpentry, welding, agriculture and aquaculture and a home for the elderly who are homeless and destitute.
 Mr Vincent Ho, director of Carnival Asia, has been in the exhibition industry for the past 10 years. He has organized several promotional events to raise funds for worthy causes. He has contributed generously to several of Rotary projects.
 Ms Pushparani, a journalist by profession conceived the idea off MMI Global (Miss Malaysian Indian Global) in the year 2000. This is a social development programme which is a community care project for personal development of the Malaysian girls of Indian decent. In 2005, MMI Global introduced a special fund to support its expanding reach into healthcare, education and personal empowerment workshops in schools
 En. Badrolhishan Bin Abdul Rahman – a carpenter who excels in his work despite his handicap
 Ms Selvamalar works with underachievers and the needy by providing counseling services, empowerment workshop and enrolling students into skills training Institute. She also educates parents on the right approach when dealing with these children.