ROTARY CLUB KAMPUNG BAHARU FIRST COMMUNITY PROJECT FOR 2011-2012.

The Hari Raya Puasa celebration come early to the single mothers of Persatuan Anak Anak Yatim dan Ibu Tunggal Taman Medan, located at No.9, Lorong PJS 2C/11C, Taman Medan,46000,Petaling Jaya.  They were given 100 pieces of 4 meter fabric  to be sewn into baju kurung and kebayas by Rotary Club of Kampung Baharu.  Presence to deliver the item was PE Nor Hafizah and VP Shah. The simple handover ceremony took place on Saturday morning of 2^nd. July 2011.

The first community project for the session 2011-2012  was headed by Rtn. Rosilah, The Community Service Director. The Club would like to thank  Ms Rosnah & friends, Shema Yip, Kak Nor, Kak Maya for their  generous contributions and support.

Rotary Club of Kampung Baharu Weekly meeting 4th. May 2011.
The weekly meeting go on as usual despite low turn up. Fellowships as usual and some refreshment after heated debate on many issues.

 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.

Charter President Hj.Razali reporting on Membership Development.

DG Kok Beng sharing lighter moment with Rckbrians.

DG Kok Beng talk on 4 ways test.

Someting to remember from us.

District Governor (DG) Lim Kok Beng visit Rotary Club Kampung Baharu. 20th.Oct.2010.
District Governor official visit to any Rotary Club is an event that all Rotarian looked forward too. It is like the Pope visiting a church. Unlike the Pope who do not have the time to visit all the churches, District Governor make it a point to visit all the club during his one year tenure holding the highest office in a Rotary district. During the visit the District Governor would give his full attention to the club members. He would offer advise where necessary but most of all he would lent his ears to hear all the members complaints and grouses. Something which I do not envy as he had to cover more than 70 Clubs throughout the district 3300.


Members who could make it were Hj.Razali, Ruzman,Shah,Jamil, Datin Nor, Amran,Khairuzad and Tariman while those who were away Aida,Norlia,Sam,Feardaus and Jonnaidi.

RCKB Weekly meeting 5/2010-11 Wednesday 4th August 2010.
Rotary Club Kampung Baharu (RCKB) weekly meeting yesterday was shifted to Maju Palace Restaurant, Maju Junction, KL due to power failure in Kampung Baru which unfortunately include Kelab Sultan Sulaiman. Meeting was attended by Datin Nor, PP Shah, PE Jamil, Rtn. Aida IPP Dr. Feardaus and Rtn. Khairuzad. It was nostalgic to meet senior staff there who could still recognised some of us as the venue  was our former meeting place.

Aannouncement by VP Datin Nor who chaired the meeting.

(1)DISTRICT DUES, RI DUES, CLUB MEMBERS HEADCOUNT.

(2) FAMILY WALK at PUTRAJAYA LAKE SITE.
     Sunday 08 August • 07:30 - 10:00
Location Meet in front of Kelab Tasik Putrajaya at 7:15am Walk shall begin at 7:30am
More info Everyone is welcome.The walk is about 5km(about 1 hr) besides the lake and some part of it is on a boardwalk(between Kelab and PM's Residence). After the walk,we can sit at the wakaf for a breakfast picnic,potluck style. This is a social event.

(3)BLOOD DONATION
The Malaysian Association of Hotels(MAH), together with its co-organisers, Rotary Club of Damansara and Istana Hotel Kuala Lumpur are pleased to organise a Blood Donation Campaign in aid of the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) Blood Bank.
The need for blood increases during holidays and festive seasons, where people are more likely to be travelling and are active during these times, and are at an increased risk of accidents. With this in mind, MAH together with its co-organisers realise that this campaign is essential because of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, one of the biggest festive celebrations amongst Malaysian is approaching in a month’s time.
Donating blood is a fast and simple procedure. Blood donors can donate up to half a litre every two and a half to three months. This amount is small, given that the body contains five to six litres of blood. The full blood donation procedure takes no more than 15 to 20 minutes.
I would greatly appreciate if Presidents of Rotary Clubs in the Klang Valley support this effort by encouraging their members to visit Istana Hotel Kuala Lumpur on 9th August from 10.00am to 4.00pm. The organisers hope to welcome more than hundred donors on that day. As many as three people’s lives can be saved as a result of just one donation.
Enclosed herewith is the Blood Donation Campaign flyer . For more information, please contact Mr. Azzwa, our Membership Executive at 03-4251 8477.
Give Blood, Give Life. Regards,Francis Arulanandam President, RC Damansara

(4)SHORT TERM INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE.
The District IYE Committee is calling for Applicants for a Short Term International Youth Exchange Team to RI D9455, West Australia.
The programme will be Very Exciting and our Outbound Team will have the Very Special Experience of being hosted by the Rotarians of RI D9455. The Team will consist of 1 Rotarian Team Leader and 5-6 Team Members.
The Dates : 2 weeks during the school holidays in June 2011
Closing Date For Applications: 30 September 2010
Who can apply : Youth between the ages of 15-19years.
Can Rotarians’ Children Apply? – YES
Our Youth will be provided Homestay & Meals in a Safe Environment by Rotarians of RI D9455.

(5) Short-Term International Youth Exchange team to D3060 Gujarat
The D3300 International Youth Exchange Committee is pleased to announce that we will be sending an Outbound Short-Term International Youth Exchange team to D3060 Gujarat, India from 17 December 2010 to 31 December 2010.
This exchange reciprocates an Inbound Short-Term Youth Exchange team from D3060 which visited our district in RY2008-09.
The team consists of the following:
Team Leader : PP Pushpa Krishna
Team Members:
1.Ms. Khor Wen Huey (Kara)................sponsored by RC Bangsar.
2. Mr. Havinash Thinakaran .................sponsored by RC KL North.
3. Ms. Tanuja Nair...............................sponsored by RC Bernam Valley.
4. Mr. Ho Theng Khoi ...........................sponsored by RC Kuala Kangsar.
5. Ms. Thirshalar Padmanabhan..............sponsored by RC KL West
6. Ms. Steffi Sunitha Rayer......................sponsored by RC Senawang.

(6)PR Work shop
Its only going to take you just 5 hours this August 14, 2010 to listen, interact and learn from 5 interesting speakers at the District’s 5 Session PR Workshop.
So fill up your forms now and send them in!! ALL Rotarians are welcome. Please remember to indicate your meal preference and the method of payment in your form.
Samantha Ann Samson RC Central Damansara

(7) Kelab Rotray Kamping Baharu, RC Cheras dan Dewan Perdagangan Islam Msia KL akan mengadakan majlis berbuka puasa kepada anak yatim & ibu tunggal pada 16 Ogos 2010. Isnin di Restoran Nasi Ayam Mancongkam. Gombak. Sumbangan kewangan dalam bentuk zakat, sedakah atau fididyah dialu-alukan. Bulan ramadhan bulan amal
Sumbangan dijanjikan setakat ini;
1. Nasi Ayam Manconglam
2. Bus - Zascar
3. Tunai - Haji Azahar
4 Tunai - Tan Sri Elyas Omar
5. Kanopi kerusi & Meja
6 Anda bagaimana?
Sumbangan untuk duit raya & baju raya?
ROTARIAN AMRAN TO BRIEF DERAILS.

(7) SMK Dato' Klana Putra Lenggeng, (Thanking participants)

RCKB conducted motivational workshop for selected student of SMK Dato' Klana Putra Lenggeng, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus - Thursday, 29th. July 2010. Team led by PE Jamil Poniran, PP Shah, Rtn. Tariman and assisted by PE Jamil's son Mohd Shahril.

Project Rumah Nur Salam continues.
During weekly meeting 14th. July 2010, President Hasril handed over a cheque RM1500 from one of the sponsor to organising chairperson Rtn. Nor to purchase basic needs for the child care centre. As spin off of the project some members had suggested if collection of story book could be continued so that the benefits can also be enjoyed by other deserving child care centre in Malaysia.

VP Rtn. Nor, The Organising chairperson being recognised by Penolong Pengetua.

PE Jamil (siap buka kasut) with the students.

                                                                     The Facillitators

                                President Hasril being recognised by Penolong Pengetua, PIBG rep. look on.
Motivational Talk for SMK Bandar Utama Damansara 4.
Members of Rotary Club Kampung Baharu, Rotary Club Gombak and Rotary Club Bandar Utama jointly organised motivational workshop for fifth former of Sekolah Menengah BandarUtama Damansara 4 on the 13th. and 14th. July 2010. The 4 hours session was attended by more than 200 students.
The event was being co-sponsored by The school PIBG with the co-operation of the school management. The workshop was to create an awareness among the student on the importance of planning for their future and how to make their  ambitions a reality. As the students will be sitting for their SPM examination soon the workshop was timely in reminding  the challenges ahead of them. This is the second project by Rotary Club fo Kampung Baharu for the 2010-2011 session.

Rotary meeting

MAKE UP MEETING at KL DiRAJA Wed, 16th. July 2010.
Five RCKBrians attended KL DiRAJA weekly meeting at Shangri La Kuala Lumpur. They were PE Hasril, Shah, Nor, Sam and Izad. Several could not make it at the last minute due to work load. Being a luncheon meeting one have to plan carefully as not to miss the one hour slot. It was impossible to avoid the lunch hour crawl at jalan Sultan Ismail. But to those who made they manage to see induction of the 101st. member of the club, a young Korean expartriate. Another significant event KL DiRAJA announced that their archive project was almost completed. It is going to be a mini muzeum which will housed their club historical items.

 

Rotary Club Kampong Baharu Installation Dinner.

RC Kampong Baharu 14th. Installation Dinner was held on Wednesday 26th May 2010 at Kelab Sultan Sulaiman, Kampung Baharu. About 100 Rotarians, guests and friends turn up for the function. The Guest of Honour was DGE Lim Kok Beng. The function was also attended by DGN2 Mansoor Saat and Anne Emzita and Incoming AG group 12 PP Johnson Pang and Anne Katherine Ho.During the function Puan Norlia Ahmad was inducted as the 20th Rotarian for the Club. DGE Lim Kok Beng also presented induction kits to 4 Rotarians who joined RC Kampong Baharu recently.

District Leadership Seminar 23rd May 2010.
70 Rotarians attended the seminar which was held at Holliday Villa, Jalan Ampang. Our members from RC Kampong Baharu made up 10% of the attendant. They are Sam, Jamil, Aida, Sanjay, Izad, Hasril and Shah. We learned many things to imrove ourselves and also to improve our Club and Rotary movement at large. Among the notable speaker was Dato' Iqbal from Management Institute, Malaysia. Each Rotarian paid rm25 to attend the half day seminar but it was worth it as we learned invaluable lesson from the seminar.

Send off at KLIA

BON VOYAGE GSE TEAM from RID 1990 (SWITZERLAND)

After six weeks in Malaysia we bid farewell and bon voyage to Group Study Exchange Team from Switzerland Rotary international District 1990. On the 14th May 2010 members of Rotary Club of Kampong Baharu met them at 1 Utama bus terminal in Petaling Jaya. I was glad to see our friends were looking tan and healthy. Thanks to the hospitality of various hosting club  that had taken their task seriously.

The team was whisked away to their hotel accomodation at Holoday Villa, Ampang.

The Team set off early for their flight home departing from the Hotel at 0630am. Our club provide the transportatation to the KLIA with the assistance from Hj.Razali, Ruzman, Jamil and myself.

I hope o hear from the team soon.

Installation Dinner RC Kampong Baharu 2010-2011

RC KAMPONG BAHARU INSTALLATION DINNER 2010-2011.
Preparation is underway for Intallation Dinner RC Kampong Baharu 2010-2011. Organizing Chairman for the event is Rtn. Jamil Poniran. It has been a tradition that the President Elect normally organize the event.
We hope to induct two new members during the dinner. If it materialised it will pushed club membership to 21, the highest since I join the the Club in 2005. We can looked forward for a more active club next session now that we have the number.
The Orgn Cmtee anticipated about 150 Rotarians and guests to attend the function which will be held at Kelab Sultan Sulaiman, Kampung Baru. If you readers are interested to attend you may contact me at 019-2310320.

RCKB Family Outing at Agrotek Garden Resort, Ulu Langat.

Date: In - Fri 26 March 2010, 0200pm

         Out - Sat 27 March 2010, 1200pm

Theme: Back to the nature.

Please block your calendar for RCKB family outing next month. If you need more infos please visit Agrotek website http://www.agrotekresort.net/

The resort is located at Batu 14, Jalan Besar Ulu Langat.

The cost per person is rm150. It include accomodation and meal for 2 days and 1 night.

Organising Chairman for this project is Rotarian Aida. If you have any input to make the stay more interesting please let her know and we will discuss it during our weekly meeting.

 2nd. Interest Meeting in progress.

The birth of a Rotary Club.

The process of chartering a Rotary Club is quite structured. It started with several interest meeting where potential charter members gathered to educate themselves on Rotary movement under the guidance of member of the District Club Extension Committee. A proteem committe is then formed consisting of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The committee meet regularly in order to attract more charter member. The Club then applied to be chartered. If it meet the requirement, it will be given provisional status initially by the District. The club may then start to function under close supervision of the mother club and the District Club Extension Committee. Once the club showed that it can meet all the obligations, the District may then recommend the club to be approved by Rotary International. 

I was fortunate to attend the 2nd. interest meeting in the formation of  Rotary Club of Langkawi at Bella Vista Hotel, Kuah, Langkawi on Saturday 6th. Feb. 2010.  A Proteem Committee had been formed and I looked forward for he chartering of the new club in the near future.

Rumah Jagaan Lambaian Kasih.
On Sunday 30th. Jan. 2010 I accompanied President Dr.Feardaus and Rotarian Ismail to delivered some used furnitures from DG Leslie office to Rumah Jagaan Lambaian Kasih, Lot 2980, Kampung Sungai Pencala, Jalan Damansara. DG Leslie was moving to his new office so had some surplus furnitures. The funitures consist of tables, chairs, book racks, kitchen cabinet and three desktop computers. Ustaz Mustaffa Kamal (hp 013-9115584) was at hand to receive the items.
DG Leslie suggested that RCKB approached CIMB to get some fund to repair the orphanage as it was not in good condition. So RCKBrians lets make this as one of our future project.

Karaoke Competition.

 

District Fellowship Karaoke Competition 2009/2010   &   District Disaster Fund Raising.(23.1.10)
Aftermarth of the Sri Lankan civil war, many innocent children became war orphans. Some were maimed for life. Many unable to led normal life after the lengthy civil war. The purpose of the fund raising was to assist these victims. More than 150 Rotarians and their friends turned up to give their support. The function was held at Holiday Villa Ampang at courtesy of PDG Dato' Jimmy Lim.
Rotarians from RCKB turned up to support their contestant Rotarian Jamil Poniran who belted Engelbert Humperdick number - A Man Without Love. His performance received standing ovation from the crowd. Congratulation Rotarian Jamil eventhough you only won cosolation prize but we are very proud of you for keeping RCKB flag high. It was an excellent fellowship night where we met many Rotarians from the district.

Rotary Club Kampong Baharu.

                                           First weekly meeting for 2010 in full session.

                                                             Pennants for Dr.Masitoh.

                                                  This is our token of appreciatioan.
RC Kampong Baharu 1st. weekly meeting 2009.

Venue : Kelab Sultan Sulaiman.
Date : 6th.Jan 2009, Wednesday.
Time : 0800pm - 1000pm.
Present : Dr.Feardaus, Hj.Razali, Helmy, Jamil, Ismail, Shamsuddin, Pathma, Hasril, Jasril, Shah.
Absent : Tariman, Rajagopal, Dato' Sheqal, Aida, Ruzman, Roslan.
Guest : Dr.Masitoh.
Rtn. Jamil gave his proposal for fund raising through golf tournament. It was well received and it was agreed to make it a main project for the 09-10 period. The proceeds should go toward establishing a dialysis centre for Kampong Baharu folks.
Dr.Feardaus presented pennants and cheque rm500 to Dr.Masitoh for her trip to Switzerland in May 2010. She is being sponsored by RCKB for the GSE team to Switzerland.

DG visit.

Rotarian Shamsudin dan Rotarian Ismail being inducted by President Dr.Feardaus, while DG Leslie and CP Haji Razali look on.
District Governor Leslie Salehuddin made his mandatory club visit to Rotary Club Kampong Baharu on the Wednesday 21st Oct 2009. He came on the dot at 0500 pm. He had an initial briefing by President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer over cup of tea at D'Alamo restaurant. AG Mansoor joined the group few minutes later.
The Club Assembly commenced at 0630 at the main conference room attendedby all the members and guests.
All the Board of Directors presented their plan for the year. DG Leslie suggested RCKB to adopt  CLP as soon as possible as that was the direction nthe district had taken.
The Club meeting followed at 0800pm where two new Rotarian were inducted bringing total number to 16. In his address DG congratulate RCKB for taking initiatives in revitalising the club by injecting new members. He would like to see RCKB to regain its glorious past when it was very active in providing services to the community.
The meeting end with dinner at D'Alamo restaurant.

Weekly Meeting 14.10.09

Venue: Kelab Sultan Sulaiman
Time: 0800-1000pm
Present: Feardaus, Razali, Helmy,Roslan,Jamil, Izad and Shah
Absent: Tariman, Aida, Pathma, Raj, Ruzman, Sheqal and Hasril
Guest: Sam, Baharin, Rusli, Malar* and Masitoh* (*GSE cand.)
Notes;
Discussion mainly on preparation for the coming District Governor Leslie Salehuddin scheduled next Wednesday 21st Oct 2009. President request for all bods to submit their report for his compilation. During BOD meeting held it was agreed to invite (1)En. Samsudin bin Hassan Basri, mp: 019-337 3597 email: sam@srt-eon.com to become the 15th Rotarian of the club.(2)En.Ismail Daud, mp: tba to become the 16th Rotarian of the club. It was agreedto induct them during DG visit on the 21st. Oct 2009.
Hon. treasurer informed reminders regarding outstanding club dues had been sent to all. The club had updated its District dues and RI dues accordingly.
CP Hj Razali gave short briefing on Rotary for the benefit of visitors and GSE candidates.

President Dr.Feardaus pinning rotary pin on Rotarian Jamil.

President Dr.Feardaus inducting Rotarian Jamil.

Induction of Rotarian Jamil Poniran.

Ushering the new year which commence from 1st July 2009 and end 30th June 2010, Rotary Club of Kampong Baharu was pleased to induct a new Rotarian to the club. Rotarian Jamil had been visiting the Club for quite some time and recent positive development in his family has allowed him to give his commitments as a Rotarian. Rotarian Jamil hold a senior management position with Bank Pembangunan. His expertise in property management/administration would greatly assist the club in future projects.

In his first speech Rotarian Jamil suggested few measures to make the weekly meeting more lively with maximum participation from all attendees. Excellence observation Rotarian Jamil, Rckbrians are indeed a boring lot when it come to fellowship. With or with out beer we shall strife to make every meeting a productive and memorable one. Welcome to the club Rotarian Jamil. (this remind me to bring few jokes for the next meeting)