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MESSAGE
FROM THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT 2005-2006,
CARL-WILHELM STENHAMMAR
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Dear
Fellow Rotarians,
As
you prepare for the work to be done during 2005-06, I ask that
you reflect on the challenge of our motto, Service Above Self.
Service organizations like Rotary International play a
vital role in today’s society and will play an even more
important role in the future.
Two words will be key words – cooperation and
continuity.
Rotary
has set a standard on how cooperation and continuity can work
among society, the private sector, other foundations and
service organizations through its PolioPlus programme “to
interrupt the transmission of the wild polio virus”.
For more than 20 years, Rotary International has
cooperated with United Nations, through WHO and UNICEF in this
programme and we are now looking forward to a giant success
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Cooperation, however, does not have to be on global basis, it must
also be on the local level. Districts,
or clubs, are likely to reach further in cooperation than each party
could possibly do working individually.
All
the fields in which Rotary is working are huge – health, hunger,
literacy and water, just to mention a few.
None of these issues can be solved over a short period of
time. If that had been
possible, the problems would already have been solved.
This is why continuity is so important.
To
work for better world for all people is like putting together a
giant puzzle. Every participant will have to help in placing the pieces.
Through Service Above Self, Rotary International must work to
make its pieces as large as possible, and in doing so we continue to
show the world the great leadership of our organization.
Kind
regards,
Carl-Wilhelm
Stenhammar
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MESSAGE FROM THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR 2005-2006, TAY KIM ANN
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Dear
Rotarians
My
heartiest congratulations to the outgoing
Presidents and their BODs on the successful
completion of celebrating Rotary’s 100th
anniversary when the final chapter of the history
book of Rotary’s first 100 years come to a close
in June 2005.
As
we begin Rotary’s second century of service, you
and I shall start writing the first chapter of the
new history book of Rotary’s second 100 years.
We are the leaders who shall set the goals for the
future of Rotary. Our thinking and work will have
a decisive impact on the future of this
organisation. The new Rotary century is an
historical moment and we are set to lead it. |
The
work of a Rotary club is in the hands of its members,
and it is through hands-on service and active
participation by each Rotarian in that club that our
work is meaningful and successful. This year’s
Presidential citation reinforces this message by
focusing on participation, planning and quality service.
By
participating in this Presidential Citation program your
club acknowledges the importance of building on the best
of the past while setting a successful course for
Rotary’s second century of service. I look forward to
recognising your club with the 2005-06 Presidential
Citation in recognition of every Rotarian’s commitment
to and embodiment of the ideal of SERVICE Above Self.
Yours
in Rotary,
Tay
Kim Ann
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MESSAGE FROM THE PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR 2004-2005, DR.
IVOR THEVATHASAN, JP
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Dear
Friends of Rotary and Rotarians
The
Centennial Year is fast coming to a close. It has
been a Good Year with many projects taking place
and many completed. The Four Avenues of Service
have been complied with and many of the
communities are well looked during this Year.
While
we have accomplished much, let us not forget that
Rotary and Rotarians are always forward thinking
people and must plan for the future. Much can and
must be done. Rotary International (RI) President
Glenn Estess and Incoming RI President
Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar have faith in all of us to
do the possible and the impossible.
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The
Rotary Club of Kuching Central has always led the way in
Sarawak and indeed in all of Borneo. You have an
exemplary record of "Service Above Self" so
all you need to do is to carry on in the same spirit and
excel yourselves. I have great confidence in your
abilities and shall look forward eagerly to your new
goals in the coming Year.
Congratulations
to Centennial President Aw Tai Hui and his Team, and
best wishes to Incoming President Augustine Wong and his
new Team for the ensuing Year.
Yours
in Rotary,
Dr.
Ivor Thevathasan JP |
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