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REPORT ON VISIT TO MEDAN & BANDA ACEH
13-15 APRIL 2005
BY, PP Andre Suharto & Rtn Ng Yaw Hua,
3 MAY 2005
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On 26 December 2004, a major earthquake occurred near the Northern part of Sumatera which caused heavy damages to buildings. It also created the occurrence of Tsunami immediately after. Phuket, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Maldives and the western coasts of Northern Sumatera including the town of Banda Aceh, were badly damaged.
The death toll in Northern Sumatera represented the highest casualties of all the places that were affected by this catastrophe.
The R.C. of Kuching Central immediately responded and set up a Tsunami Disaster Relief Efforts committee chaired by PP Andre Suharto. On 3rd & 5th January 2005, a total of 2,782 KGs of medical aids were airflown to Medan for distributions by R.C. of Langkat (jointly with Aceh Sepakat NGO) to the affected areas in Northern Sumatera. At the same time, fund raising exercise was also initiated.
It has been slightly over 100 days since the incident happened and the committee is of the opinion that a timely visit to the Aceh province is now appropriate. Hence, PP Andre Suharto and Rtn. Ng Yaw Hua (a member of the Tsunami Disaster Relief Efforts Committee) left Kuching for Banda Aceh via an overnight stay in Medan from 13 to 15 April 2005. PP Andre Suharto is also a member of the Rotary District 3310 Tsunami Disaster Relief Committee whose chairman is PDG Gerald
Minjoot.
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PP Andre receiving certificate of appreciation from R.C.
Langkat.
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Handover of donation of medical items to President Hasan.
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A location used to be crowded with houses.
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Part of the center of town.
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| ROTARACT
CLUB OF SWINBURNE 2004/2005 (Highlights
of the past year's activities) |
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Scavenger
Hunt a.k.a. The Amazing Race at Sarawak Cultural Village
for international students.
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Grooming Talk conducted by Dianne Tsen of Powerlooks
Global.
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3rd
Installation 2004/2005 at The Sarawak Club. |
Participation
in RYLA 2005, held at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
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Participation
in Cheshire Home Sale 2004 and Salvation Army Charity
Sale.
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| UPDATES
FROM R.C. OF KUCHING CENTRAL ON ACEH, 05
JANUARY 2005, 12:30PM |
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The
Rotary Club of Langkat (located 80KM from Medan
towards Banda Aceh) has received the 1,640Kg of
medical supplies that the R.C. of Kuching Central
sent to them on Monday this week. They have received
the consigment without a hitch and WITHOUT problems
at the Indonesian Customs & Excise Dept.
The Committee is now awaiting for more feedback from
Sumatera on the immediate needs.
The Committee has now raised RM132,710.00. The fund
raising activities have been done without any
publicity in the local media yet. The Committee has
asked each Rotarian in the club to approach their
business associates and friends of course with the
support of letter of appeal issued by the committee.
Through words of mouth, many organisations in
Kuching are helping the committee to raise money by
getting their staff to contribute. Tomorrow morning
the committee will receive a RM5000 donations
collected by the staff of a public listed company
based in Kuching. This is encouraging indeed.
The committee will make publicity tomorrow and hope
that the news will spur and inspire more people to
chip in.
The money raised will address immediate needs,
medium term and long term needs. Many organisations
and individuals are focussing on immediate needs and
we may want to start thinking of the medium and long
term needs.
Thank you all for the kind words showered on the
committee. These words of encouragements have helped
to inspire us further and strengthened our
convictions so that the committee can move on with
confidence. You have played an important part to
help the committee move on.
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| ROTARY
3300 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION |
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January
29th, 2005 |
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Dear
fellow Rotarians
District 3300 & 3310, Malaysia
ROTARY 3300 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
ROTARY HONOURING YBHG TUN DR MAHATHIR
MOHAMAD
"A Great Statesman and World Leader"
Five times elected as Prime Minster of Malaysia,
YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir, have led our country over two
decades, with fearlessness, determination,
integrity, and a true Vision 2020 for a Developed
Malaysia.
YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir have challenged us with ideas
for progress and have push forward visions for the
country that make us a progressive nation that
stands tall among the nations of the world. YABhg
Tun Dr Mahathir has made us all proud to be
Malaysians.
In celebrating Rotary Centennial - 100 Years of
Services to Humanity, RI District 3300 will be
presenting to our former Prime Minister of Malaysia,
The YBhg Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, our district award
for his Visionary Leadership and contribution to
World Peace.
The Rotary Club of Damansara-West is indeed honour
to host the celebration which includes a Grand
Dinner Reception to present the district award to
YBhg Tun Dr Mahathir. The dinner will be held on
Friday, 28th January 2005 at the Legend Hotel in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The district award will be
presented to YBhg Tun by RI Past President the
former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand His
Excellency Bhichai Rattakul. YBhg Tun Dr Mahathir
will present a short address at the
dinner.
The Organising Committee extends invitations to all
Rotarians in Malaysia to join us in this Centennial
Celebration. The celebration includes a Newspaper
Supplementary prior to the event, a special
commemorative book, bunting decorations along the
roads leading to the hotels, an exhibition on Rotary
& Tun Dr Mahathir at the hotel foyer and the
Grand Dinner Reception.
A copy of the Centennial Celebration brochure can be
view at:
http://www.geocities.jp/rcdw2005/brochure_151204.jpg
We are sure that you and your fellow Rotarians will
rise up to the occasion and join in this centennial
celebration to honour "A Great Statesman &
World Leader".
Please contact Yim Ken Fei at 012-3162993 or Renu
Dayalal 012-3890575 for your reservations
Your in Rotary
IPP Yim Ken Fei
ORGANISNG CHAIRMAN
HOSTED BY ROTARY CLUB OF DAMANSARA-WEST
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| ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING (AGM) OF THE CLUB
CONCLUDED WITH SUCCESS |
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January
29th, 2005 |
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The
club held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) with success on 18
December 2004.
Amongst the matters that were tabled during the AGM was the election
of office bearers for the Rotary year 2005-2006.
The
result of the elections are as follows:
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BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
FOR THE ROTARY YEAR 2005-2006 |
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Portfolio |
Name of
Rotarian |
| President |
Augustine
Wong |
| Immediate
Past President (IPP) |
Aw
Tai Hui |
| President
Elect (PE) |
Lim
Ken Yaw |
| Vice
President (VP) |
Patrick
Luk |
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Portfolio |
Name of
Rotarian |
Advisor |
| Hons.
Secretary |
Chai Ko Jee |
PP. K.C.
Wong |
| Hons.
Treasurer |
PP. Sim Cho
Phong |
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| Community
Service Director |
Steve Ng |
PP.
Sylvester Fong |
| Service
for New Generations Director |
Mohd.
Fadzlli Mohd. Amin |
PP.
Frankie Yang |
| Vocation
Service Director |
Andrew Chong |
PP. Patrick
Yu |
| International
Service Director |
Ng Yaw Hua |
PP. Kho Ping |
| Club Service
Director |
Frankie Ong |
PP. Andre
Suharto |
| Public
Relations Director |
PP. Andre
Suharto |
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| Seargent-at-Arms |
Cecil Yong |
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| Special
Advisor to the President |
PP. Chieng
Lee Ching |
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| Hons.
Auditor |
Dr. Leonard
Ng |
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The
above listed officers will take office from 1 July 2005 and their term
will expire on 30 June 2006.
Congratulations
to all those who have been elected. Let
us all give them our support so that the club can achieve its goals to
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