ROTARY CLUB OF CHERAS

President 1997-1998 

 

Dato Dr. Lim Thuang Seng PHF

Rotary Theme: "Show Rotary Cares"

CLUB SERVICE

• Fund raising that brought in more than RM10,000 from a golfathon.

• Educational visit to the Museum, Science Center and KL Tower for the Orang Asli children.

• Education, Motivation & Information Technology Seminar for all the secondary students at Tsun Jin High School, KL.
• First Interact Club chartered in Sekolah Menengah Tun Razak, Cheras.

• District Rotary Foundation Seminar.
• District Best International Service Award for Physical & Education Development project that provides school uniform, bags, shoes, and the construction of a badminton court for the Orang Asli children in Bukit Cheeding, Banting.

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President 1998-999

Rotary Theme: "Follow your Rotary Dream"

• District Outstanding Bulletin Award for bi-lingual "Cheras Bulletin".
• First joint meeting with sponsor club, RC Pudu during the Rotary/SUKOM activities week and a tri-lingual meeting with RC Kampong Bahru and RC Metro KL. Hosted an A-B-C lunch meeting with RC Ampang, RC Bukit Bintang and RC Cheras.

• District Best Vocational Service Award for organizing a 6-month Electrical Wiring Skills Training course for 10 ex-drug addicts with matching funds from RC Di-Raja and support grant from ROTAFOM totaling RM5,800.

• Visit to the zoo for 23 handicapped children from Pusat Pemulihan Cheras. Invited guest Dr Zulkarnain Afero conducted a very successful workshop on "Building Self-Esteem" for the senior handicapped youths.

• A matching grant project of US$6,000 with sister club, Rotary Club of Yuan Lin Central, Taiwan and The Rotary Foundation, to construct four low-cost shelter homes for Orang Asli at Pulau Carey.
• A TRF seminar which attracted more than 50 Rotarians within our District.

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President 1999-2000

 

Lim Yok Kee PHF

Rotary Theme: "Act with Consistency, Credibility and Continuity"

• Strong commitment, good attendance and great fellowship for fellow Rotarians and their spouses and family members.

• Joy and fun to the senior citizens at King George V Silver Jubilee Home by providing them 20 ceiling fans. Interactors from SM Bandar Tun Razak Cheras entertained them jointly with us.
• A Clean Environment "gotong-royong" project was launched by YB Dr Lee Chong Meng, MP for residents at the Fahlee Flats, behind the Pudu market, to create environmental awareness with mosquito fogging, distribution of garage bags, and pamphlets. This project won the Environmental Achievement Award during Rotary District Environment Day.
• Health & Nutrition project to the Orang Aslis in Pulau Carey. This was carried out in conjunction with the visit of our sister club, Rotary Club of Yuan Lin Central. Taiwan.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

• Handed over the four shelter homes to the Orang Aslis in Pulau Carey. This meaningful humanitarian project was presented The District Best International Service award.
• Sister club hosted an International Fellowship for us in Taiwan where we witnessed another matching grant project in the supply of medical equipment to Erling Happy Home, Taiwan.
• During the earthquake in Taiwan, our club members donated US$2,500 as humanitarian aid to the victims via our sister club, Rotary Club of Yuan Lin Central.

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President 2000-2001

 

Chong Toh Sang PHF

Rotary Theme: "Create Awareness, Take Action"

• Textile and Batik Printing Skill training for handicapped youth at Double Blessing Home for the handicapped youth received the District Best Vocational Service Award.

• Crime Prevention & Parental Guidance Workshop in Kg Cheras with support from the Cheras District Police Station - Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, the Deputy Chairman of Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation was there to launch this project.

• Two matching grant projects worth US$9,000 for the HIV/AIDS Hospice Centre and the supply of Nutrition To The Hospice Patients. This matching grant project was matched with a District in India and our sister club, Rotary Club of Yuan Lin Central, Taiwan, in association with the Malaysian AIDS Council.

• Chartered the second Interact Club at Tsun Jin High School which was initiated 2 years ago.

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President 2001-2002

Johnson Pang PHF

Rotary Theme: "Mankind is our Business"

• Weekly meeting was moved from Wenworth Hotel to Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Club and changed to a dinner meeting. Open Forum to encouraged Rotarians to voice themselves during the last meeting of the month. Bowling was introduced to strengthen fellowship.
• Weekly English-Chinese bi-lingual weekly bulletin received the District Best Bulletin Award.
• A Caring Cheras Community Carnival held at the Cheras Badminton.

• A year-long Brain Tune-Up For Special Children at Persatuan Kanak-kanak Istimewa Hulu Langat to improve the brain function of special children. This project was conducted on a weekly basis for a year and received the District Best Community Projects Award.

• Supplements worth more US$3,000 handed over to Malaysian AIDS Council for HIV/AIDS patients.

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President 2002-2003

 

Leonard Chan PHF

Rotary Theme: "Sow the Seeds of Love"

• Weekly meeting was moved to Novotel Century Hotel, Jalan Bukit Bintang, KL and changed back to a lunch meeting. The club directory took a new look with refillable pocket booklet.
• A family outing to Sekinchan, Selangor which promoted a good bonding for Rotarians and family members.

• An Educational Visit To The Star media hub in Shah Alam.

• Medical and health screening for Taman Cheras hawkers officiated by YB Dato Tan Chai Ho, Deputy Ministry of Science and Technology.

• Oxygen equipment and special hospital beds worth US$6,000 were presented to The Faith Centre KL (a caring centre for HIV/AIDS inmates) to cater for their emergency needs.
• RC Cheras signed a second sister club agreement with Rotary Club Trang, Thailand. More than 20 Rotarians and their spouses visited Rotary Club of Trang for an international fellowship and donated 10 bicycles to the needy school children in Trang, Thailand.
• In partnership with Sungai Wang Management, raised more than RM10,000 through a charity sale to raise funds for The Rotary Foundation to Eradicate Polio.

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President 2003-2004

Rotary Theme: "Lend A Hand"

• Weekly meeting was moved back to where it was first established, The Wenworth Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
• Vice-President, Leng Kim Hock, took on the role of Acting President when President Dr Kong suffered from mobility problems.

• Visit to a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Ipoh, Rtn Eric Tan arranged a special visit to his company's construction site in Ipoh to witness the construction of over-head bridges.

• Charter President, YB Dato Dr Lim Thuang Seng launched a Caring Community project that brought together orphans from 3 different homes for funs and games. At the same time, under the Eyes Protection project, the orphans were treated with eye test and those with vision problems were given spectacles.
• Participated in the District's matching grant project in giving away luminous safety vests to motor-cyclist to promote Road Safety.
• In an effort to assist mobility of to handicapped, our club presented one unit 3-wheeler motor cycle to the Beautiful Gate Handicapped Center.

• Hosted 2 inter-city fellowships with sister club, Rotary Club of Trang, Thailand, to enhance on commitment on matching grant projects in the future and to bring the 2 clubs closer to together.

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President 2004-2005

Board Of Directors:
Vice-President	: Shereen Bon
Immediate Past President	: Dr. Kong Kok Fuah
President Elect	: Alex Chan Ah Choon
Hon. Secretary	: Johnson Pang
Hon. Treasurer	: Fong Chee Khuen
Club Service	: Rosemarie Tai
Vocational Service	: Len Nyok Chong
Community Service	: Simon Wong
International Service	: Low Pow Tick
New Generation Service	: Chia Hark Keong
Sergeant-At-Arm	: Leng Kim Hock

 

 

CLUB SERVICE

• Rtn Stone Wong was inducted as the centennial Rotarian.
• Hosted Pre-Pets II for District 3300 that received compliments from the District.
• Promoted Family in Rotary to bring spouses and Rotarian children together with cruise outing to Pulau Batam and Chinese New Year gathering.
• Invited by Rotary Club of Pudu to participate in bowling fellowship with their sister club from Singapore at Sunway Bowling Center.

VOCATIONAL SERVICE

• An Educational Visit to Carlsberg Brewery in Shah Alam, Selangor.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Eye Protection to provide free eye test to more than 500 less fortunate students at Sunbeam Home, SRJK Chin Woo, SMK Bandar Tun Razak, and SRJK Chung Wen together with Focus Point to provide free glasses to 150 students.
• In conjunction with the 100 Hours Marathon Service to mark Rotary’s 100 years celebration, we carried out literacy project for the blind and contributed 48 sets of pre-recorded cassettes and players to the children of Malaysia Association of the Blind.
• Family of Rotarians joined the children of Sunbeam Home to celebrate Mooncake festival to bring warmth to the less fortunate children.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

• For the first time, both sister clubs, RC Trang, Thailand, and RC Yuan Lin Central, Taiwan, were brought together for fellowship at our installation dinner.
• Matching grant project to provide Oxygen Equipment to Trang Public Hospital, Thailand.
• Matching Grant project to provide safety railing for handicapped homes in Yuan Lin, Taiwan.
• Appointed leader for Tsunami projects in Thailand for District 3300 where we provided 400 water containers to resolve drinking water problems to all the residents in Muk Island, Thailand.

NEW GENERATION SERVICE

• Road safety awareness project at SMK Bandar Tun Razak together with exhibitions and seminar provided by Traffic Police Department. We gave away 100 luminous safety vests for students, parents and teachers who ride motorcycle.

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President 2005-2006                           

 

Alex Chan

 

Rotary Theme: "Service Above Self"

 

Board Of Director:
Vice-President	: Derie Chia
Immediate Past President	: Edward Khoo
President Elect	: Shereen Bon
Hon. Secretary	: Eric Tan
Hon. Treasurer	: Fong Chee Khuen
Club Service	: Leng Kim Hock
Vocational Service	: Loo Pow Tick
Community Service	: Cheang
International Service	: Johnson Pang
New Generation Service	: Stone Wong
Sergeant-At-Arm	: Simon Wong

 

CLUB SERVICE

• Conducted Rotary Fireside at Rotarians house to enhance Rotary knowledge and promote fellowship.

VOCATIONAL SERVICE

• Recognized public service by awarding two journalists from Chinese daily – The China Press and Oriental Daily, who have contributed excellent public service with latest news and development updates.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Extended Eye Protection project with Focus Point to test eyesight for the needy students in SMK Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, and provided free glasses to those who in need.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

• Achieved 100% EREY with all Rotarians contributed USD100 to The Rotary Foundation.

NEW GENERATION SERVICE

• Promoted Interact’s knowledge to Interact Club by sending candidates to Interact Conference at Nilai INTI College.

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President 2006-2007

 

 

P. T. Loo

 

Rotary Theme: "Lead The Way"

 

Board Of Directors:
Vice-President	: Leng Kim Hock
Immediate Past President	: Alex Chan Ah Choon
President Elect	: Derie Chia
Hon. Secretary	: Simon Wong
Hon. Treasurer	: Lim Yok Kee
Club Service	: Stone Wong
Vocational Service	: Cheang
Community Service	: Len Nyok Chong
International Service	: Chong Toh Sang
New Generation Service	: Johnson Pang
Sergeant-At-Arm	: Dr. Kong Kok Fuah

 

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President 2007-2008

 

Rosemarie Tai (Deceased)

 

Rotary Theme: "Rotary Share"

 

Board Of Directors:
Vice-President	: Lim Yoke Kee
Immediate Past President	: Loo Pow Tick
President Elect	: Simon Wong
Hon. Secretary	: Dr. Kong Kok Fuah
Hon. Treasurer	: Johnson Pang
Club Service	: Susan Tu
Vocational Service	: Len Nyok Chong
Community Service	: Chong Toh Sang
International Service	: Alex Chan
New Generation Service	: Edward Khoo
Sergeant-At-Arm	: Johnson Pang

 

CLUB SERVICE

• PE Simon and 4 of his club officers attended the District Assembly held in Seremban from 19 to 20 April 2008.
• Thanks to our dedicated PP Johson Pang for his multiple roles as SAA, Treasurer and Bulletin Chairman.
• A special vote of thanks goes to Rtn Su May for designing and maintaing our club website www.rotaryclubcheras.org.
• Our Past Presidents' Membership Taskforce initiated a "Guest Cocktail" event during the 2nd meeting of April, May and June for promoting Rotary awareness and membership drive. For maximum effectiveness, the following week's meetings were converted as "Guest Day" with interesting speakers.
• We inducted Rotarian Lum and Su May in February 2008. Net increase of 10% from 19 to 21 members.
• Spouses of Rotarians have been regularly attending our dinner meeting and guest day function since October 2007.
• Since moving to Bankers club in October 2007, we have attracted many visiting Rotarions and potential members who are very happy with conducive meeting environment and fellowship after the weekly meetings.
• Thanks to all members who participated in ours 3-months Membership Initiative program which was awarded a District Recognition Award.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Presented 6 wheelchaurs to retirees during club dinner meeting.
• Presented 10 wheelchairs for handicapped centre.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

• Our Club contributed RM15,000 to the victims of the earthquake in China via Sin Chew Jit Poh's fund raising centre.
• Club contribution of US$100 to Polioplus.
• A total of 14 Rotarians and spouses including new Rotarian Rtn Su May and Rtn Lum visited our sister club RC Trang, Haadyau, Thailand to attend their 25th Installation event on 29th June, 2008.

VOCATIONAL SERVICE

• Produced for distribution 200 Rotary 4-Way Test car sunscreens to promote the Rotary 4-Way Test and also club membership.
• Carried out Vocational Excellent Award presentation to 2 police officers for their excellent service to the public in Sri Petaling, KL.

NEW GENERATION SERVICE

• Our club sponsored 6 Interactors from Tsun Jin High School to attend the ILTS organized by RC Pudu in March 2008.
• Our Rotarian Advisor and committee members have been attending the Tsun Jin Interact Club Board of Directors meeting every month.

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President 2008-2009

 

 

Simon Wong PHF

 

Rotary Theme: "Make Dreams Real"

 

Board Of Directors:
Vice-President	: Len Nyok Chong
Immediate Past President	: Rosemarie Tai (Deceased)
President Elect	: Stone Wong
Hon. Secretary	: Susan Tu
Hon. Treasurer	: Dr. Kong Kok Fuah
Club Adminstration	: Alex Chan
Membership Development	: Stone Wong
Public Relations	: Johnson Pang
Service Projects	: Yok Kee
TRF	: Susan Tu
Sergeant-At-Arm	: Lum

 

Membership Growth

 

We formally welcomed 2 new members and 1 ex-Rotarian re-joined our club. Total membership is 21.

 

Attendance

 

Average attendance for RY2008/2009 was only 52%. We inspire to find a better solutions to improve our attendance.

 

Club Major Project - Library And Computer Project for Sunbeam Home

 

Thanks to PP Yok Kee and his committee for successfully carrying out a library and computer project in March 2009 for the Sunbeams Home children. The entire project costing approx. RM75,000 (US$21,500) was the biggest project in Ringgit since our club inception. This project was made possible with a Matching Grant from The Rotary Foundation with contribution and support from our Taiwan sister club, Rotary Club of Yuan Lin Central.

 

District Conference in Ipoh

 

President Simon and 4 other Rotarians attended the 74th District Conference from January 2 to 4, with new Rotarians Su May and Lum being their 1st time.

 

District Assembly in Kuantan

 

7 Rotarians attended the 75th District Assembly from April 17 to 19, 2009.

 

R.I. Presidential Citation Achievement

 

Through the teamwork and commitment of all members, our club achieved the Presidential Citation to "Make Dreams Real" based on the four Avenues of Service and membership growth.

 

District Award for Best Club Web Page (club with less than 25 members)

 

To Rtn Su May, our club webmaster, my deepest gratitude for her fine work and tireless effort in designing and maintaning our club website which was awarded " The Best Club Web Page" (for club with membership less than 25).

 

District Award for Membership Growth (club with less than 25 members)

 

RC Cheras also received yet another award for achieving membership growth from below 20 to more than 20 members.

 

District Award for Runner-up in Best Community Service Project

 

RC Cheras was awarded the District Runners-ip for Best Community Service Project Award. Special thanks to PP Susan Tu for coordinating with the funding and launching of this project in Ipoh with PP Jacky Chan. This project was jointly organized and launched with our buddy club, RC Metro Ipoh on June 1, 2009. A total of 25 single mothers from the Perak Single Mothers Association were trained in computer literacy over 4 weekends in Ipoh. This project was made possible with a grant from the Crocodile Foundation and District 3300.

 

District Certificates of Appreciation to The Rotary Foundation

 

RC Cheras also received 2 Certificate of Appreciation for our contribution to The Rotary Foundation via a contribution of US$1,000 for the Polio Plus fund towards the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Challenge; while the other is for the 100% per capita EREY contribution.

 

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