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week, make it this one.

IMPORTANT INFO

ROTARY YEAR 2017 / 2018

Royal Patron

Duli Yang Maha Mulia

Sultan Selangor Darul Ehsan

Board of Directors

President

Mohd Ajmal Khan Bin Ahmed

Maideen

M: +6012-321 0480

[email protected]

President Elect/ International

Datuk Seri Nelson Kwok

M: +6019-333 3525

[email protected]

Vice President / Club

Administration

Dato’ Dr. Prakash Rao

M: +6012-287 1845

[email protected]

Honorary Secretary

Terence Lim

M: +6017-204 2200

terence.lim@stanfordproperties

.com.my

Honorary Treasurer

Thomas Varughese

M: +6016-208 2536

[email protected]

Immediate Past President/

Chairman myRtree

Datuk Uwe Ahrens

M: +6019-318 4890

[email protected]

Community Service

PP Hardeep Singh Ram Singh

M: +6016-368 2633

[email protected]

Vocational Service

Chang Min Wai

M: +6012-236 6643

[email protected]

Youth Service

Murtaza Shafie bin Muntaz

Ahmad

M: +6012-763 3756

[email protected]

Rotary Foundation

PP Mahen Magandran

M: +6012-332 2221

[email protected]

Public Relations / Fellowship

Ong Yu Jian

M: +6012-428 9039

[email protected]

Membership Dev. & Retention

Rajendra Kulasegaran

M: +6013-360 9369

[email protected]

Chairman, BRDB Rotary

Children’s Residence

PP Datuk Chan Kam Fatt

M: +6019-313 9918

[email protected]

Chairman, Rotary Cancer

Welfare Fund

PP Lim Eng Ho

M: +6019-337 6171

[email protected]

Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja | Chartered 15 January 1930 | District 3300 - Club No. 16222

Meeting Info:

Regular Club Lunch Meetings

are held every Wednesday at

the Ritz Carlton Hotel from

12.30pm to 2.00pm, save for

the last Wednesday of the

month, where an evening

meeting-cum-fellowship will

be held at different venues,

rotated (as inspired by the

word rotate, you know, for

Rotary) every month.

To know more about us, or to

simply follow our exploits:

Visit our website at:

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Or just drop us an email at:

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RECAP OF THE WEEK

The Club’s 20th meeting for RY2017-2018, which was also an Evening

Fellowship, was one of the most highly anticipated event of the year. As early as

weeks ago, fellow Rotarians had already reserved seats for themselves and their

guests. The Club’s committee even managed to secure the classy JW Marriott

Hotel Kuala Lumpur as the venue for the meeting. All preparation works were

undertaken and completed well before the meeting was to take place on 29th

November. The reason for the great response and attention to fine details was

none other than the fact that 29th November was “An Evening With Tun Dr

Mahatir”.

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Evening Meeting & Fellowship

29th November 2017

Unfortunately, we were informed quite late that Tun Dr Mahatir would not

be able to make it for the Evening Fellowship as originally scheduled.

Nevertheless, instead of feeling sorry for themselves our Rotarians chose to

use this unexpected opportunity to showcase the true meaning of ‘making

the best out of what life throws at you’. A total of 34 Rotarians turned out

bringing with them 37 guests and 2 visiting Rotarians namely Michael

Hegelbach and Mirella Ackermann both from Calvia Int Spain. Rotarian

Surinderdeep had the honour of convening the meeting.

We also celebrated the birthdays of Terence Lim (23 October), Bingley Sim,

Jonathan Choong and IPP Datuk Uwe Ahrens (all in November).


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The huge number of attendees were treated to an enjoyable

evening and did not leave disappointed as the Guest Speaker for the

night (albeit under extremely short notice) Mr Carsten Fischer had

everyone’s attention fixated on him. Mr Fischer who is the German

Deputy Ambassador spoke on the topic “Germany After the Elections”

and gave all present a very helpful insight on the political landscape and

situation in Germany. We were indeed fortunate to have someone of his

stature come and share his knowledge with us and more than made up

for the disappointment of not having Tun Dr Mahatir for the evening.

The unexpected turn of events could not have turned out better.


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Star Wars: The Last Jedi is undoubtedly one of the most

anticipated movies of this year.

That's why our Club, together with Rotary Club Bukit Kiara

Sunrise and partners in service Rotaract Club of Bukit Kiara

Sunrise and Interact Club of SMK Seri Hartamas, will be

jointly organising a project that will bring joy, and the Force, to

approx 250 orphans from selected children's homes.

The project is currently in its planning and implementation

stage, and has a very simple objective: to treat 250 orphans to a

dinner cum viewing of Star Wars The Last Jedi at MM Cineplex,

e@Curve on 19th December 2017 at 8pm.


JOINT-PROJECT TO BRING 250 KIDS TO WATCH

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

Tree Planting Event under

MyRTree Committee &

The Kuala Lumpur Rotary Charity Foundation


A great tree planting ceremony and official

launch for My R Tree project took place on 25th

November 2017 at Majlis Perbandaran Selayang at

the Puteri Central Park, Bandar Tasik Puteri in

Rawang

This momentuous event was graced by

presence and launched by YAM Setia Datin Tengku

Zatasha Tengku Sarafuddin Idris Shah. The

objective of the event was to create an

awareness, appreciation for the outdoor activities

and help reduce the CO2 emission in the Klang

Valley. The event was part of the “Perdana Tree

Planting Campaign” a brainchild of council

president Tn. Suliman bin Abd. Rahman. Orang

Kaya Daerah, Tan Sri Wan Mahmood bin Pawan

contributed his time and effort to ensure the

success of the event.


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In response to the Rotary International challenge to green

the world, the leadership of Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur Di

Raja, with the assistance from RC of Shah Alam, RC of Bernam

Valley, RC of Kg.Baru Central, RC of Damansara, RC Bandar

Utama, RC Pudu, RC Sentul, RC Lake Gardens and RC Gombak,

raised over RM 75,000 for the purchase of the trees that were

planted by Rotractors, Interactors and Volunteers. Over 400

trees were planted on parkland. The parkland is a crucial area,

as it one of the major CO2 sink holes of Klang Valley.

Incidentally, the seeds of this initiative (pun intended),

were planted way back during the tenure of IPP Datuk Uwe in

RY2016/2017. Driven by the indomitable drive and will of PDG

Dato Jimmy Lim and a great MyRTree Committee this year, this

project is now bearing fruit for all.


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RC KL DiRaja President Ajmal Khan said, “It was a great gesture of the

part of YAM Setia Datin Tengku Zatasha, to add the Royal Touch and

take time off her busy schedule, to work with Rotarians and pave the

way to help the environment”.


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Project Director, Dato Jimmy Lim added, “It was a great day to

see Rotarians from 9 different clubs responding to the

International challenge and coming together to green the

world”. Project Chairman, Dato Uwe Ahrens, said “it’s all about

encouraging people to plant a tree in the garden, school, work

place or even community like what we are doing today”.


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NEW MEMBERS

RY 2017 / 2018 has been a very busy and productive year for our Club, in

terms of getting new members.

This has been due to the stellar and untiring efforts of our Membership

Director Rajendra Kulasegaran and his committee.

Here are the updates on our new members since September until today.

September

Name: Seyed Ehsan Masoumi Eshkevari

Rotary Name: Ehsan

Classification: Pranic Healing - Training & Consultancy

Name: Dato' Alex Wong Che Sing

Rotary Name: Alex

Classification: Motor Vehicles - Distribution

Name: Fabian Teja Boegershausen

Rotary Name: Fabian

Classification: Management Consulting

November

Name: Dr. Yap Ah Kau @ Yap Chung Mui

Rotary Name: Chung Mui

Classification: Medicine - Plastic Surgery

Name: Enrico Vincenzi

Rotary Name: Enrico

Classification: Telecommunications - Contracting

Welcome to the Club, fine gentlemen.

OUTLOOK FOR THE NEAR FUTURE No one can predict the future, and that’s why we live life

fruitfully, one day at a time.

That said, while we can’t predict your fortune or give you a

horoscope reading, what we can do is let you know what are

the great and exciting things coming your way, very soon.

Here’s a short outlook of the not-too-distant future for you.

Next meeting: 20th Regular Meeting of RY2017/2018

Date: 6th December 2017, Wednesday

Time: 12.15pm (Fellowship), 1pm (Regular Meeting)

Guest Speaker: Mr David Fong

Topic: Fintech

DECEMBER ACTIVITY VENUE & TIME

1 - 3 Zones 6B, 7A, 10B 2017 Taipei Rotary

Institute Grand Hotel Taipei

6 David Topic : Fintech

8 & 9 83rd District Conference Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa

13 Luncheon Meeting Speaker – Farrah Harith-McPherson

Topic : The Future of Advertising

19 Charity Movie Premier – The Last Jedi Cineplex E-Curve @ 5-10pm

20 Christmas Lunch Luncheon – Ritz Carlton

27 Meeting Cancelled due to Christmas


ROTARY INFO & FUN FACTS


THAT’S ALL

FOLKS December may generally be held as month of festivites, but

for us Rotarians, it is also DISEASE PREVENTION AND

TREATMENT month. What can we do about it? Ask us today.

If you have anything to contribute to the newsletter, or a

suggestion to improve it, we’d love to hear from you at

[email protected] or [email protected].

Together, we can MAKE A DIFFERENCE to Rotary.

- By ONG YU JIAN (PR Director)

together with members of the PR

Committee, JONATHAN CHOONG,

AJIT JOHL, JOE TEOH and

ROSHANE IBRAHIM


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