a report by pdf dato - Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja

My dear Fellow Rotarians,
BismillahHirRahmanNirRahim. Assalamualaikum w.b.t.
May God's Blessings of peace be with you, your family and
our big Rotary Family.
President David Teh led a Team of 13 (11 Rotarians,
RotaryAnn & Friend) of the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur
DiRaja to visit Rumah Sinar Harapan, Kuala Kubu Bharu,
Selangor today (Thursday, 29th March, 2007) to donate 10
Wheelchairs and 10 Exercise Balls to the severely mentally
and physically handicapped. ALHAMDULLILLAH the visit
was a reality check! We truly count our blessings to realize
and reflect how fortunate and blessed we all are: our
children as well as our grandchildren. One of the residents
surprised us with repeated sessions of laugh therapy. Two
other residents amazed us and showed off their talent
through foot-painting and the skillful maneuvering of the
motorized wheelchairs.
President David Teh and fellow Rotarians
with the residents of Rumah Sinar Harapan.
Congratulations to Rtn. Justin Teoh, Director of Community
Service for implementing this meaningful and heartwarming
project together with the assistance of Director of
Vocational Service Rtn. Mohd Halim who is taking
advantage of the visit to assess the feasibility of Vocational
Service Award recognition to the dedicated and long-service
staff of Rumah Sinar Harapan, Kuala Kubu Bharu.
PDG Dato' Beh Lye Huat hosted the Rotary Fellowship
Lunch at the Kuala Kubu Bharu Golf Club with Rotary Ann
May Attan supervising the A La Carte Order and the
preparation by 2 cooks. (not quite Hainanese cuisine but
with a touch of Kelantanis) President David with Chaine de
Rotiserrie comment: "The sugar flavouring was a little bit
obvious!).
With my best wishes and Salaams always, "SERVICE
ABOVE SELF" "LEAD THE WAY" "ROTARY SHARES"
Thank you very much Rotarians.
Sincerely,
Mus
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Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja
Wednesday, 4th April 2007
Issue 37 – 2006/07 Page 1

Royal Patron
Duli Yang Maha Mulia
Sultan Selangor Darul Ehsan
YEAR 2006-07
President
David Teh
Tel: 4042 3311 Fax: 4042 3327
dtlt@streamyx.com
President Elect
Dato' Abdul Razak Hashim
Tel: 4022 4455 Fax: 4022 4455
darraz02@hotmail.com
Vice President
Yeo Ing King
Tel & Fax: 7874 6385
Ikyeo77@yahoo.com
Honorary Secretary
Freddy Chan Kah Hong
Tel: 9223 8386 Fax: 9223 8396
freddykh@streamyx.com
Honorary Treasurer
Peter Tham Wah Kee
Tel: 2161 4993 Fax: 2164 2605
ptham@pc.jaring.my
Immediate Past President
Low Kok Hwa
Tel: 7980 0210 Fax: 7980 1712
lasen@tm.net.my
Directors
Club Service
Francis Chan Hooi Wah
Tel: 6203 1060 Fax: 6203 1098
kwchan@pc.jaring.my
RC Bangkok - 28 June 2007
RC Crows Nest - To be Advised
RC Hatyai Nakarin - To be Advised
RC Makati - 20 July 2007
RC Phuket - 30 June 2007
RC Raffles City - 03 August 2007
RC Singapore - 30 June 2007
RC Taipei Southgate - 02 June 2007
RY2006-2007 SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Club Service
Vocational Service
Community Service
International Service
New Generations Svc
Fellowship
Club Announcements
SISTER CLUB INSTALLATIONS
Rotarians interested to attend any of these functions, please contact Rtn Horst Wippern.
Avenue of service Day of the Month Time Venue
Every 3rd Thursday
Every 2nd Thursday
Every 4th Tuesday
Every 2nd Wednesday
Every 3rd Wednesday
Every 1st Wednesday
6.00pm
6.00pm
6.00pm
2.00pm
2.00pm
2.00pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GENTLEMEN!!!
Shangri-La Hotel
Wings Café@limkokwing
23, Jalan Sultan Ismail
Wings Café@ limkokwing
23, Jalan Sultan Ismail
Shangri-La Hotel
Shangri-La Hotel
Shangri-La Hotel
Vocational Service
Mohd Nor Halim
Tel: 4022 6798 Fax: 4025 4926
rtnhalim@streamyx.com
Community Service
Justin Teoh
Tel: 6157 8193 Fax: 6157 5662
justin@disjubm.com.my
International Service
Paul Ravelli
Tel: 2697 2569 Fax: 2692 1399
ravelli@psr-development.com
New Generations Service
Andy Khoo
Tel: 016 6574646 Fax: 6203 2877
aakhoo@yahoo.com
Fellowship Service
Dr. Kenneth Chin
Tel: 2282 2288 Fax: 2282 2828
kcin@streamyx.com
Sergeants at Arms
Richard English
Tel: 2144 2340 Fax: 2142 1210
RR312@yahoo.com
Hardeep Singh
Tel: 2070 4486 Fax: 2070 8340
hardeeps@tm.net.my
Editors
Steve Lau Keng Lim
Tel: 012 3980000 Fax: 9076 9788
stevelau@streamyx.com
Horst Wippern
Tel: 4252 7112 Fax: 4257 7262
wippern@pd.jaring.my
Weekly Proceedings on 28th March 2007
Meeting Convener: AG PP Dr. Lee
Hock Bee
National Anthem & Loyal Toast: Rtn
Rizal Sardon
Welcoming guests: SAA Richard
English
Speaker: PP Lim Kok Beng
Title: The Rotary Foundation
Visiting Rotarians
1. Rtn Mazen El Farra - RC Beirut
Metropolitan
Happy Birthday to
PP Dato' Koay Soon Eng, Rtn Peter Tham
and belated wishes to Rtn Rainer Althoff.
Visiting Guests
1. Mr. Zhang Tien Wah - guest of Rtn KK
Chong
2. Ms. Sandra Choong - guest of Rtn KK
Chong
3.Ms. Rosni Azam - guest of Rtn Halim
Yusoff
4. Mr. Joshua Ong - guest of Rtn Peter Tham
5. Ms. Pauline Chen - guest of IPP Low Kok
Hwa
6. Dato’ Haron Sirat - guest of Rtn Rizal
Sardon
7. Mr. Fu Zhong - guest of Rtn Lau Choo
Seng
Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja
Wednesday, 4th April 2007
Issue 37 – 2006/07 Page 2

From page 1.....
Trying to inflate the exercise ball.
New wheelchairs & new exercise balls.
Dato' Kunhi listening attentively...
Young toddle...
Outside The Dorm.
Before Leaving Lake Club 1.
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Wednesday, 4th April 2007
Issue 37 – 2006/07 Page 3

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION – A TALK BY PP LIM KOK BENG
Our guest speaker last week, PP Lim Kok Beng, is the
Chairman of EREY (Every Rotarian Every Year) under the
District Rotary Foundation Committee. PP Kok Beng gave a
very enlightening talk on TRF (The Rotary Foundation) and
also touched on how Rotary Clubs can make use of the
various funds to finance their projects.
The full presentation of PP Lim Kok Beng can be found at
our Club’s website www.rotarykldiraja.org .
President Elect Attan
introducing the guest speaker, PP Lim Kok Beng of RC Pudu.
Please do your part as a Rotarian...
PP Lim Eng Ho handing over the certificate
of appreciation to PP Lim Kok Beng.
ROTARIANS BID FAREWELL TO MARINA TSUBOSHI AT KLIA
On 23rd March a group comprising RCKL DiRaja Rotarians,
Ex-Youth Exchange Committee Members, ROTEX
Members and Youth Exchange Students went to KLIA to bid
RCKL DiRaja's Youth Exchange Inbound Marina Tsuboushi
farewell. Marina is returning to Gifu, Japan after having
spent 12 months here in Malaysia. Chinese dinner at Eden
was followed by a teary eyed farewell and lots of hugs... Bye
Marina!
Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja
Wednesday, 4th April 2007
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PP DR HARDEEP SINGH WON
THE PRESIDENTIAL GOLF CHALLENGE!!
During the Sister Club Golf Challenge at Palm Garden
Resort, Senai, President David Teh has graciously donated
S$500 as prizes for the RCKL DiRaja's Presidential Golf
Challenge. The game was played together with our fellow
Rotarians from RC Raffles City. The results of the
competition are as follows:-
Champion PP Dr. Hardeep Singh - 38 points OCB
Runner Up Rtn Francis Chan - 38 points.
3. PP Dr. Lee Hock Bee - 37 points
4. Rtn. Steve Lau - 35 points
5. PP Jason Gan - 34 points OCB
6. PP Dato' Mohd Hanif - 34 points.
PP Jason Gan organised the prizes and President David
Teh presented the prizes last week. Unfortunately, PP Dr
Hardeep Singh and PP Dato' Hanif were not present.
PP Jason Gan annoucing
the list of winners from our Club.
Runner-up Rtn Francis Chan.
3rd place winner PP Dr Lee Hock Bee.
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Wednesday, 4th April 2007
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ROTARY IN THE REGION
ROTARIANS GATHER FOR SEMINAR
THE Bandar Seri Begawan Rotary Club for the first time played host to the Rotary Membership and Rotary Foundation
Seminar held at The Empire Hotel and Country Club (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei).
The seminar was attended by 36 Rotarians from the host country, Singapore, Johor and Sarawak, which are under the
Rotary International District 3310.
The seminar was officiated by Dr Wu Dar Ching, district governor.
It was one of the many seminars organised by the Rotary International District 3310 Rotarians in the region to acquire better
knowledge and understanding of the organisation in terms of global humanitarian services and to promote fellowship
amongst the members.
"We talked about ways to get funding for the organisation and its future projects," said Wong Chin Toon, a member of the
Rotary Club of Bandar Seri Begawan.
Courtesy The Brunei Times

THE WORLD OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
ROTARY CLUB COLLECTS COMPUTERS
The project of the Rotary Club of Lakehurst-Manchester Township (District 7500, New Jersey / USA) started out in July as a
"what if." Three months later, club officials were no longer pondering the answer to that question.
The club collected used computers no more than six years old for children's charity 'Kevin's Kids'. After the hard drives were
erased and Microsoft Windows XP operating system installed, the computers were given to about 120 families, all from
Manchester, who benefit from 'Kevin's Kids'.
Children in those families now have a computer to help them in doing their homework.
Kevin Burger, 55, the Kevin in the charity's name, is director of student and administrative services for the Manchester
Township School District. He started Kevin's Kids 24 years ago in response to a first-grader's statement that Santa Claus
never visited his house. Burger wanted to ensure that such a thing would never happen in the school district and annually
conducts a holiday drive, with the help of students, staff and parents.
"Response was good. We were getting a couple calls a week on donating computers," said Geraldine Oliverie, 43, of
Manchester, club president.
"It's (the Rotary Club's collection) a great idea because financially, we've not been able to provide computers to every family,"
Burger said.
Burger said there are computer labs in every one of Manchester's schools and students have regular instruction in the lab
every week.
However, "kids who are not doing well financially may not have access to one (a computer) in their home and use the
resources in school only," he said.
"With changes in technology, many people have newer, upgraded computers and not only no longer need the old systems,
they don't know what to do with them", Oliverie said.
"Rotary members picked up the donated computers. Both laptop and desktop systems were welcome. Related accessories
such as monitors, mice, printers, and scanners were also welcome, as were the necessary power cords and cables and
restoration CDs or disks and manuals", said Nate Brown.
Brown, 43, of the Pine Lake Park section of Manchester is upgrading and fixing the computers through his Contributech
nonprofit organization, of which he is the executive director. Contributech also collects and refurbishes computers for other
needy children.
"Any older than 2000 or 2001 and the technology is too old for us to deal with. Those processors aren't meant to run today's
software," Brown said.
Some computers will be running Microsoft Windows 98 as an operating system if that is better suited, but otherwise the
children who receive the machines will have the opportunity to be on the same level as their peers, he said.
"By giving computers to those families, you have the potential of helping kids for a lifetime," Burger said.
Courtesy Ashbury Park Press (NJ, USA)
Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja
Wednesday, 4th April 2007
Issue 37 – 2006/07 Page 6

BILL'S APRIL 2007 MESSAGE
Dear fellow Rotarians,
The word environment conveys different things to each of
us. One person might think of green forests, oceans, and
mountains, another of grassy plains and wildlife. When we
consider environmental challenges, we may think of
recycling or energy conservation, industrial waste, or climate
change. We tend to think of issues that are much larger than
ourselves as individuals, and they can seem very abstract at
times.
But for each of us, our environment is literally what
surrounds us: the air we breathe, the water we drink, the
land we walk on. Our environment is our house, our yard,
our street. It is our community, our country, and our planet.
The cleanliness of water hundreds of miles away can affect
what comes out of our tap. The cleanliness of the air in a
distant city can and does affect what goes into our lungs.
And what comes out of our cars, chimneys, and power
plants affects not just our own families, but families around
the world for generations to come.
Environmental concerns are both intensely local and
completely global. A garbage-filled stream has the most
impact on those who rely on it for drinking water, but it also
damages an entire ecosystem. A heavily polluted city hurts
the health of its own inhabitants as well as those hundreds
of miles downwind. As we learn and understand more about
the course of climate change, we become more acutely
aware that there are no local decisions. Everything we do
touches others.
When we consider what we are willing to do and what we are willing to change to address an environmental problem, we
must remember that our decisions never concern only us.
One of the lessons of Rotary is that one person can make a difference. We see this in our clubs and our districts, and
particularly through PolioPlus. When we work on small projects that help only a few people, it can be hard to step back and
see how we really are changing the world. It can be difficult to see how recycling a newspaper or a plastic container,
walking instead of driving, or using less water can really bring a better and healthier tomorrow. But if many people make
them together, those small changes will make an enormous difference to our children and grandchildren.
As Rotarians, we know very well that these small changes – these private, individual choices – can add up to something
tremendous. The decisions we make may seem small, but they are nothing of the kind. I ask all of you to remember that,
because you are leaders in your communities, and you have chosen to help Lead the Way to a better future. In the matter
of environmental responsibility, as in all others, we must first lead by example by making the choices that will bring us a
healthier tomorrow.
W.B. (Bill) Boyd
President, Rotary International
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Wednesday, 4th April 2007
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SNAPSHOTS OF 36TH WEEKLY MEETING
Rtn Rizal leading the members
in proposing a Loyal Toast to the King.
Rtn Peter Tham sharing his joke...
Rtn KK Chong and his guests.
Major Project Fund Raising Meeting in progress...
President's PA Masnita's enjoying her deserts!
New members at the Fellowship Desk...
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