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Volume 51 Issue No. 25

22 December 2014

9 MARK YOUR DIARY

What’s ahead? Don’t miss

the forthcoming events and

Birthday / Anniversary

celebrants and more…

5 LAST WEEK

Report on our Wednesday,

17 December

1 IN FOCUS

Photo Album of the

Christmas Fellowship

President Perlita & Board of Directors wish all members

“Merry Christmas & a Joyful & Meaningful New Year”

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In Focus

Christmas Fellowship on 16th

December 2014 Some 80 members and family members attended the Christmas Fellowship Dinner hosted by Rtn Mohan and Kawita Vaswani at their residence. Special guests were IPDG Chew Gim Bok and AG Brown Pereira. Prior to the Fellowship, meetings of the four service committees were held simultaneously, followed by a successful Extraordinary General Meeting.

Our gracious hosts, Rtn Mohan & Kawita Vaswani with Rtn Alex Lega

From left: PP Raymon Huang, Rtn Garry Taylor & IPP Dr Shahul Hameed

From left: PP Dr Oliver & Irene Hennedige, PP C K Ang & Yoke Jeng & Dr Hoon Sing Keow

Members & spouses with Kawita and Rtn Shoichi Ishizaki (seated)

Everyone’s having a wonderful time!

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Photo Album of the Christmas Fellowship on 16th December 2014…

In Focus

Kawita welcoming Rtn Willi & Hannelore Hess PP Stan & Dolores Low with Rtn Sing Keow

Enjoying themselves are Mirza Hameed & Jeffrey Tiger (right)

PE Alan Tan with Rtn Jasbir Koh

Great turnout at the ISC meeting Rtn Haider Nawaz hands PP Stan another glass of wine





Photo Album of the Christmas Fellowship on 16th December 2014…

Pres Perlita & Dir Jeff Rajeck gamely led the carolling

Lovely ladies – Jessie Huang, Dolores, Janet Phua, Mary Chin, Anne Wee & Hannelore

From left: Rtn Shamin Vaswani with Grace Taylor & Shirley Tan

All smiles are Rtn David Tai with PPs Oliver, Dr Yap Lip Kee, Mansoor Hassanbhai

PP Peter Tan, Rtn Jamshid Medora and PP Oliver pleased to see former member, PP Saf Husain (2nd

from left)

Enjoying the fellowship – (from right) Dir Dr Irina Francken, Vicki Chan, PE Alan, S “Mali”

Malaiappan, Jan Rosemeyer

In Focus





Pres Perlita flanked by new member, Rtn Daniel Beyeler and Dir Dr Irina Francken with members of the Jamiyah Nuring Home

personnel

Rotary Club of Singapore pledges donation of beds to JAMIYAH Singapore

By CSC Director Rtn Irina Francken

President Perlita, Director of CSC Rtn Irina and newly inducted Rtn Daniel Beyeler visited Jamiyah Nursing Home at West Coast Drive on the 17th of December. They met with Jamiyah Singapore Vice-President Dr HM Saleem and number of senior staff to discuss the proposed donation of second hand high tech beds that Rtn Daniel had obtained from a Swiss hospital. They went around the facilities of the Nursing Home (residential and training) and were treated to some impromptu singing by the patients.

The Rotarians were provided with an overall background of umbrella organisation JAMIYAH Singapore which was established in 1932. Its mission and vision are to serve the community and to provide service to the needy and disadvantaged sections of society, regardless of race and faith. The group has 4 Welfare Homes (including Jamiyah Nursing home and Jamiyah Home for the Aged), 7 Education Centres and also various Welfare Services.

While we visited the Nursing Home which provides step-down care for patients requiring long-term nursing care, the pledge for the beds has been made for Jamiyah Home for the Aged whose residents are slightly more independent than those in the Nursing Home. The 150 hospital beds will be donated by one of the hospitals in Baselland, Switzerland. Rtn Daniel Beyeler will manage this project and his company BMS Business Management and Services Pte Ltd will sponsor the shipping costs. Rtn Adnan Ansari will seek

sponsorship for logistics which will include port storage prior to delivery to the Home. Members of CSC propose to visit the Jamiyah Home for the Aged in mid-February when hospital beds are expected to arrive a month after shipment. “The visit to the Jamiyah Nursing Home showed us the sense of care and passion which create the sense of solitude…the delicate attention to the patients,” Rtn Irina mentioned after leaving the Nursing Home.





INTRODUCTORY REMARKS President Perlita welcomed Guest Speaker, Rev. Dr Gordon Wong, members including PDG Dr Ivor Thevathasan who was present at the Meeting. CHRISTMAS FELLOWSHIP – 16TH DECEMBER President Perlita took the opportunity to show some of the photographs taken at the Club’s Christmas Fellowship held on 16th December at the lovely home of Rtn Mohan Vaswani. She warmly thanked and acknowledged the warm and gracious hospitality of hosts Rtn Mohan and Kawita Vaswani. Everyone present had a wonderful time complete with entertainment by singers from the Psalmideo Choir. Our special thanks to members and spouses who purchased lovely jewellery and knickknacks in aid of the typhoon victims in the Philippines – a total of $519 was collected that evening. WELCOME OF GUESTS AND VISITING ROTARIANS Duty of welcoming guests of members and visiting Rotarians fell to Rtn Jan Rosemeyer: Guests: Speaker, Rev. Dr Gordon Wong Mr Philip Sinclair Visiting Rotarians: PP Fergus MacDonald – Isewalley, UK VP John Bodger – Droitwich Spa, UK Commodore P K Malhotra – Central Pune, India TOAST AND PRESENTATION OF BANNERS Toastmaster, Rtn Brigitte Holtschneider invited visiting PP Fergus MacDonald who was visiting for the Christmas holidays on his way to Australia, and added that he was enjoying his visit to Singapore. PP Fergus advised that his club, Isewalley has 12 members and was formed 49 year ago. Rtn Brigitte invited members raise a toast to the Rotary Club of Isewalley coupled with the toast to RI.

Last Week

Last Week – Report on the Wednesday Meeting – 17th December 2014

Rtn Brigitte with PP Fergus

Rtn Jan Rosemeyer

Pres Perlita exchanges banners with visiting Rotarians from RCs

Droitwich Spa, Central Pune and Isewalley (from left to right)





Last Week

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING (EGM)

President Perlita announced that the EGM was held prior to the Christmas Fellowship on 16th December. 46 members were present and the proposed three Resolutions were passed, as endorsed by the majority of members present, by show of hands. CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Festive Offer on Book of Humour

Members at the EGM

Online registration is ready as follows:

http://www.rotarydistrict3310.com/25distas/ http://www.rotarydistrict3310.com/24discon/ (Early Bird registration ends on 31/12/2014)

Our Club has published a series of books called “Book of

Humour”, “Best of Humour” and “Bank of Humour”. These

books contain witty and hilarious jokes for all occasions,

normally priced at $10.00 a copy. However for this holiday

period, the books will be sold at $6.00 each and a set of 3

books at $15.00 for a minimum purchase of 20 books or 10

sets. All profits from the book sales are for the benefit of the

poor and needy in disaster stricken countries.

This offer is most timely as the Christmas season is upon us.

What better gift to a dear one, a friend or a client than

laughter, at a price cheaper than some greeting cards.

What better Gift than Laughter for a Good Cause!

Please do take up this offer for this festive season. We look

forward to receiving your orders.Please contact Rtn Rewa

Mirpuri at Tel: 6241 9157 or email: [email protected]



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Rtn Mark hands a Rotary tie to newly inducted Rtn Daniel

Last Week

INDUCTION OF NEW MEMBER

President Perlita had the pleasant duty of inducting a new member, Rtn Daniel Beyeler to the Club. Rtn Daniel was introduced to the Club by his proposer, Director Dr Irina Francken. Rtn Daniel is the CEO/Owner of BMS Business Management & Services Pte Ltd. His classification is “Business Management – Crisis and Risk”. Rtn Daniel was recommended by President Perlita to join the Community and International Service Committees for the Rotary year. Rtn Daniel’s personal particulars will be circulated to members separately.

President Perlita presented Rtn Daniel with his Rotary Information material and Rotary Pin, at which time; Rtn Mark Wang came forward with his personal gift of a Rotary tie to Rtn Daniel welcoming him to the Club. Upon his induction, President Perlita invited Rtn Daniel to give a briefing on the Ebola response in Liberia, which he visited. He gave a brief general history of Ebola and added that the Ebola situation was real with the state of emergency imposed in Liberia. Rtn Daniel gave some insights to the Ebola situation and cited the major challenges ahead to combat the disease. Rtn Daniel advised that he was invited to attend the Rotary Club of Monrovia’s meeting and presented President Perlita with the club’s

banner. Due to time constraints, members agreed to have Rtn Daniel address the Club again on the Ebola situation at a later date. President advised that before becoming member, Rtn Daniel had sponsored the shipment of 240 hospital beds which would be distributed to Homes for the aged. HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS!

President Perlita was pleased to announce and extend heartiest congratulations to PP Tapan & Prabha Rao on the marriage of their eldest daughter, Tanvi to Mr Ashley Christudason on 15th December. She added that the family was still continuing with the wedding celebrations both in Singapore and in India.

From right: Pres Perlita, Rtns Daniel & Irina

Pres Perlita with Rtns Jamshid Medora, Garry Taylor and spouses join PP Tapan & Prabha with the happy couple, Tanvi & Ashley





PP Raymon Huang (left) with Speaker, Rev Dr Gordon Wong

PP Peter Tan

Rev Dr Gordon Wong (centre) with PDG Ivor & Pres Perlita

President Perlita called upon PP Raymon Huang to introduce the Guest Speaker, Rev Dr Gordon Wong. PP Raymon advised that he has known Rev Gordon since he was a teenager, as their families are close friends. He added that Rev Gordon has been a Methodist Pastor for the last 28 years and has a BA (Hons) Degree from the London School of Theology and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Rev Gordon has many books on Christianity to his credit. Prior to his appointment as TRAC President, Rev Gordon lectured extensively on the Old Testament and biblical Hebrew at the Trinity Theological College in Singapore. His Presidential appointment term would run from 2013 to 2016. Lastly, PP Raymon advised that Rev Gordon was an avid and terrific golfer – his T-shots being usually 100 metres further than his, and, PP Raymon added he hit a fair T-shot! In his talk, Rev Gordon noted that Christmas meant different things to different people, and might even mean different things to the same people as circumstances in life changes. Firstly, Rev Gordon advised that the Bible invited us to celebrate Christmas because of the birth of the child named Jesus was a promise of salvation from sin. Rev Gordon explained why the Bible presented the promise of salvation from sins as actually very good news, and something which we should all be happy to hear, particularly when we live in a world plagued by the problem of sin. He added that the Child of Christmas was not only called Jesus which meant Salvation, but was also called by the name Immanuel which was Hebrew for “God with us”. Rev Gordon added that the child born at Christmas reminded us that there is a God who promised to be with us, that Christmas assured us that we were not alone in our sufferings. In closing, Rev Gordon sang a Christmas song, popularised by Johnny Mathis “When a Child is Born”, with its meaningful lyrics. Rev

Gordon added that in the meantime, whilst suffering and evil continued to afflict us, we celebrate because we do not suffer alone. Jesus – Immanuel – God is with us. He hoped that the good news of Christmas would inspire and comfort all who live in a world that needed salvation from the destructive power of sin and suffering. PDG Dr Ivor Thevathasan extended the Club’s vote of thanks to Rev Gordon and added that his message was a pertinent and appropriate one at a time when one opened the newspapers to see it full of sins, when it should be a time of healing and peace. PDG Ivor noted that Rotary was involved in the start of the United Nations and it was a basic belief and wish for the future generations to have peace and harmony.

Speaker: Rev Dr Gordon Wong, President, Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) of The Methodist Church of Singapore

Topic: “The Christmas Child”

Last Week





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Mark Your Diary

RC sends Birthday greetings to celebrants this week:

27

th December - Xavier Sanjiman

4

th January – PPs Alfred Wong, P

Balachandran & Dir. Suresh Keerthi 6

th January – Roland Jossi

7

th January – Laveen Daryani

8

th January – PP Peter Tan

9

th January – Suresh Hathiramani

10

th January – Asheesh Khaneja

7th

January 2015

Reception Desk duty: PP Peter Tan, Dr Albert Wee Sunshine Box duty: Dr Alex Ressos, David Tai Speaker: Mr Linus Wong, Director, Bequest Pte Ltd Topic: “Lasting Power of Attorney and Estate Planning”

December Family Month 22

nd December 7 pm

Inter-city dinner with RI President Gary Huang at Waterfront Ballroom, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel.

January Rotary Awareness Month 22

ndJanuary

Club Assembly at TheTanglin Club at 6.30pm

February World Understanding Month 25

th February

Inter-city dinner in celebration of World Understanding & Peace Day at Pan Pacific Hotel

March Literacy Month 26

th – 29

th March

25th

RI Dist 3310 Presidents Elect Training Seminar & District Training Assembly (PETS & DISTAS) at KSL Hotel & Resort, Johor Bahru

Coming Rotary Events

The Community & Vocational

Service Committees will be holding

a joint Meeting on:

Date: Tuesday, 8th

January

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Eagles Restaurant,

Singapore Island Country Club

(Thomson Location), Upper

Thomson Road.

Hosts: VP Joseph Chia

Community &

Vocational Meetings

RC sends best wishes to Wedding Anniversary celebrants this week:

26th

December – PDG Dr Philbert & Mary Chin 28

th December – Keith & Rachel

Harrison 1

st January – VP Ashi & Amita

Sarwal, Hon. Secretary Louis & Amabel Lim, Robert & Agnes Schlesinger 6

th January – K K Tan & Gwen

Anniversary Celebrants

Birthday Celebrants

This Week

Next Two Weeks

24th

December 2014 & 31

st December 2014

Weekly meetings cancelled in view of the holiday season.





Board of Directors 2014/15

President Perlita Tiro

Immediate Past President (CRFC) Dr Shahul Hameed

President Elect Alan Tan Gim Guan

Vice President (Programmes) Joseph Chia

Vice President (Membership) Ashwani Sarwal

Hon Secretary (Administration) Louis Lim

Hon Treasurer (Finance) Jayant Gadgil

Directors

Chair, Community Service Irina Francken

Chair, Vocational Service Reinhard Klemmer

Chair, International Service Keith Harrison

Chairman – Youth Jeffrey Rajeck

Director (PR, Web, EYA) Suresh Keerthi

The Guide to Daily Living

Before doing the things we want to do, consider first, the precepts

of the guide. Ask ourselves these 4 questions and act upon them:

First: Have I spent some time in self-examination?

Second: Have I spent quality time with my family?

Third: Have I given my best to my work?

Fourth: Have I given some time to someone near and far?

The Guide, in fact, encompasses the 4 parts of the Object of Rotary.

The Four-Way Test

Of the things we think, say or do:

Is it the truth?

Is it fair to all concerned?

Will it build goodwill and better friendship?

Will it be beneficial to all concerned?



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