RCL Newsletter September 2013

TTHE ROTARY CLUB OF LANGKAWI
SEPTEMBER 2013
ISSUE 3
NEWSLETTER
A resounding success
RCL visits secondary school children in Tuba Island
Club Treasurer
Sunil Maniar
Originally from K.L
Sunil graduated from
Monash University Australia
as an accountant. He
worked in KL and then
Singapore.
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We asked MRSM if they can lend
a helping hand with our project of giving
out dictionaries to children of Tuba
School. We got more than that. They
gave a 20 minute motivational session.
Nothing beats the underlying message
that one child can relay to the other and
that is:“ It’s cool to stay in school”.
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We are also holding an essay
writing competition entitled “Living in
Tuba”. This is open to all students of
Tuba school. The essay should be in
English and 120-150 words long. The
closing date is Sept 30th and the price
giving ceremony is in October. There is a
RM100, RM50 and RM25 prize money
In 1989 Sunil moved to
Langkawi to start a duty free
business called Idaman Suri.
Sunil is married to his lovely
Ann, Raksha who is also a
Rotarian. They have two
children.
RCL” adopted” Tuba
secondary school and will get
involved with it’s activities as an
ongoing project. There is much
to be done and we welcome all
help.
Mobile: 012-470 6154
MRSM INVOLVEMENT
Head of English department, MRSM, Ms Azeezah offered students at
SMK Tuba a full day experience at the Science Junior College Mara if
they have a full attendance for the month of September and have a pass
in English. Right: Ms Azeezah and MARA students Noraini and Alif.
Alif told anecdotes to inspire Tuba children to attend school and Noraini
handed out souvenir pens. Noraini is a public speaker while Alif a local
boy gave his motivational talk for the first time ever. Both want to
pursue a business degree.
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TTHE ROTARY CLUB OF LANGKAWI
SEPTEMBER 2013
ISSUE 3
THE ROTARY CLUB OF LANGKAWI MEETS TAN SRI KHALID OF LADA
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By far the most important meeting of all in our short history
as a club is an audience with Tan Sri at LADA on 11.09.2013. The
purpose of this meeting was to secure LADA ‘s commitment in
supporting and sponsoring our project which was to clean up the
waterways from Kilim to Tanjung Rhu . This is to take place in the
morning of Saturday , November 9th 2013.
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Rtns Bas, Suresh, Sunil, Ken and Hery supported Rtn David
who gave a superb presentation on his project “Cleaner Waterways.
Tan Sri loved the idea and we got the commitment we wanted. We
also got a district grant to execute this project. We left LADA
with a very high morale.
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But there is a lot of work to be done and we call upon all
fellow Rotarians to come forward and lend a helping hand to make
this project into a success story. While David is away for 2 weeks ,
Bas is at hand to PM and liaise with a committee from LADA.
There is actually a working document provided by David A “TO DO” check list. President Bas urges all fellow Rotarians to
do their bit in the spirit of Rotary. This will be our first big project
since Charter night. When we pull it off it will go down in
record as being a well needed and necessary project on the island.
Our first interclub meeting was held on 25th August. It was attended by Rotarians Puspa Devi, Darul
and Ann Sham, Shema, Shanti, Puni, Dr Baskaran, Puspa’s sister and special guests from Rotary Club
of Cochin Beachside - Sunil and Shabu. Marc Dyer son of Rotarian Hery deHaan also attended the
meeting where as a university undergraduate he was able to get an insight of the workings of Rotary. It
is hoped that experiences like these may encourage young people to participate in Rotary.
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TTHE ROTARY CLUB OF LANGKAWI
SEPTEMBER 2013
BACK TO BASICS WITH
A LITTLE HELP
Dr Baskaran gave us a quick
lesson on how it should be
done. Plan your projects
according to the theme of the
month, budget and execute.
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Calendar
September 1st
Presentation by Sheila Allum of the
Charity Club
September 8th
Meeting
September 15th
Interclub meeting with Bandar Sunway
September 22nd
RC COCHIN BEACHSIDE
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Rotarians Sunil and Shabu
was impressed with our new and
“happening” club. It was their first
visit to Malaysia and we suspect it
won’t be their last.
Meeting
September 29th
Meeting
ROTARIANS ABROAD
“I FORGOT TO MY BANNER”
Never too late to do so, Rtn Puspa
who should have exchanged
banners on our Charter night
made the exchange when she visited us in August.
FELLOWSHIP OF A
DIFFERENT KIND.........
After the interclub meeting
Rotarians enjoyed a day out
sailing on a catamaran
provided by Rotarian Carel of
Rampant Sailing .Rtn Carel has
an innate ability to remove your
fear of water . Thank you Carel!
David and Gudrun are away for
2 weeks in Germany. See you
soon.
Gerard was in KL , Moscow.
We believe he is now in
Australia. We miss you.
Joe has just returned from the
UK. He got a banner from the
Rotary Club in Staines.
Welcome Back!
For any contribution email:
herydehaan@hotmail.com
AMMENDMENT TO ISSUE 2
SHEILA’S PRESENTATION WAS ON
SUNDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER NOT 2ND
SEPTEMBER. APOLOGIES.
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