Knowledge of SJAMChew Hoong Ling

Chew Hoong Ling• Joined SJAM since 1993, rose to National Staff

Officer (Administration/IT) in 2008, co-managed SJAM 100 years anniversary book

• State Honorary Secretary, SJAM Perak (2017)• Donated 60% liver to a stranger in 2009,

published a book about the journey• Short film producer, former TV presenter,

former CEO of Yayasan Usman Awang, a cook

Knowledge of SJAM

•Compulsory badge to qualify for Grand Prior badge•Syllabus• Origin and events leading to the formation of the Order

of St. John• Original purpose and aims of the Order / Aims and

Objectives of SJAM• History and development of SJAM, SJAM (Incorporation)

Act 1972

Knowledge of SJAM

• Instructors/Examiners• SJAM Officers, history teachers, other qualified persons

•Reference• SJAM (Incorporation) Act 1972• SJAM Rules 1973• General Regulations of SJAM / School Guidebook• SJAM 100 Years Centenary Book

Content

•Tracing the Origins

•Main aims and objectives of SJAM

•SJAM in Perak – before war, after war and new era

•SJAM – before war, revival years and new era

Tracing the OriginsPage 18-19 – A Remarkable Century of Service

Page 7, 43, 57 – The Order of St. John (A Short History)

600 A.D.

Hostel for pilgrims

Abbot Probuswas bidden by Pope Gregory the Great to set up a hostel for pilgrims in the Holy City

1144

Priory in Clerkenwell

Built on 5-acre land granted by Jordainde Bricett, confiscated by Henry VIII, regained St. John’s Gate in 1879 during re-establishment

1291

Fall of Acre

Knights of the Order evacuated the Holy Land, had their HQ at Cyprus and then Island of Rhodes

1530-1798

Island of Malta

Conferred by Emperor Charles V until Napoleon captured the island. Wandered in Europe, settled in Rome, turned to charity works

1831

Re-establishment

Lapsed for 3 centuries, revived in England, elected Rev. irRobert Peat to the Prior

A.D. anno domini, Latin for “in the year of the lord”; A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is

headed by a prior or prioress; Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death

Tracing the OriginsPage 19 – A Remarkable Century of Service

Page 58 – The Order of St. John (A Short History)

1870

Franco-Prussian War

A British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War was formed, joined by members of the Order

1872-1874

Priory in Clerkenwell

1872 – organized ambulance services in mining and pottery districts

1874 – Life Saving Medal of the Order instituted

1877

SJAA and SJAB Established

St. John Ambulance Association was founded on 1 July 1877

1887 – SJAB established, first Brigade Regulations in 1889

1882

St. John Ophthalmic Hospital

Established in Jerusalem

1884 – SJAA adopted the Order’s crest surrounded by a garter

14 May 1888

Granted Royal Charter

By HM Queen Victoria – Patron and Sovereign Head of the Order.

Order of St. John

The Order of St. John

St. John Ophthalmic Hospital

St. John Ambulance Association

St. John Ambulance Brigade

1968 – merged as St. John Ambulance

https://www.stjohneyehospital.org/

Main Aim: To provide Ambulance and First aid work in time of peace as well as in war

Objectives of SJAM

• Promote, encourage and coordinate all works of humanity and charity for the relief of persons in sickness, distress, suffering and danger without any difference of race, class, colour or creed

• Render aid to the sick and wounded in war or in peace and to promote such permanent organisations in time of peace so that such aid may be immediately be available in time of emergency and such aid shall include the provition of the technical reserves for the medical services of the Government and Armed Forces of Malaysia

Objectives of SJAM

•Promote, encourage and coordinate the work of the SJAM in all aspects in Malaysia•Promote, encourage and coordinate contacts between themselves and similar organisationsunder the name of St. John Ambulance in other countries, the Red Crescent Society and other similar voluntary or statutory organisations

SJAM in the RegionFrom Singapore and Straits Settlement

1885

SJAA in Singapore

1907

First Aid Classes In Penang And Malacca

1916

First Aid Classes in Taiping, Perak by Mrs. Oliver Marks

1914-1918

World War I

1928

Re-established SJAA and in 1930 SJAB was suggested

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3All sources quoted in www.sjamperak.org.my

SJAM in Perak

1938

SJAA established

15-Aug – a meeting held at the Ipoh Town Hall at 6 p.m. Dr. Joshua Isadore Baeza, State MHO became Chairman, Mr. A.E. PereraHon. Secretary

1940

First Brigade Division

St. Michael’s Institution – 16 Sept 1940， Div.Surgeon, Dr. V. R. Gabriel and Div. Supt., Mr. Lim Guan Choe

1941

First Review

First Perak Review was issued in July 1941 by Mr. John Victor Moraiswho later became Chairman in 1949

1941-1945

World War II

SJA members joined the Medical Auxiliary Service; Y.M. Raja Musa Mahadi (TelukAnson), Mr. Lim Kean Hooi (Ipoh to Singapore)

1946

SJAA Perak Re-established

In a meeting at the Town Hall on Saturday, 5 Jan 1946 on the occasion of the London representatives visit to Ipoh

16+4 SJAB Divisions before WW II

• The first SJAB division in Perak - St. Michael’s Institution, Ipoh on 16 September 1940

• The second division - St. George’s Institution, Taiping on 19 October 1940 • Third division - King Edward VII School, Taiping on 15 November 1940• Chee Yan English School, Ipoh• Anglo-Chinese School, Teluk Anson; St. Anthony’s School, Teluk Anson; a

General Division in Teluk Anson; • A.C.S. Ipoh; Government English School, Batu Gajah; Kuala Kangsar

Ambulance Division; G.E.S., Tapah; Clifford School; A.C.S. II; A.C.S., ParitBuntar; A.C.S. Kampar and Kampar Malay Division.

SJAM after warPage 60-71, A Remarkable Century of Service

1945-1948

SJAA Revival

1945 – PulauPinang, 1946 –Perak, 1947 –Selangor, Kelantan, 1948 – Sabah, 1951 – Johor, 1954 -Kedah

1947

First SJAA Meting

10 July – First Central Committee Meeting held at KL Town Hall

1955

SJAB Conference, St. John Council

29-31 July – 1st SJAB National Conference in the Federation of Malaya at Majestic Hotel KL, started efforts to form St. John Council

1957-1961

New Era for SJAM

Tun Razak -President, SJAA Rules revised. 1958 – Nursing Advisory Board, 1961 – Pan Malayan FA and Nursing Competition

1969

13 May Tragedy

SJAB members responded by assisting the authorities

SJAM in Perak

1946

SJAA Perak Re-established

5 January - Only one division left in St. Michael’s Institution. The Div. Surgeon was Dr. H. Y. Lam and Div. Supt. was Mr. Lim Guan Choe

1949

Teluk Anson Branch

Lower Perak branch centre was formed in TelukAnson on 18 July 1949, Chairman Dr. L. A. Watson and Hon. Sec., Mr. A. S. Rajaratnam

1950

Countess Mountbatten

12 March, Countess Mountbatten and Hon. Mr J. G. Black, British Adviser of Perak inspected First Division of SJAB Perak

Central Committee

State Centre

Branch Centre

Souvenir Reviews

•1941 – issued in July by Mr. J. V. Morais•1950 – in conjunction with the

visit of Countess Mountbatten •1958 – commemorating the

official opening of the State HQ•1963/1965 – 25th Anniversary of

SJAA/SJAB Perak

SJAM in Perak 1951 - 1958

SJAM in Perak

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State Headquarters

• Architect: B.M. Iverson; Contractor: Mr. Wong Wong

• 1.5 acre state land – Anderson Road (now Jalan Raja Musa Aziz)

• 100 x 56 feet hall

• Foundation stone laid by HRH Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior of the Order of St. John, Prince Henry

• Raised over $100,000 from 1951-1957 for the building

SJAM Perak

• First to organize the State First Aid Competition in July 1956, a year before the first federal competition was organized – First competition shield – Dato’ Blelloch Shield•1969 – Flag Signaling Competition and currently the only State in Malaysia with an annual Cooking and Flag Signaling Competition

SJAA and SJAB Perak Silver Jubilee 1963/1965

•1963 – A special Souvenir Review was published •31 July 1965 – SJAB Silver Jubilee al Teenage Band

Night Show•11 September 1965 – Mass Parade of 1,600

members held at the Coronation Park (now Taman D.R. Seenivasagam), a Dinner and Dance was held at the State HQ Hall

New Era of SJAM Perak

1964

AF515 ambulance gift

22 March - En. YeohCheang Lee, AMN, JP, President of the Perak Turf Club presented a new Volkswagen ambulance (AF 515)

1969

First Signaling Competitions

14 September -Cadet members held their Signaling Competitions and Handicraft Exhibition at the State HQ, Ipoh

New Era of SJAM

1970

Merger discussed

First discussion of the merger was at the 1970 National Conference

1972

SJAM (Incorporation)

SJAA and SJAB merged into SJAM. SJAM (Incorporation) Act 1972 (Akta 74) passed in Parliament, gazetted 30 March

1973

SJA Rules

Took effect from 1 August 1973

1977

1st Lay Lecturers

4-7 August at the NUBE Training Centre, Port Dickson, attended by 147 officers and members nationwide

New Era

First in First Aid

Ambulance Services, Haemodialysis Centres, First Aid at Workplace, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), ISO Certification

Summary

• 600 A.D. – setting up of a hostel for pilgrims in Holy Land• 1877 – St. John Ambulance Association established• 1882 – St. John Ophthalmic Hospital• 1884 – St. John logo with a garter• 1887 – St. John Ambulance Brigade established• 1888 – Granted Royal Charter• 1889 – First Brigade Regulations

Summary

• 3 main branches of the Order of St. John – Ophthalmic Hospital, Association, Brigade• 1968 – SJAA and SJAB merged• 1938 – SJAA established in Perak, 1940 first division in St.

Michael’s Institution• 1941 – SJA members in Medical Auxiliary Services during

World War II• 1946 – SJAA Perak re-established• 1958 – State Headquarters was built

Summary

•Objectives of SJAM •…all works of humanity and charity for the relief

of persons in sickness•Render aid to the sick and wounded in war or in

peace…

Discussion

•Membership

•SJAM Emblem, Slogan and Song

•Divisions – Juniors, Cadet, Adult

• Juniors, Cadets, Adults, Officers

•Line ups in Area, State, National

More Reading

•www.sjam.org.my•www.sjamperak.org.my•SJAM (Incorporation) Act 1972•SJAM Rules 1973•General Regulations of SJAM / School Guidebook•SJAM 100 Years Centenary Book