SIX months ago, July 1st, 2015, saw a new term, a change in leadership with new aspirations and

renewed commitment as the year’s theme calls for Rotarians to Be a Gift to the World. 76 Presidents took office charged with the pledge to lead and provide the direction for their respective clubs. Guided by the goals they set in Club Central, Club Presidents aim to increase and strengthen their membership while carrying out significant projects supporting the community they serve. Having completed 73 Club Visits, it is amazing to see the enthusiasm and the passion of our Rotarians.

The Club Assemblies, the project visits, meeting with the Interactors and Rotaractors and above all the fellowship – memories to treasure. Every Club Visit has a story which could fill wonderful chapters in a Governor’s diary, and it certainly did in mine. A story only to be appreciated by the warmth and kind hospitality of the Rotarians.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016

ENJOY EVERY MOMENT BEING A ROTARIAN.

Every Club has its own culture and tradition, unique to its own. Be it a small club or a large club, every club has its strength as well as its weakness. The Club Visits allowed for an open discussion identifying the clubs’ challenges and focusing on strengthening them. While these challenges from membership to weekly meeting attendance, project participation to fellowship, and TRF giving are not new, it takes collective effort of every member of the Club to overcome the chal-lenges to improve the effectiveness of the Club. Some changes may be inevitable for the club to continue to remain strong and vibrant. We still have a majority of our Clubs with membership of below 20. It is only when a Club is strong can we carry out our 5 Avenues of Service – Club, Vocational, Community, International and Youth Services more effectively and with greater impact.

One could not have asked for more to end the first half of the Ro-tary year, but to be graced by a visit from RI President himself. President Ravi’s visit on December 5, 2015, made history. Within a one-day packed program, he availed himself to our District spending time with our Youth, our Past-District Governors, our future Club Presidents, recognising in-person our Major Donors at a luncheon and a full evening of fellowship as he mingled with fellow Rotarians, culminating to his inspirational keynote ad-dress. With his articulate and motivating message, he set a tone for us to focus the next half of the year to take action on all the ideas and achieving the goals and plans that we set for ourselves. Our focus shall not be on the number of clubs but the number of Rotarians, Rotarians who are compassion, committed, accounta-ble, good stewards and belief in doing good. Rotarians who belief in sharing their gift of being a Rotarian with others, inviting busi-ness, professional and community leaders to join us.

Without Clubs there is no District, without a District there is no Governor Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be your Governor

In the coming months of January and February 2016, several Mid-Term Reviews on a Group basis will be held with Club Presidents and Assistant Governors together with District Officers and Governor. The for-mat differs from previous years as it will focus on compliance with the Registry of Society and Income Tax taking importance, as well as the Rotary Club Central, the future of club administration and manage-ment by RI. Guiding clubs in achieving the Presidential Citation through the goals set by Club Presidents will also be a priority. Club Presidents are required to attend with their respective Groups. There will also be several Inter-Country Meetings and International Projects in Thailand, Bangladesh and India following our International District projects in Sri Lanka and Cambodia. Our District Rotary Day theme “Children’s Voices For Peace” will be held on March 5th, 2016 in Alor Setar. The event to highlight Rotary’s effort in promoting peace and world understanding, and Polio eradi-cation, will provide Clubs opportunities to partner with corporates and be part of a carnival for 1000 un-derprivileged and special children. This bumper issue of the Governor’s Newsletter highlights the happenings in our District and the fantastic projects our Clubs carried out over the period September to December 2015. How successful we are as a Club very much depend on every member of the Club. It is only when Clubs are successful, can a District be successful. It begins with us. I wish you the very best as we usher in the New Year and may 2016 be a year of renewed friendship, great fun and fellowship, enjoying every moment of being a Rotarian. A Rotarian who is a Gift to the World.

SOFT LAUNCH OF ROTARY CENTRE 4.00 pm, 26 September 2015 Unit 509, 5th Floor, Block B, Kelana Square, 17, Jalan SS7/26, 47301 Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya.

Governor Siti and PDG Datuk Dr. Mohinder Singh officiated the soft opening of our District Rotary Centre in the presence of over 50 Rotarians from various Clubs. Now that our dream has been turned into reality, Clubs are encouraged to have their Board Meetings, Club meetings, seminars, trainings and youth activities at the Centre which comes fully equipped with a LED screen for training purposes, Wi-Fi and even kitchen facilities for light refreshments. Food and beverages can be arranged from the nearby restaurants downstairs. A four hour session is only RM 50.00 while no charge is levied for youth service activities like Rotaract and Interact.

EVENTS AT ROTARY CENTRE DISTRCIT 3300 ACTION GROUP FOR DENGUE AWARENESS - An MOU with InnoBiologics Sdn. Bhd. and Entogenex Industries Sdn. Bhd., the project and technology managers, respectively, of the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry’s (Mosti) Dengue Free Community (KBD) programme.

The programme involves instigating engaged activation of targeted communities to fight dengue within their localities. These communities will be empowered with dengue control tools as well as training and knowledge on how to mitigate the spread of this deadly disease. These tools include the feature of a bio-technological innovation, known as Mousticide, which is formulated to substantially reduce the Aedes mosquito population by killing them at the larvae stage. Under this collaboration, Rotary’s volunteers will join the teams, to assist in training as well as take part in clean-up programmes. During the three-month community engagement, a total of 100,000 dengue home kits will be distributed to households taking part in the programme. The MOU was signed on September 8, 2015.

DISTRICT 3300 ACTION GROUP ON BLINDNESS PREVENTION - In conjunction with the October month-long ‘Sayangi Mata’ campaign by District 3300, Rotary and SEGi University held an MOU-signing ceremony on 31 October 2015 to mark the launch of the ‘ROTARY-SEGI EYE CENTRE’. The partnership will see Rotary, represented by District 3300 Action Group on Blindness Prevention (DAGBP), and SEGi University’s Faculty of Optometry and Vision Sciences, collaborate in providing free charitable eye care services to the low-income segment of society by way of screening for, and detection of, vision disorders; correcting functional disorders; and referring cases for further medical interventions.

The Eye Centre, which is located within SEGi University’s Kota Damansara campus, provides SEGi’s students with the opportunity to study optometry in a real world setting and to gain practical experience using the latest specialised equipment, at the same time, cultivating a sense of care and responsibility towards vulnerable groups within society. Present during the MOU-signing ceremony were District Governor Siti Subaidah, PP Dato’ S. Kulasegaran, Chair of RI District 3300 Action Group on Blindness Prevention, Professor Dr. Azrin Esmady Ariffin, SEGi University’s Dean of the Faculty of Optometry and Vision Sciences, and Mr Foo Say Kiang, Deputy Dean

of the Faculty of Optometry and Vision Sciences. Others in attendance were DAGBP members, as well as students from SEGi University’s Rotaract Club and the Student Optometry Club.

DISTRICT EVENTS

TRF SEMINAR - September 20, 2015 @ New Club, Taiping

September 26, 2015 - 8TH NATIONAL I-QUIZ CHALLENGE 2015

I-Quiz 2015 attracted 1365 Interactors forming 455 teams to vie for the Sunway University challenge and prizes totalling RM 273,000.00, with RM 241,200.00 worth of bursaries awarded to the winners in the finals. Four partner clubs, Rotary Clubs of Kota Kinabalu, Kuching Central and Johore Bahru Sentral from D3310 and Rotary Club of Butterworth worked together with 25 other Rotary Clubs and the host club, the Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway. The I-Quiz Challenge led by Quiz Master PP Movin Miranda, is intended to help teenagers expand their general knowledge, foster their English-speaking skills and encourage them to start taking an interest in topics that might not be covered by the school curriculum. The Rotary Club of Bandar Sunway hopes to take this event to Singapore and then on to the Philippines in future years, making it a regional Interact event.

The second leg of the TRF Seminar was well attended with participants from Perak, Penang and Kedah Clubs.

We are grateful to Host Club, the Rotary Club of Taiping led by President Ong Hean Hai and OC PP Teoh Kok Liang for organising the event and playing host to 67 Rotarians at the Taiping New Club. Our facilitators, TRF Chair PDG Dr Rajindar, PDG Dato’ Dr Raveendra Kumar, PDG Dato’ Dr Low Teong and PDG Leslie Salehuddin, spent the Sunday sharing TRF. It was a Sunday of giving.

Our Foundation is our Pillar – Your financial resources combined with your time, energy and talent is critical to Rotary’s mission. As Rotarians we have an obligation to our Foundation

“Money alone does little good. Individual service is helpless without money. The two together can be a Godsend to civilization.” …..Arch C Klumph

ROTARY JAMBOREE - Membership and Public Image Seminar with a difference - October 3, 2015

Led by Membership Chair PP Ananda Pillay, PI Chair IPP Samantha Samson, Fellowship Chair PP Nikki Sidhu and Committee Member PP Dr Sumeeta, the Saturday afternoon was a joint membership and public image pro-gram. The ice breaking sessions before heading to the beach for beach games organised by President Dr Rajesh got Rotarians all geared for an enjoyable day. Dawn in different coloured t-shirts, 70 over Rotarians both new and senior Rotarians from 22 clubs, broke all barriers and was having fun.

The evening followed with dinner and fellowship with interactive sessions, World Café style. District Trainer PP Dr Siva’s kept the group on the edge pinning humour during his motivational presentations provoking thoughts on Rotary membership and building public image. Quiz Master PP Movin Mirinda provided the icing on the cake with his quiz getting the teams working together to out-do each other

PDG Salim Reza, Zone 6B Regional Coordinator complimented our District for an innovative style of sharing ideas away from the traditional membership seminars. The Rotary Jamboree is about fellowship and having fun while being inspired and motivated through sharing and exchange of ideas.

The first Rotary Jamboree was held in Langkawi in conjunction with Rotary Club of Langkawi’s Kilim Geo Park cleanup project. Led by Club President Capt Dr Gerard Lawrence the event eas organised in partnership with the Malaysia Nature Society, Royal Malaysian Navy, Langkawi Development Authority (LADA), Malaysian Hotel Association (Langkawi Chapter) and many NGOs, the project gave Rotarians an opportunity to join 1300 volun-teers to participate in the mangrove cleaned-up to protect the Geo Park to maintain its UNESCO status.

DISTRICT INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

Medan Intercity Meeting - September 12, 2015

The District Inter-Country Indonesia & D3310 Committee led by PP Aikky Tan recently organised a fellowship trip to Medan. More than 40 Rotarians and family members from 18 Rotary Clubs from Districts 3300, 3310, 3281 Bangladesh and 3410 Indonesia were hosted by the four Rotary Clubs in Medan. The visiting Rotarians were treated to a weekend of great fellowship in Lake Toba and had the opportunity to visit Taman Bodhi Asri, retirement home and treatment centre for the elderly and infirm. A project supported by Rotary Clubs in Medan.

Joint District 3310 & 3300 Annual “Seeing Eye To Eye” Project October 16, 2015 District 3300 & 3310 Action Group on Blindness Prevention operates through a number of task forces which help provide greater focus on Blindness Prevention activities Rotary Clubs could adopt. This year the joint-project was organised by D3310 in Ranau, Sabah involving vision screening for 500 elderly from the neighbouring villages. The following day the event was launched at a public mall and public talks were held by professionals to create awareness on early intervention in blindness prevention. The event saw both District Governors, Philip Chong (D3310) and Siti Subaidah (D3300) involved hands-on with Rotarians from both the Districts.

DHANVANTHRI “LEG FOR LEGLESS” PROJECT - SRI LANKA December 12-15, 2015 Third year in its running this “Leg for Legless” project has over the years provided 200 prosthesis legs to war victims in Sri Lanka and another 300 pledged A joint project of 3 Districts and partnering FOMSO, the project hope to provide independent living to the victims to stand on their own and lead a better life. Led by Project Chairman PP Magendran and a delegation of 30 Rotarians from our District the project was launched by RI President KR Ravindran in Colombo on December 6, 2015.

GIFT OF SIGHT - DECEMBER 10-15, 2015, CAMBODIA The team led by PP Yim Ken Fei and RC Damansara West together with 24 Rotarians and their family members from D3300 travelled to a village Svay Rieng, some 3 hours by bus from Phnom Phen, south east near the border with Vi-etnam to carry out the “Gift of Sight” project. The team in-cluding, volunteer Doctors and Eye Surgeons and friends of Rotary managed to screen 306 patients and carried out 106 cataract and eye operations. This humanitarian service gave hope to many who may lose their sight to see again, to see the wonders of nature and to see to ena-ble them to live life. For 3 years Rotari-ans from D3300 gave a “Gift of Sight” to poor villagers in Cambodia.

AROUND THE DISTRICT - INSTALLATIONS

Rtn. Prema Kathiravelu installed as the President of the Rotary Club of Sentul on 5 September 2015 at Press Club, Kuala Lumpur

Rtn. Ikwan Afiq installed as the President of the Rotary Club of Bukit Larut Centennial on 27 Sep-tember 2015 at Maxwell Inn Boutique Hotel & Garden Cafe, Taiping, Perak Yang Berbahagia Orang Kaya Menteri Paduka Tu-an Wan Mohd Isa B. Dato’ Hj. Wan Mohd. Razali, Orang Besar Jajahan Larut Matang Dan Selama, inducted as an Honorary Member of the Rotary Club of Bukit Larut Centennial

Rtn. John Loh installed as the President of the Rotary Club of Tanjung Bungah on 15 Septem-ber 2015 at the Rainbow Paradise Beach Resort, Penang. Signed a Sister Club with RC Kuching Central D3310

Rotary Club of Titiwangsa celebrated their 25th Anniversary and the installation of President Ajit Pal on October 17, 2015 at Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Sponsor Club, Rotary Club of Gombak was represented by President Dominic congratulated the club for its 25 years of service.

October 12, 2015 members of RC Kota Bharu celebrated the installation of Rtn Muhammad Izhar bin D M Tej Nasir as the club’s 62nd President .

RC Penang celebrated its 85th Anniversary at the very hotel the club had their first meeting 85 years ago at the E&O Hotel. Sauve with its colonial charm the hotel ambience created an even nostalgic occasion with guests in their dark lounge suit and evening gowns.. PDG Bill was given a special recognition for his contribution of Rotary Service to the Club and at the Dis-trict during and after his term of office as District Governor. President William with all smiles as he received donations in support of their ALTO project and Haemodialysis Centre.

Another for the album. RC Central Damansara celebrated its 8th an-niversary in their usu-al “party till you drop”. President Raj led the evening in style with his merry men and ladies and a full house guests. 8 years in Rotary Ser-vice, the club sets a new direction in the years to come.

President Muhammad Izhar and his lovely family

AROUND THE DISTRICT - DOING GOOD

FUND RAISING SKILLS FOR NGO’S Over 80 NGO’s participated in a Forum organised by the Rotary Club of Bandar Bukit Tinggi Klang . The Forum was to provide a platform for NGO’s to learn the necessary skills , knowledge , expertise and learn al-ternative skills for fund raising. 200 participants attended this forum with speakers from Registrar of Societies, Department of Women Devel-opment and relevant consultants. The Forum provided an opportunity for NGO’s to understand and have a clearer picture on fund raising strategies and relevant methods to achieve their respective objectives.

JOINT MEDICAL CAMP WITH PARTNERS The Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani together with R.E.D associa-tion of AIMST University conduct-ed a Medical Camp to the nearby

communities of Sungai Petani.

CHILDREN – OUR FUTURE RC Greater Kuala Lumpur recently took over 50 children from various homes to Kidzania. The children had the opportunity to experience the different vocations first hand. As part of their Back to School project , Greater Kuala Lumpur also provided

school uniforms to over 100 children.

FITTING FOR ARTIFICAL LIMBS Partnering with the Limbs for Life Prosthesis

Centre, RC Kelana Jaya sponsorship benefitted

several patients

among them, among

them an amputee

who was able to walk

after fitting two

prosthetic limbs.

KLANG GATES DAM – A Visit by RC Melawati & Friends The members of Rotary Club of Melawati were

joined by the residents of Taman Melawati and

friends to a Vocational Visit to the Klang Gates

Dam recently. The dam built in 1958 saw close to

over 50 Rotarians and Friends hiking up for this

educational visit. The highlight was having lunch

served inside the tunnel which was build over

100 years ago.

MEMORY ENHANCEMENT COURSE TO 185 SCHOOLCHILDREN 185 school students attended the Memory Enhancement Course organised by RC Ipoh .The full day course was the brainchild of President Dr Kok Fu Loon, who has been conducting this course for many years. Utiliz-

ing the Mnemonic techniques of remembering, the course served to improve the powers of recall and increase mental capacity of the course attendees. 17 Rotarians and Anns were in attendance on that day to assist and render support to the project. Students who at-tended the course mainly were from the Interact Clubs of the schools under RC Ipoh, namely Main Convent, Raja Perempuan, Perak Girls’ School, Yuk Choy and Anderson.

LAKE GARDEN GOES TO BENTONG RC Lake Gardens KL took the lead to coordinate a

joint project with 3 other clubs, namely RC Kelana

Jaya, RC Sentul and RC West Pahang and My Kasih to

the “Love My Neighborhood” Health Carnival to ren-

der free health checks and eye-screening for the peo-

ple of Bentong on 1 November 2015. Guest of Hon-

our was Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai, Minister of

Transport & Member of Parliament for Bentong.

TROPICANA DAMANSARA’S EYECARE PROJECT RC Tropicana Damansara with their sponsors recently spon-sored 50 specta-cles frames and lenses for needy students. from SRJK (C) Subang New Village, Se-langor.

NASAM Colour Walk Rotary Club of Indera Mahkota organized a morning work partici-pated by stroke patients and members of the public. Joined by Rotari-ans the event promotes awareness on stroke and support care.

AROUND THE DISTRICT - DOING GOOD…..continues

REACHING OUT – Across Shores The Rotary Club of Pantai Valley joined their sister club, The Rotary Club of Makati Dasmarinas visiting a juvenile delinquent home for children from 8-18 years of age. They are put in Bahay Aruga whilst waiting verdict from the courts for those who are deemed guilty and will be jailed after age 18. Most of the kids have committed petty crimes. Rotarians from both clubs joined them, giving food, understanding their pre-dicament and sharing time with them.

PAY IT FORWARD Project Generous donors pay in advance for a free meal and the tickets are pasted on the board to be utilized by anyone who can't afford a decent meal. Charlie's Cafe in Taman Desa off Old Klang Road

started this pro-gramme in July 2015 and has been receiving tremen-dous response from its patrons.

RC Subang is now working to-gether with Charlie's Cafe to transport the poor and under-privileged children and old folks to the outlet for them to have a nice meal while spending time with them. This is now a month-ly project done by the RC Subang.

INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE The Rotary Club of Petaling Jaya and Pusat Tuisyen Tutor Tutor Cemerlang

(TTC) sponsored 19 students from their 6 Interactor Clubs for their SPM

tuition starting Jan 2016.

ROTARY FAMILY OPEN DAY The Rotary Family Open Day was organised by the Rotary Club of Pudu in partnership with the Autorr Foundation and the Expertise Resource Association and was held at the premises of Autorr Foundation, Taman Da-gang Jaya, Ampang. The Rotary Club of Pudu’s Family Day was organised to create awareness and provide in-formation about Rotary, to meet the community needs of the

Ampang residents, to foster the ideals of the family of Rotary and to seek potential candidates for Rotary membership. It was most pleasant to see the young people and the older people interacting with each is a spirit of warm community understanding.

LAUNCHING OF THE HYDROTHERAPY SPA

BEACH CLEAN-UP @ PANTAI MORIB The Rotary Club of Bandar Bukit Ting-gi Klang led over 250 participants from the public and private sector, students, family and friends as they gathered on a clear Sunday morning, 19 September 2015, to clean up the beach at Pantai Morib, Banting and the nearby mangrove forest. A total of 299.6 kg of rubbish was collected that day.

PRESENTATION OF HAMPERS AND WALKING STICKS RC West Pahang took Governor Siti on a visit to Hospital Bentong where they gave out 40 ham-pers to needy patients in the ladies and paediatric wards. They also pre-sented 15 walking sticks to the Hospital’s Rehabil-itation Centre.

BICYCLE FOR ORANG ASLI To encourage Orang Asli children to go to school, RC Temerloh donated bicycles to the children . Many chil-dren finds it difficult to go to school as many lives a distance away. With the bicycles the children can now enjoy going to school.

FUNDS FOR MOUNTAIN GUIDES RC Bandar Utama and RC Bukit Bintang received more pledges to support their program to train them in additional skills following the Mount Kinabalu earthquake which affected their livelihooh

AROUND THE DISTRICT - DOING GOOD…continues in the media

SERVICE THROUGH SPORTS RC Bandar Sunway sports project - hockey development and training at SJK (T) Pulau Carey West to fulfil the dreams of young players.

VISION SCREENING 50 Students were giv-en free spectacles by RC Kajang as part for their continued effort on blindness preven-tion among school-children.

FREE BREAKFAST Going to school and feeling hungry, students tend to loose concentration, some avoid going to school as there are embarrassed to be hungry. RC Kuantan’s breakfast pro-ject to feed students from poor family who goes to school without breakfast. In its 9th year, the nutrition program has benefited 225 students of SJK (T) Ladang Kuala Reman thus far.

.GIFT OF SIGHT RC Greentown’s “adoption” of SJK (T) Sangeetha has seen students from the school benefiting their on-going nutrition and literacy project. This year free spectacles were given to 40 students who were found to have poor vision. The presentation of the spec-tacles were done during Gvernor Siti’’s official visit to the club.

BACK TO SCHOOL Rumah Al-Rahmaniah children were surprised by RC Subang for their gifts of school bags and stationaries to prepare the children when school reopens in January. The club raised RM50,000 from corporate sponsors and their members to support their “Back to School” project.

CARNIVAL FOR THE SPECIAL

RC Central Damansara gave a special treat to 1000 guests from 70 homes to a fun-filled afternoon. Rotari-ans and their family and friends spent the afternoon en-tertaining the guests with games and festive cheer.

GIFT OF LIFE

Being a 4-year-old-boy with unknown nation-ality who is born with Tetralogy of Fallot* into a low income family in Kuching, Joshua

Thian is not only fighting a complicated heart disease but also facing a great challenge to be healed. Joshua’s unsolved nationality and unaffordable medical cost issue have been holding him back from heart correction surgery until Rotary Club of Kuching Central, Rotary Club of Penang and Gift of Life Fund stepped out to help.

PRIDE OF THE LOCAL DISTRICTS RC Kuala Pilah’s media coverage during DG’s visit.

RC Tampin had the media to cover DG’s visit and launch their table-tennis competition project.

AROUND THE DISTRICT - DOING GOOD…continues in the media

MALAYSIA NATIONAL DAY STAR SPECIAL ISSUE Rotary as a service organisation builds smart partnerships with other NGOs, Government and Corporate as a concerted effort to serve our community and carry out humanitarian service.

GEOPARK CLEAN-UP RC Langkawi partnering the Royal Malay-sian Navy and several NGOs got 1500 vol-unteers to clear the debris of this world heritage park in Langkawi

CORPORATE PARTNERS To support their club service projects, RC Bukit Bintang engage with companies for their support as part of the company’s Cor-porate Responsibility (CR) program. ENGLISH ESSAY COMPETITION

As part of the focus on literacy, RC West Pahang embark on a project organising English essay competition for rural schools in Kuala Lipis.

The event was supported by the Bentong Dis-trict Education Development and Resource Department. 90 Form 6 stu-dents from 40 schools partici-pated in the competition.

“Family is where life begins and love never ends."

Rotary and Family….PP Dr YL Yee, RC Bukit Kiara Sunrise By involving our family members in Rotary, we make all of our en-deavors more enjoyable and meaningful. Once Rotarians realize that they do not have to decide between Rotary and family, they will be much more likely to become productive and happy people.

Rotary service is more successful when we share it with our family. It should be something that brings the family closer together. The more that families are involved, the more Rotary will thrive. Here, a cozy photo with my spouse Mun Yee and Rotarian Willa Wong with her mum Chow Ng, at the recent Rotary Club of Bukit Kiara Sunrise Star Wars charity movie event ... happy faces at a successful project..

Following are excerpts of President Ravi’s messages, full text at www.rotary.org

AUGUST 2015 “Today, Lego's quality standards are legendary, and its products are the most popular toys in the world: Lego pieces outnumber humans 86 to 1. We all recognize that this success stems directly from Lego's business practices – its insistence on quality, efficiency, and innovation. I compare this with our efforts in governance and accountability in Rotary, and realize that sometimes we fall short of the standards expected. The leaders at the Rotary International, zone, district, and club levels have to maintain the highest stand-ards in governance. The RI president and directors must serve the membership in a meaningful manner; zone leaders must deliver on the investment Rotary makes in them; district leaders must provide dynamic leadership in the district and focus on transparency in accounting and timely reporting of financials; and club leaders must adhere to proper reporting functions and get their clubs onto Rotary Club Central. Just as Christiansen refused to consider sending a lesser product to any of his clients, so should we refuse to consider giving a lesser effort to any of our work. We must always demand the best of ourselves – in our professional lives, and especially in our Rotary work. For in Rotary, what is our product? It is not wooden ducks or plastic bricks. It is education, water, health, and peace. It is hope, and it is life itself. For this work, only our best is good enough. I ask you all to re-member this – and to do your very best to Be a Gift to the World”.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT K R RAVINDRAN

SEPTEMBER 2015 “For the last 20 years, we have relentlessly beaten the drum of membership in Rotary. We set goals and launch campaigns, all focused on bringing in more and more members. And yet, our overall numbers remain the same. It is time to sharpen our tools. Instead of focusing on the question, "How can we bring more members into Rotary?" we should be asking ourselves, "How can we add more value to Rotary membership, so that more will join and fewer will leave?" One way we are doing that is with the new Rotary Global Rewards program, which launched in July. This innovative program allows Rotarians to connect with, and receive discounts and concessions from, busi-nesses and service providers around the world. Individual Rotarians may submit their own business to be included alongside those with which Rotary has already negotiated relationships; the most appropriate of-fers will be added to the listings. We have also created the option of allowing businesses to return a per-centage of their profit on each transaction to our Rotary Foundation, and several companies have already been locked into this part of the scheme. Each month we will update the list with additional offers that we may receive. I urge all of you to try it out by signing up on My Rotary at Rotary.org now. The more Ro-tarians participate, the stronger, and more beneficial, the program will be.”

OCTOBER 2015 “Last month, after confirming a full year without a single case of wild po-liovirus, Nigeria was removed from the list of the world's polio-endemic countries. It was the last polio-endemic country in Africa. Today, only two countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan – harbor the world's fi-nal reservoir of endemic poliovirus. As this issue of The Rotarian goes to press, global cases of polio in 2015 number only a few dozen. The scale of this achievement can hardly be overstated. Polio has existed for millennia; it has plagued hu-manity since our earliest civilizations. Today, because of Rotary's work and that of our partners, the end is in sight. We are counting down not in years, but in months And yet, our success is as fragile as it is monumental. We are moving forward, slowly, steadily, inexorably – thanks to colossal efforts that never cease. We continue to vaccinate hundreds of millions of children in vast synchronized campaigns; we constantly monitor environments to prevent new outbreaks. The sheer scale of the effort – the coordination, the cost, and the commitment – boggles the mind. Some ask why such high levels of immunization and surveillance are still needed to combat a disease that is almost gone. The answer is simple: It is the only way forward. If we did anything less – if we allowed the virus any quarter – years of work would be undone. We know too well how easily polio could spread again. We know how quickly our decades of progress could be lost. And this is why the months ahead are so tremendously important. We need your voice – to raise awareness, to raise funds, and to keep the mo-mentum going. We need your strength to help fight this war until we have won.”

NOVEMBER 2015 “Sri Lanka today is peaceful and thriving, visited by some two million tour-ists every year. Our war now is only a memory, and we as a nation look forward to a promising future. Yet so many other nations cannot say the same. Today, more of the world's countries are involved in conflict than not; a record 59.5 million people worldwide live displaced by wars and violence. In Rotary we believe, in spite of all that, in the possibility of peace – not out of idealism, but out of experi-ence. We have seen that even the most intractable conflicts can be resolved when people have more to lose by fighting than by working together. We have seen what can happen when we approach peace-building in ways that are truly radical, such as the work of our Rotary Peace Fellows. Through our Rotary Foundation, peace fellows become experts in preventing and resolving conflict. Our goal is that they will find new ways not only to end wars but to stop them before they begin. Among the hundreds of peace fellows who have graduated from the program, two from Sri Lanka, one from each side of the conflict, studied together. In the first weeks of the course, both argued passionately for the rightness of their side. Yet week by week, they grew to understand each other's perspective; today, they are good friends. When I met them and heard their story, they gave me hope. If 25 years of pain and bitterness could be overcome by Rotary, then what, indeed, is beyond us? We cannot fight violence with violence. But when we fight it with education, with understanding, and with peace, we can truly Be a Gift to the World.”

DECEMBER 2015 “By sending joy out into the world, we do not sacrifice it for ourselves – we only multiply it. As we enter this season of giving, let us mul-tiply the gifts we have been given by shar-ing them with others. Through acts of car-ing, kindness, and generosity, in our clubs and through our Foundation, we become and remain a gift to the world.”

RC GREATER KUALA LUMPUR induct-ed 4 new members n the earlier part of the Ro-tary year, PP Arulananthan Thambyrajah, Ms Kasthury Muthu, PP Akelesvare Kanagasingam and Ms Nagula Arul.

AROUND THE DISTRICT - NEW MEMBERS

RC LAKE GARDENS in-ducted Rtn Nancy Quah on 21

July 2015

RC BANDAR SUNGEI PETANI Pres. Dr Rajesh intro-duced Ms Faustina Ler-ene and inducted her as a member.

RC KELANA JAYA in-ducted Mr Anil Bosco D’Souza on 24 Oct 2015 sponsored by PP Leslie Yeap.

RC INDERA MAHKOTA inducted 2 new members Mr Rayan Charles Komatt introduced by PP Padman Nair and Mr Mahentheran Sub-aramaniam introduced by Rtn Nirbaiti Jarabe in October and November respectively.

RC MELAWATI inducted 3 new members in the past 6 months. Mr Mahendran Dan-iel, Mr Suresh Unnikrishnan and Mr Girish Chandran.

Joint induction at Group 10 Intercity. New mem-

bers for RC PUDU, Ms Sannice Soh and RC BUKIT BINTANG, Dato’ Hong Kong Wai and Datin Helen Lim.

RC WEST PAHANG welcomed husband and wife team, Dr Anand and Dr Niranjana proposed by Pres. Cecilia as new members.

RC PETALING JAYA success story, Interact parent, turned Rotarian, Mr Jegan Padmanathan RC SUBANG welcome Rtn

Brahmaputran Kathirga-matamby back to Rotary,

AROUND THE DISTRICT - NEW MEMBERS...continue

Inductions at RC KAMPONG BHARU CITY CENTRE , Pu-an Amisan A Hamid and En Mohd Ridwan

RC Gombak welcomed another new member Mr Tee Chor Wai.

Two new members at RC TELUK IN-TAN inducted during DG visit, Nick Tee and Subash Babu

RC ALOR SETAR inducted a new lady member , Rena Tan at the TRF Seminar in Taiping

4 new members in RC Ipoh South inducted during DG visit., Mr Nathan, Mr Neelakanthan, Mr Kuna, Mr Balamuugan A new lady member Ms

Teng Bee Lan joined the ranks at RC CHERAS.

Mandarin-speaking club RC METRO IPOH inducted another new member, Mr Robin Hew.

RC BANGSAR inducted another new member, Mr Sunny Yap.

RC KUALA TERENGGANU wel-comed to their club, Dr Rokeswar

RC CENRAL DAMANSARA welcomed to their Rotary family, Mr Darrel Pierre Arokiasamy.

RC BERNAM VALLEY inducted husband and wife team , Mr Malhindar Singh and spouse Avdsh Kaur.

Pres Sunny Leong in-ducting a new lady mem-ber , Katherine Ho to join

RC AMPANG

PARTNERS IN SERVICE

3 secrets of Rotaract posted by Rotary International on December 31, 2015 By Fernanda Luz Moraes, president of the Rotaract Club of Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

When I began participating in Rotaract in 2012, I viewed it as a way to spend my weekends doing something good in my community. But then I realized it is so much more than that. I have met many other members of Rotaract who have a hard time explaining the passion that comes over them for doing volunteer work. The best way I can put it is this: We think globally, then act locally. I want to change the world, and in order to make it happen, I know I need to develop myleadership skills and abilities. I need to connect to people from all over, from every culture and many different occupations, to gain new ideas and fresh perspectives. I also need to act in a way that inspires leadership in others. We take action and encourage other people to act to make things happen. I have been cultivating love, enthusiasm, and happiness most of my life. Why shouldn’t I make these things part of my Rotaract experience as well? We have a lot of work to do and many people to develop. We also have much we can learn from them and alongside them. To me, those are the three secrets of Rotaract: love, enthusiasm, and happiness. Love, because love guides the world. Enthusiasm, because enthusiasm transforms problems into solutions and positive attitudes into tangi-ble results. Happiness, because happiness blinds us to sadness and discouragement, and motivates us to keep making the world better. Over the years, I have learned that Rotaract embodies all of these things. This is the way we can change our lives and change the world.

2015 Rotaract Conference was held in October at the Dusun Eco Resort in Bentong, Pahang

President Althea of Rotaract Chinatown-Manila and Pres-

ident Sye Li of Rotaract

Penang signing sister

club agreement before DRR Alexiz (Manila) and Presi-

dent William of RC Penang.

Rotaract Cherating distributed the daily groceries to 20 families at Pak Mahat Kuantan. They are all from single parents family, OKU family, Warga Emas and orphanage..

Rotaract Bangsar is collecting funds to buy school

uniforms, bags and stationery for the kids in Kampung Merbau Sempak, Sg. Buloh, to equip them with the nec-essary schooling items before they begin their school. Donations to ROTARACT CLUB OF BANGSAR's CIMB Bank Account No: 1402015949700

Rotaract Subang organised a FRUIT PARTY with the Myanmar Refugee School on 7 November from 10.30am to 1pm at Puchong.. Why a Fruit Party? Because most of the children in the school have not tasted fruits like kiwis, pamelos, ram-butans, strawberries, persimmons, blue-berries, peaches in their life so we decid-ed to bring all of these and let them try it all!!

Rotaract UTP joins Rotaract

Clubs, Penang, Kelana Jaya and Petaling Jaya to be a Gift to An-ning Old Folks Home and Orphan-age in Ipoh. Spent their Saturday making the world a better place by being a Gift to the residents, both young & old, They shared the art of origami with the elderly and played games with the juvenile.

Rotaract Sentul with Rotary Club of Sentul had a fundraiser Star Wars movie screening on 21st December 2015. For a change, instead of selling it to for individ-uals, the identified 2 homes, The Royal Priesthood Care Centre and Siddarthan Care Centre and requested sponsorship from family and friends for the kids.

Rotaract Segi University participated in this wonderful event, EMBRACE THE DIFFERENCE , TREASURE HUNT. Together with their partner club, Rotary Club of Bandar Utama the Rotaractors had a field day enjoying with the disabled, the Treasure Hunt organised by the Beautiful Gates Foundation.

PARTNERS IN SERVICE

DISTRICT INTERACT CONFERENCE Another feather for District 3300, the publicity on our Interact Conference in the media – The efforts of Organ-ising Chairman, Capt Gunasekaran and host club Rotary Club of Klang gave our Interactors the opportunity to experience life in the Navy. Congratulations too, to President Adrian Minjoot and the club’s Youth Service Chair, Rtn Anthony Das for an excellent and successful 2015 Interact Conference. While we do experience challenges with our Interact Clubs not being recognised in some schools, these con-tinued efforts to showcase the youth activities Rotary is involved, hope to change the mindset and perception of schools and some government agencies to support and facilitate our Youth Services programs. We need to take cognizant of these challenges and must remain committed to promote positive development in our youth through Interact and Rotaract. This responsibility lies on Rotarians. It is only through smart-partnerships with both government and corporate bodies can we further enhance Rotary’s presence in Malaysia and to add value to the good work many of our Rotary clubs are doing. Thank you to all the clubs who sponsored their Interactors to the District Interact Conference. The presences of over 450 Interactors at TLDM over the 4 days and the talents some of the Interactors displayed was to the amazement of the Vice Admiral himself. We are certainly proud of our Interactors, they are a Gift to us.

Be a Gift to the World From the viewpoint of an Interactor

Chuan Sze Huei, President of Interact Club of MGS 2015/16 Be a gift to the world. How can I be a gift to the world? I’m just a stu-

dent, nothing more than a tiny piece of puzzle that fits in this world.

What can I do? If someone had asked me that question, I’m sure many

of us won’t be able to answer immediately. But, after some thought,

we can be a gift to the world. No matter how small a part we play and

no matter how insignificant we may be, each and every Interactor

owns a certain ability that no other normal members of other clubs

do.

We have the power to be a light to the community and the world. Interactors are so special. We spread love,

kindness and I believe that every project we do restores a little more humanity that is lost today. We bring

back hope for our current generation to do good things, little by little. We might even inspire others to fol-

low our footsteps. And, every little act of goodness counts. For us, this is truly what our club is meant to do,

hence the motto, “Service Above Self”.

Through our many activities and projects, we aim to shine this light to the world and be a gift to our school,

our community, our country and our world. It only takes one person to start this chain and it can really

make a difference no matter big or small.

FACES OF OUR YOUTH

With fond memories of Rotarians who are longer with us and honouring the legacies they left behind for us to continue their good work in Rotary…. May their souls rest in peace.

PP Thillai Amirthalingam Departed December 6, 2016 Rotary Club of Ipoh South

Dear Pres Mogana Rajan My sincere condolences to the family of a dear friend. It is indeed a sad loss. At such a young age, so much more to achieve, so much more to contrib-ute to society and family. His unceasing smile has impressed many of us and will certainly be etched in

our minds for a lifetime. A Rotaractor from RAC Klang went on to join Rotary at KRIS. He never forgot Klang. We were invited for his induction as a mem-ber and installation as President. The day one leaves this abode to a land of no return, it is a solo journey. I trust some day we will meet our dear friend in another time and another world. Till then with a heavy heart, filled with sorrow, we bid him farewell. Laksh RC Klang

PP Valli Kamala Durai Departed 7 September 2015 Rotary Club of Ipoh South

FACEBOOK - Karthi wrote: "This morning . .. Rajitha Rajalingam Siti Subaidah Darul and I drove down to pay our respects to an old friend ...Valli Kamala Dhurai......I was proud to see so many Rotari-ans there too...led by President Mogana of KRIS. Rotarians from KRIS. .Kinta. .Ipoh and Green-town were all there to pay their last respects.....I am proud to b a Rotarian. ....RIP my friend ...."

Dear DC Inner Wheel District 330 Ambika Ravi Menon & DG Rotary Club District 3300 Siti Subaidah Adil, Presidents and members of the clubs of the above dis-tricts. On behalf of my family, I would sincerely like to thank all of you for:-

1. The lovely wreaths sent. 2. Very generous donations for Joblink and SPCA Penang.

3. The kind words written about Gurdev. 4. Condolences and support rendered during our bereavement.

I am at loss of words to express our gratitude to all of you. Gurdev never left home without Rotary pin on his collar. Many years ago, during a trip to Chicago, the then Rotary International President gave Gurdev a colourful Rotary tie. He had it on during the cremation.

Gurdev had a very blessed passing away in Amritsar. He passed away while praying with PDG Dato’ Dr Santokh Singh. Gurdev made our 3 grandchildren PHF holders. Thank you PDG Leslie Salehuddin for vividly remembering pinning the PHF badge on Ravneet. Gurdev has left a legacy for all who cared for him to follow. We think there is enough Time to Live, But we Never know which Moment is the Last So SHARE, CARE, LOVE and CELEBRATE Every moment of LIFE. Daljit, Kuljit, Gurmeet, Amreet & grandkids

PP Lim Kee Moon Departed September 4, 2015 Rotary Club of Sitiawan

Dear President Danny, It was with a heavy heart that we learned of the demise of PP Lim Kee Moon, whom we have know for many years.

I fondly remember him making a pun of his name and asking me to call him "Timun". He was a jovi-al and dedicated Rotarian and will be missed by RC Sitiawan and also by D3300.

May God give his family strength to bear this heavy loss. Regards PP Dr. Krishna and PP Pushpa Krishna RC Melawati

PP Dr Gurudev Singh Gill Departed November 21, 2015 Rotary Club of Penang

Dear Presidents/Secretaries/Youth Chairs, Kindly promote RYLA 2015 and this time around the selection process has changed as objec-tive is to reach candidates from corporate sector, private & corporate. (please refer to selec-tion criteria). WHY we are encouraging candidates from corporate sectors two main reasons; Employers to recognise their outstanding employee One way to get these young working adult to be part of Rotary Location : Outward Bound Malaysia, Lumut. Date : 28th January 2016 – 31st January 2016 Online Registration : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XRfjkSsLiPQSWJKeIZAZ_IfC3707sROBqcVuIwtlnS0/viewform Closing Date : 14th January 2016 All Documents : Letter – Candidate Sponsorship; Selection Criteria for RYLA Candidates; RYLA Programme; RYLA-2015 Brochure, RYLA Application Form for Company /Organisation and OBS-Overview.

RYLA – January 28-31, 2016, OBM Lumut RYLA is a program for Youth outside the Rotary family, i.e it is not meant for Interactors and Rotaractors. Rotary clubs are encouraged to nominate Youth who is worthy of the RO-TARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARD to attend the program. This year the program will be held at Outward Bound Malaysia (another highly recognised youth leadership organisation) and the target age group is between 18-25. Your candidates upon completion of the RYLA program will have to be invited to speak at your club and your club would then present him with the RYLA Certificate (prepared by the District). An OBM programme cost is about RM1200 for the 4-day program. However we have managed to scale it down to RM500.00. All we request is for you to nominate at least one (1) candidate who qualifies to receive the distinguished RYLA. We encourage you to approach multi-nationals and cor-porates to register their young executives, young teachers, nurses, student-leaders – there are many youths out there who can benefit from RYLA. Children and employees of Rotarians may be nominated. THANK YOU With Regards

J.Henry Assistant Governor (RY2015 - 2016)

JANUARY RI Vocational Service Month

NEW YEAR January 1 2016 Friday

RC Greater KL January 4 2016 Monday Club Visit

RC Bandar Sunway January 6 2016 Wednesday Club Visit

District Youth Meeting January 9 2015 Saturday KL

RC Petaling Jaya January 10 2016 Sunday Anniversary

RC Central Damansara January 12 2016 Tuesday KL

D3330 & D3300 Intercity January 16-17 2016 Saturday-Sunday Songkla, Thailand

Mid-Term Review 1 January 22 2016 Friday Rotary Centre

Mid-Term Review 2 January 23 2016 Saturday Negeri Sembilan

DG Calender-Shalini January 23 2016 Saturday Port Dickson

RYLA January 28-31 2016 Thursday -Sunday RYLA @ OBS, Lumut

GDLTS (RY2016-17) January 29-31 2016 RC Bandar Sg Petani

Rotary Jamboree January 30-31 2016 Saturday-Sunday Membership, Taiping

Mid-Term Review 3 January 31 2016 Sunday Sungei Petani

FEBRUARY RI Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month

Mid-Term Review 4 February 5 2016 Friday Ipoh

CHINESE NEW YEAR February 8-9 2016 Monday

Inter-Country Fellowship Bangladesh February 12-15 2016 Friday-Monday Polio Vaccination, Bangladesh

DG Calendar-Vinoth February 18-20 2016 Saturday KL

Pre-Pets (RY2016-17) February 26 -28 2016 Kuantan

Mid-Term Review 5 February 26 2016 Friday Rotary Centre

Mid-Term Review 6 February 27 2016 Saturday Kuantan

MARCH RI Water and Sanitation Month

Rotary Day March 5 2016 Saturday Alor Setar

VTT Public Forum-Autism March 26 2016 Saturday VTT Committee, KL

RC Bukit Bintang March 27 2016 Sunday Anniversary, KL

VTT Global Grant Project March 28-31 2016 Monday-Thursday VTT Committee,, KL

APRIL RI Maternal and Child Health Month

82nd District Assembly April 22-23 2016 Friday-Saturday Klang

D3310 Conference April 29-J1 2016 Friday-Sunday Chengmai, Thailand

MAY RI Youth Service Month

Malaysia National Youth Day May

TRF Luncheon May 13 2016 Friday TRF Committee

Awards Night May 13 2016 Friday Awards Committee

81st District Conference May 14-15 2016 Saturday-Sunday KL

Rotary International Conven-tion

May-June

29-1 2016 Seoul Korea

JUNE RI Fellowship Month

DISTRICT CALENDER JANUARY 2016 TO JUNE 2016

DISTRICT UPCOMING EVENTS

Membership & Public Image with a difference. Targeted for new Rotarians and all who needs a refresher of how fun Rotary is through fellowship and how we can share this gift of being a Rotarian to others.

Mark your calendar and be part of celebrating World Peace and Under-standing with 1000 underprivileged and special children in the state of Kedah. Let Rotary be known to do good. Be part of the cause to End Polio and above all let’s Celebrate Rotary in our District and the fellow-ship of Rotarians, meeting new members and renewing friendships.

CELEBRATE ROTARY - MARCH 5, 2016

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“The search for individual joy, satisfaction, and happiness is universal, and I

strongly believe it is a goal that can best be fulfilled by helping others….Some

of the most rewarding moments in our lives occur when we are helping,

serving, and caring for others.” — A Chat with President Cliff, THE RO-

TARIAN, August 1992