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84th Rotary Club of Singapore President Installation Dinner

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Volume 55 Issue No. 4

30 July 2018

Rotary Club of Singapore Installation Dinner

6 LAST WEEK

Report on Wed 25 July

2018 Meeting

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Rtn Uttam as MC at the Installation

In Focus

84th

Rotary Club of Singapore President Installation Dinner

By: Rtn Uttam Kripalani

It was the 84th Rotary Club of Singapore President Installation dinner on 1st July 2018. Our very own signature event to kick-start a new Rotary New Year with fellow Rotarians, friends and family members. Just like all the previous installation dinners, it sets the tone and manner for the year ahead full of vibrancy, enthusiasm and inclusiveness. In support of incoming President Mark Wang, more than 300 guests attended our installation dinner and they came from different parts of the world.

Ms Indranee Rajah, the very poised and attractive person, who was our guest of honour mentioned a story of how she was petrified when she had to speak at an Interact speaking contest, but was delighted that she managed to be declared a runner up. Was this the forerunner of her career as a lawyer and then such an eminent parliamentarian and Minister? Ms Indranee Rajah is Minister, Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for Education. She is a Member of Parliament representing Tanjong Pagar GRC.

She went straight to the hearts of all the Rotarians and Interactors who were present at one of the most colourful and enjoyable Installation dinners, when outgoing President Keith Harrison handed over the Presidential chain of office to incoming President Mark Wang.

In keeping with the tradition the Leo Cresson Trophy and the President’s jewel were duly presented to the stars of the evening.

Also in play was the large cheque for $ 80,000 which was presented to Football Plus as our major project donation for Rotary Year 2017-2018.

Outgoing President Rotarian Keith Harrison in very dramatic form came on to the stage and highlighted many of the wonderful projects which the Club had organised during the year. A total of over 50 projects, statistically almost one a week during the year, a rare feat not only in Singapore but in neighbouring countries including Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines. He did not miss out on the list of awards won during the year, which re-emphasised the club’s eminent position as one of the leading clubs in the District.

In a more subdued manner President Rotarian Mark promised to continue the traditions and assured all that he would lead the club to more projects, fellowship and fame. He then went on to introduce the new Board and invited the GOH to share the stage with the dynamic new team.

Minister Indranee Rajah, spoke very eloquently and congratulated all Rotarians for taking such an active part in the Society not only in Singapore but in many parts of the world. She highlighted the vital role that our Club over many years has helped through the Community, vocational, International and Youth services. She went on to encourage a spirit of giving and strengthening partnerships between the community and the Government. “The work of the club will only become more vital as the nation seeks to foster a more caring and cohesive society”. She went on to say that beyond the “hardware” we must develop “heartware”.

It was a wonderful evening of fellowship amongst friends and family members. We witnessed two different styles of leadership between the outgoing and incoming Presidents. However, they both share the very same essence that Rotarians are people of action and Service Above Self.

We wish President Mark Wang and his dynamic board of Directors every success in this Rotary Year 2018 to 2019.

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From left: Sergeant-at-Arms (SAA) Bertrand De Mil, VP Rajkumar Perumal Suppiah, ISC Dir Dr Chan Siew Luen, YSC Dir Dr Hoh Sek Tien, PE Deepak Nagrani, President Mark Wang, Guest of Honour Minister Indranee Rajah,

IPP Keith Harrison, VP Hassan Moosa, Hon Secretary Connie Ho, Hon Treasurer Horst Hagemann, CSC Dir Dr Rupesh Agrawal, VSC Dir Ronil Sujan, SAA Deblina Chatterjee

Minister Indranee Rajah meets PDG Dr Philbert Chin

President Mark and IPP Keith welcome the Guest of Honour upon her arrival

Photo Album of the Installation Dinner on 1.7.18





Hon Member Rtn Mohan Vaswani with Mrs Dorothy Lau, Mrs Anne Wee & Mrs Mary Loh (seated from left to right)

PP Dr Shahul Hameed (extreme left), Hon Member Rtn Mohan Vaswani (centre) and Mrs Kawita Vaswani (2

nd from right) with

guests from sister club, RC Surabaja

From right: IPP Keith, Mrs Kawita Vaswani, President Mark & Mrs Rachel Harrison

PP Tapan Rao (centre) with Honorary Member PP Raymon Huang & Mrs Jessie Huang

From left: Rtn Anindya Dutta, CSC Dir Dr Rupesh Agrawal, guest & VP Rajkumar

From left: DGN Rajamohan Munisamy, PP Dr Yap Lip Kee, DG Henry Tan, PP Dr Shahul, AG Karen Kang, PP Tan Chin Ngiap

Photo Album of the Installation Dinner on 1.7.18…contd.





From left: Toastmasters PPs Stan Low, Dr Shahul & Dr Lip Kee

A toast to the President of the Republic of Singapore

Mr Kim Whye Kee receives the Artisan of the Year Trophy from IPP Keith From left: PE Deepak, Mr Kim, IPP Keith & Rtn Uttam

From left: Toastmasters PP Stan Low, PP Dr Shahul Hameed & PP Dr Yap Lip Kee

A Toast to the President of the Republic of Singapore

Major Project Cheque Presentation to FootballPlus Singapore From left: Rtn Uttam, Rtn James Lee, Mr

Andy Lim, Mr Loh Ngiap Tai & IPP Keith

Rotarian of the Year, PP Peter Tan receives the Dr Ee Peng Liang Trophy from IPP Keith, as MC Rtn Uttam looks on






A friendly wave from newly installed President Mark

IPP Keith receives the Leo Cresson Trophy from President Mark

President Mark presents a bouquet of flowers to Minister Indranee Rajah






Rtn Willi

From right: President Mark, Rtn Uttam & IPP Kim Aarespup

From left: President Mark presented the Club’s banners to IPP Kim, Rtns Chhalani & Peter Barnesby

Last Week – Report on the Wednesday Meeting – 25 July 2018 OPENING REMARKS Acting Sergeant-at-Arms (SAA) was none other than IPP Keith Harrison who called the meeting to order and invited invited President Mark Wang to take the Chair. President Mark warmly welcomed the Speaker Ms Aziza Ali as well as Honorary Member Rtn Mohan Vaswani to the meeting.

WELCOME Duty of welcoming guests of members and visiting Rotarians fell to Rtn Willi Hess: Guests Speaker, Ms Aziza Ali Ms Aarti Wadhwa Ms Emily Wee Visiting Rotarians IPP Kim Aarespup – Pandrup, Denmark Peter Barnesby – Albany Port, Australia Dr D R Chhalani – Bikaner, India

TOAST Toastmaster Rtn Uttam Kripalani invited visiting Rotarian, IPP Kim Aarespup to address the Club. IPP Kim advised that it was the first time he has ever visited another Rotary Club. He advised that his club, the Rotary Club of Pandrup was small with about 30 members, but has several activities including an exchange programme for students from Australia. Rtn Uttam led the toast to the Pandrup club coupled with the toast to R I.

PRESENTATION OF BANNERS

Last Week

ATTENDANCE MAKE-UP

Both PP Jimmy Ooi and Hon

Treasurer Horst Hagemann

attended the weekly meeting

of Rotary Club of Bangkok on

26 July 2018, as a make up for

missing the Club’s weekly

meeting of 25 July.





From right: President Mark, Rtn Varun Gulati & PP Dr Shahul

INDUCTION OF A NEW MEMBER President Mark had the pleasant task of inducting the first new member to the Club for this Rotary year. Rtn Varun Gulati was introduced by PP Dr Shahul Hameed. Rtn Varun was born and brought up in India, New Delhi. He has done his masters from FORE school of management Delhi in finance and has been a banker since 2003. He is married and is blessed with a daughter earlier this year. He has worked in 3 locations namely Delhi, Dubai and Singapore. He has been living in Singapore since 2011 and is currently employed with the private banking division of Deutsche bank. He has been involved in various Charity / CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiatives including but not limited to financial literacy for less privileged, Ntuc silver ace, food distribution in Singapore etc. Rtn Varun is an avid sports man who has active interest in Cricket, Tennis, Badminton and Running. Rtn Varun’s classification is Wealth Management: Private Banking and was recommended to join the International Service Committee.

UPCOMING INSTALLATION DATES OF INTERACT/ROTARACT CLUBS Members were encouraged to attend the following Interact/ Rotaract Clubs’ Installations: School Date Time Venue

Hwa Chong Institution 1 August 1600-1900hrs Lecture Theatre 3 (JC Section)

Bukit Gombak EAGLES 19 August 1030-1230hrs Hillview CC [Multi-Purpose Hall-(MPH)]

Rotaract Club of Temasek 4 August 1030-1230hrs Hillview CC (MPH)

UPCOMING INSTALLATION DATES OF SISTER CLUBS Members were also encouraged to attend the following Installations/Charter celebrations of Sister Clubs: Sister Clubs Date

RC Cauayan 4 August RC Bandar Seri Begawan 11 August RC Kuala Lumpur DiRaja 25 August RC Rizal West 1 September RC Taipei 3 December

Last Week





Speaker Ms Aziza Ali with President Mark

From left: Rtn Peter Koh, Ms Aziza Ali & President Mark

Rtn Sylvia

President Mark invited Rtn Sylvia Chung to

introduce the Guest Speaker, Ms Aziza Ali who is a former restaurant owner and chef. She is now a food consultant, artist (she has held two solo exhibitions) and an author of four books on food and heritage. She is also a very special event organiser incorporating food and heritage themes for the past 15 years. She is a well sought after speaker and has given talks at the National Museum, Libraries, Universities and other Rotary Clubs. Ms Aziza thanked President Mark and PP

Jimmy Ooi for the invitation to speak at the Club and added that she would try to squeeze

her talk on her life experiences to the allocated 20 minutes! She spoke briefly of her restaurant, a well known Malay restaurant in Singapore opened in 1979. Ms Aziza recounted many interesting stories of her catering experiences in New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA and Canada. She added that her food journey had given her the opportunity to meet so many people in various unfamiliar countries. Ms Aziza graciously answered questions posed to her by members at the end of her talk.

President Mark called on Rtn Peter Koh to extend the Club’s vote of thanks to the Speaker. Rtn Peter noted that Ms Aziza was an exceptional speaker, speaking on Singapore’s best topic, that is – food! He added that it was a privilege to have Ms Aziza speak to the Club.

Last Week

Speaker: Ms Aziza Ali Topic: “My Life Journey with Food, Books & Art”





RC sends best wishes to Birthday celebrants next week: Hon Member PP Raymon Huang VSC Director Ronil Sujan James Lee PP Dr Winston Oh Vijai Parwani President Mark Wang Michelle Pearce Dr M C Tong

August Membership and New Club Development Month 1 August – Luncheon meeting

cancelled in lieu of evening meeting 1 August – Hwa Chong Institution

Interact Club installation 4 August – Rotaract Club of Temasek

Installation at Hillview CC 4 August – RC Cauayan’s Installation 11 August – RC Bandar Seri

Begawan’s Installation 25 August – RC Kuala Lumpur

DiRaja’s Installation 19 August – Bt Gombak Eagles

Interact Club installation at Hillview CC

September Basic Education and Literacy Month 1 September - RC Rizal West’s

Installation 18 September – 2

nd Club Assembly

19 September – DG Henry Tan’s

Official Visit

October Economic and Community Development Month

12-14 October – Help the Children

Project in Malang and Batu, Indonesia

Coming Rotary Events

There are no Wedding Anniversary celebrants this week.

Gunter Stockmann

Anniversary Celebrants

Birthday Celebrants

This Meeting

Next Meeting

Community Service

Meeting

Mark Your Diary

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Pres Garry hands a Club banner to Rtn Rodrigo

1 August 2018 1st Evening Meeting

Reception Desk duty: Deblina Chatterjee, Anindya Dutta Sunshine Box: Hena Hoda, S “Mali” Malaiappan

Speaker: Mr Adrian Guttridge, CEO, Blockchain Warehouse Topic: Crypto-Currency Just a Fad?

Vocational Service

Meeting

8 August 2018

Reception Desk duty: IPP Keith Harrison, Bertrand De Mil Sunshine Box: Connie Ho, PE Deepak Nagrani

Speaker: PDG Danny Low, Disaster Aid Australia Rep. RI District 9685 Topic: Ultra Filtration System to supply clean & safe drinking water

Vocational Service Committee (VSC) Meeting scheduled for Thursday, 9 August will be postponed in view of the National Day public holiday. Details of the next VSC Meeting will be circulated when confirmed.

Community Service Committee Meeting will be held as follows:

Date: Thursday, 2 August Time: 6.30 – 7.30pm followed by dining in the Dar Experience from 7.30pm onwards Venue: SAVH, 47 Toa Payoh Rise, S298104





BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018/2019

President Mark Wang

Immediate Past President Keith Harrison

President Elect Deepak Nagrani

Vice President (Public Relations) Hassan Moosa

Vice President (Membership) Rajkumar Perumal Suppiah

Hon. Secretary (Administration) Connie Ho

Hon. Treasurer (Finance) Horst Hagemann

Directors

Chair, Community Service Dr Rupesh Agrawal

Chair, Vocational Service Ronil Sujan

Chair, International Service Dr Chan Siew Luen

Chair, New Generations Service Dr Hoh Sek Tien

Director (Club Rotary Foundation) Manish Tibrewal

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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