December 2010
Joint meeting with Rotary Club of Sentosa
On 30th December 2010, the Rotary Club of Changi and the Rotary Club of Sentosa
held a joint meeting at Orchard Hotel, Singapore. This was also attended by members
of RC Bukit Timah and RC Singapore North and it was enjoyed by all present.,
Inside this issue:
Farewell Dinner for Sue Bastone 2
Rotary Club of Changi’s AGM
Medical Camp, Johor
3
January Programme
3
RI District 3310 Conference
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22nd December 2010
Our AGM held on 22 December 2010 was attended by16
Election of Office Bearers
members out of a membership of 29. It was held in the usual The members elected for RY 2011/12 were:meeting room in Serangoon Gardens Country Club.
President:
Teo Cheng Kwee
President-elect: Stephen Tan Eng Hoe
After the confirmation of Minutes, approvals of the Board of
Vice President: Anthony Tan Ah Seng
Directors’ report and financial statement of account for the
Hon. Secretary: Ho Lik Khui
previous Rotary Year, President Koo Mong Ing gave a brief
Treasurer:
Dr. Gong Ing San
summary of our Club’s activities for his first half year in
Sgt-at-arms:
Chin Cheong
office. Thereafter, PP Boh recommended that the Club Leadership Plan (CLP) as recommended by RI as administrative
Board Members (one-year term)
structure for Rotary Clubs, be implemented from RY
Jack Tan Why Kuang
2011/2012. Amongst the reasons mentioned are ensuring
Albert Kwa Cheng Song
continuity in leadership and also relying on less manpower to
Marcus Lee Weiren
fill up its executive positions. PP Boh outlined the CLP orKoh Wee Son
Jack Tan Hian Yong
ganization structure, with standing committees recommended.
This CLP Committees shall report to the Club’s Board
which shall consist of the President, PE, VP, IPP, Secretary, Treasurer and five Board Members. The club
members present accepted this structure unanimously.
Club Committee Chairs (three-year term)
Administration:
Wong Kwai Wah
Service Projects:
Wong Khen Jee
Membership:
Andrew Tan Beng Hwee
Public Relation:
Boh Tuang Sim
Rotary Foundation: Dr. Gong Ing San
The members present unanimously elected the members proposed. Auditor appointed was PP Andrew
Tan
Congratulations to the members elected.
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Farewell Dinner for Sue Bastone
Rotarian Sue Bastone enjoyed her last meeting with the Rotary Club of
Changi on 15th December 2010 before her return to Tasmania. After two
years with the club, and holding the honour of being the Club's second
female member, a Perenakan meal was organised for her farewell dinner
which was well attended by members and spouses. After several
speeches in which members and past presidents expressed their regards
for Sue, she was presented with a beautiful gift as a token of appreciation for her hard work as the Voice Of Changi’s Editor.
Sue will be greatly missed by all members, and we wish her all the very
best in Tasmania. A trip to visit her is currently being arranged for
March 2011.
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Medical Camp, Johor
14th November 2010
The Medical Camp held on 14 November 2010 at Perling, Johor was a joint Charity Project by the Rotary Clubs of
Kulai, Pasir Gudang and Changi to provide free medical treatments to the under-privileged residents in that small
town. The well planned and successful effort of the Rotarians had benefitted a total of 255 grateful people.
January programme 2011
Wednesday 5th
Club Fellowship Dinner
Beng Hiang Restaurant
Wednesday 12th
Talk: ‘Elevators On The Air’
Speaker: Mr Loo Kum Hong
Wednesday 19th
Talk: “The New YearCharity Programme’
(A Rotary Family Service Centre Project)
Speaker: Mr Palani Raja
Wednesday 26th
Talk: ‘Greening of Singapore’
Speaker: Rotarian Maria Boey
20th RI District 3311 Conference
The 20th District Conference held
this year was indeed a conference
with a difference. It was held in
Bangkok from 3-5 December 2010
at the Emerald Hotel and was attended by 316 Rotarians and
spouses. Our Club’s delegation comprised of 9 members and 3 spouses.
The number of members attending
could have been 10 had our PP Dr
Gong not been held back in Singapore due to an urgent life-saving
surgery during that time.
Koh, who has a factory in Bangkok
and is no stranger there.
The keen golfers amongst our delegates who were in Bangkok a day
earlier enjoyed 2 rounds of golfing
and private dinners which were arranged by our member Rtn W S
During the welcome dinner on Friday 3rd December evening, the many
Conference delegates were treated to
a ‘Grand Siam Niramit Extravaganza’. It was a spectacular world-
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class performance of Thailand’s
unique arts and cultural heritage using state of art technology.
The Guest of Honour was RI President’s Representative Past RIVP Gary
Huang was invited by president of the Conference, DG K A Abraham to
declare the Conference open in the morning of 4th December. Following his
opening address, several speeches were made by several outstanding Rotarians who gave Rotary knowledge from different angles before the official lunch. We were indeed privileged to have RIPP Bhichai Rattakul to be
one of the keynote speakers.
This Conference which was organized by members of Rotary
Club of Marina City (DG Abraham’s Club) was well planned
and enjoyable to the participants. There were opportunities to
enjoy warm fellowship and networking. There were six Plenary Sessions and five Workshop Sessions