RCRC Lunch Meeting on 21 st April 2009

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1 RCRC Lunch Meeting on 21 st April 2009 Lunch meeting was chaired by PE Steven Teng. It was dedicated to our secretaries in celebration of Secretaries Week. CP Low Siew Joon did the honours of presenting roses & gifts to all three ladies attending meeting. PE Steven reported on his recent participation of President Elect Training at District Assembly in Malacca. (Pres Raja would be pleased to note that his successor is officially trained to replace him for next Rotary Year!). Rtn Thomas Graf performed duty of Sgt-at-arms and cheerfully extracted Sunshine Box contribution of $176. Meeting was attended by 13 members, 2 Visiting Rotarians & 1 guest. Photos of Lunch Meeting of 21 Apr 2009 PE Steven Teng chairing meeting & Rtn Thomas Graf as Sgt-at-arms

2 Happy Secretary Week Governor s Citation for PP Ron Pereira for RY 2008/2009

3 IPP Johnson Tan s visit to RC Taipeh North East on 13 April 2009 Photo of meeting with Dr Rashid, RC Luyang Bulletin Editor was delivering dental lectures in Kota Kinabalu last week to local dentists & met up with his counterpart, Dr Rashid. He sends our sister club RC Luyang s best wishes to RCRC. Unfortunately their proposed Medical Dental Mission next month will not have our support as there are conflicts of schedule with participating doctors from RCRC.

4 Club Announcements Request for photographs of members youth As members will have known by now, the theme for PE Steven Teng s Installation is a retro one circa 60s-70s era. He is appealing for members to submit to him photographs of themselves & their respective spouses in their late teens to early twenties age. This exercise should be a visually interesting one. Rotary Club of Raffles City- Vocational visit for New Generations 2009 Date: Sat 23 May 2009 Objective: To provide an opportunity for Interactors to see the various avenues available in the medical vocation. Name of hospital: Regency Specialist Hospital Sdn Bhd Address: No.1, Jalan Suria, Bandar Seri Alam, Masai,Johor,Malaysia Brief of the tour: The tour will be conducted by a nursing manager and at various stations the heads of department, such as laboratory, radiology, physiotherapy, accountant, business office and medical and surgical specialists of different disciplines.

5 Program: Time Description Remarks 0900 Meet at Newton Circus car park Depart for Johore via Tuas link 1015 est Arrive at Regency Specialist Hospital Briefing and short break before tour of hospital Tour of the hospital Lunch Bus Tour of Inskandar Development area Return to Singapore Drop off point Newton Circus Rotarians who are interested to join this tour should contact Rtn Alfred Ong so that we can make arrangements. International Service Updates Our various sister clubs will be celebrating their incoming BOD s Installation in the following months. Currently following clubs have informed us: RC Peninsula, HK 30 June 2009 RC KL DiRaja, Malaysia 5 July 2009 RC Makati North, Philippines 15 July 2009 For your attention on the dates as International Service Committee will seek your participation to join RCRC delegation to visit our foreign Rotary Club friends. RCRC 30 th Board of Directors Installation Dinner Date: Sat 1 Aug 2009 Venue: Meritus Mandarin Hotel (Orchard Road), Grand Ballroom Theme: Back to the Swinging Sixties & Seventies Guest of Honour: PDG Philbert Chin Entertainment: Matthew & The Mandarins; popular band from that era & even now The organising committee under the chairmanship of PE Steven Teng is working hard to give members & guests attending a rolling good evening! Rotary District Conference Date: Nov 2009 Venue: Pulai Springs Resort, JB, Malaysia Secretariat: RC Johor Centennial Contacts: nelsonloong@hotmail.com or fancytan1@hotmail.com

6 Birthdays in April Anniversaries in April 2 nd Daniel Low None 5 th Lim Hua Min 10 th George Abraham 15 th Vincent Chen 16 th David Ong 25 th Sorinder Singh 28 th Ron Pereira The Guide To Daily Living: Adopted for use by D3310 Conferences 1999 & 2001 Promoted for use in all clubs by D3310 Conference 2005 Submitted for consideration of the COL 2007, endorsed by D3310 Conference 2005

7 The Guide to Daily Living Before doing the things we want to do, consider first, the precept of the Guide. Ask ourselves these 4 questions and act upon them: First Second Third Fourth Have I spent some time in self-examination? Have I spent quality time with my family? Have I given the best to my work? Have I given some time to someone near and far? Interesting Snippets Understanding Accountants Q: What's the definition of an accountant? A: Someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand Q: What's the definition of a good tax accountant? A: Someone who has a loophole named after him Q: What's an extroverted accountant? A: One who looks at your shoes while he's talking to you instead of his own. End of Bulletin End of Bulletin