Bulletin Issue 22 / Dec 2013

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1 Chartered 13 August 1980 Meeting: The Singapore Cricket Club, Every Tuesday 12.45pm RI Calendar / DECEMBER: Rotary Family Month Bulletin Issue 22 / Dec 2013 Lunch Meeting on 10 th Dec 2013 RCRC is renewing itself with a bumper crop of new members. Following the recent inductions of Rtns Jacky Wong & Florian Weidinger is the induction of Rtn Andrew Schleider. After the induction of Rtn Andrew, Pres Jeffrey Chan personally introduced every member as well as visiting PDG Chris Chen to our newest member. The other event was the talk by our guest speaker, Supt Patrick Ng, Chief Executive of the Industrial and Services Cooperative Society Ltd (ISCOS) on Welfare of prisoners & their families. The compelling statistic which caught the audience s attention was that local & international studies reveal a strong inter-generational offending by youths whose parents or close relatives are incarcerated in prison. The local study conducted in Singapore in 2007 reveals that children of incarcerated parents are 8 times more likely to offend than rate of the general population. It also reveals that child offending is 5 times higher AFTER the father s release from prison. ISCOS was established in 1989 by the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprise (SCORE) under the purview of Ministry of Home Affairs. The primary aim of ISCOS is to provide seamless aftercare support to ex-offenders as they return & reintegrate into society. To date ISCOS has provided assistance to over 13,000 members through various programmes & services. Mr Ng than focused on their Fairy Godparent Programme which seeks to break the cycle of inter-generational offending among children of ex-offenders from low income families. Essentially the assistance / mentoring are categorised under Family Support, Student Development & Home Environment. Their organisation carries out a client needs assessment to ascertain whether the child falls under high, medium or low level of needs. Mr Ng concluded his presentation with several true case studies where the Fairy Godparent Programme had made impactful assistance to help these vulnerable children to break the vicious cycle they are caught in.

2 PP Mohan Pillay in thanking our speaker pointed out that most of us will never be exposed to the needs of this group of children. It is heartening to note the valuable work that organisations like ISCOS perform & it deserve our support as Rotarians. Our Sgt-at-arm PP Mohan ably assisted by his assistant PP Aaron Tan was also highly successful in garnering a Sunshine Box contribution of S$335 from a smallish group of 19 members & guests in attendance. Photos of meeting on 10 Dec 2013 Induction of Rtn Andrew Schleider Sunshine Box contributions Guest Speaker Supt Patrick Ng of ISCOS

3 President s Column PRESIDENT S BLOG Week of 9 DECEMBER 2013 (submitted from Vietnam) Dear Members, As 2013 draws to a close, the Rotary Club of Raffles City is entering into what is probably our most active period for this Rotary Year. Our meeting of 10 December saw the welcoming into our ranks of another new member, Andrew Schleider. Andrew is a leading corporate lawyer with the US law firm of Sherman & Sterling. Most importantly to us he is a keen golfer and will surely boost the golfing prowess of our club. Andrew is now the only American member of our club. Given the very American roots of the Rotary Movement, an American member is something that is sorely missed. Happily this has been addressed. Hopefully, through Andrew, we can have a few more American members to join in our very international fellowship of members. Our guest speaker, Mr Patrick Ng, Chief Executive of the Industrial and Services Cooperative Society Ltd (ISCOS) informed us of an area of need where many of us have little knowledge of. This is the needs of ex-prisoners and their families, who are often among the most dispossessed among the needy in our society. The difficulties faced on a day to day basis by this group of the needy are sad indeed. Patrick mentioned the relationship between dyslexia and criminality, something that we, who established the Dyslexia Association of Singapore, are not aware of. This is an area that we as a club can assist in addressing and I have asked Dirk Lenz, Vocational Service Director, to see what our club can do in this area. Very quickly after this meeting we will be having our Annual Visit to the Red Cross Home for the Disabled on Sunday 15 December and, on the very next day 16 December, all of us will be gathering for our Annual Major Project, the Charity Film Show of "The Hobbits: The Desolation of Smaug". The major beneficiary of this fund raiser will be the Simei Care Centre with the Dyslexia Association of Singapore and the Crohn and Colitis Society of Singapore as the other beneficiaries. At last count all tickets are sold out. We are privileged to have our District Governor Chew Ghim Bock and his spouse Phyllis joining us for this event.

4 Then, the very next day, before we can take our breadth, we have our Annual General Meeting where the new Board for 2014/2015 will be elected. We look forward to welcoming Sigrid as our President-Elect for 2016/2017, and our second lady President in a row. To mark the occasion, the Cricket Club will be dishing out its Christmas menu, complete with turkey, ham and log cake. That will be our final meeting for But that is not the end of this very busy and exciting 2013 for our club. The day after that, Wednesday18 Dec is our club's annual golf tournament at the Seletar Country Club, followed by a sumptuous dinner arranged for by Johnson Tan. Our final club event for the year will be our Annual Christmas Party to be held on 20 December at the residence of PP Chin Koy Nam. Koy Nam is hosting this meeting to commemorate the recent wedding of his daughter Wei Shan. All of us should make an effort to attend this final club event of the year. The very last Rotary event of 2013 for all of us would be the Rotary Family Day on 28 December at the MDIS campus at Stirling Rd. This is when all the Rotarians of Singapore get together with our families and each other for a time of good food and fellowship as a highlight of the Rotary Family Month. This is an event not to be missed and is a quintessential part of the Rotary experience. The final month of 2013 is thus a very busy month for all of us. We should all make it a point to participate in all these Rotary and Club events. These have been organized with great effort by Rotarians who do this not because of any expectation of reward but purely out of love and commitment to the Rotary ideals. The best way we can acknowledge their efforts and salute them for their commitment and effort is to turn up at all these events and join in with other Rotarians and their families to conclude this year by thoroughly engaging, and enjoying, Rotary. See you all at these events! Jeffrey Chan President, R C of Raffles City

5 Events Report RCRC donations to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan Following is the final breakdown on members contribution: 1. To Rotary District 3310, for distribution to the relevant Rotary Districts in Phillipines S$2, To Rotary District 3310, for the Purchase of 8 Shelterboxes to be delivered and erected at the affected areas in Philippines S$10, To Singapore Red Cross S$1,000 Total S$13,475 Prepared by Hon Treasurer PP Ron Pereira RI / District Announcement Rotary Family Day (in commemoration of December Rotary Family month) Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 Whole day Venue: MDIS Campus at Stirling Rd, Queenstown Rotarians and families, plus Interactors, Rotaractors and all friends of Rotary are encouraged to attend. There will be food and games stalls and stage shows throughout the day. This is not a fund- raiser. It is a bonding / fellowship event in conjunction with the Rotary theme for December which is Family of Rotary Month. Kindly let PP Vincent Chen posted if you are able to participate.

6 Club Announcements (in Dec 2013) Christmas turkey preparation demonstration (Date changed) Date: Sat 14 Dec pm Venue: PP Chin Koy Nam s residence Planned as a ladies event conducted by Dr Gan See Khem, spouse of Dr Chin Koy Nam. She will be demonstrating preparation of turkey for the festive season. Inform First Lady Susan at < susanchanyk@yahoo.com.sg > if you / your spouse are able to join in. Alternative liaison person is PP Wee Koon San at <weercrc@gmail.com> The dates have been changed to coincide with the weekend for the convenience of ladies who are working Christmas turkey roasting session (Date changed) Date: Sun 15 Dec pm Venue: 26, Rochalie Drive (Residence of PP Chin Koy Nam & Dr Gan See Khem) The conclusion to special cooking tips sessions by Dr Gan See Khem. Please indicate your attendance if you or your spouse would like to enjoy unique cooking fellowship. Visit to Red Cross Home for the Disabled Date: Sun 15 Dec pm Venue: 8 Lengkok Bahru #04-01 Family Bahru Planned as our annual X mas visit where RCRC Members and Families are invited to join on this visit to bring some Cheer to the Residents of the Red Cross Home for the Disabled. It is a Joint Project of RCRC s Community Service and Youth Committees and the Rotaractors from our Sponsored Rotaract Clubs of Raffles City & Ngee Ann Polytechnic will be there to spend 2 hours with the Disabled Residents, who are all bed-ridden or wheel-chair bound. We shall all go to the wards and sing Christmas Carols and Songs and distribute small presents to all the Residents. The Rotaractors will also be bringing along to RCHD food and sundries, which have been requested by the Home. RCRC will be providing $1500 to the Rotoractors to purchase the presents for the Residents and gifts for RCHD. Kindly indicate your participation to PP Ron Pereira by sms or . PP Ron would like to bring the RCRC group together to visit the ward; a tradition since 1995.

7 Charity Film Show; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Date: Mon 16 Dec pm Venue: Lido 1 cinema, Orchard Road The cost of the show is fully sponsored and tickets are being given out for donations of $50 per ticket. Please follow link for publicity on film Mon, December 16, 2013 Lido 1 Annual General Meeting Date: Tues 17 Dec pm Venue: Gilmour Room, SCC Christmas menu will be served. Highlight will be nomination & election of Board of Directors headed by PE Corina Lai in RY RCRC Annual Golf Tournament Date: Wed 18 Dec 2013 Afternoon tee time (check with convener, PP Eugene Lim) Venue: Seletar CC At stake are the Charter President Trophy & Roshen Daruwalla Trophy for the man & lady golf champion respectively. Please contact PP Eugene Lim for participation details. Cancelled lunch meetings Dates: Tues 24 Dec (Christmas Eve) & Tues 31 Dec (New Year s Eve) Tues 17 Dec 2013 which is our RCRC AGM will also be the last weekly lunch meeting for Tues 7 Jan 2014 will be our first meeting of the New Year.

8 Club Announcements (beyond Dec 2013) RCRC Events to note DECEMBER: Sat 14 Dec & Sun 15 Dec Turkey cooking demonstration by Dr Gan See Khem Sun 15 Dec Annual X mas visit to Red Cross Home for the Disabled Mon 16 Dec Charity Film Show, Lido 1 cinema The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Tues 17 Dec Annual General Meeting Wed 18 Dec Annual Golf Tournament at Seletar Country Club Fri 20 Dec RCRC Christmas Fellowship at the residence of PP Dr Chin Koy Nam JANUARY 2014 Tues 7 Jan Speaker, Colonel Gurcharan Singh; Hon. President of the Singapore Cricket Club. Topic will be on the Singapore Cricket Club. Tues 14 Jan; regular lunch meeting changed to a dinner meeting commencing at 7.00pm Tues 28 Jan Speaker, Rtn Galena Gusarevich from RC Queenstown. A former Rotary Exchange student from Russia who attended our earlier lunch meeting in late Oct will speak to us. FEBRUARY 2014 Sun 9 Feb 2014 RCRC Lunar New Year Fellowship. Venue planned is at Singapore Island Country Club, Bukit clubhouse (the one located on Sime Road off Adam Road). Time 7.00pm Tues 11 Feb 2014 Speaker, Ms Julie Lau of the Parkinson s Disease Society of Singapore. Sun 23 Feb 2014 Rotary World Understanding & Peace Day. Further details to be announced. MARCH 2014: March 2014 PETS & District Training Assembly (KSL Resorts Hotel, JB) MAY May 2014 District Conference (Bayview Beach Resorts, Penang)

9 Month Next Week: 10 Dec 2013 Desk Duty Ron Pereira 17 Dec 2013 Mohan Pillay 7 Jan 2014 Low Siew Joon 14 Jan 2014 Kaka Singh 21 Jan 2015 Sorinder Singh 28 Jan 2015 Nidhi Swarup Members Celebrations in December Birthdays Wedding Anniversaries 1 st Gerald Lim 4 th Frankie Tan 19 th Chin Koy Nam 11 th Ron Pereira 26 th Johnson Tan 11 th Wee Koon San 28 th Dirk Lenz 11 th Daniel Low 17 th Joseph Foo 18 th Russi Ghadiali 18 th Dirk Lenz 25 th Johnson Tan 26 th Philbert Chin

10 Before We End Malaysia Best Ten Durians The selection of the best 10 Malaysian durians is based on durian epicurean. Malaysian durians now command better prices and profits too. Enjoy the countdown... Number 10 Kulit Hijau Almost similar to Lipas Kuning. Kulit Hijau taste is rich, sweet and creamy but the flesh is slightly hard and yellowish white in colour. Number 9 Amy Yip Amy Yip disguises its rich and sweet taste under spherical shape skin of long thorns. You will find delicious 1-4 cloves per pod in there too!

11 Number 8 Penang D24 With the shape of a heart, this type of durian is soft and creamy in texture and it comes with deliciously sweet and creamy taste too! Number 7 XO Durian Really creamy and taste so much better.

12 Number 6 ThRaka It's also called 竹脚. High quality fragrant durian with small seeds. Sweet & acrid taste. Apologise for repeat posting. In the next issue the top 5 durians will be revealed. End of Bulletin