PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

The acting President informed the Rotarians that the incoming President of RI is John Kenny, an Irish. His theme is ‘The future of Rotary is in your hands’. The incoming RI President has the following priorities in his year of office:
1. Health and Hunger
2. Water and Sanitation
3. Literacy

The 75th RI District 3300 Assembly will be held from 17th April to 19th April at MS Garden Hotel, Kuantan. The host club is RC Indera Mahkota with 5 other partner clubs. The RCPJ will be presented. The PE, VP, Treasurer and Secretary will attend this Assembly. Other Rotarians are also invited to participate. Prior to this, the Pre-PETS 2 will be scheduled from 27th Feb to 1st March at the Holiday Villa, Jalan Ampang. Our PE will attend.

At our club level, the Probationers’ Seminar will be held on Saturday, 7th Feb. from 9.00 a.m. to noon at Sri Aman. The Interact Club of SA will play hosts to the six Interact Clubs. The purpose of this seminar is to inculcate in our Interactors their roles and commitment to the Interact movement.

The Chinese New Year Cheer is scheduled on Friday, 6th Feb. at SRJK Sg. Way. Rotarians and Anns are encouraged to attend. The International Nite, featuring Mexican food and fanfare will be held on the 6th March at Sheraton Subang. PP Goh Seng Chuan is the chairman of this function. Please support the Club by your participation.

The constant news reports in the local dailies about some public figures are depressing. They are involved in acts that cast doubts over their moral values. They become the talk of town and banter of jokes among the town folk. Rightly so, ordinary people have high expectations of their leaders. They put them on a pedestal. People become disappointed and disillusioned when these public figures let them down.

What I don’t understand is that the people who have shadows of doubt in their characters or past misdemeanour still want to stand for office. Don’t they have a self-monitoring mechanism? I should strongly suggest that people who want to hold public office must undergo a screen test on moral values before their names are put up. I’m sure there are lots more people who are clean and worthy to hold public office.

I think moral values are important in a society so that we are not criticized and be made targets of ridicule.

There was no scheduled speaker this week. But Tara was kind enough to volunteer to talk about his experiences in air travel. But the A380 was something else. The comfort and the service in the business class were unbelievable. But not for a price! I think it was at least RM30,000 for a seat.

Our Rotarians enjoyed the little talk that was delivered in a light-hearted manner. Of course, there were some naughty questions.