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Being President – by HM PP Raymon Huang

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Volume 56 Issue No. 5

5 August 2019

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Report on Wed. 31 July

2019 Meeting

IPP Mark Wang & PDG Dr Philbert Chin

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HM PP Raymon Huang

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Being President

By: Honorary Member (HM) Past President (PP) Raymon Huang

First, sincere congratulations to President Deepak Nagrani on his assumption as our 85th President. Our best wishes to First Lady Bianca too.

Being President of a Rotary Club is not just a one-year tenure. It is a three-year commitment – personal commitment. From Day 1 that you are PE. When you are President, there is no need to elaborate the Presidential duties and expectations – the challenges and the intense work involved; the planning and the participation; the need to lead by example. That over, as IPP (Immediate Past President), the involvement and the contributions are expected to go on. As it should all be.

So it is with IPP Mark Wang. He has just passed the Presidential baton to President Deepak.

As IPP, I asked him to reflect upon his Presidency (RY18/19), do some self-examination in the process, and recollect some of the hurrahs and the sob-sobs. Not easy to do both. In this context I posed to him 6 questions.

(1) Raymon: Overall, have you been happy with your Presidency?

IPP Mark: Yes, definitely. I have enjoyed my Presidency. It has been a colourful year in a role unlike any I ever played. I stepped into the Presidency as a last-minute replacement, and I was woefully short on experience. I was a President with the least Rotary tenure. So I did have many missteps! I had to fall back on my training as an economist and my experience as a multi-national corporation executive. An example of a simple misstep – I did not know I had to buy the current year Rotary pins for members. But this was remedied. And helming a voluntary organisation and working with a team of other volunteers who were themselves busy bees, and getting things done, has been a most rewarding experience.

Comments: Well put, IPP! Candid.

(2) R: On your Presidential journey, what would you consider your foremost success among the multi-faceted service performed?

IPP M: At my Installation, I said that I respected tradition, and pledged to “be a President for all Rotarian members, across the board; old and new; active and rare shows; vocal or silent; project-centric or fellowship-centric”. I believe that I have honoured that Rotary tradition and fulfilled my pledge in the performance of my duties as President.

Over and above that, I attended all District events and two RI conventions, back to back, and participated in a large number of projects, local and overseas – in particular India and Indonesia. A pleasant surprise: I was informed I was a Major Donor, five years ahead of my schedule.

Comments: Great!

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(3) R: On the reverse side, what would you deem your most difficult one? Why?

IPP M: The sheer workload! The preparation for the endless meetings I attended – 10 formal meetings each month; District meetings, Cross-Club meetings, Sister-Club meetings, etc. A bug bear was time constraint, both for me and my Directors. So delegation and division of labour sometimes stalled. I am thankful to those other members who stepped in to help, and grateful to Club members for their patience.

Comments: As I often said, the Presidential path is never a bed of roses!

(4) R: Most of us feel you have done a great job. Yet there are others who feel you gave too much time to entities abroad, resulting in falling attendances at home. Your comments?

IPP M: I humbly thank the first group. You make it all worthwhile. I disagree with the second group. The fact is I spent very little time abroad. Almost all installations were at the beginning of the Rotary Year, and on week-ends. Yes. I did spend some time in Taiwan, attending Taipei RC’s 70th Anniversary and Tatung RC’s 30th Anniversary celebrations, during which time I also explored the possibility of a Chinese version of our Book of Humour. There were the Pan-Borneo meetings and the DISCON, as well the District Assembly. At home I did make Herculean efforts to better things vis-à-vis our Club meetings, and put several resolutions to members. Yes, attendance could be higher. But we have had a robust year as a Club.

Comments: Pleasing everybody is not possible!

(5) R: As IPP you will need to be much involved in the leadership structure of the Club. Any particular plans in this area?

IPP M: Having enjoyed the great help of my IPP Keith, I will certainly do my part as an IPP.

Comments: Touche!

(6) R: Now that the Presidential duties are lifted off your shoulders, you must be relieved. A few words on that, please.

IPP M: I very much look forward to simply being a Rotarian, one among over a million around the world. This is what Rotary is all about. There are so many meaningful and rewarding activities to participate in. And I have only just scratched the surface. I intend to resume organising ISC projects in China.

Comments: The spirit of Rotary is well embedded in you.

Thank you, IPP Mark for your leadership this past Rotary Year. Indeed, our Club has been agog with so many service activities. Your Board of Directors too has been examples to emulate. We record our appreciation to all Directors too. Last but not least, three cheers for Tracey too.





Rtn Dr Chan Siew Luen

Last Week – Report on the Meeting – Wednesday 31 July 2019 OPENING REMARKS Sergeant-at-Arms Rtn Horst Hagemann was present to open the Meeting and invited President Deepak Nagrani to take the Chair. President Deepak warmly thanked Rtn Uttam Kripalani for conducting the very sucessful and enjoyable Rotary Speed Fellowship programme prior to the start of the meeting. He further thanked FreeFlow Events for sponsoring the evening’s whiskey samplings.

WELCOME Director Dr Chan Siew Luen welcomed the following guests of members and visiting Rotarians: Guests: Speaker, Mr Vinit Sarangdhar 1st Lady Bianca Nagrani, Mrs Anita Hathiramni, Mrs Irene Hennedige, Mrs Laxmi Kripalani, Mrs Kawita Vaswani, Mr Viraj Chhabra (son of Rtn Vivek), Mr Jason Liao & Mr Noah Wong (Global Vision), Ms Venus Teo-Lim, Ms Brigitte Ranieri, Mr Xavier Brhviere & Mr David Wang Visiting Rotarians: President Dr Indranil Sala – Murshidabad Anjlika Chopra – Delhi, India

TOAST & EXCHANGE OF BANNER

Last Week

Raising a toast to Rotary Club of Murshidabad in District 3291

coupled with the toast to Rotary International

Exchange of Banner - from left: Toastmaster PP Dr Shahul Hameed,

President Dr Indranil Sala (RC Murshidabad) and President Deepak

Visit from Youth Ambassadors representing Rotary Clubs from British

Columbia, Canada. From left – Pres. Deepak, Mr Noah Wong, Mr Jason Liao

and VP Bala Venkatesan





President Deepak presented IPP Mark Wang with a framed photograph of him together with his Board of Directors taken at the Installation Dinner on 29.6.19

Birthday celebrants - starting with Rtn Yong Poh Shin who recently turned 80, IPP Mark, Rtn Vijai Parwani with President Deepak

First Lady Bianca (centre) visited Honorary Member (HM) PP Raymon & Mrs Jessie Huang on

his 93rd

birthday on 31.7.19

HM PP Raymon cutting his birthday cake which was specially baked by First Lady Bianca for the occasion

PRESENTATION OF GIFT TO IPP MARK

BEST WISHES TO OUR BIRTHDAY CELEBRANTS

Last Week





From left: President Deepak, VP Bala Venkatesan & Mr Sarangdhar

Rtn Dr Hans Schniewind

President Deepak called on Rtn Dr Hans Schniewind to introduce the Guest Speaker, Mr Vinit Sarangdhar who founded Alpha Quest Pte. Ltd., a Singapore based independent investment advisory (IAM) firm. Mr Sarangdhar not only manages global investment portfolios for high net worth investors, he also conducts training in private banks in the region and speaks at industry events. He has worked in financial markets in various banks in Mumbai and Singapore for twenty two years. Areas of his experience and expertise are currency trading, portfolio management, structured products and derivatives. Mr Sarangdhar holds a Masters in Physics and a Masters in Management Studies.

In his talk, Mr Sarangdhar noted that wealth management has been evolving rapidly in Asia over the last decade. He further added that current economic expansion, well supported by central banks around the world, was leading to extensive growth of financial and real assets. Also of note was the availability of capital which was fueling technological revolution led by smart phones, big data, cloud, artificial intelligence and block chain.

However, the question put forward by Mr Sarangdhar was “Does this whole revolution result into more wealth creation for me?” He proceeded to share some of his guidelines and rules to answer that question. Next, he spoke on how the world of investments was changing with various opportunities, access, products and platforms. Mr Sarangdhar also highlighted how these changes have impacted the age old principles of investments and shared some evaluations of the impact and the path ahead for investors. President Deepak invited Vice President Bala Venkatesan who warmly thanked Mr Vinit Sarangdhar for a fantastic talk on a very difficult topic.

Speaker: Mr Vinit Sarangdhar, Founder, Alpha Quest Pte. Ltd.

Topic: “How to invest in a world of old age principles and new

age technology”

Speaker, Mr Vinit Sarangdhar

Last Week

















Help the Children 2019 – An Invitation …contd.





RC sends best wishes to Birthday celebrants this week:

Dr M C Tong

Hon. Member PP Dr Patrick Chin

Isabel Lee

August Membership and New Club Development Month

17 August – Family Walk & CSC

Event – “Kopi with Friends” at Society for the Aged Sick @10am* 22 August – CSC Event – “Dine in the

Dark” at SAVH @6pm* 23 August – Sister Club, R C Kuala

Lumpur DiRaja’s Installation 24 August – VSC Event – Junior

Engineers @3pm* 30 August – Happy Hour

*Service Events

September Basic Education and Literacy Month 6 – 8 Sept – Help the Children Project in Malang and Batu, Indonesia* 28 Sept – Family Zumba

October Economic and Community Development Month

Coming Rotary Events

There are no Wedding Anniversary celebrants this week

Gunter Stockmann

Anniversary Celebrants

Birthday Celebrants

This Meeting

Next Meeting

Committee

Meetings

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Pres Garry hands a Club banner to Rtn Rodrigo

7 August 2019

Reception Desk duty: T K Chew, Joseph Chia Sunshine Box: Anne Maria Gutierrez, Sunil Kalra Speaker: PP Elsie Chua, Ms Wheeki Goh & Mr James Leong from Rotary Learning Institute Topic: “Upskill Yourself and Upgrade the Community”

14 August 2019

Reception Desk duty: PP Chiang Shih Fang, Robert Craiu Sunshine Box: Anindya Dutta, Michael Haughey Speaker: Mr Kamal Dollah, Winner of the Club’s Artisan of Year Award 2019 Topic: “The Art of Batik-Painting”

GIFT OF LIFE Children with cardiac problems

to get help from Rotary’s District 3300 & 3310

A full set of 3 editions - Book of Humour, Best of Humour & Bank of Humour, come in a beautifully designed box housing this set for only $25.00 Please order a few sets of books for the Gift of Life Project, and place your orders with : Hon. Member Rtn Rewa Mirpuri @ tel: 6241 9157 or email: [email protected]

All Service Committee Meetings at Grand Hyatt Singapore From 7.00pm to 8.00pm

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Wednesday, 7 August

VOCATIONAL SERVICE: Wednesday, 14 August INTERNATIONAL SERVICE: Wednesday, 21 August YOUTH SERVICE: Wednesday, 28 August



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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2019/2020

President Deepak Nagrani

Immediate Past President Mark Wang

President Elect Dinesh Sharma

Vice President (Community & International Service) See Mee Lee

Vice President (Vocational & Youth Service) Bala Venkatesan

Hon. Secretary (Administration) Shamin Vaswani

Hon. Treasurer (Finance) S “Mali” Malaiappan

Directors

Chair, Community Service Dr Chan Siew Luen

Chair, Vocational Service Stuart Pearce

Chair, International Service Mamta Shahani

Chair, New Generations Service Ronald Wong

Director (Club Rotary Foundation) James Lee

Director (Rotary Spirit) Rajkumar Perumal Suppiah

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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