ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congrats to our new Board of Directors for 2010-11: President Ln David Kwah, VP1 Ln Lawrence Leong and VP2 Ln Dr Prushothaman. The new Secretary is Ln Joseph Ooi and Ln Albert Kok has been retained as Treasurer for another year. Ln Vivien Hoong is the new Lion Tamer and PP Dr Anthony Ng is the new Tail Twister. The Membership Director is Ln R Vanitha, while the Directors are PP Ln Alan Low, PP Ln Ashley Chan, PP Ln Suchdev and Ln New Gee Keng.

The installation of our BOD will be jointly done with six other clubs on 21 August at Tropicana Banquet Hall, Ipoh. Advertisements in the souvenir magazine are most welcome as funds raised will support our service activities.

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Congrats to our Past President Ln Dr Anthony Ng on being appointed as District Chairperson for Environmental Services! He is the founding partner of Friends of EM, an environmental group promoting a greener Earth using effective microorganisms. Ln Dr Ng was installed during the inauguration of District Governor Hudson Hah in the presence of HRH Raja Jaafar, the Raja DiHilir of Perak on 17 July 2010.

With President David proactively leading the club, invitations to three guests have been approved and we hope they will accept membership and be inducted soon!

Sight-screening was held on 18 July for residents of Desa Impiana, Ipoh. This was done in support of the local residents' association. At the same time, deworming tablets were given to all children present. Also at the project was a table supporting environmentalism with Friends of EM.

The photo of our new BOD will be posted once the photo is taken on 19 July 2010 at James Photo!

The 2010-11 Board of Directors consists of

- President David Kwah (seated, center)

- IPP KM Chuah (seated, third from left)

- 1st VP Lawrence Leong (seated, third from right)

- 2nd VP Dr JR Purushothaman (seated, second from left)

- Secretary Joseph Ooi (seated, second from right)

- Treasurer Albert Kok (seated, first from left)

- Lion Tamer Vivien Hoong (seated, first from right)

- Tail Twister PP Dr Anthony Ng (standing, third from left)

- Membership Director R Vanitha (standing, third from right)

- Director PP Alan Low (standing, second from left)

- Director PP Ashley Chan (standing, second from right)

- Director PP Suchdev Singh (standing, first from left)

- Director GK New (standing, first from right).

May 2010-11 be another great year of service for our club!!

We have TWINNED since Aug 18 2007. If you are going to Singapore on business or pleasure, do contact members of our sister club, the Lions Club of Singapore Evergreen! For their contacts, please ask PP Lion Alan Low, our International Relations Committee Chairperson. They will be coming over to celebrate our Anniversary in Dec 2010 and to do a joint project for two children homes. For details to join us, contact Lion Alan.

Promote our club's Cancer Awareness T-shirt! Grab this beautifully-designed limited edition red-trimmings-on-black t-shirt now! Collect from Lion Albert today!! Donate RM30 or more towards our cancer fund. The t-shirt is fully sponsored by an anonymous wellwisher.

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