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NAME : DR. S. GUNASEELAN, AMP M’SHIP No : G57 DATE JOINED : 26TH SEPTEMBER 1991 No. of YEARS : 30years Dr. Gunaseelan joined the Club when he was a District Dental Officer in Parit Buntar before retiring as Timbalan Pengarah Kesihatan Negeri Trengganu (Pergigian) in 2005. He holds the helm as Swimming Section Chairman for the past 10 years. His valuable contributions, spanning approximately two decades of wonderful work to the club, specifically to the Swimming Sub-Committee is highly appreciated. His ‘can-do’ attitude has made a positive difference to the swimming arena. He have made swimming a competitive sport at club and inter-club level and at the same time motive lifesaving activities. His unfaltering energy and determination has stirred the swimming sub-committee and other sections of the club to greater heights and achievements.
NAME : DR. MICHAEL WONG HEAN KWAI, PMP, AMP, PJM M’SHIP No : W1 DATE JOINED : 19th January 1979 No. of YEARS : 42years Past President: 1984 – 1985 Past President: 1989 – 1991 Doctor Michael Wong has been a practising doctor starting his service in the Armed Forces of Malaysia and retired with the rank of Captain. During his time as a member of the Club, Doctor Michael Wong also served as a President of The New Club for the years of 1984 and 1985 holding the tenure for 2 years and returning again as President from 1989 till 1991. Doctor Michael returned as the Vice President of The New Club in 2009 and since then has held various chairmanship in Sub-Committees of Indoor Games, Line Dance as Darts. He also was instrumental in starting the Billards and Snooker Section for the benefit of our members. Doctor Michael has been returned unopposed as Vice President again for the new tenure of 2021 – 2023. We believe he will be of further service to the Club in future.
Our 127th Annual General Meeting was successfully held on 17th December 2021 @ our Club Hall. A total 164 members attended the meeting following strict SOPs procedures. Once again, we thank all attendees for your support, sharing your concerns towards the improvement of the Club and most importantly, your effort to cast your vote to elect the elite members in our General Committee. Let us welcome our new set of General Committee 2021 – 2023. President: Mr. Tang Yuet Mun, PPT – Unopposed Vice President: Dr. Micheal Wong, PMP, AMP, PJM – Unopposed Hon. Secretary: Mr. K. Subramaniam – Unopposed Hon. Treasurer: Mr. K. Rama Krishnan, AMP – Unopposed Golf Captain: Mr. K. Mohanachandran – Unopposed . General Committee Members: Mr. Lim Sweet Chin Mr. Low Fatt Lam Mr. Chia Bun Weng Mr. Goh Chee Aik Mr. Dato’ Balraaj Singh Mr. Jerry Tan Hoon Jin
On 27th December, we managed to catch up with the ‘last’ recipient of our Citation Award, Mr. Brian Morrison, who was absent during our 127th AGM held on 17th December 2021. . Nevertheless, the President was persistent to personally present the award himself to this huge but kind hearted English gentleman. . Thanks to his ever generous wife, Nyana (who is also a Citation Award winner), she too had made an effort to serve us a lovely ‘English theme’ Hi-Tea at their cozy camelot. . Brian who hails from Wallsend, UK, became our Club member in the year 2001, after completing his contract in a Power Station in Saudi Arabia. He was a former Marine Engineer and spent 25 years at sea. He had since retired and resided in Taiping with his wife. . Mr. Morrison spent no less time involving himself in our Club’s swimming activities and holds the position of Vice Chairman in the Section’s Sub-Committee team for almost 20 years. . His contributions and advise in setting up value-added Jacuzzi facility at the pool area, the installation of starter’s blocks for our young swimmers to improve their swimming skills when competing at higher levels and making priorities that the Club continued to organized Swimming Gala each year. . Other than being active in swimming activities, Mr. Morrison was also a regular face attending and supporting almost all Club functions and events held over the years. Nevertheless, he was the most sought after ‘Mr. Santa Claus’ by the children each year during the Christmas Children parties for the past 10 years. . This Citation couldn’t have come on a much better time for Brian as a Christmas gift from the Club. Here’s wishing this lovely couple a Jolly Great Christmas and many more Wonderful New Years ahead of them!!!!
NAME : MR. K. RAMA KRISHNAN, AMP M’SHIP No : R50 DATE JOINED : 18TH MARCH 1980 No. of YEARS : 41years Former Hon. Treasurer: 2001 – 2003 Hon. Treasurer: 2011 – Present (6th Term) Mr K. Rama Krishnan, AMP has been a member of the club since 1980 and is one of the oldest members of the club being a member for 41 years now. Despite his age and at a time when he should be spending with his Grandkids, he had chosen to come in as the Treasurer of our club. During this time as a Treasurer, he has made sure we the committee use your money wisely and prudently and have always had the finances of the club in good order as well as being managed correctly. Mr Rama Krishnan has been returned unopposed as Treasurer again for the new tenure of 2021 – 2023. We believe he will be of further service to the Club in future.
Another smooth and successful AGM session done yesterday evening with the attendance of more than 70 members. Other than the usual operations and financial issues being discussed in this meeting, it was also a great moment for one of our employee, Bar Captain Mr. Muniandy Muriam, aka Andy, when he was awarded with a certificate, a wooden plaque and cash after serving the Club for 51 years, the longest serving employee as well. The wooden plaque was made from a piece of teak wood we’ve salvaged during our renovation of the old Club house. The Management thought that it would be an honour for him to keep a piece of the ‘Club’ on achieving this milestone with us…..
NAME : MR. GOH CHEE AIK M’SHIP No : G46 DATE JOINED : 26th May 1982 No. of YEARS : 41 HIGHLIGHTS : Committee Member 2010 – Present : Tombola Section Chairman : Digital Media & Library Section Chairman : Food & Beverage Section Chairman : Former Darts Section Chairman Mr. Goh Chee Aik has been a member of the club since he first arrived in Taiping in the year 1982. Everyone will know who he is as the Club is as much a second home to him as his actual home. Sometimes, we have to give credit to his wife for allowing him to be the much needed eyes in the club with his presence everyday without fail. Mr. Goh was elected into the General Committee in the year 2010 and has continued to be for the past 13 years, holding the positions of Tombola Section Chairman, Digital Media & Library Section Chairman as well as the Food and Beverage Chairman. He surely is a Lady’s man in making sure they get their Tombola games running without a hitch and many I guess have become rich through the generous returns when playing the game. This wizard has not lost his touch on children too where he has organized plenty of fun activities for them in the Club. He made a point to improve our children’s intelligence by organising Reading Day, Colouring Contest and even gave them the opportunity to have fun by bringing Traditional Kampung Games into the Club. I am sure most if not all of us have received news constantly through the Digital Media as well as read the books which Mr Goh has constantly added to the Club Library. Also, it is through Mr. Goh’s hard work and constant presence that we are able to keep an eye on our F&B Section as well. With Mr. Goh’s daily visits to the club, we now enjoy great food and drinks. Throughout his tenure, he has also organised many activities under the F&B section such as our favourite ‘OctobeerFest’, the occasional ‘World Cup fun games’ and many more. A shy man who prefers to keep out of the limelight, Mr. Goh Chee Aik has always kept an eye on the F&B Section which he hold dear to his heart as well as the regular beer mug or whisky glass in his hands. So rightly, tonight we celebrate and honour the man, Mr. Goh Chee Aik for his unwavering support and hard work put in to the Club and we proudly present this Citation award to him and thank him for his service and sacrifice to the club
RAINTOWN SERENADES CHARITY PIANO RECITAL “Music helping Musicians” – The New Club, Taiping hosted a public charity concert. In conjunction with Taiping’s 150 years celebrations, the time-honoured 1885 Taiping New Club opened its doors to the public at 7:30 pm yesterday, to invite German-Taiwanese pianist Marcel Tienhao Mok to present three masterpieces of classical piano music. This “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”, as the President of the Club Mr. Tang Yuet Mun called it, turned into a festival for the senses. A diverse audience of over 200 in the fully sold-out hall was fascinated by a world-class performance of Beethoven’s majestic “Waldstein” sonata and his famous classic “Moonlight Sonata”, followed by the energy-laden sonata no. 2 which Russian composer Sergej Prokofiev had written just before the outbreak of the first world war. The good cause of the event attracted many industrial and private sponsors. Taiping’s MP YB Ong Seng Guan even had the idea of sponsoring 30 free tickets to be given to residents from all races and walks of life. Following the motto “Music helping Musicians”, all profits from the event are donated to the local King Edward school’s marching band, the so-called “Band of Edwardian Tigers (the BEATS)”, to support their supply of uniforms and instruments. At the end of the 2-hour event, the astounded audience witnessed a spontaneous surprise performance, when 23 boys from the BEATS joined Marcel and played some popular tunes together. One group of local spectators said “last night was our first experience attending such event. Though it’s classical music, but we enjoyed and we got excited about it.” In a spontaneous move, one of the boys from SKE gave his uniform tie to the pianist and asked him “Sir, when are you coming back to us again?” That’s how music builds bridges between cultures.
