CROSSROADSRotary Club of Singapore Vol. 48 / 44

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Lunch meeting of the 30th May 2012

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Introductory remarksPresident Tapan Rao opened the meeting and advised that the Good Samaritan Award 2012 Presentation was postponed to next week.

Toast

President Tapan called upon Rtn. Erich Vosshage to raise the toast to Rotary International.

District Awards 2012

Further to the Awards received at the District Assembly held from 23rd to 25th March, President Tapan announced that the Club received additional Awards at the recently concluded Pan Borneo District 3310 meet, as follows: 1. Outstanding Club [District Awards 2011-2012] - Citation: "In recognition of your Club's outstanding achievements To Reach Within and Embrace Humanity". 2. Membership Award [District Awards 2011-2012] - Club with the highest number of net increase. 3. Outstanding President [District Awards 2011-2012] President Tapan thanked members for their support and cooperation during the year.

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Closed door meeting

At this point in the meeting, Vice President Ashi Sarwal was given the Chair and requested to moderate the proceedings. VP Ashi invited President Tapan to give an account of the events, and after which the floor was opened for members to give their feedback, dialogue and questions. At 2.15pm, the Chair was returned to President Tapan, who closed the meeting. on mass transportation.

Operation Theatre

Operation Theatre 4 (OT4) : The Great Inspection'. It is a biennial production that is held by the medical students across all academic years, putting up a show for a charitable cause, the Christine Chong Bursary Fund which is a project for financially needy students. Our senior, Christine Chong, passed away in 2009 after a long battle with SLE and lymphoma. After her passing, the Medical Society set up a bursary in her name aimed at providing aid for medical students. Through our contribution to the bursary, we hope to commemorate her spirit of bravery and share similar stories of role models among us and in the medical profession. The setting of "Operation Theatre 4: The Great Inspection" is during a dark period of Singapore's past - that of the Japanese Occupation during World War II.While our show is set in the past, we hope that our show can highlight the timelessness of the themes explored in our show - loyalty, friendship, love and sacrifice, but to name a few. This year, I [Shariff Rizwan] will be co-producing the musical together with Lee Koon and Geraldine. We hope to pull off a spectacular performance this year that surpasses the standards of previous OTs.

As such, I would like to appeal for the Rotarians to support us in our cause by purchasing tickets to our Gala Show on Saturday Afternoon.The Gala Tickets are priced at $200 each for our Saturday show, 23rd June 2012. The show will start at 1:30pm.

For more information, check out our website athttps://community.nus.edu.sg/medsoc/OT4/index.htmlFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/operationtheatre4 From Shariff Rizwan Immediate Past President, Rotaract Club of Singapore (City) Executive Committee 2011-2012

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The Guide to Daily LivingBefore doing the things we want to do, consider first, the precept 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.

MARK YOUR DIARYBirthday celebrantsRC wishes Happy Birthday to celebrants this week:June 6th – Tan Ching KhoonJune 8th – PP Stan LowJune 11th – PP Dr. Oliver Hennedige

Anniversary CelebrantsRC sends best wishes to Wedding Anniversary celebrants this weekJune 9th – T K Neo & Siok HeangJune 10th – President Tapan & Prabha Rao

This weekJune 6th 2012

Reception Desk duty: PP Stan Low, Bharat Mandloi Sunshine Box duty: Roland Jossi, Michael Boegli

The Good Samaritan Award 2012 Presentation

Vocational Service Date: Thursday, 14th JuneTime: 7.30pmVenue: Tandoori Corner, 5 Boon Tat Street, S069613Hosts: Shamin Vaswani, Alan Tan, Dr. Irina Francken

Next week June 13th 2012

Reception Desk duty: Atul Merchant, Jamshid MedoraSunshine Box duty: Louis Lim, Noshir Mistri

Speaker: Mr. Girija Pande Chairman – Asia Pacific, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.Singapore

Topic: “Leadership in a Interconnected World”

International Service Date: Thursday, 21st JuneTime: 7.30pmVenue: Rumah Rasa Restaurant, Bay Hotel, 50 Telok Blangah Road, S098828Hosts: Director Gary Goh, Robert Craiu, Colin Miles, N Subramanian

COMING ROTARY EVENTS

JuneRotary Fellowships Month

June 2nd – 1300 to 1730hrs District Vocational Service Seminar at Rotary Family Service Centre

June 27th Meeting Cancelled in view of the Installation Dinner on June 30th

June 30th Installation Dinner

JulyJuly 4th 1st Club Assembly for Rotary Year 2012/2013

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