Registration of twenty seven adopted Poor Families.

27 March 2010 ... Mutiara Lions in co-operation with the MyKasih Foundation conducted an orientation and poor family registration programme for twenty seven (27) adopted poor families at the St. Xavier's Institution in Penang.The families were recommended by the school's welfare committee, screened by our Poor Family & Medical Support committee under the leadership of PP Quah Bah Aik and recommended by our Club to MyKasih Foundation for adoption over a one year period. The adopted families are entitled to claim RM100.00 worth of daily food necessities to feed their family members per month. The daily food necessities comprise of rice, milk, milk powder, cooking oil and other essentials. Each family will be sponsored for a period of one calender year. Besides sponsoring the poor families daily food necessities, the poor family adoption programme will see MyKasih Foundation staff conducting seminars and financial programmes to help improve the lives and financial situation of these families over a one year period.

Present at the registration exercise were President Alan Cheah, PCC Allan Cheah, PP Quah Bah Aik, Lion Tina Tan, Lion Monica Sio and Lion Gertrude Soong whilst Mr.  Sukhbindar Singh and Mr. Kevyn Gomes from MyKasih Foundation and Mr. Sim Hock Keat, Sr. Assistant (Student Affairs) and Puan Doreen from the school.

Crime Prevention Campaign 2010

Mutiara Lions joined other Lions from Region 1 to participate in the District's Crime Prevention Campaign 2010 held at the Penang Times Square on 21 March 2010. The event was jointly organised by Region One Lions together with the Penang State Government, the Royal Malaysian Police and the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (Penang branch).

Guest of Honour was our very own T.Y.T. Yang Di Pertua Negeri Pulau Pinang Tun Dato' Seri Utama (Dr.) Haji Abdul Rahman b. Haji Abbas. District Governor Choong Kwei Loi, YB Chow Hon Yeow, Penang State Executive Councillor and Penang Chief Police Officer DCP Dato' Wira Ayub were amongst the dignitaries present at the project.

The project showcased a static display by the Police, a K-9 exhibition by the Police Canine Unit and also a "snatch theft" display.

Mutiara Lions present were Past Council Chairperson Allan Cheah, Past District Governor Dato' Khoo Kay Huat and 2nd Vice President Tina Tan.

13th Charter Anniversary of our Sister Club - Lions Club of Kota Budaya

President Alan Cheah led our club members on an overland trip to Kelantan to join  our sister Club - the Lions Club of Kota Budaya - in their 13th Charter Anniversary Celebrations on 20 March 2010. The Club was represented by Secretary Martin Chong, Charter President Danny Lim and Lion Gertrude Soong.

Whilst in Kota Bharu, the members joined in LC Kota Budaya's Anniversary Project - upgrading a playground for the Kota Bharu Pusat Harian Kanak- Kanak Sepastik (Kota Bharu Spastics Children Day Care Centre) and planted a tree in the compound of the centre witnessed by Lions Clubs International's International Director, Hajjah Ellis Suriyati.

In the evening our members participarted in the Clubs Anniversary cum fund raising dinner in aid of their dialysis centre. Our club contributed RM500.00 towards this charity dinner. Guest of Honour at the dinner was International Director Hajjah Ellis Suriyati.

48th Multiple District 308 Convention, Singapore

The time has come for Lions to gather, make new friends, renew old acquaintances, do some shopping, inter mingle but most importantly (for voting delegates) to attend the Convention and vote on the issues at hand. This year the important issue to be voted on is the proposed Bifurcation and redistricting of District 308 B1 and 308 B2 besides the election of a new 2nd Vice District Governor for the coming fiscal year.

The 48th MD 308 Convention will be held at Suntec City in Singapore from 29 April to 02 May 2010 and will be the most expensive one yet for Malaysian Lions. Early bird registration is S$220 (RM545) and by April will rise to S$260 (RM645).

To date Mutiara Lions attending the Convention are President Alan Cheah, PCC Allan Cheah, PDG Dato' Khoo Kay Huat, IPP Emery Cheah, Pres-Elect Tina Tan and Sec-Elect Mark Labrooy. The Club's Board of Directors have appointed President Alan, IPP Emery and Pres-Elect as the Club's voting delegates with Sec-Elect Mark Labrooy as an alternate delegate. Both the Pres-Elect and Sec-Elect are required to attend the schools for Key officers conducted at the convention.

22nd Charter Anniversary Celebrations

The Club will be celebrating 22 years of active humanitarian service to our Community with a comprehensive programme in May 2010. The Celebrations will culminate in a Banquet to be held at the Eastin Ballroom, Eastin Hotel, Penang.  All sister Clubs have been invited to attend this year's celebrations.

The Organising Committee under the able leadership and guidance of Past President May Cheah have decided that the theme for this year's celebrations will be "SUPER 22nd Charter Anniversary Celebrations" ... the acronym "SUPER" meaning "Staying United, Proving Everyone Right".
The banquet will be a "party" with minimal Lion's protocol to be enjoyed and remembered by one and all.

Election results...

Mutiara Lions have decided and elections are over!

The club membership have elected their new leaders for the next fiscal year. The election meeting was held at the Traders Hotel on 08 March 2010.

The incoming team has a great blend of "new and old" members and we look towards another fruitful and successful year of humanitarian service to our community.

ROAR!

Happy Birthday PCC Allan Cheah & PP Anthony Goh

Mutiara Lions celebrated the birthdays of Past Council Chairperson Allan Cheah and Past President Anthony Goh after the conclusion of Club meetings at the Traders Hotel, Penang on Monday, 8 March 2010. Both PCC Allan and PP Anthony together with Past President Teng Eng Teik celebrate their birthdays in March. PP Teng is currently in Kaoshiong, Taiwan attending LCI's Faculty Development Institute.

WELL DONE MUTIARA LIONS!

CONGRATULATIONS to all Mutiara Lions!

The recently concluded Chinese New Year Charity Dinner & Dance with the Elders, Underprivileged Children and Handicapped held on 23 February 2010 at the Han Chiang High School Hall was an astounding success. All  720 attendees including 262 distinguished invitees went home with happy hearts and smiling faces, a testimony of the enjoyable time they had with us. Lions dignitaries were elated at the magnitude  and excellent quality of events planned for the evening to entertain all who were present. 

In a departure from the norm, lions protocol was kept to a minimum (so as not to bore the non Lion patrons) and the evening was one of non stop entertainment from the word go. Non stop singing performances on stage coupled with dance demonstrations on the dance floor was the order of the evening.

The eight course sit-down dinner, blended well with the  official and entertainment programme and this kept everyone happy and occupied. As one lion dignitary mentioned to our President ... "there was not a moment of dull time, it was action all the way". Yet another mentioned ... "this is the best lions function I have ever attended".

The post mortem meeting of the organising committee was held last night and the result was ... the surplus was in excess of RM8,000.00.

Well done Mutiara Lions, yet again we set the standards and the Pearl shines ever bright. ROAR!

Election Meeting

The time has come for Mutiara Lions to elect leaders for the next fiscal term 2010-2011.

The election meeting is scheduled on 08 March 2010 (to be held after the Club's 9th Board of Director's and Business Meetings) at the Langkawi Room, 3rd Floor Traders Hotel, Jalan Magazine, Penang. Members are required to elect the incoming President, 3 Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Twister, Tamer and 3 two year directors. The positions of the Immediate Past President and 3 One year directors are not up for election as the posts are automatically filled (unless there are changes).