Lions Club of Perak Silver State 20th Charter Anniversary and 21st Installation of BOD Members

 24 August 2024

Lions Club of Perak Silver State celebrated its 20th Charter Anniversary cum 21st installation of BOD members on the 24th August 2025. The club was chartered in 2005. It was held at Kon Thai Restaurant, Jln Sultan Nazrin Shah, Ipoh from 11.00am to 2.00pm.

Guest of Honour, District 308B2 Governor Lion Tan Say Cheong graced the occasion. It was also attended by Multiple District GET Coordinator PDG Lion Loy Kwee Keow, Ist VDG Lion David Seow, 2nd VDG Lion Simon Tan, PDG Dato'. Dr. V. Jeganathan, PDG Jennifer Kim and spuse as well as other Lions Dignitaries and Club Presidents and represtatives from 21 Lions Clubs.

Among the highlights of the event include the Induction of 13 new members by 2nd VDG Lion Simon Tan. It was truly a 1 Malaysia team with members from Chinese, Indian, Malay and Sikh. These members are being groomed as part of the Branch Club Ipoh Rising Star.

The event also saw the Installation of 12 BOD members by President Dr. Adeline Tham, the first of its kind under the "Back to Basic" philosophy mooted by DG Lion Tan Say Cheong.

Region 5 Chairperson, Dr. Richard Ng presented the Education Bursary to Sarmili Thinakaran, the daughter of our member Lion Thinakaran Sarangbanly for her outstanding achievement in the STPM 2024 exam scoring a CGPA of 4.0.

Earlier, Immediate Past President Lion Wong Tong Meng presented the Club's Appreciation Award to members who have provided great community service during his tenure. He also awarded two Lion of the Year awards to; President Dr. Adeline Tham and Regions 5 Chairperson, Lion Dr. Richard Ng.

Lion Jansen Ng Kar Weng was tasked to do the Flag Salutation before the start of event, as part of Lions Clubs tradition. It was then followed by Roll Calls by Lion Chow Kin Yew.

Organising Chairperson Lion Jemmy Lam presented the Mementos to our guests. These mementos are specially made from dsicarded plastic rice bags involving a team of people. The plastic bags were collected by Koperasi Alam Hijau Perak Berhad (KOHIJAU), cut and cleaned by Region Chairperson Dr. Richard Ng, weaved by Lion Tina Leong and creatively turned into mementos by IPP Lion Wong Tong Meng of RIV Design. This is our club's ennvironment project to help reduce plastic from ending up in the landfill and cause climate change.

The success of this event was the efforts of the hardworking organising committee. We wish to thank the folllowing committee members;

1. President Dr. Adeline Tham

2. OC Jemmy Lam

3. IPP Wong Tong Meng

4. RC Dr. Richard Ng

5. Secretary Tina Leong

6. Treasurer Girlie Lim

7. Jansen Ng

8. Thinakaran

9. Mahathevan

10. Boey Wang Mun

11. Farah

12. Patrick Wong

13. Chow Kin Yew

We also wish to thank all our sponsors and contributors;

1. Ipoh Home Cafe

2. Supermax Enterprise

3. KOHIJAU

4. Dato Ng Eng Hock

5. The Loyal Academy

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