Ipoh City Watch (ICW) held an AGM today to elect the new office bearers for the period 2009 - 2011. Closed to 35 ICW members turned up for the AGM, which was held at the Old Andersonian Club house. Out going President N. Sreethararaj thanked the members for their presence. He also thanked the committee members for their effort in organizing public seminars successfully over the past 2 years.
The previous office bearers (from left): Dr. Rajeswaran, Andrew Anthony, Robert Ee (Asst Secretary), Jefri (Secretary), Sreethararaj (President), Augustine Anthony (Vice President), Jeyaraj (Treasurer) and Kundan Lal (standing). Also present was ICW Past President Chan Kok Sun and Fathol of Ipoh ECHO.
According to Sreethararaj, ICW has organized 2 forums in 2007. A total of 45 participants attended a seminar on August 25, 2007 entitled: "Towards a Cleaner Ipoh". Guest speakers for the seminar were Ipoh City Mayor, a local Councilor and a lawyer Mr. Augustine Anthony.
Speech by Out-Going President Mr. Sreethararaj
On November 3, 2007, ICW in conjunction with Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) held a forum on "Freedom of Information/Expression - A Right for All". A total of 34 participants attended the forum which was held at the Syuen Hotel in Ipoh.
Chan Kok Sun conducting the election of new office bearersPast President Chan Kok Sun was then invited to chair the election of office bearers and was assisted by Judie another ICW member.
Before the start of the election, members were introduced to the previous office bearers which comprised of the following:
President - N. Sreethararaj
Vice President - Augustine Anthony
Secretary - Jefri Palpemarvan
Treasurer - A. Jeyaraj
Asst Secretary - Robert H. L. Ee
Committee Members:
* Dr. P. Rajeswaran
* Victor Chew
* Kundan Lal
* Mark Voon
* Andrew Anthony
* Chelvi Murugiah
New office bearers, (from left), Jefri, Andrew, Augustine and JeyarajThe new office bearers elected for the period 2009 - 2011 are as follows:
President - Augustine Anthony
Vice President - A. Jeyaraj
Secretary - Dr. P. Rajeswaran
Treasurer - Andrew Anthony
Asst Secretary - Steven Lee
Committee Members:
* Chelvi Murugiah
* Manjit Kaur
* Jefri Palpemarvan
* Victor Chew
* Kundan Lal
Speech by In-coming President Augustine Anthony
In-coming President, Augustine Anthony together with new office bearers took the center stage. Anthony thanked the members for electing him as the new President of ICW and promised to bring ICW to greater heights.
The AGM which started at 10am ended at 12pm.