Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani

Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani is 1st runner up at Rotary Zone 10B & 10C Poster Competition

18/4/2022

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Dear Friends,

It's the season of awards and recognition and to kick start the season, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Zone 10B & 10C People of Action poster and video competition that was promoted by our District Public Image Chair PP Zed Zariman.

The Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani came out as first runner up in the poster competition winning a cash prize of USD1,000.00. You can view all the winning entries through the link in the document attached. [see below]

Heartiest congratulations to President Gopaldhass Chitaya and Club Public Image Chair Remya Vallathol for their dedication and commitment.

The prize & trophy presentation is scheduled to be held in Singapore in conjunction with the inauguration (First Assembly) of Rotary Intercountry Committee ASEAN (RICCA) to be officiated by RI President Shekhar Mehta and I understand DGND Arvind U Kumar will be in attendance to receive the award personally.

Well done!

Bindi

Dato' Bindi Rajasegaran
DIMP, AMP, PPT, PHF (Major Donor)
District Governor RY 21/22
Rotary International District 3300 Malaysia

1st place winner: Rotary Club of Bang Rak, District 3350, Thailand

2nd runner-up: Rotary Club of Banpong, District 3330, Thailand

Video competition winners:

Winner: Rotary Club of Bang Rak, District 3350, Thailand

First runner-up: Rotary Club of Lopburi, District 3350, Thailand

2nd Runner-up: Rotary Club of Tawau, District 3310, Malaysia

Results announcement and citation by Rotary Regional Public Image Coordinator PDG Andre Suharto

More Laptops Sponsored by Micron Malaysia Delivered to Needy Students

11/4/2022

More students from needy families received their laptops sponsored by Micron Malaysia today. President Gopaldhass and Rotarian Thamotaran delivered the laptops to them in Penang.

98 Students from Kedah and Penang Receive Laptops for Education

4/12/2021

Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani organized handover of laptops sponsored by Micron Memory Malaysia Sdn Bhd to 98 students to enhance their ability to catch up to digital learning.

Dignitaries in attendance were
1. Yang Berhormat Professor Dr. Ramasamy Palanisamy, Deputy Chief Minister 2 of the State of Pulau Pinang
2. President Elect Thiaggu Letchumanan, Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani
3. Charter President Dato’ Dr. S. Subramaniam, Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani
4. Mr. Ramamoorthy Ganapathy Iyer, Managing Director, Micron Memory Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
5. Mr. Moorthy Murugaiah, Human Resources Director, Micron Memory Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.

PE Thiaggu expressed our gratitude to Micron Memory Malaysia Sdn Bhd for partnering with us to give aid to the tune of RM1 million over the past 2 years.

News report on laptop for online education in Tamil Malar

20/9/2021

Laptops for Online Education In Sin Chew and Berita Harian

17/9/2021

In Sin Chew
In Berita Harian

UnKNOTting the Vanishing Classroom

8/9/2021

OCBC Al-Amin Bank links arms with Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani in joint programme to provide underprivileged students access to online lessons

29/8/2021

Sungai Petani, 29 August 2021 – A total of 20 underprivileged students from three schools in Sungai Petani recently received laptops worth RM20,000 from OCBC Al-Amin Bank Berhad (OCBC Al-Amin) so they can access their online lessons, given the movement restrictions brought about by the pandemic.

The effort was carried out in collaboration with Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani (Rotary Club) and Yayasan Kelab-Kelab Rotary Malaysia to help affected communities to overcome difficulties brought about by Covid-19.

According to Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani President Mr Gopaldhass Chitaya, the joint programme was aimed at ensuring that the needy students are not left out in their education journey during these challenging times.

“The laptops were allocated for students from families in the B40 group from SMK Dato Bijaya Setia, SJKT Bedong and SMK Bedong. The selection of students was done based on names submitted by class teachers to the schools’ student affairs department for verification with APDM (Aplikasi Pangkalan Data Murid). After verification, the names of the shortlisted students were sent to the schools’ principals. All the shortlisted students are fully deserving cases and aren’t able to attend online classes because their parents and family members have been badly hit financially by the current pandemic.

“We are grateful to OCBC Al-Amin through their Sungai Petani branch for their relentless support and commitment in assisting the community amidst the difficulties arising from the pandemic as many breadwinners from these families have lost their jobs. It is not easy for these parents as they do not have sufficient funds to ensure they are able to have the online resources ready for their children.

“We hope this gesture has brought some joy to the students so that they can have ease of access to their online lessons. We are pleased to have done our little part to help our community,” he said.

Speaking on behalf of OCBC Al-Amin, its Sungai Petani branch Senior Manager Ms Shermaine Cham Keng Fheng said the Bank continues to strive to be more involved in the localities in which it operates and to become even more engaged with the community, going beyond simply providing superior banking products and services to meeting the social needs of the people as well.

“The social and economic effect of the global pandemic is hard for many and so we wanted to reach out to support our own community, particularly those who have been deeply affected during these past few months. We are thankful to Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani for being part of this programme. We hope the children will benefit greatly from accessing their online lessons more smoothly as education is key and no one should be deprived of it. We hope our little contribution will help them in this rather difficult time,” she said.

Rotarians delivered ten laptops to students of SMK Dato Bijaya Setia, Sungai Petani today. Education must go on despite COVID-19 and laptops are essential for online learning. The laptops were sponsored by OCBC Al-Amin via Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani and Yayasan Kelab-Kelab Rotary Malaysia. Rotarians Moorthy, Sanmugam and Dhanesh handed over the laptops.

Thank you, OCBC Al-Amin for supporting education.

A total of 20 laptops (RM 25,980) were delivered in this joint project by OCBC Al-Amin and Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani.

OCBC Al-Amin Help in Overcoming Barriers to Online Learning for Students

15/8/2021

Barriers to online learning exist for some students who cannot afford the equipment. Rotary and OCBC Al-Amin partner to deliver laptops to bring equitable learning for them. Ten students from Bedong, were happy to receive the laptops via Rotarians Jeevan, Moorthy, Rev Alfred.

Thank you, OCBC Al-Amin for supporting education.

A total of 20 laptops (RM 25,980) were delivered in this joint project by OCBC Al-Amin and Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani.

Students in SMJK Sin Min Receive Laptops for Online Learning

8/8/2021

Thank you, Micron Malaysia for supporting education.

A total of 25 laptops (RM 32,475) were delivered in this joint project by Micron Malaysia and Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani.

Students in SJKC Sin Kwang Receive Laptops for Online Learning

8/8/2021

Thank you, Micron Malaysia for supporting education.

A total of 25 laptops (RM 32,475) were delivered in this joint project by Micron Malaysia and Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani.

A parent receiving the laptop

The joy of logging in to online class