RAFOC’S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2013

 The Persatuan Pegawai Pegawai Bersara Angkatan Tentera or Retired Armed Forces Officers’ Association or RAFOC had their Annual general Meeting on 22 June 2013 at the Dewan Hikmat Maktab Turuus Angkatan tentera commencing at 1400 hrs.

 

We were notified of the meeting very much earlier through letters and e-mails.
The agenda included elections of new 8 office bearers, 2 accounts examiners, 3 Board of Appeal Members.
We started of with the bacaan Doa Selamat, followed by the President’s speech.

 

 The President Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohd Ghazali bin Dato Mohd Seth amongst others mentioned of :
a.    That RAFOC to achieve success in achieving its objectives and meeting its targets.
b.    Having had 4 major gatherings namely religious, forums, golfs and 2 get togethers.
c.    Raising 2 issues with the government namely:
i.     the use of similar ranks by other organisations such as RELA. There were indications that the approved act would be amended to rectify it.
ii.    The conferment of honourary military ranks to non- service members. Our  observations has been conveyed to the relevant authorities in MINDEF.
d.    On the membership, the President indicated that there were over 10,000 retired AF officers but only 500 joined the association. He suggested that members should try to get more to join.  
e.    On the pensions he mentioned that:
i.    An increment of minimum pension of RM 720 to RM 820.
ii.    A one-off payment of RM 1,000 to those who does not received any pension. This was paid in the early part of the year.
The Deputy President Tan Sri Dato Seri Abd Rahman bin Abd Hamid

presented a proposal for Member-To-Get-Member for approval. It was unanimously approved.

There were also an award ceremony for those receiving the Pingat Jasa Malaysia or PJM. A total of 50 received it on that day.

A more comprehensive report on the AGM should be available on RAFOC’s website at http://www.rafoc.org.my
I am posting this in the hope that there’ll be more of our retired AF officers join RAFOC.
There are 2 categories of membership:
a.    Ordinary Member. An entrance fee of RM 100 and annual subscription of RM 50.
b.    Life Member. A one time payment of RM 400.
I also noticed only John Ramli was the other intake member present then. Can’t say who else are members or non-members. It would be good for us to join. If for no other reason – at least to meet up with friends.

Salam.

JOHNNY LOO CAME A CALLING

 This I wrote in April 2010
Johnny who? Yes our Johnny Loo, who we thought have disappeared from the face of the Earth has resurfaced.
It started innocently enough when we had our pra Beijing Trip Discussion – again. This time we had it at the Rasa Sayang Restaurant in Jalan Yap Kwan Seng on 16 Apr 2010. As per N, Bakar Baba (Burn) were bombarded with questions on Who’s Where. Apparently Aziz Iskandar was residing in Rome with an Italian wife. Iskandar in English is Alexander (the Great). Can’t really say whether he has turned ‘Great’. Not much on him there. Philip Lim was still in the US. He usually comes back to Malaysia in May. That would be next month. Somebody asked whether I keep in touch with Tommy of which from me was in the affirmative. Then Johnny Loo. Where was he? He had wanted to attend the meeting but somehow was caught in a ‘car problem’. From Burn he really wanted to catch up with our squad mates. After a bit of discussion it was agreed that we meet up with him. WIP in Bangsar Shopping Centre was decided as the venue and Monday 19th Apr was the agreed time.
We trickled in at the expected ‘get together’ and all were there by 8.30 pm. There were Burn, Marzuki Taharim, Khalid Saad, Isa Hassan, Yusof Mohd Noor (who just arrived from Johor Bahru), Jayanderan and me. Johnny came in at about that time and it was a moment of handshakes and hugs and smiles all round. He looks good. Still maintain a nice physique and a posture of an Air Force officer. Thinning hair but I would categorise his hair as ‘still black’. Lots of questions were posed to him. The part that I could remember was that he was residing in Hong Kong. Has been there for the past 1 ½ years. He works with Cathay Pacific as an instructor on the flight stimulator. Then we were also informed that Goh Quee Lim was in Singapore. It seems that Johnny persuaded Goh to join him in Singapore but then Johnny later moved on to Hong Kong. Goh was heard to complain on this ‘disloyal’ move by Johnny. In all Johnny has been out of the country for the past 16 years. His children are all married but spread out all over the world. One as I recalled was in Auckland. No grandchildren yet.  He still maintained a condo in KL and whenever he comes back would stay in that condo.
We were chatting away and reminiscing old times. It was a good get together. His presence also brought the rest together too. Though staying within reach of each other we were caught up with doing our things and the presence of a ‘foreigner’ gave us that excuse to meet up.
That was in April 2010.
Come May 2013 he appeared again. Prior to that there were the normal notifications from Burn about ‘Johnny is in Town’. So we met. This time they met in the Kelab Taman Tasek Perdana DiRaja ( The Royal Lake Club). As the President wrote:
Tonight we "dine in" Johnny Loo at RLC. Khalid Saad, Isa, Burn, Ahmad Ismail, Mike were in attendance. As usual it was a happy get together with lots of cerita to exchange. Johnny is all by himself now. His 3 daughters "dumped" him. (please don’t take it literally Johnny) They are all in NZ and Australia.
I only came to know that his wife passed away 2 years ago.
Johnny still lives in Hong Kong. He is a Flight Trainer, a senior and naturally an excellent one. At his age if he is engaged, must be something special in him.
Whilst having dinner, JUO Hng Hung Yeow walked in with his family.
We got together briefly and laughed out our experiences.
We were also briefly joined by Maj Gen Dato Dr Mohandas former DMS and Lt Col Dr Andrew Charles Gomez our ENT specialist.

I am hoping to get pictures of the above reunion. Once received I will post it. In the meantime be satisfied with some of pics Johnny posted on the facebook.

Salam.

CLUB 12/68 ANNUAL REUNION AT GAMBANG PAHANG 27-30 MAY 2013

 

 

Once again members of Club 12/68 (comprising of military officer cadet of the 12th intake in the year 1968 till 1970) organised their annual reunion. We have been having an annual gathering since 1991. The last 4 gatherings were held overseas,

 most recently being in Guilin in China. For the year 2013 it was decided to have it in Gambang, Pahang. The Chairman of Organising Committee (COO) decided by the President was Kol Hj Hamdan Mohd Salleh. Our Imam. The COO got down to work the moment we reached Malaysia after our reunion in Guilin. Meetings were held to ensure the Reunion went on well. The meetings were to decide the venue, itinerary, dates, golfers’ programme, familys’ programme and prizes. The wives were the major organizers. They decided the events, venue, prizes etc etc. The men only concentrated on the golf.
It was to be a 27th  till 30th   May. Four days in all. Finally the day arrived. A total of 47 pax descended on to Gambang Resort City. All stayed at the same resort and proceeded for our programmes from there.
It was supposed to be 49 pax. Unfortunately Ali Hamid passed away on 19 May due to heart complications. He had wanted to attend and had paid up for the reunion. He had spoken to Hj Hamdan and expressed his desire to meet the Intake and "untuk meminta maaf antara kita. Lama tak bersua" Looks like it was not to be. Besides refunding his payment, the intake collected RM 2000 as sedekah for his family.
Activities:
a.    Golf:    A total of 7 golfers took part. It was played at the Royal Pahang Golf Club.

 

b.    Water Activities. Held at Water Park area. All family members took part.
c.    Tahlil, Solat Maghrib/Ishak including bacaan surah Yassin was held on the night of the 28 May.

It was held at a room provided by the Resort Management. This event was ably headed by Squad Rahman Jabir.
d.    A telematch participated by 5 non golfers, 9 wives, 10 adults and 12 children were held. Five games were played. They had a good time. Prizes were presented on the night of the Grand Dinner.
 

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We moved off back to our own home on 30 May. We bid everybody farewell with a promise to meet again in 2014. Insyaallah.

The new Chairman of the Organising Committee for the next Annual Reunion is Dato Abdul Hadi Razak.

 

 

Salam