Our Co-operative had
successfully concluded its 78th Annual
General Meeting and Dinner, the two major
events for the financial year ending 2009.
The 78th
AGM was held on 28 March
2010 at the Auditorium Dewan Sri Pinang, Penang. A total of 1890
members attended the meeting. Also present at the meeting was Puan
Rozani Ibrahm, Penolong Pengarah Kanan of Suruhanjaya Koperasi
Malaysia, Penang. The highlight of this year's meeting was the
amendment to Rule No.21 (3) of the Co-operative by-law to enable
our retired members to avail themselves of the RM10,000.00 loan.
The Annual Dinner was held
on 10 April 2010 at the Eden Seafood, Batu Ferringhi, Penang. A total
of 540 members and guests attended the dinner. The Guest of Honour for
the night was Penang Deputy Chief Minister 1, YB Tuan Mansor Othman.
Also present at the dinner was Tuan Haji Ibraim Mohamad, the patron of
our Co-operative and the current Pengarah Pelajaran Pulau Pinang.
For the
first time, senior members of the Co-operative who are 75 years and
above weer invited to the dinner as guests of honour in appreciation of
their suport and contributions to the Co-operative.
Evergreen
Mr Khoo Yeoh Gan Hong, at 82 years young, a member since 1954 and a
veteran of many general meetings of the Co-operative kept the members
it stitches with his humorous account of the antics of members and the
individual sytles of various chairmen at past general meetings.
As
usual, there were prizes galore. Every member present received a table
prize in addition to theopportunities of winning individual prizes. In
all, a total of 45 prizes were given out through lucky draws. The grand
prize was a motor-cycle.
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