Duty - Penang Bridge International Marathon 2009

Date: 21th - 22th Nov 2009 (Saturday - Sunday)
Time: 10pm (21th) - 10am (22th)
Location: Start/End at Queensbay Mall

All members start to assembly at MRC HQ at 10pm. They were divided into groups to standby at each of the station along the Marathon path. We start to depart from HQ to the station at about 12.30am. Our VAD20 member were placed in station 14 which is at Sungai Pinang flyover, where it is a new path on this year. This is only Full Marathon path.

The Full Marathon was started at 2.30am and no serious case was receive throughout the event except for muscle cramp. Food and drink was provided by the organizer. We had our Subway sandwich as our breakfast. The event ended at 10am.

This year's Marathon Map

This is our station at Sungai Pinang flyover

Hin Fook with Cindy(VAD22) and Huei Pheng(VAD24)

Here are some of the Full Marathon runner

from dark until bright and we are still standby

all those runner are waiting for the lucky number to be call =)

some of the members having discussion after the event

Hin Fook, Ashraff and Boon Aun

Sesi Dialog & Bengkel VAD Peringkat Cawangan Pulau Pinang 2009

Tarikh: 1hb Nov 2009 (Ahad)
Masa: 9am - 2.30pm
Lokasi: Lecture Room, MRC HQ Penang.

Sesi Dialog & Bengkel VAD ini diadakan diperingkat Cawangan Pulau Pinang. Kesemua pemimpin setiap VAD dari 4 Cabang telah turut bersama dalam sesi ini. Mereka adalah dari VAD Cabang Seberang Perai Utara (SPU), VAD Cabang Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT), VAD Cabang Seberang Perai Selatan (SPS) dan VAD Cabang Pulau.

Tujuan Sesi ini diadakan adalah untuk membincangkan masalah-masalah yang dialami oleh setiap VAD dan mengemukakan cadangan-cadangan baru dan berkesan untuk masa depan. Banyak persoalan dan permasalahan yang telah ditujukan kepada O/C VAD Cawangan dan juga Pengarah Cawangan.

Hin Fook, Zainal dan Musli telah mewakili VAD20 ke sesi tersebut dan banyak persoalan dan cadangan telah mereka kemukakan dalam sesi tersebut. Diharap setelah sesi ini diadakan O/C VAD dapat membawa persoalan tersebut di dalam mesyuarat Cawangan dan perubahan dapat dilaksanakan.

Pemimpin-pemimpin yang mewakili setiap VAD dari 4 cabang

O/C VAD dari Cabang dan Cawangan

Hin Fook sedang mengemukakan cadangan dan budget bagi tahun 2010

Zainal mewakili Cabang Pulau dalam membentangkan cadangan dan budget 2010

Duty - KOMTAR International BASE Jump 2009

Date: 18th Oct 2009 (Sunday)
Time: 7.30am - 6pm
Venue: KOMTAR, Penang

This is an annual duty where every year the BASE Jump or so called parachute will held at KOMTAR. This year, 2 of our VAD20 members had attended this duty together with other VADs. They are Hin Fook and Eng Seng.

Over 20 plus jumper from all around the world join this event. They are from Holland, India, France, Malaysia and many more countries.

HPP nurse, Cindy(VAD22), Leonard(VAD22), Eng Seng and Hin Fook

Eng Seng with RTM Videoman

Penang CM, Mr. Lim Guan Eng giving opening speech

one of the jumper started to jump from the top of KOMTAR

CM with his wife and son

some of the Malaysian Jumper ready for the jump

one of the officer sharing his experience with us

fellow jumper after landing.... great job guys!

MRC Heritage Walk 2009

Date: 11th Oct 2009 (Sunday)
Time: 8am
Venue: Esplanade

The Malaysian Red Crescent Penang Branch had organized a heritage walk on 11th Oct 2009 (Sunday).
The walk was encompass the heritage precinct of inner Georgetown. This year marks the first anniversary of Georgetown being listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. The walk started from Esplanade at 8am.
Apart from the walk, a lucky draw also being held. There were numerous prizes including a motorcycle courtesy of Boon Siew Honda Sdn. Bhd.
Members who collected RM30 were all entitle to take part in the walkaton.
Those who donated a mininum of RM300 entitled to take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

For this event, VAD20 is responsibility to help our Island Chapter QM, Mr. Yeoh Boon Aun for physical arrangement.

Hadi, Hin Fook, Cindy(VAD22), Zainal, and Mustakim taken picture before the event begin

ribbon-cutting ceremony

Here's the marshal that going to lead the walkers

Flag off

Here they start the walk

Cindy, Hin Fook, Hadi, Ida, Zainal, and Mustakim

Prizes

Some of the participants with their cert after the walk

Mustakim, Zainal and Hin Fook with some of the kids

Performance by the 5678 dance group

lucky draw time...who is the lucky one?

wohoo~! this kid won the 1st prize

closing picture by VAD20 family members

MRC/Intel - Donation for Philippine & Indonesia Disaster

Date: 12th Oct 2009 (Monday) - Intel PG8
13th Oct 2009 (Tuesday) - Intel PG12
14th Oct 2009 (Wednesday) - Intel KM3
15th Oct 2009 (Thursday) - Intel KM6
Time: 10am - 2pm
Venue: Intel Penang & Kulim

MRC Penang Branch with the Co-operation of Intel have together collect donation for the Philippine and Indonesia disaster victims. Our members from VAD20, VAD22 and Mr Danny have help to collect donation for the 4 days at Intel. Hope that with the amount of donation from fellow Inteler will help the disaster victims. May God Bless Them!

MRC/ICRC Restoring Family Links Northern Zone (Perlis, Kedah & Penang)

Course: MRC/ICRC Restoring Family Links Northern Zone (Perlis, Kedah & Penang)
Date: 3rd Oct 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 8.30am - 6pm
Venue: Putra Brasmana Hotel, Kuala Perlis, Perlis


3 of our VAD20 members have attended this course, they are Muthu, Hadi and Ashraff. They have learnt a lot of things about RFL and mix friends from Kedah and Perlis.

When people flee armed conflicts, it is so easy for children to be lost in the crowd.....
In armed conflicts, family members go missing...
Some are detained...
To escape violence, families are displaced...
When a disaster strikes...
Lives are lost...
Families are displaced and torn apart...

These things happaned in the world. Therefore, this course prepare our members to help those who are needed. The objective of this course are:-
1) To restore and maintain contact between family members and to clarify the fate of persons reported missing.
2) To offer separeted family members telephone services and exchange of written messages, create websites adaoted to specific contexts, respond to individual tracing requests and reunite families.
3) To collect, manage and forward information on dead and missing persons.

Ashraff and Hadi doing some hands on


Muthu and Chong having some hands on as well


Lecture from Ms. Muna Djuly




Lunch time =)

Ambulance Standby Ops-Sikap Raya 2009

Date: 18th - 24th Sept 2009
Venue: MRC HQ, Penang

As usual Penang Branch is having Ambulance Standby Ops-Sikap for festival session such as Chinese New Year and Hari Raya.

On 18th -24th Sept 2009 VAD20 participated in the Ambulance Standby Ops-Sikap Raya 2009. Below are the members from VAD20 that participated in the standby:-

1. Hin Fook
2. Muthu
3. Musli
4. Hadi
5. Zainal
6. Ashraff

VAD20 together with other VADs co-operated in 1 week standby which divided into 3 shift each day. From 8am - 4pm, 4pm - 12am and 12am - 8am.

Open ceremony of Standby Ops-Sikap Raya 2009

One of the MVA case that VAD20 took together with VAD22 members came out in newspaper

Hin Fook and Cindy(VAD22) at RC Base...they are ready to receive cases

Ashraff, Hadi, Hin Fook and Muthu...VAD20 ambulance crew

Hin Fook and Hadi as First Aider ready to receive cases!

Ashraff as Driver and Muthu as Co-Pilot

writing report for each and every cases that we took