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Rotary Club of Singapore |
 First Club of Singapore Charter Number 3244 dated 4 December 1929 Other clubs of Malasya District 3310 Host of the RI Convention of 1999 |
 The
Rotary spark was kindled in Singapore in the year 1930. Dato (Sir)
Roland Braddell became its founder President. The first Board of
Directors immediately set high standards by organising the first Malayan
Rotary Club's Conference in December, 6 months after its inauguration.
It was at that conference that the Club received it Charter under which
it now operates as Club 3360 on the roll of Rotary International. World
War II smothered the Rotary flame, but after the war, in 1945, the Club
started to function again with a membership of 42.Singapore was the host country of the 90th Annual Convention of Rotary International between 13 to 16 June 1999. It was held at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre (SICEC). Posted 2006 by Greg Barlow |
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