THE DISTRICT 3310
HISTORY
Prepared by the district and not verified
by Rotary Global History
Between 1929 and 1930, seven
Rotary Clubs were organised in the then Malay Peninsula and Siam
region. The clubs included Seremban (20/09/1929) Kuala Lumpur
(27/09/1929), Ipoh (11/10/1929), Klang-Port Swettenham (07/05/1930),
Singapore (06/06/1930) and Malacca (08/07/1930) and Penang
(12/08/1930),. When these clubs were formed, the Malay Peninsula and
Siam were undistricted. The
Rotary Club of Singapore was chartered
on 11/08/1930 followed by Rotary Club of Malacca which was chartered
on 8 September of the same year.
On 1 July 1931, the Malay Peninsula and Siam were designated as
Provisional District "B" and on 1 July 1935, French Indo-China which
comprised Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam was included in Provisional
District "B" — which together became a regular district of Rotary
International (District 80). His Royal Highness Prince Purachatra of
Thailand (Siam) became the first District Governor of District 80.
On 13 April 1936, Sarawak, Brunei and British North Borneo (which
is now known as Sabah) were also included in District 80. The
Japanese Occupation between 1942 and 1946 saw the suspension by
Rotary International of all clubs in District 80 and the District
was voided. Sarawak and Sabah subsequently became part of Malaysia.
On 18 December 1946 after the war, Rotary International then
re-instated District 80 after a resolution in 1946 following an
application by all clubs concerned. All Rotary clubs previously in
District 80 were re-admitted and the District re-established. Klang
and Coast, however, did not apply for re-instatement and as a result
joined the fold only in 1961.
During 1948-49, all Districts in RI were re-numbered and District
80 became District 46. All Districts were again re-numbered on 1
July 1957 and District 46 became District 330. In 1981, Rotary
International established District 335, which was to include
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam leaving clubs in Malaysia,
Singapore and Brunei as District 330. On 1 July 1991, with the
number of clubs totaling over 80, District 330 was divided into
District 3300 consisting of clubs in Peninsula Malaysia, but excluding Johor and Melaka, and District 3310 consisting of clubs in Johor,
Melaka, Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan (all states of Malaysia), as well
as Singapore and Brunei.
The oldest Club in the District is
RC Singapore, chartered on 11
August 1930.
As of 1 July 2008, District
3310 comprises of 68 clubs with about 1860 Rotarians, 44 Rotaract
Clubs and 156 Interact Clubs.
This history extracted from D3310 web site by Greg
Barlow, webmaster for RGHF.
