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13/12/2014
会庆
Annual Dinner
2014年12月13日
千禧楼(巴耶利峇)
Qian Xi Paya Lebar Restaurant
2014年12月13日星期六,翁氏总会又迎来了一场盛宴。今天,是翁氏总会四十九周年会庆纪念的美好日子,翁氏总会以她矫健的身姿走过了风雨同舟的四十九年,走过了同心同德的四十九年。数十载的春秋更替,数十载的辛勤努力,造就了今天的业绩,奠定了今天的成功。
当天一大早,各位理事宗亲就来到总会,准备祭祖之事宜,中午十二时,在现任主席两光宗长的带领下,各理事神情庄重地向祖先牌位上的列祖列宗上香祭拜,并祈祷祖先保佑全体宗亲身体健康,阖家康乐!稍后,各理事宗亲在接受总务对晚宴工作的安排,及享用简单的午餐之后,就各自分头准备了。
虽然晚宴预定在晚上七点半举行,可各位理事还是早早就来到了会场进行布置,准备接待的相关事宜,大家分工合作,充分体现了宗亲之间亲密无间的合作精神。及至七点左右,陆续有会员宗亲进场,理事们也开始忙碌起来:有的负责带位,有的负责分发会讯礼包,有的和宗亲畅叙总会一年来的活动和对来年的展望,各项工作有条不紊地进行着,尤其值得一提的是总会妇女组的组员,她们都非常敬业地完成所分配的工作,她们靓丽的身姿,也给我们带来视觉的美好享受,从另一个侧面展现了我们总会的风采。
晚上7:30pm正,本会名誉顾问兼产业信托人烈强(皇冠徽章)宗长偕夫人及六桂堂主席洪静源PBM宗长(拿督斯里)、海内外六桂宗亲、各界代表等陆续莅临会场,本会主席两光宗长和各位理事宗亲亲自迎接。
此次宴会最大的亮点是,我们迎来了海外六桂宗亲庞大的代表团,马来西亚、印尼的宗亲共120人出席我们的盛会,彰显了海内外六桂与至德宗亲的睦族宗亲的深厚情谊。更多的会员宗亲也会藉由每年一次的会庆,与老友相见,了解总会的会务情况,畅谈和展望未来。
当主持人在热情洋溢的音乐声中,宣布"翁氏总会第49周年、互助会44周年、妇女组6周年、青年组2周晚宴暨第45届会员子女勤学奖励金"周年晚宴开始。随着全场360度无死角的银幕,生禧宗亲精心制作的幻灯片,为到场的宗亲们和嘉宾展现了过去49年来总会的各项活动,当大家看到屏幕中的自己时,都露出会心的一笑。
主席两光宗长在致词中提到:过去的一年来,感谢各位理事们的辛勤付出和无私的奉献,明年我们总会将迎来五十周年华诞,希望大家能一如既往地同心协力把我们的金禧纪念做得更好,大家共同努力把金禧纪念特刊完成,把我们走过的风雨历程记录下来,以让后辈宗亲能更完整地了解总会的历史,并加入参与到总会会务工作中,用自己的特长为总会服务,使会务更上一层楼。接着,名誉顾问兼产业信托人烈强(皇冠徽章)宗长上台致词,过往宗长致词都是用潮州方言的,当他用华语致词时,大家都惊喜万分,在这位耄耋老人的身上,我们看到了他勤奋好学、终生学习的精神,也深深明白他能成功的根源。俗语常说:家有一老,如有一宝,烈强宗长的确是我们总会当之无愧的"宝贝"。
之后,由本会奖学金主任炳鸿宗亲宣布获得今年第45届会员子女勤学奖励金的名单,今年共有21位优秀的会员子女获得此项荣誉,并由本会会务顾问任成B宗长及名誉顾问兼产业信托人海春PBM宗长向他们颁发奖励金,以资鼓励。学生代表、也是本会青年组组员的子洋宗亲上台致感谢词,感谢各位宗长宗亲对后辈莘莘学子给予的鼓励和肯定,增加了他们的荣誉感,也让他们明白身上的责任,将来学有所成,定将尽自己最大的能力回馈社会和总会。
最后,总务崕财宗亲也在会上致谢词,回顾并展望总会未来的工作安排和发展蓝图,感谢远道而来的朋友,期望在金禧纪念上再叙友情。会中,马来西亚诗巫六桂堂宗亲还向总会赠送了"六桂传芳"之锦旗。晚宴在热烈温馨的气氛中进行,多位演出嘉宾分别呈献多首精彩动听的歌曲,过后全体总会及互助会理事、妇女组组员向来宾举杯三祝酒:祝愿国家繁荣昌盛,本会会务蒸蒸日上、全体会员及嘉宾事业昌隆、身体健康、阖家康泰。
宴会在晚上10:30分圆满结束,大家怀着依依不舍的心情,相约金禧纪念。
Ang Shee General Association held again a grand banquet on 13-Dec-2014 (Saturday). It was on that glorious day that the association was celebrating its 49th Anniversary. Ang Shee General Association had, with its strong and vigorous posture, passed 49 years by standing together through storm and stress, and by having a common goal. It had achieved outstanding performance and great success by working hard painstakingly over several decades.
Early morning on that day, committee members arrived at the association for making the various arrangement to worship the ancestors. At 12:00 noon, led by our current President Clan Elder Lian Kwang, committee members solemnly offered incense to pray and worship the ancestors on the memorial tablet. They also prayed to seek blessing and protection from the ancestors for good health and happiness for all the clan members and their families. Awhile later, the committee members enjoyed a simple lunch and dispersed after receiving briefing from our General Affairs Director for the banquet dinner arrangement.
Though the banquet dinner was scheduled to be held at 07:30 PM, but the committee members arrived very early to decorate the venue and make arrangement for guest reception. Everybody worked with excellent teamwork that truly manifested the intimacy and closed cooperation among the fellow committee members. At around 7:00 PM, with the gradual arrivals of the fellow association and clan members, the committee members began to be busy with some taking charge of ushering for guest seating, some responsible for distributing the goody bags and annual newsletter, and some chitchatting with fellow clan members about the activities of the past one year and the prospects of the coming year. Every tasks was carried out methodically and orderly. Especially worth mentioning was the members of the Women's Committee who were very dedicated in the tasks given, and their beautiful postures had also given us visual enjoyment. It had shown the elegant appearance of our association in another aspect.
At 7:30 PM, our President Clan Elder Lian Kwang and all the committee members welcomed the arrivals of our Honorary Advisor cum Honorary Trustee Clan Elder Liat Kiat (皇冠徽章) and his wife, Chairman of Liu Kwee Tang (六桂堂) Clan Elder Ang Chee Guan PBM (拿督斯里), various clan members from local and overseas Liu Kwee Tang, and representatives of the various communities.
The biggest highlight of this banquet was the attendance of a huge delegation from overseas Liu Kwee Tang (六桂堂) which consisted of a total of 120 clan members from Malaysia and Indonesia. It showed the clan harmonization and profound friendship among the clan members of the local and overseas Liu Kwee and Zhide (至德) Clans. Most fellow association and clan members had used the annual dinner to meet old friends, to keep updated with association's state of affairs and situation, and to chat wholeheartedly with each other and look forward to the future.
When the Master Of Ceremony, amid the overwhelmingly warm music being played, declared the commencement of the annual dinner for celebrating the 49th Anniversary of the Ang Shee General Association, 44th Anniversary of the Benevolent Association, 6th Anniversary of the Women's Committee and 2nd Anniversary of the Youth Committee, as well as the 45th Bursary Award ceremony, the PowerPoint slides elaborately prepared by fellow clan member Seng Hee for displaying the photographs of the past 49 years of various activities of the association were also being shown on the projection screens to provide 360 degrees no blind spot viewing to all the clan members and guests. Everyone showed smiles of understanding when they saw their pictures appeared on the screen.
In his speech, our President Clan Elder Lian Kwang thanked all the committee members for providing hardworking and selfless contributions. As the association would welcome its 50th birthday next year, he hoped all members could as always be united in a concerted effort to achieve better in the golden jubilee celebration, to make joint effort to complete the golden jubilee commemorative magazine, and to record and document the ups and downs of the association in the past in order to allow the clam members of the future generations to understand the history of the association so as to join and participate in the works of the association by making use of their personal strength to provide services to the association, so as to allow the association's business to scale a new height. Subsequently, our Honorary Advisor cum Honorary Trustee Clan Elder Liat Kiat (皇冠徽章) also went on stage to give a speech. Clan Elder usually used Teochew dialet in his speech in the past, everyone had a overwhelming surprise when this time he used Chinese language for the speech. In this elderly with venerable age, we could see the studious and life-long learning spirit and thus could deeply understand the roots of his success. As a proverb says: "An Old Man At Home Is A Treasure", Clan Elder Liat Kiat (皇冠徽章) is indeed the well-deserved treasure of our association.
Subsequently, our Director of Scholarship fellow clan member Peng Hong announced the name list of awardees for the 45th Bursary Award. There were a total of 21 outstanding children of fellow clan members being bestowed with this honor. The awards were presented by our Committee Advisor Clan Elder Gee Seng to these students as a mean of encouragement. A representative from the recipients, student Ang Zi Yang, also a member of our Youth Committee, gave a speech of appreciation, thanking Clan Elders and fellow clan members for their encouragement and affirmation of support, for increasing the sense of honor of the awardees, and for making them understood their responsibility of giving back to the society and the association with the best of their ability after they had achieved academic success.
Finally, our General Affairs Director fellow clan member Ah Chye also gave a speech to review and provide outlook to the future work arrangement and development blueprint of the association. He also thanked our friends who came a long way from far to attend, and looked forward to reunion in the golden jubilee celebration. During the banquet dinner, the clan members from Liu Kwee Tang of Sibu of East Malaysia presented a banner of "六桂传芳" to the association. The banquet dinner proceeded with warm and cozy atmosphere. Various performers presented many wonderful songs. Then all committee members of the General Assoicaiton, Benevolent Association and the Women's Committee raised their glasses to propose three (3) toasts, giving best wishes for the nation to prosper, for the association to thrive, for the businesses of all members and quests to flourish, and for good health of all members, guest, and their families.
The banquet dinner came to a perfect ending at 10:30 PM. Everyone parted reluctantly and agreed to meet again in the golden jubilee celebration.