Our Chancellor, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah has been awarded the 2012 Honorary Gold Medal by the Royal Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur, in recognition of his leadership and development of education and research in Malaysia.
Tan Sri Jeffrey received the award from the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah at a prestigious dinner held at Hotel Istana. The Honorary Gold Medal is one of most prestigious awards given by the Rotary Club. The last time the award was given was nine years ago in 2003.
The Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur (as it was known then), is the oldest in South-East Asia, and existed in spirit as early as 1918 when leaders of government, commerce and professions residing in Kuala Lumpur mooted the idea of forming an association to promote community service and inter-community harmony. In recognition of the 70 years of service the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur had given to the community, the then Sultan of Selangor conferred the royal status on the club effective 8 October 1997.
This is a great honour to the club as no other Rotary club in the world has been given the "Royal" status. On 21 October 1997, Rotary International approved the name change to its present day name.
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