Wellington UMNO Club

Pada hari Sabtu, 6 Jun yang lalu, warga Malaysia di Wellington telah dijemput oleh Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Malaysia, TYT Dato’ Hasnudin Hamzah ke majlis Sambutan Hari Keputeraan Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin. Ahli-ahli Kelab Umno Wellington juga turut tidak melepaskan peluang menghadiri majlis tersebut. Majlis diadakan berupa jamuan makan di Rumah Malaysia di Khandallah. Rumah ini merupakan kediaman rasmi Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Malaysia di New Zealand.

Bermula pada pukul 1.30 petang, seramai ratusan pelajar Malaysia serta warga Malaysia yang bekerja di New Zealand khususnya di Wellington membanjiri ruang Rumah Malaysia tersebut. Majlis diserikan dengan juadah tradisi seperti rendang, nasi lemak, serta kuih-muih tempatan yang dibuat khas oleh Datin Rusnah Ismail, isteri kepada TYT Dato’ Hasnoddin bertemankan warga Suruhanjaya Tinggi Malaysia di sini.

Selain menyambut hari kelahiran Yang di-Pertuan Agong, majlis ini juga merupakan satu peluang keemasan untuk para pelajar Malaysia bermesra dengan Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Malaysia yang baru sahaja didatangkan ke Wellington Mac lalu. Sesungguhnya jemputan ini merupakan suatu penghormatan buat kami di Wellington. Sekalung penghargaan diucapkan kepada Dato’ dan isterinya kerana menganjurkan majlis tersebut.

Assalamualaikum and Selamat Sejahtera,

On Sunday the 17^th of May 2009, the first meeting of the newly appointed WUC Committee Members of 2009/2010 was held in the Sirocco Apartment, the makeshift headquarters of WUC. The meeting started with a casual dinner, followed by brief introduction of WUC to committee members and a ‘brainstorming’ session. We ended the meeting with our favourite pastime – discussing the political state of Malaysia.

Prior to the meeting, the high committee members of WUC decided that we needed a change in getting the new committee for this year. Instead of the usual ways of voting, we decided that we wanted to personally approach and appoint them. This is done because we were seeking for a right balance in the committee, comprising of the highest capable juniors and seniors from different courses and social background. With this new method we are hoping that no groups of students would be overlooked and taken for granted. Related issues of Malaysian students can now be brought upon by each ‘representative’ to our attention.

I personally feel that the new committee members are a potential bunch to carry out the means of WUC. Kudos to the high committee members in identifying them, now I am ever confident that we could reach out to all Malaysian students and present them a good solid experience with WUC, InsyaAllah. I have the best hope for a successful year.

Warm regards,

Ahmal Reeza Abu Bakar,

President

Wellington UMNO Club