Istiadat Perarakan Panji-Panji 2009

The St John Ambulance of Perak state had organized and carry out the Istiadat Perarakan Panji-Panji event on 13th June 2009 at Ipoh Padang which is located opposite SMK St. Michael, Ipoh. The significant event was carried out to celebrate the 100 years of St John Ambulance in Malaysia from 1908 to 2008. This event was scheduled to carry out last year but due to some circumstances, it was held on the glorious morning of Saturday.
Trainings were carried out since May 2009 to train a team of 50 Ambulance Adult members to march pass the parade. They were required to walk slowly (perlahan jalan) in a smart manner. Our school was represented by 6 Ambulance Adult members, namely:
1) Cheah Wai Hoong
2) Looi Hong Wei
3) Fong Teik Sum
4) Wong Joe Hang
5) Cham Swee Wen
6) Donivald Tham Kam Loy

The event started around 8.00am when all the members were called for fall in by the parade commander, Sir Yow Weng Kit and Sir Chia Poh Seng. Various VIPs were present too. The VIPs included the Perak mentri besar, Dato Seri Dr Zambry bin Abdul Kadir and his royal highness, the ruler of Perak state, Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-Lah.
A welcoming speech was given by the Pemerintah Negeri of St John Ambulance Perak, the Yang Berbahagia Dato Haji Mohd Zainal Abidin bin Haji Abdul Kadir to address the guest and express his gratitude towards his royal highness. He mentioned that the flag for this Panji-Panji event was given by the Lord of St John Ambulance in England to the St John Ambulance of Malaysia at the year 1999. 15 officers from Perak attended the ceremonial event. He even praised the Nursing Adult team from Perak who won the overall champion for the Nursing Adult category in the recent National-level First Aid and Home Nursing Competition.
This Istiadat Perarakan Panji-Panji event was unusual and special as it will be carried out if and only if important events fall. It replaces the Annual Parade which was carried out annually. The only differences was there will be no march pass from every division. For the overall presentation, this event turned up to be a successful one. The highly-spirited Panji-Panji team marched with glory, clearly displaying the pride of our motto - For The Service of Mankind.

Related Panji-Panji History:
Majlis Penganugerahan Panji-Panji St.John Ambulance Malaysia Perak dan Perbarisan Tahun (20 ogos 2000) - CLICK HERE

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Ivan Tan Tek Ming