KIWANIS EXPERIENCE

CANDIDATE
FOR
KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL
VICE PRESIDENT
LEE Kuan Yong
(Malaysia District)
Kiwanis International Trustee 2011–14
Kiwanis Asia-Pacific (ASPAC) Chair 2016–17
Active Kiwanis Member since 1993
KIWANIS
EXPERIENCE
AND
LEADERSHIP
ROLES
Here are some of the leadership roles that Lee Kuan Yong had served in the past 29 years in Kiwanis:
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2021-22 ASPAC Growth Chair (to support the 9 ASPAC Districts in membership growth & new club opening)
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2021-22 International Membership Recruitment Committee member (supporting Districts in growth)
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2018-21 Membership Area Coordinator for the Asia-Pacific area (to support membership growth)
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2014-18 Kiwanis Asia-Pacific (ASPAC) Executive Board (Vice Chair, Chair-elect, 2016-17 ASPAC Chair, Immediate Past Chair)
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2011-14 Kiwanis International Trustee and KI Board Counselor to the Districts of Pacific Northwest, Germany, Australia (13-14), New York, California-Nevada-Hawaii (12-13), New England and Bermuda, Korea (11-12)
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2009-10 Worldwide Service Project - Special Committee which recommended the ELIMINATE Project
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2005-07 President of KDSF (Kiwanis Down Syndrome Foundation, Malaysia) (KDSF National Centre was awarded Gold Winner of the 2018 Kiwanis Signature Project Contest) (see https://vimeo.com/278516631)
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2001-02 Malaysia District Chair for New Club Building (and opened 8 new clubs)
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2000-01 First Governor of Malaysia District-in-Formation (which became a full district in 2002-03)
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1998-99 Distinguished Club President of Kuala Lumpur club (& Distinguished Treasurer 1994-95)
In 2020-21, Lee served as Chair of the ASPAC Special Committee responsible for organizing the successful virtual 2021 ASPAC eConvention, which attracted a record-breaking 2900 registered attendees from 35 Kiwanis Districts around the world. The Special Committee comprised of members from several Districts in ASPAC.
In 2021, during the global Covid-19 pandemic, Lee chaired the Kiwanis Food Aid Project 1.0 which collaborated with a Malaysian-based philanthropic Foundation and 30 Kiwanis clubs in Malaysia to deliver food parcels totalling US$120,000 to more than 5000 families in need across the country.
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