Brigades Enrolment 2011

The annual enrolment service of the 1st Kuching Company, the Boys’ Brigade and the Girls’ Brigade was held at the St. Thomas’ Cathedral on Sunday, 31 July 2011 at 8.15am service. The service was started by the marching in of the colours. The service was also held to coincide with the Youth Sunday of the Anglican Diocesan Youth Council (ADYC), which are organisations of all Anglican youths under the Diocesan of Sarawak and Brunei.

The Brigades’ Chaplain, Very Revd Michael Buma Galami, who is also the Dean of St. Thomas’ Cathedral, presided over the service. This service was witness by the Brigades members from other churches, members of Stedfast Association, parents, friends and church congregations.

The service was ended at 9.45am with the marching out of the colours and then follows by light refreshment. The 8.15am Choir Ministry members rendered the praise songs. The Brigades wish to thank all present to witness the enrolment service.

1st Kuching Boys' Brigade celebrated 50th anniversary

The 1st Kuching Boys’ Brigade celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday, 23 July 2011 in a grand reception dinner at Sarawak Club, Kuching.

The celebration brought together former officers and boys of the 1st Kuching Company who have served in the company over the past 50 years, some of whom came from as far as Australia, New Zealand, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

For many of the former officers, who were already in their 60s and early 70s, the occasion provided an excellent opportunity for a memorable trip down memory lane and a renewal of old ties.

Founded on 17 December 1961, the 1st Kuching Company was the pioneer of the BB movement in Borneo. It was the initiative of Charles Henry Ingka who, after spending years during the colonial era in Singapore, came back and introduced the idea of setting up the first BB Company at the St. Thomas’ Cathedral. (He has been with a BB company in Singapore for many years before coming back).

Months later, the 1st Kuching Company was established, with Ingka as its founding Captain. Joining Ingka were the Kedit brothers, Albert and Peter, who grew up in Singapore and served in a BB Company in the island republic.

The 50th Anniversary Celebration was also held to coincide with the 3rd Regional Games and Fellowship of the Stedfast Associations, which are associations of former officers and boys of the Boys Brigade in the region. Participating in the regional meet were delegates from the Stedfast Associations of Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Kuching. They were also guests at the dinner to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1st Kuching Company of the Boys’ Brigade.

In his address, the present Captain, Mr. Norman Ng paid tribute to past captains, officers and chaplains for their contributions in making the company strong and stable and for guiding the boys towards Christian manliness. He also called on present officers and boys of the company to take stock of the past, righting the wrong and overcoming the challenges, with the view to setting their sight on achieving higher goals and targets in the BB days ahead.

The highlight of the anniversary dinner was the cutting of the anniversary cake by past and present captains of the 1st Kuching Company along with chaplain the Very Revd Michael Buma Galami, followed by the launching of new 1st Kuching BB logo and band display by former officers of the company.

The Boys Brigade was founded by Sir William Alexander Smith in 1883 in Glasgow, Scotland. It has since spread its wing to almost all the Commonwealth countries and today the movement has about 500,000 members in 60 countries.

Adapted from the Borneo Post dated 31 July 2011

Community Project 2011- Habitat for Humanity

Celebration year updates

1ST KUCHING COMPANY
THE BOYS’ BRIGADE IN MALAYSIA
5OTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION – 2011
“CELEBRATING 50 YEARS, NEW BEGINNINGS”

INTRODUCTION
This year, The First Kuching Company, The Boys’ Brigade in Malaysia is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. The following celebration events have taken place so far:

• Welcoming the New Year 2011 and kicking-off celebration of the Jubilee Year– This year was a significant year, therefore a Lion Dance performance was organized at the Chinese New Year Party held on 12 February 2011. Program included a Musical Medley Dance presented by 1st Kuching GB and a Hip-Hop Street Dance by the Boys. Recruitment was also done and 45 new members joined.

• Website & Facebook – with the current popularity of the social network available in the internet, a website and Facebook account was created. These serve as a tool to disseminate information & updates of activities to members, ex-members and the public.
Website:
http://1stkuchingbb.blogspot.com
Facebook:
1st Kuching Company, The Boys’ Brigade in Malaysia

• Fire & Rescue Course was held on 26-27th March 2011 at St Faith’s Parish Centre. The 2-days, 1-night course combined with 3rd Kuching Company saw 21 members going through an exciting programme that aims to better equip members in times of emergency.

• Youth Conference(combined with GB) was held on 2nd  April 2011 at 9th Floor, KTS Crown Towers with the Theme “Under Construction”. The conference sponsored by KTS brought together more than 300 youths from BB, GB and other Youth Fellowships from all over Kuching. The Conference aims at equipping youth for the future, getting them together to learn how to do well enough in school to graduate with life, college, and career-readiness skills. The Conference activities included:-
o Introduction of KTS Group of Companies, its seven main sectors of business as well as job opportunities to the young people
o Fun and informative activities to feed youth on spiritual faith, building a foundation of principles and virtue(with Good moral), abstinence and making wise and positive career and life choices.
o Speakers were Dr Issac Biju and Mdm Grace Lim
o Career direction by 4 professionals –
• Medical by Dr. Judith Tang
• Teacher by Grace Lim
• Engineer by Ngu Lock Tee
• Designer by Roy Hansan


We will be organizing the following events for the rest of this year:

• BB Sarawak 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner will be held in Sibu on 16 April 2011 at Kingwood Inn Hotel.  It will coincide with the 47th Brigade Council AGM which will be held from 15-17th April. The 1st Kuching Company is organizing a group of 10 representatives to attend the Dinner. The 1st batch of Pioneer members of 1st Kuching is also invited.

• Festival of Sports “MIAW Games” (Regional level) will be held from 12th June to 10th July 2011 for all BB companies in Kuching. Captain’s Ball, Basketball, Soccer, Table-Tennis, Carrom, Chess, Track and some novelty events will be held as inter-company competitions for Boys and Officers. This will be a great interaction for members in the Brigade.

• Celebration Dinner on 23th July for 300 past & present BB members
The Celebration Dinner will be held as follows:
Date ​:​Saturday, 23rd July 2011
Venue ​:​Hornbill Restaurant, Sarawak Club, Jln Budaya, Kuching
Time ​:​6.30pm – 11.00pm

• Community work – Habitat for Humanity.(Regional Level) A schedule had been lined up for all the BB companies to take part in this building of houses at various construction sites. The project starts in May 2011 until December 2011. This aims towards building a caring youth generation.

• Founder’s Day Service on 1st October 2011 will be organized by the NCOs’ Council(Regional Level). The venue will be at St Thomas Cathedral as the Host Company is 1st Kuching.

• BB 50th Anniversary Camp will be held from 25th to 28 November at Sinar Serapi Eco Theme Park. The camp will be attended by all the Kuching BB Companies. Expected participants are 100. Various fun activities like team building, water games, canoeing, cross country run will be organized. There will also be a closing ceremony for the 50th Celebration year.

THE OBJECTIVES:
• To celebrate the 50th Anniversary/Golden Jubilee of 1st Kuching BB (1961-2011).
• To assemble former members, present members and their parents, other BB & GB companies and friends for a time of reunion, fellowship and celebration.
• To instill a sense of awareness of the BB impact in the lives of many for an all-round development.
• To engage members in meaningful activities and to develop young people into responsible citizens with sound moral characters.

Fire and Rescue Course 2011

1ST AND 3RD KUCHING COMPANY

THE BOYS' BRIGADE IN MALAYSIA

FIRE AND RESCUE COURSE 2011

Group photo with the trainer (Civil Defense)

CALLING ALL FORMER MEMBERS OF 1ST KUCHING

50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION HIGHLIGHTS

21-29 JULY 2011

Proposed Programme:

Regional Games - (with Stedfast KL and Stedfast S'pore)

1) FOR GOLFERS:
- Thursday 21st July:   Golfers to check in after Lunch @Damai Beach Resort
- Friday 22nd July:      Morning Game of Golf

2) FOR ALL MEMBERS
- Saturday: 23rd July:  8am- Games day @Sinar Serapi ECO Theme Park-Matang,
                                  6pm - 1st kch 50th Anniversary Dinner @Sarawak Club
- Sunday 24th July:     City Tour (for overseas participants)
                                  5.00 p.m. Service with Even song at Anglican Church(1st Kch Enrolment Service)
Optional Programme:
- Mon 25th July: Flight to Miri,
- Tue 26th July: Mulu
- Wed 27th July: Mulu
- Thur 28th July: Miri Tour
- Fri 29th July: Flight Home

Venue for Accommodation & Games:
- Golf Venue: Damai Beach Resort. Hotel rate: 210 nett with Breakfast
- Stedfast Games Venue: Sener Serapi ECO Theme Park.
- Golfers Group will make a trip to Serapi on Tuesday 15th Feb 2011 to assess the Games venue.


Other informations:
- All accomodations will be on own expenses(contact Stedfast Exco for details of hotel rates)
- Proposed Day Games: Blow pipe, Beach Foot Ball, 50 Meters Freestyle Relay Swimming.
- Proposed Night Games: Snooker (Pool), Dart etc
- Stedfast Challenge Trophy: Defending champion-Singapore.

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