Rotary Club of Greater Kuala Lumpur

The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, was formed on 23 February 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to capture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The Rotary name derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices. The Rotary Club of Greater Kuala Lumpur is the first merged Rotary Clu

b in D3300, Malaysia. We were chartered on the 9th June 2011 by merging the RC KL North, RC Brickfields and RC Lembah Damansara. The Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur North was originally admitted to membership in Rotary International on the 9th June 1987 and had the membership ID # of 24727 and 13 members, The Rotary Club of Brickfields was originally admitted to membership in Rotary International on the 24th May 1994 and had the membership ID # of 30167 and 17 members and The Rotary Club of Lembah Damansara was originally admitted to membership in Rotary International on the 14th May 2001, and had the membership ID # of 55581 and 9 members. The longest serving Charter Member is PP Dr Siva Ananthan, who joined Rotary in 1990. The club chose the effective charter date of 9th June 1987 being the charter date of the oldest of the 3 clubs – making it more than 25 years of SERVICE ABOVE SELF. The merger of our clubs represents the desire to create a bigger, bolder and better club to serve our community more effectively. It is our hope that in the coming years RC Greater KL will be one of the premier Rotary clubs in D3300, Malaysia. The organization's dedication to this ideal is best expressed in its motto: Service Above Self. Rotary's distinguished reputation attracted presidents, prime ministers, and a host of other luminaries to its ranks – our former Prime Minister, Dato Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamed was a former member of RC Alor Setar.