KOTA KINABALU: United Malaysia, the country’s official and oldest Manchester United supporters’ fan club, has installed its new committee for the year 2020-2022 after its Biennial General Meeting (BGM) here last Wednesday (Dec 22).
The club’s BGM, which was postponed last year due to Covid-19, also saw Batholomew Jingulam returned unopposed as president for the 3rd term.
Before the Meeting commenced, the members present started it off with a prayer to all the members who had passed on recently as well as for those who had gone through the severe flooding in West Malaysia.
In his speech, Jingulam said the past year has been a tough period for everyone including members of the club due to the pandemic.
He, however, thanked all for their continued support, particularly the United Malaysia committee for their contributions despite the uncertainty amid the health crisis.
Besides Jingulam, Kenneth Jayaraman was also returned as deputy president while Lindsay Michael was elected the new secretary, with Pritchard Gumbaris as her assistant.
Janet Lajaip remained as the club treasurer with Fynn Floyd Wong as her assistant.
Nine people were elected as committee members namely Adrian Sibangun, Dora Limus, Macky Yih, Anita Dingkawan, Bryan Spencer Faurillo, Michelle Faurillo, Fabian Faurillo, Daniel Roman and Durie Fong.
At the same time, Simon Peter, Darell Ho and Sivanesan Murugasen were named as special officers to the president.
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