Positions in Community.:

1) Member of the Ministerial Advisory Council of Senior Victorians
2) Member of Board of Management, Manningham Community Health Services

Positions in Chinese Community Social Services Centre Inc.:

1) President - Chinese Community Social Services Centre Inc. (1996-current)
2) Secretary - 'On Luck' Community Chest
 

Country of Birth: Malaysia. Arrived in Australia in 1962

Education:
1) Northcote High School, Melbourne University, R.M.I.T.,
2) Hawthorn Institute of Education
3) Retired TAFE teacher

Other past and current Community Involvement:
Current-
1) Member – Ministerial Advisory Council on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity – Human Services (2000-current)
2) Director - Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne) (Ministerial Appointment) (1998-2004)

Past-
1) Board of Management - The Scots' Church, Melbourne (1996-2000)
2) Ministerial Multicultural Human Services Advisory Council (1999)
3) Victorian Ethnic Affairs Advisory Council (Ministerial Appointment) 6 years of service (70's - 80's)

4) Victorian Ethnic Affairs/ Police Liaison Committee (Ministerial Appointment) - 14 years of service (70's - 90's)

5) Australian Asian Community Welfare Association (Founder/ President /Secretary/Treasurer) (70's - 80's)

6) Federation of Chinese Associations of Victoria (Founding Member/ Chairman - Constitution Committee) (70's - 80's)

7) Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (Committee Member) (70's - 80's)
8) Communities Council on Ethnic Issues (Secretary) (90's)
9) Migrant Resource Centre, Melbourne (Management Committee Member) (70's - 80's)

10) Asian Australian Resource Centre (Founding Member/Secretary) (80's - 90's)

11) Lions Club of Melbourne Cosmopolitan (President/Vice President/Secretary/Treasurer) (70's - 90's)

12) Blackburn English Language School Council (Vice President) (90's)
13) Monash University Asia Pacific Education Centre Advisory Committee (80's)

14) Malaysian Union of Students in Australia (Founding Member/National President) (70's)

15) Malaysian Students' Union of Victoria (State President) (60's - 70's)
16) Department of Immigration State Informal Committee (60's)
17) Overseas Students' Coordinating Committee of Victoria (60's)
18) Asian Students Association of RMIT (President) (60's)
19) Junior Australian Asian Association of Victoria (President) (60's)
20) Working Party - Restructure of the Filipino Community Council of Victoria (Chairman) (90's)

21) Victorian Chinese Community Festivities (President) (90's)

Awards and Major Achievements:
1) Justice of the Peace (1995)
2) Centenary Medal (2003)
3)Victoria’s Award for Excellence in Multicultural Affairs –
Award for Meritorious Service in the Community (2002)

4)Certificate of Commendation - Victoria Police
-for dedication and sustained assistance to the Victoria Police in establishing harmonious relation between Police and ethnic communities (1977-1991)

5) Nominee for the 2001 Multicultural Volunteers Awards
6) Ministry of Ethnic Affairs Medallion
-for service and contribution to the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Advisory Council (1977-1983)

7) Presentation by Box Hill College of TAFE
-in recognition of service and contribution to its Council

8) Presentation by the Asian Australian Community Welfare Association
-in appreciation for service, contribution and support to the Association

9) Recipient of the Lions Club District Governor's 100% President's Award
-in recognition of 100% performance as Club President

10) Certificates of Recognitions – International Year of Volunteers (2001)