Visit to St. John Gate & St. John Secretariat International
Dato’ Yeo Burnard led a delegation of 20 officers,Presidents & their spouses to visit the St. John Gate & Secretariat International on 25th March 2013. They were well received by the Lord Prior, Prof. Anthony R.Mellows and Sir Paul Lambert, Secretary General & the staffs of the International Secretariat. Lord Prior welcomed us and mentioned that our delegation is the biggest group ever to visit. A briefing was held between both parties followed by simple lunch hosted by Secretariat International.
Later in the afternoon, Lord Prior, Prof. Anthony R. Mellows conferred the knighthood – Knight of Grace in the said Most Venerable Order (KStJ), upon Dato’ Yeo Burnard. A visit to one of their Ambulance Service stations in the late afternoon was very informative followed by dinner hosted by St. John Ambulance Malaysia – State of Selangor.
The study tour started from 23rd till 31st March 2013 with 4 nights in London and 3 nights in Paris with the visit to St. John Gate on 25th March and the rest were sight seeing & shopping.