JURIAH MORSHIDI

I have known Juriah for more than 10 years and knew that she is one of the prominent women who deserved to be acknowledged for her contribution towards community services.
Juriah Abdullah @ Judy Wan Morhsidi ,a Chinese, born in Lutong Shell Clinic and spent her childhood in Lutong. Married to Haji Wan Morshidi, she has 2 sons and 1 daughter , two with Bachelor Degree and married, the youngest is still single and holds a Master degree in Engineeng. She has a grand daughter. Juriah can converse in Mandarin, English and Bahasa Malaysia, both oral and written. As a teacher teaching English in primary schools for 33 years, she has written some stories for the teaching in English. She enjoyed social work, reading and travelling and had been to many countries.
Involvement in Community Services
1 Malaysian Red Crescent Miri Chapter
• Joined the organization known as the British Red Cross then in 1959, as a Life member since 1989.
• Introduced Welfare services of the Chapter to the local and expatriate ladies from which The Sunflower Centre was formed and was actively involved in the early years of the Centre
• Introduced Red Crescent movement to primary schools in Miri, Niah & Marudi
1993 – 2005: Hon. Secretary
• Initiated the Red Crescent Thrift Shop that revolved into the 3R centre
• Initiated the set up of Chapter Homepage and Newsletter
• Initiated the popular “Dance For Humanity”
Current post: Vice Chairman II of the Miri Chapter
Visited the British Red Cross in 1965 and the American Red Cross in 2000.
2. Miri Local Agenda 21
- Member of Main committee since 2001
- Vice chairman of Solid Waste Reduction group since 2009
- Chairman of Plastic Reduction Subgroup since 2009 and organized the launching of “No Plastic Bags on Sunday” in 2009.
3 Lions Club of Miri Central
(Charter member )
Position: Director
Has organized various projects for the club
4 Persatuan Wanita Petroleum Miri
- Member since 2002
- Auditor (2010)
5 Club Pidato Toastmasters Miri
Joined as a charter member in 1999.
-Positions held: Vice President, President, Area Governor for Miri
-Initiated activities for the club : regular speech contests for members, Story telling contest for primary schools, inter primary & secondary school speech contest, Youth Leadership Programme
5. MAKSAK Wanita
1988– 1992 : As secretary - systemized the committee portfolios and organized a few Food Fairs
6. Miri Malay Association

• Life member
• Organized Malay cake competition in 2009
• As committee member in various activities
Her comments on Women
Women in the Malaysian context are more independent and more knowledge, enjoyed better opportunities in workplace and had more interesting lives. Women today are outstanding in various fields, professionals in many fields are increasing and many are successful entrepreneurs, happy that the Government has special programme to assist these women. They are better represented than before , however, there is still discrimination in some sectors. Lack of balance at one end of the spectrum, women are progressive, well educated and knowledgeable, on par with men but there is still a big gap for women in the rural areas that are lacking behind due to poor knowledge of health and hygiene due to poor education level especially from the poor income group.