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A Blood Donation Campaign, jointly organised by the KL Bar Social, Art & Culture Committee and the KL Court with the assistance of the National Blood Bank, was held on 19 May 2014 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at Level 2 of the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex at Jalan Duta. Members of the Bar, Court staff and members of the public nobly came forward to participate in this Blood Donation Drive. A total of 81 donors registered. Unfortunately, only 69 were eligible to donate. The 12 were rejected because they were either underweight, having high blood pressure or low blood pressure, had recent piercings or tattoos, or had lived in the United Kingdom from 1980 till 1996 or in Europe between 1980 until the present.  A total of 69 units of blood were collected from the caring donors. Thank you to all those who donated blood and to those who assisted in making this event a success. Prepared by Vinu Kamalananthan

3 January 2014 KL Bar Monthly Social Get-together About 15 lawyers gathered at BAR 1981 @ Solaris Publika on 3 January 2014 for the January Social Get-together. Everyone had a great time but parted early at 11:00 pm. 7 January 2014 PDC Seminar on The Failed Malaysian Solution of the Asylum Seeker Conundrum in Australia Jeswynn Yogaratnam from Charles Darwin University presented this Free seminar which was held at the KL Bar Auditorium at 4:00 pm on 7 January 2014. The seminar was attended by 25 participants. The seminar covered "Insight to International Asylum and Refugee Law and policy", "Reflect on Australian Law and compliance with the 1951 Refugee Convention", "Review of the Australian High Court decision on the Malaysian Solution case", "Examining subsequent amendments to the Australian Migration Act 1958 (Cth) post High Court decision" and "Should Malaysia be a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention?" 8