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GM’s update
Dear members,
Financial Year public officers enjoyed Healthy Lifestyle Walk each Club visit. On behalf of the Club, I would
(FY) 15/16 at new venues such as Pulau Ubin, Sentosa like to thank you for all your support!
Island and Coney Island.
As the financial year for The Way Forward
15/16 draws to a close Social Activities: Members and public
in end March 2016, the officers were enthusiastic about new social The Club will embark on a sustainable
Management of the Club activities such as the SG50 Celebrations, budget to build up its reserves over the
takes stock of its report Movie Treats, Jigsaw Puzzle Competition, next few years. It will continue to upgrade
card for the year. The Mass Outdoor Zumba workout and and improve the Club’s facilities annually,
salient points that I wish to share are Treasure Hunt. investing in IT to improve the outreach of
as follows: the Club to our members and public officers
Childcare Centre: A childcare centre was and enhance the productivity of the Club to
Financial Performance: As a Club, we have set up at Bukit Batok Clubhouse to cater service the members more efficiently. It will
continued to perform well. The net financial to the needs of our members and public explore and harness renewal energy to trim
surpluses for FY 15/16 have decreased with officers staying in the western and north cost and make the Club more eco-friendly.
the increased in the depreciation cost arising western sector of Singapore. Clubhouse More mass participation sports events will
from the upgrading of Changi Clubhouse. facilities are offered to the childcare centre be organised such as cycling, a night run
In fact, the financial surpluses, inclusive of so that the children can have a holistic and beach activities. The frequency of the
depreciation, have surpassed the past 6 years’ education where academic learning is Healthy Lifestyle Run/Walk will be increased
performance! This is important for the Club balanced with activities such as swimming to offer more opportunities for members
to build up its reserves for its future major lessons, music and dance. The centre aims to and public officers to keep physically fit and
upgrading. give parents quality time over the weekends healthy. We will continue to source for new
to bond with their children. Refer to page 25 and more interesting social activities that
Information Technology (IT): We have for details. meet the needs of our members and public
continually upgraded our facilities to add officers. The Club will continue to solicit our
value to our members and have enhanced Chalet and Villa Facilities: members’ feedback through internal and
our IT services to improve our productivity. We operationalised the chalet facilities external surveys on how we can improve
This has enabled our members’ ease and to provide members a new dimension of their experience when visiting the Club and
convenience in browsing and booking enjoyment while using our facilities. For enjoy the facilities and activities organised by
our facilities. We enhanced the security example, rain will no longer dampen the the Club. Most importantly, the Club
process of members booking the Club’s experience of those staying in the chalets will continue to remain relevant to public
facilities by introducing a password for them and villas once the permanent shelters are service where the public officers can bond
to use. We have also recently created an built. This is scheduled to be completed over and spend quality time with their families
E-booking portal for public officers to book the next few months. and friends.
the chalets. We assisted members with the
ease of updating of their personal particulars Perfect Game Bowlers: For the Activities Over the Past Two Months Festive
through E-update. The microsite created first time, the Club has 5 bowlers Deals and
for each Clubhouse provides more detailed achieving the coveted GParlizoerse!
information of the Clubhouses, which perfect game score of 300
also includes a Google virtual tour of the during sanctioned bowling Over the past 2 months, the Club was
Clubhouse facilities. events. Two bowlers from
Planet and Westwood Bowl a hive of activities with the Countdown party
Sports: More sporting activities, such walked away with the perfect game
as Frisbee, Floorball and Duathlon, were prize of $5,000 each and 1 bowler from and the pre and post Lunar New Year events.
introduced. The introduction of the 21 km Resort Bowl collected a cheque of $10,000.
run in our Run by the Bay 2015 was very well- Congratulations to Roger Tan, Benson Lau, We saw full participation in our Countdown
supported by the runners. Our members and Chua Yun Cong, Ryan Lin and Nicholas Lum
for achieving the perfect game. The details Party and everyone walked away with a prize
CSC WALK are in page 04.
P@roPmuenngagdoel/ and a door gift. The luckiest one, Mr Wong
Coney Island External Survey: The outcome of the
external survey conducted in September/ Thim Chiew walked away with a pair of
October 2015 affirmed that our members
enjoyed the improvements to the Club’s return air tickets to London. Congratulations
facilities and truly had positive experiences at
Mr Wong, have a pleasant trip to London
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