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Mar 20, 2010
Club hasn't deviated from mission to serve NSmen
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I REFER to Thursday's letter by Mr Yeo Eng Huat ('Club should accept only national servicemen'), claiming that corporate members take up weekend golf slots at National Service Resort & Country Club (NSRCC) and that they should not be accepted as members.
I assure Mr Yeo that NSRCC has not deviated from its mission to provide premier golf club membership to NSmen at affordable rates. Through prudent management practices, we were able to accumulate sufficient resources over the past 15 years to provide and upgrade our facilities for NSmen members, while still keeping their fees low.
In the initial years of the club's set-up, corporate bodies were asked to support national service by buying corporate membership. This was to raise funds to help cover the club's development costs so fees could be kept low for NSmen. Entrance fees from corporate members contributed significantly to the club's development costs.
Each corporate member paid entrance fees ranging from $150,000 to $350,000. This is significantly higher than the average fee of $4,480 for a five-year term an NSman pays.
We have not actively marketed corporate membership for more than 13 years, and today corporate members constitute less than 1 per cent of our membership base. For this small group, we have to honour our obligations to them as they have given their support to the club in its initial years.
I wish to clarify that NSRCC does not reserve Sunday morning prime time slots for corporate members as claimed. Corporate members can book one day ahead of ordinary members. However, we limit corporate bookings to a certain number. Once this limit is reached, such bookings are closed. In any case, the group of corporate members is very small, and its presence does not have a significant impact on other members' use of club facilities.
Many golf clubs here, not just NSRCC, face capacity problems on weekends. We opened an additional 18-hole golf course in Kranji in 2005. There are always weekend slots available at our Kranji course. It is an option members may wish to consider, if they are unable to obtain the more popular weekend time slots at our Changi golf courses.
Tang Mun Poh
General Manager
National Service Resort & Country Club
Club hasn't deviated from mission to serve NSmen
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I REFER to Thursday's letter by Mr Yeo Eng Huat ('Club should accept only national servicemen'), claiming that corporate members take up weekend golf slots at National Service Resort & Country Club (NSRCC) and that they should not be accepted as members.
I assure Mr Yeo that NSRCC has not deviated from its mission to provide premier golf club membership to NSmen at affordable rates. Through prudent management practices, we were able to accumulate sufficient resources over the past 15 years to provide and upgrade our facilities for NSmen members, while still keeping their fees low.
In the initial years of the club's set-up, corporate bodies were asked to support national service by buying corporate membership. This was to raise funds to help cover the club's development costs so fees could be kept low for NSmen. Entrance fees from corporate members contributed significantly to the club's development costs.
Each corporate member paid entrance fees ranging from $150,000 to $350,000. This is significantly higher than the average fee of $4,480 for a five-year term an NSman pays.
We have not actively marketed corporate membership for more than 13 years, and today corporate members constitute less than 1 per cent of our membership base. For this small group, we have to honour our obligations to them as they have given their support to the club in its initial years.
I wish to clarify that NSRCC does not reserve Sunday morning prime time slots for corporate members as claimed. Corporate members can book one day ahead of ordinary members. However, we limit corporate bookings to a certain number. Once this limit is reached, such bookings are closed. In any case, the group of corporate members is very small, and its presence does not have a significant impact on other members' use of club facilities.
Many golf clubs here, not just NSRCC, face capacity problems on weekends. We opened an additional 18-hole golf course in Kranji in 2005. There are always weekend slots available at our Kranji course. It is an option members may wish to consider, if they are unable to obtain the more popular weekend time slots at our Changi golf courses.
Tang Mun Poh
General Manager
National Service Resort & Country Club
