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Singapore Social

Paige Lim

Paige Lim

Published Fri, Jul 8, 2022 · 02:00 PM
    • The Singapore Recreation Club's (SRC) new president, Chang Yeh Hong, hopes to attract younger members to the club.
    • A Monday evening at the SRC's B@Campo bar.
    • Social clubs founded in the colonial era include the Singapore Cricket Club.
    • The British Club will spend S$10 million to upgrade its clubhouse across the next 4 years, including expanding its sports centre.
    • The Singapore Swimming Club has collaborated with O2Work to provide hot-desking options and meeting rooms for members.
    • At the SRC’s peak in the late 1990s, an ordinary membership could go for up to S$65,000; today, this has fallen to about S$9,300.
    • Takings from jackpot operations – which used to be a cash cow for social clubs here – have dwindled over the years.
    • Tanglin Club requires all potential members, alongside their proposer and seconder, to attend an interview with the general committee.
    • The Singapore Recreation Club's (SRC) new president, Chang Yeh Hong, hopes to attract younger members to the club. BT PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
    • A Monday evening at the SRC's B@Campo bar. PHOTO: SRC
    • Social clubs founded in the colonial era include the Singapore Cricket Club. PHOTO: SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB
    • The British Club will spend S$10 million to upgrade its clubhouse across the next 4 years, including expanding its sports centre. PHOTO: THE BRITISH CLUB
    • The Singapore Swimming Club has collaborated with O2Work to provide hot-desking options and meeting rooms for members. PHOTO: SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB
    • At the SRC’s peak in the late 1990s, an ordinary membership could go for up to S$65,000; today, this has fallen to about S$9,300. BT PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
    • Takings from jackpot operations – which used to be a cash cow for social clubs here – have dwindled over the years. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
    • Tanglin Club requires all potential members, alongside their proposer and seconder, to attend an interview with the general committee. PHOTO: TANGLIN CLUB

    ON AN open lawn, a group of middle-aged men are engaged in deep chatter, clinking glasses of whiskey around a barrel-mounted tabletop. Before them stretches the vast expanse of the Padang and a panoramic night view of the Singapore skyline.

    It’s a scene of quiet conviviality on a Monday evening at the Singapore Recreation Club’s (SRC) B@Campo bar. But the club’s new president, Chang Yeh Hong, wants to liven up the place a little more.

    “We’ve been sleepy for far too long. In order for this club to be vibrant again, we need to bring in new blood,” said Chang.

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