GOLF LIFESTYLE 8 Fa Cai Challenge Trophy 21 Food Column 9 Interclub League Welcome Dinner 22 Traveller’S Tales
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Generations Coming Together March CONTENTS CLUB NEWS HERITAGE 3 DORSCON Orange Alert 18 Kampung Agas: A lost village, but never forgotten 4 Lunar New Year Celebration 20 Flashback: Clubhouse 6 Handling macaques 7 Ad: Online Bill Payment SOCIAL 04 17 Bridge CNY Celebrations GOLF LIFESTYLE 8 Fa Cai Challenge Trophy 21 Food Column 9 Interclub League Welcome Dinner 22 Traveller’s Tales 10 Gold Medals 2019 and 4BBB Matchplay Prize Presentation F&B 17 Valentine’s Day 08 11 Keppel Junior Championship 23 Little Harry’s Pub 12 8th Pondok Indah International Junior 24 Tee Top Golf Championships 28 Peramakan 13 New Generation Keppel Junior Jun Xi fulfils goals in 2019 29 Peony Jade 14 Hollow Coring 30 Sea Scent 15 Announcements 31 Fukuya 16 Golf results INFO 12 17 32 Calendar 33 Club Directory COMMITTEE & STAFF Chairman Tan Chong Meng Staff Deputy Chairman Ong Kim Pong Executive Staff Desmond Chua General Manager 6933-3968 Management Committee President Lai Mun Onn Administration & HR Leong Chee Kheong Senior Manager 6933-3993 Vice-President Eric Tan Trecia Pang Manager 6933-3995 Secretary Eddy Ng Corporate Communications Treasurer Lim Chin Chuan Joan Yap Manager 6933-3955 Captain C.S. Kong Andre C. Neville Executive 6933-3976 Vice-Captain Alan Lee Fabian Ho Senior Club Designer 6933-3977 Member (Billiards & Bowling) Michael Goo Facilities Services Member (House & Bar) Derrick Lee Loh Mun Fai Manager 6933-3964 Member (Newsletter) Peter Teo Tan Kok Seng Senior Executive 6933-3989 Member (Swimming & F&B Entertainment) Perera Edward Clarence Jason Tan Manager 6933-3991 Member (Tennis) Kamal Ehsan Standly Cheow Executive 6933-3952 Newsletter Sub-Committee Finance Convenor Peter Teo Chen Liwen Manager 6933-3978 Members Susie Seow Wong Suk Mun Assistant Manager 6933-3982 Helen Neo (Observer) Golf Operations Lilian Kwok Edmund Chun Senior Manager 6933-3966 Yeo Chook Yuen Senior Executive 6933 3951 Muhammad Izan Senior Executive 6933-3951 Membership Eunice Tan Manager 6933-3963 Social & Sports Raziman Rahman Deputy Manager 6933-3981 Ashok Kumar Assistant Manager (Tennis) 6933-3946 Generations Coming Together Keppel Links is published by: The Club welcomes contributions from members in the form of articles, comments, pictures and drawings. Please address all materials Keppel Club to the Editor. The Newsletter Committee reserves the right to edit or decline any materials and photos submitted for publication. Bukit Chermin Road The views of contributors may not necessarily represent those of the Club. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be Singapore 109918 reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of the Publisher. Information concerning club events is correct at time of printing. (65) 6375-5567 (65) 6278-1448 www.keppelclub.com.sg Keppel Club [email protected] CLUB NEWS Editor’s Note The month of February had been mired in the COVID-19 outbreak with the country experiencing a test of nerves as well as resilience. The Club had been monitoring the situation from the onset and had responded rapidly by implementing precautionary measures when the DORSCON alert level was raised to Orange on Feb 7. Screening stations were set up and functioning the following morning for temperature checking, health and travel declarations and contact tracking. Despite the additional time taken to enter the Club, the screenings were carried out smoothly and members experienced only minimum inconvenience, especially when the member card readers were installed within a week. As we stay vigilant and take the necessary safeguards, it is important to keep abreast of the developments through official sources and validated media. At the same time, life should go on as normally as possible. In this issue of Keppel Links, we bring you a refreshing story on the Club’s Heritage – Kampung Agas, a village that was part of our current golf course until the 1970s. We are also featuring "Flashback", a recollection of the Club's archived photographs and monthly newsletter articles. For members who missed our Lunar New Year Lo Hei celebrations, you can read about the fun-packed event here. For aspiring young golfers, we have a special feature on one of our Junior Golf champions who has made the Club proud with her achievements. Please download a copy of March eKeppelLinks from our website: http://keppelclub.com.sg/EKEPPEL-LINKS. Archived copies of eKeppelLinks are also available for download. Printed copies of Keppel Links can be requested from the main reception. Besides the monthly newsletter, members are informed of the latest updates on the Club’s website and social media platforms. If you have a Facebook and/or Instagram account, do subscribe to Keppel Club’s social media sites to get regular updates and to download photographs of events. We are continuously improving to deliver timely and interesting stories to you. If you have any feedback or wish to contribute to Keppel Links, please contact The Editor at: http://keppelclub.com.sg/contact-us-feedback Wishing you good health and safety. Joan Yap Corporate Communications Manager Follow us! 2 Keppel Links • March 2020 CLUB NEWS DORSCON Orange Alert Stringent measures in place to deter spread of COVID-19 All visitors to the Club are required to undergo a mandatory temperature screening, travel declaration and contact registration, before entry can be granted. In response to the DORSCON could be transmitted via contact with Travellers and members of the Orange Alert on Feb 7, the Club the pens and clipboards. public should adopt the following precautions at all times: has adopted precautionary measures To facilitate the process of contact tracing, members who are driving in to safeguard the well-being of our • Avoid consumption of raw or may simply tap their membership cards undercooked meats; members, guests and staff during on the electronic card readers (top • Avoid crowded places and close this time. right photo) provided at the screening contact with people who are unwell Temperature Screening terminals. or who show symptoms of illness; • Observe good personal hygiene; Prior to entry into the Club’s premises, Health Advisory by the Ministry • Practise frequent hand washing all visitors are required to undergo a of Health with soap (e.g. before handling temperature screening at the multi-story Singaporeans are advised to defer all carpark. food or eating, after going to toilet, travel to Hubei Province and non- or when hands are dirtied by Individuals with a temperature of essential travel to Mainland China and 37.5°C and above will be placed under respiratory secretions after coughing the Republic of Korea's Daegu city and or sneezing); observation, with their temperature Cheongdo county. • Wear a mask if you have respiratory monitored every five minutes, by All travellers should monitor their symptoms such as a cough or runny an assigned temperature screening health closely for two weeks upon nose; personnel. This will limit person-to- return to Singapore and seek medical • Cover your mouth with tissue paper person contact, and reduce chances of attention promptly if they feel unwell. when coughing or sneezing, and interaction between individuals. Travellers should inform their doctor dispose of the soiled tissue paper in Should the situation not improve, of their travel history. If travellers the rubbish bin immediately; and the individual will be placed in an have a fever or respiratory symptoms • Seek medical attention promptly if isolation area. The Club would then (e.g. cough, shortness of breath), they you are feeling unwell. call for an ambulance to transport should wear a mask and call the clinic For more details, visit him/her to the hospital for medical ahead of the visit. www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19 assistance. Further contact tracing will then be carried out. Contact Tracing Besides the taking of temperature, visitors are also required to provide their names and contact details to the temperature screening personnel, and state their purpose of visit to the Club. We urge all visitors to allow only for temperature screening personnel to note down these details, so as to minimise the spread of germs that Stepping up precautionary measures during DORSCON Orange Alert Level. Keppel Links • March 2020 3 CLUB NEWS Lunar New Year Celebration Feb 2 Ushering in a year of hope and good fortune Happy Rat tossing oranges. Pole jumping lion dance. Dragon chasing the pearl of wisdom. The entire Club was filled with the celebratory sounds of drums, gongs and cymbals the Sunday afternoon of Feb 2 as members and guests made their way to the swimming pool annex for the Lunar New Year celebrations. Unfazed by a precautionary health screening during registration, everyone was in high spirits as they passed our greeters who presented auspicious red bags of lucky oranges. Music filled the air as the vivacious MC serenaded early revellers with her songs of hope, joy and fortune. Celebrations began at 5pm with the arrival of our Management Committee (MC) members – President Lai Mun Onn, Vice-President Eric Tan, Captain C.S. Kong, Vice- Captain Alan Lee and Tennis Convenor Kamal Ehsan. The show started with an acrobatic dance, followed by the pole-jumping lion dancers and the dragon of wealth Wushu performance. chasing a flaming pearl of wisdom. Next was the big flag 4 Keppel Links • March 2020 CLUB NEWS Big flag balancing. Acrobatic martial arts. Lo Hei time for family and friends at the swimming pool annex. act which seemed tricky in the prevailing windy condition with each flag supported by at least five men. As the flags exited, a pride of prancing lions, the God of Fortune and the endearing Rat mascot entered to greet the VIPs, members and guests. Oranges and gold “coins” were generously distributed to a delighted crowd to mark a blissful end to the performances.