CSC's 40Th Anniversary
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July-August 2011 civil service club | MICA (P) 139/12/2010 fusi one membership, threen distinct experiences CS C’ th s 40 Anniversary A Stroll Down Mem ory Lane A celebration of 40 goo d years of se rvice 40th Anniversary Milestones | CSC – PA: A New Partnership | Comifest 2 – Straight From Manga Pages contents: fusicivil service club n Charlie Ng General Manager, CSC From the NEW : new course GM’s Desk 02 From The GM’s Desk 23 Get To Know The Property Market :fun A pre-Happy Birthday Greeting to Civil Service Club! Yes, come 25 October 2011, the 23 Learn All About Wills 34 Bhangrarobics For All! Club will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary. The Club has indeed come a long way from :spotlight 24 Essentials Of CPF 34 Create Your Own Photo Montage Videos its humble beginnings, located in a single-storey building at Dempsey Road, to a Club th NEW 06 CSC’s 40 Anniversary 24 Achieve Financial Security For Retirement 34 Return Of The Choo Choo Trek with 3 Clubhouses and a membership base of about 23,300. The highlights of the past 24 Learn The Art Of Trading 34 Creative Digital Photography forty years are chronologically listed on pages 6 to 8. 24 Build Your Own Online Business NEW :happenings 34 De Binjai Night Ramble As part of the commemoration of this special anniversary, the Club launched the 35 Mid-Autumn Celebration @ CSC 09 A New Partnership complimentary CSC-PAssion Card for members in May 2011. Most members who opted 35 Let’s Go Horseback Riding! 12 To Mum, With Love :self improvement in will receive their CSC-PAssion Cards by early Jul 2011, together with a complimentary 35 All About Horse Stable Management 13 Straight From The Manga Pages! 25 How To Develop Your Toddler’s Potential sports utility bag. A series of activities and promotional discounts will be organised for 35 Photoshop For Photographers NEW 25 Conversational Mandarin our members at the Club’s outlets in Oct 2011. An Amazing Race, part of the biggest ever 36 Ghoulish Trails Around The Isle NEW :sports 25 Wear The Right Colours NEW Public Service Sports Carnival, will be organised on 26 Nov 2011. The Race will end at 36 Tennis With Coach Khusairi 25 Using Fingerprint Science At Work Marina Barrage and Gardens By The Bay, the venue for the Carnival. A CSC Karaoke 16 MOE Flicks Its Way To Victory 37 Understanding Your DSLR 26 All About Bazi And Fengshui Singing Competition will be held, with preliminaries between Aug and Nov 2011. The 16 MHA Scores A Winner 37 SPI Investigative & Research Seminar NEW 26 Workshop On Work, Money & Love NEW finals will be held at the CSC Annual Countdown Party on 31 Dec 2011. (More details on 16 MOE Nets The Win page 10.) 17 MHA Trumps All In Beach Volleyball :music :arts Over the past months, all feedback received from members, be they accolades or 17 Bowling Over The Rest suggestions for improvements, were promptly attended to. As a result, Bukit Batok 18 Splashing To A Stalemate 27 Get Handy With The Harmonica! 37 Basic Watercolour Painting Clubhouse has included more pool deck furniture, tightened its maintenance process, 18 Tennis Champions MOH Beats 27 Learn To Play The Keyboard 37 The Art Of Jewelry Making NEW resolved the high-pitched noise emitting from the aircon condensers that affected the The Odds 27 Learn To Play Ukulele 38 Eileen’s Art & Crafts Classes residents nearby, and organised more social activities. At Tessensohn Clubhouse, the 18 MOE Scrabbles To The Top 28 Learn To Play Violin 38 Make Your Very Own Teddy Bear unpleasant smells and smoke from the kitchen of our neighbouring Clubhouse was 28 Learn To Play Di Zi resolved by installing a proper venting duct in the kitchen to extract smoke from the :food 28 Getting In Tune With The Erhu :travel kitchen. We would like to thank our members for their feedback. 29 Learn To Strum Pop Guitar 19 46th National Day Wine & 39 Tour To Butterfly Park NEW 29 Play The Traditional Guzheng Website The Club will continue to enhance its facilities to enable our members to have a more Dine Celebrations 39 Visit The Tiger Brewery 29 English Pop Vocal Singing NEW http://www.csc.sg positive experience. The Multi-Purpose Hall at Tessensohn Clubhouse, which was recently 19 Food Demos With Samuel Chan 39 Star Cruise Specials http://intranet.csc.gov.sg painted, will have its badminton courts upgraded with BWF-approved green mats, umpire 19 Chef Lisa’s Gourmet Lunch Cum 40 1D Kuala Rompin (Pahang) Tour NEW Email for enquiry chairs and scoring systems. The table tennis courts will be upgraded with new tables and Cooking Demo :kids 40 1D Escape To Tanjung Piai & Kukup [email protected] flooring. There will be a screen to compartmentalise the badminton courts, table tennis NEW 20 Create Your Own Gelato 30 Stop-Motion Animation For Kids NEW 41 i’Service @ Batam Orphanage playing area and Climb Asia. A Pro-shop will also be set up. All these upgrading works will NEW 20 The Art Of Tea Appreciation 30 Brainy Magic Quest 41 3D2N KL Durian Feast Special Club CSC @ Tessensohn be completed by end Jul 2011. At Bukit Batok Clubhouse, the extended indoor children’s 4D3N Malaysian Makan Tour 60 Tessensohn Road, Singapore 217664 20 Cook With Chef Lisa! 30 Healthy Ice Cream Making (Parent & Child) 42 playground is ready for use, and new car-park and Clubhouse directional signage will be NEW Tel: 62948933 30 Kids Can Bake! (Parent & Child) (Penang, KL & Malacca) up by Jul 2011; worn out swimming pool facilities are being repainted and the changing 2D1N Bintan Cabana Beach Resort Getaway NEW Club CSC @ Changi 31 Draw Your Own Cartoons! 42 room facilities improved. As for Changi Clubhouse, the existing facilities will continue to :beauty 2 Netheravon Road, Singapore 508503 31 Create Your Own Computer Games! 43 3D2N Free & Easy In KL! be well-maintained. The works will depend on URA’s approval of our plan to renovate and 21 Retro Hair Styling (Hands-On) NEW Tel: 65452859 31 Battle Of The Robots 43 Day Trip To Yakult, Salmon Warehouse & upgrade the Clubhouse. 21 Guasa Facial Therapy NEW Club CSC @ Bukit Batok 31 Secret Agent Maths Adventure Organic Farm 91 Bukit Batok West Ave 2, Singapore 659206 Since May 2011, the Club has reorganised some of the Corporate Services appointments 21 Skin Moisturising Workshop NEW 43 1D Batam Makan & Massage Tour Tel: 65137480 to enable the management to synergise their roles more effectively to support the Club’s 21 The Art Of Full-Face Makeup NEW :health present and future needs. The main changes are reflected on page 11. Techniques (Corporate Look) CORPORATE Services 22 Makeup With Bobbi Brown 32 Breathwork Your Way To Health! NEW :regular activities I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Ms Serene Chan as Manager of Membership Matters 22 Glow From Head To Toe! NEW 32 Functional Strength Training For All NEW 44 What’s Cooking At Club CSC @ Tel: 63915604 (Eunice Kwek) Corporate Services, effective from 1 Jun 2011. Serene has worked in both the commercial 22 How To Enhance Your Eyes 32 Understanding Your Health NEW Tessensohn Tel: 63915615 (Ricky Ng) and Club sectors, and has a wealth of experience in HR and membership matters. I am 22 Natural Chinese Herbal Hair Care NEW 32 Introduction To Thai Foot Reflexology 45 Stay Fighting Fit! [email protected] confident that she will contribute to the Club’s efforts to better serve our members. Sports Activities 33 LOHAS Meridian Health & Massage Finally, to all the parents amongst you, a belated Happy Mother’s and Father’s Day! Tel: 63915619 (Candice Woo) :finance 33 Healing & Balancing Via Chakra Meditation 33 Traditional Thai Massage Social Activities 23 Investing Into China’s Growth Through Tel: 63915624 (Kua Gek Cheng) 33 Tap On The Power Of Meditation Futures Design & Editorial Consultancy Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd www.pagesetters.com.sg Waterfront Living Article 2pp_FA 3.pdf 1 6/23/11 2:52 PM ADVERTORIAL C M Y CM MY CY CMY K There is a need for rest and recreation for members Year in the Public Service. The pressures upon them OWN M LL D EMO have increased tremendously with Singapore’s rapid 1982 RO RY ST LAN economic growth and the government’s greater Portsdown Clubhouse was returned to the Ministry of Defence in June. A E involvement in the economy. tion of 40 good year lebra s of 1983 ce serv Construction of the Tessensohn Clubhouse was started at a cost of $17.8 million. A ice - Mr Hon Sui Sen, the late Minister of Finance, at the inauguration of Civil Service Club, April 1972 1985 The Social Interaction Programme (SIP) was launched to help single The Club of Choice for Public Officers officers in the civil service to come together through social activities. th 2011 marks our 40 anniversary and heralds a new beginning. Today, CSC has come in sync with our members’ 1986 lifestyles, hobbies, and interests, and it is where individuals and families can come together for fun and quality The completed Tessensohn Clubhouse was handed over to the bonding time! SCSSC on 30 September. Forty Years Of History 1990 With four decades of service, CSC has been playing an important role to provide recreational and sporting Official opening of Tessensohn Clubhouse by President Wee activities for civil servants. In the following pages, we take a nostalgic stroll down memory lane and look back at the Kim Wee on 9 June.