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GENERAL COMMITTEE 2015/2016PRESIDENT Robert WienerVICE-PRESIDENT Eugene LimHONORARY TREASURERDavid PalmerINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONVENORGlenn BryceDEVELOPMENT & PLANNING CONVENORSEugene LimDavid GohRULES CONVENORRoger HancockHR & PROCUREMENT CONVENORHo Chee LinMEMBERSHIP SERVICES CONVENORKelvin KawSPORTS & RECREATION CONVENORZoeb SadiqHOUSE CONVENORSRolv StokkmoFranklin Wong

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To make this day more special, we are still seeking volunteers. If you are interested in joining us, please email t [email protected]. We are indeed privileged as a Club, and as we turn 150, it is important to me, and my fellow GC colleagues, that our focus and efforts extend beyond our Club walls, with generosity and support of those in need. We hope to have your support with our efforts to show the community that Tanglin cares.

Charity collectionIn the continued spirit of charity, the General Committee has decided to gather a collection from Membership to be directed toward those less privileged. This month, you will receive a letter seeking a $150 contribution toward various charities. The format is similar to the annual staff ang pow collection; if you do not opt out, the $150 donation will be charged to your November account. It is our hope that this be our largest contribution in our Club’s long 150-year history. While Members can opt out, we sincerely hope you join us in this campaign to give to those less fortunate.

The Tanglin TreeSome tickets remain available for our specially commissioned, 150th celebratory musical, The Tanglin Tree, also 9 October, composed by John Sharpley, with lyrics by our fellow Member Robert Yeo. Over forty artists have joined hands to create this special Tanglin production—a production not to be missed.

Hallow’greenLastly, I’d like to draw your attention to our 150th Club-wide party that is taking place 31 October. I encourage you to adorn our Club colour—green, gather your friends, and come celebrate with us. We’re featuring three live, diverse bands, so there is something for everyone: Shaggies, Louis Soliano Jazz Trio, and the Rock Rosettes. The culinary team is whipping up a feast and the bar is free-flowing night long. This incredible night is being offered to Members at our founding year price of $18.65. I hope to see you all there!

Congratulations Tanglin Club. Here’s to another 150 years of continued tradition and success.

Robert WienerPresident

Dear Fellow Members,

On 6 October 1865, “40 good men and true” are said to have gathered to form our Club. This edition of the Club’s magazine is a tribute to these forty great men and the outstanding club they created, now entering its 150th year. I am privileged and honoured to have spent about 50 of those years as a Member and 11 years serving on the General Committee—as President, since May. The Club has been a meaningful part of my life, and I could not be more grateful for the vision and commitment of those who guided it forward to what it has become today.

Forty Good MenI reviewed the October 1990 125th celebratory magazine issue, and I thought you might enjoy “1865 & All That,” so it is included on pages 14–16. I am sure I am joined by many of our fellow Members who fondly recall Ram Surat Rai, our loyal and number one Jaga, known to generations of Club Members as Ram. A brass plaque in his memory adorns the main clubhouse entrance. In honour of Ram, please be sure to read page 17, and take this opportunity to revisit Ram’s plaque. Ram’s story was published in “Forty Good Men,” available in the Library. It is an excellent historical account of The Tanglin Club’s first 125 years. To mark our 150th anniversary, we are beginning a series of Member profiles in the magazine that highlight our international Club’s diverse and rich heritage. This month we are featuring Member William Jelf, whose great grandfather was our Club president on our 60th anniversary. You can read about Will and his family on page 20.

TraditionsIn view of the current second floor construction, all the photos and caricatures of past Presidents have been removed from the walls and carefully stored. We have included caricatures of past Presidents from 1965 to 1990 on pages 18–19, by artist James Ferrie. We have recently commissioned his son, Alisdair Ferrie, to prepare caricatures for the presidents who have followed. We look forward to building upon this Club tradition and are pleased that this father to son tradition lives on.

Children’s Carnival In the September edition of our magazine, I shared that this Children’s Day, 9 October, we are hosting a carnival poolside, for approximately 150 disadvantaged children.

President’s Message

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Fellow Members,

We made it! 150 years.

I would like to pause for a moment and really think about

that. One hundred and fifty years is a very long time.

What are the odds of a social club surviving that long?

According to the Club’s 125th anniversary book Forty

Good Men (a recommended read by the way), several

other social clubs were formed around 1865 as well. But

today, none of them are around, save The Singapore

Cricket Club, which began in 1852.

So, how has the Tanglin Club managed to last for so long?

It wasn’t as if the Club had everything going for it during

its 150 years. Things weren’t always rosy and pink. Unlike

the sterling balance sheet that it has today, The Tanglin

Club back in 1865 didn’t really have its finances all

together. In the 1870s, the Club failed to pay the first two

installments on a loan taken out to build the clubhouse.

It went on further to fall behind its mortgage payments,

and at one time, almost seemed like it might go under.

Some records also seem to indicate that the Club ended

up on the financial rocks twice around the first half of the

20th century.

Furthermore, since 1865, the Club has seen several

monumentally stressful periods, such as World War I

(1914), the Great Depression (1929), World War II (1939),

and the Independence of Singapore (1965). World War II

was a particularly stressful time for the Club because of

the Japanese occupation in Singapore for three and a half

years. During that time, The Tanglin Club was taken over

by Japanese soldiers for use as an Officers’ Mess. By the

end of the war, the clubhouse was “in the most pathetic

state…... a mess it certainly was,” according to an account

in Forty Good Men. Rebuilding the Club after the war was

a daunting task as the clubhouse was in disarray, and

all membership records had disappeared during the war.

It was only because of the fortitude of several pre-war

Members that the Club was rebuilt and reopened shortly

after the war ended, on Sunday, 1 September 1946.

So, I ask the question again: How has The Tanglin Club

managed to last for so long? How has the Club managed

to survive for 150 years, when many other clubs have

come and gone during that time? And not just survive,

but thrive. Today, The

Tanglin Club is one of the

most prestigious social

clubs in Singapore, a far

cry from its early years.

The reason why I ask the

question is because, if we can answer it, it could help us

answer the next question, and that is: Will The Tanglin

Club thrive for another 150 years?

My bet is that it will. And my gut feel is that it has got

something to do with the “forty good men and true” who

started the Club. It

was the spirit of the

original “40 good

men and true” that

helped push the Club

through its initial

difficult years. And

it was in the same

spirit that many good

Members tackled

the daunting task of rebuilding the Club again just after

World War II. And if the Club should come under some

unforeseen distress in the future, I am certain that there

will be many Members who care enough for the Club and

will rise up in the spirit of the “40 good men and true,”

and do what is right to keep this Club going.

I would like to end off with a quote by fellow Member

David Palmer, which I think is appropriate at this point.

“One thing I’ve learned in my GC tenures is that our

membership is wise and can be trusted to do the right

thing.” If what David says is true, I think our Club is in

safe hands for a very long time.

So here’s to another 150 years. Happy 150th Anniversary

Tanglin Club.

Kelvin Kaw

Editor

Editor’s Message

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done with a view to shortening the overall noisy period. Concurrently, we are progressing the designs for the new Library, and soon we will be in a position to begin sharing with you the floor plan and designs. This new integrated Library will incorporate about the same number of seats as the previous Reading Room, largely placed next to windows to provide a view and natural light.

Fitness FrontLast month also saw us receive 15 new spinning bikes, just in time for our 3rd Annual 50 km Indoor Cycling Race. Set to energising tunes from our live DJ, this race will take place from 9am–noon, on 14 November, followed by lunch and the prize presentations. That same afternoon, join us at the Lawn Bowls Green to give lawn bowling a try. Please see

page 65 for more details.

Soaring EngagementOur Team is delighted by your unprecedented support. Our August promotion, Localicious, and September’s Pork Knuckle promotion were extraordinarily popular. In the first eight months of this financial year, we’ve served over 40,000 more meals than last year. The current labour shortage, combined with this noteworthy engagement increase has unfortunately contributed to some service lapses. We thank you for your patience

as we endeavour to fill vacancies and close service gaps.

Señor Churchill’sOn a final note, I am very pleased to share that we are welcoming back Chef Esmeraldo from 31 October, as resident guest chef in the Churchill Room, for our Señor Churchill’s promotion, including his very popular Sunday Lunch. Book early ... it’s sure to be equally as popular as last time, if not more!

Happy 150th Birthday Tanglin Club!!

Josie TulipanoGeneral Manager

Dear Members,

Happy Birthday Tanglin Club—cheers to 150 great years! Year-long we have been featuring events and promotions in celebration of this momentous milestone, and October sees the fun and festivity become even better.

Birthday BestIn honour of our Club’s official colour, this 31 October, we present to you the ultimate, Club-wide celebration—Hallow’green. With three live bands, a buffet feast, and free-flow drinks, you’ll want to be sure to reserve your tickets; we are certain to sell out. Our signature promotion this month is “The Big 150” Tomahawk wagyu feast for two, available at the Tavern and Fireplace. We’re bringing back this very popular 1.2 kg, bone-in wagyu cut, and have topped it off with a choice of dessert and coffee/tea for $150. And to set the stage for toasting, G.H. Mumm Champagne is available month-long, Club-wide for $71.50.

GreenOur tribute to the Club’s colour, green, also sees us take another sustainability step forward. We’re replacing the 32 high wattage metal halide lamps at the indoor tennis courts with energy efficient LEDs. In so doing, it is projected that we will save another 14,000 KWH per month, or approximately $2,800. The tendering process will begin shortly, and we hope to have this installed in early 2016. Last year you may recall that we reported the conversion of some 4,000 lights with a savings of 35,000 KWH, or approximately $7,000 per month.

And on the F&B front, to encourage you to “eat your greens,” Churchill Room, Tavern, and Wheelhouse are promoting their Salad Bars at the attractive price of two for $18.65, while the Churchill Room continues with its year-long antipasti buffet of $18.65. Even our Cinema is going green this month with special screenings of The Green Lantern, Wizard of Oz, The Incredible Hulk, and our favourite green friend, Kermit, in The Muppets Most Wanted. Details can be found on page 72.

Chinese Restaurant UpdateI am pleased to report solid Chinese restaurant progress. The first of our opening team to join us are highlighted on page 9. We’re delighted to have Hong Kong born Chef Chan, formerly of Peach Blossoms, head the culinary team. Pauline Cheang, with Ming Jiang, Jade, Summer Palace, SICC, and American Club, among her career highlights, is the perfect person to lead the service team. By the end of the year, we plan to open our doors to limited dinners with a soft-launch discount, to enable us to iron out wrinkles and smooth out operations, to ensure we usher in the Year of the Monkey with excellence. The renovated function rooms will reopen by month-end.

Library NewsWe are taking the opportunity during the demolition stage to also prepare the Library site for its renovation. This is being

General Manager’s Message

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Member News

We are pleased to inform Members that approval has been received from the Registrar of Societies for the following rule amendments, which were passed by the membership at the Annual General Meeting held on Monday, 18 May 2015 and took effect from 1 September 2015. 1. Limited Buy Back Scheme for Ordinary Members: The new Rule 23A allows a Member to sell his membership to the Club in exchange for 50% of the prevalent entrance fee, without the need of a waiting list from the citizens of the specific country that the outgoing Member belongs to. The amendment classified Members into just two categories, either Singaporeans or Non-Singaporeans. A maximum of 100 buy backs will be allowed, 50 for Singaporeans and 50 for Non-Singaporeans. Rule 23A(viii) also provides for the sale of a Member’s membership to his or her child, regardless of the child’s nationality, who is on the Waiting List as at 18 May 2015 by waiving the 50% entitlement. This will encourage Club membership rejuvenation. Rule 23A(ii) states that an Ordinary Member can make a written request to the Club to be placed on the Buy Back List.

Rule 23A(iii) requires him or her to have paid his or her monthly subscriptions for the past six months, and he or she continues to be paying the monthly subscriptions. Rule 23A(v) further states if a Member who is on the Buy Back List subsequently becomes an Absent Member or is in arrears in monthly subscription, he shall be removed from the Buy Back scheme.

2. Capital Expenditure Limit: The new Rule 4(v) increased the Capital Expenditure Limit requiring approval at the General Meeting from $250,000 to $500,000 in aggregate for any one project.

3. Rule 22(v) was amended such that an Ordinary Member on the Absent Members’ List, when visiting and using the Club amenities or facilities will pay a daily fee of $10.00 (exclusive of GST), an increase from $5.00 previously.

4. Finally, Rule 47 was amended to update the change of the Societies Act from Chapter 262 to the present Chapter 311.

r u l e a m e n d m e n t s

Phase two of the renovation has started, and contractors are busy working to complete the installation of Mechanical and Electrical services in the Chinese restaurant. Our target is to have a soft launch by the end of the year.

As of 25 August, three function rooms have had their their old features removed and are currently going through the renovation process, which is scheduled to be completed by 23 October.

We will be re-opening the Library at its prior location early 2016. We are currently working on the design and we will soon be sharing renderings for your information and feedback. Further to the results of our Member

survey, the Reading Room and Library wall will be opened up, and the space will become one integrated space.

Contractors will work from 9am to 8pm daily except Sundays. During this period, we request your kind tolerance of the noise. Hoardings have been installed. For safety purposes, please use the guest lifts in the main lobby to access the link bridge to the Sports Centre as well as the guest rooms.

Should you require any further assistance, please feel free to let us know. You may contact our Member Service Associates at 6622 0555 or email [email protected].

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Member News

The Tanglin Club, like most responsible organisations, has a specific programme in place to ensure developments follow sustainability guidelines. This not only provides a long-term platform consistent with Singapore and global trends, it maximises energy efficiency with the objective of reducing operating costs at the Club, and it helps ensure the future of the Club for the next 150 years and beyond.

Any reduction in the use of energy (or other resource) results in the reduction of CO2 emissions, which helps in the quest to address the concerns of climate change. It is also the country’s policy to make building designs and operations more energy efficient.

Sustainable Singapore 2015 (a blueprint by the authorities) has listed five major categories of contribution by everyone—Energy, Water, Waste, Public Spaces, and Commuting. For more details please visit http://www.mewr.gov.sg/ssb/.

Over the past several years, our Club has been making a significant contribution through our Sustainable Journey:

Energy Efficiency Projects led by the Energy Task Force (ETF)• Replacement of 4,000 lights in

the Club with energy efficient LEDs, saving approximately 35,000 KWH (or $7,000) per month as of December 2014 when the project was completed.

• Approval by GC to replace the 32 high wattage metal halide lamps at the indoor tennis courts with energy efficient LEDs to save another 14,000 KWH (or $2,800) per month by January 2016. The new LEDs will provide an improved playing experience at the indoor courts.

• Management is working with the ETF on several proposals to modify/replace the existing aged and inefficient air-conditioning system to realise a

potential energy saving of some 200,000 KWH (or SGD 40,000) per month for both buildings. The current system is very inefficient in terms of energy usage compared to existing systems.

Such initiatives, as in most energy related projects, provide savings in a sustainable and “passive manner”

(without any active operation/intervention). In the case of the LEDs, the need to regularly replace the lamps in the future is vastly reduced by a factor of several times.

WATER CONSERVATION• New Water Efficient Labelled (Public Utilities Board certified) shower heads were installed as an option for our Members to participate in this national water conservation programme.

Some Members have given us positive feedback that these shower heads provide a fuller and gentler experience while others prefer the higher pressure, old, smaller shower heads. We are monitoring the feedback and encourage Members to try the newer bigger shower head that uses 30% less water.

Together with the ETF, we are also looking at other avenues to conserve valuable portable water.

WASTE MANAGEMENT• In our quest to improve

communications with our Members we have installed new Digital Signage Boards, replacing the laborious task of printing and replacing coloured posters every week. This saves time and materials, which contributes to effective waste management at the Club.

We look forward to your suggestions and participation in our sustainable journey together!

S U S T A I N A B L E I N I T I A T I V E S A T T H E T A N G L I N C L U B

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YEARS OF TRADITION

HappyBirthday!

Special Thanks to our Par tners for thei r cont inuous suppor t.

Lai Soon Fresh Fruits

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Look out for an exciting Chinese Restaurant contest in the next issue

of the Club magazine and stand the chance to win dining

vouchers!

Staff News

Chef Chan Shun Wong Chef Chan Shun Wong has always had a love of cooking. Growing up in Hong Kong, in a Cantonese family, he often cooked for his family, preparing delicious dishes. As he got older, he decided to pursue his love of cooking professionally and joined Hong Kong’s vibrant culinary scene.

He spent 14 years working his way up the culinary ladder, working with various chefs learning new techniques and sharpening his skills, always intent on creating and serving only the most authentic Cantonese cuisine.

In 2010, Chef Chan moved to Singapore and is now a permanent resident. For the past four years he was the Chinese Executive Chef at Peach Blossoms at Marina Mandarin Hotel where he has cooked for a wide range of VIPs including former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.

We are confident that you will be delighted by Chef Chan’s creations and that our new Chinese restaurant will flourish under him.

Restaurant Manager, Pauline CheangWe are pleased to welcome Ms. Pauline Cheang as our new Chinese restaurant manager. Pauline has a notable and extensive career as a restaurant manager, having worked in some of Singapore’s most illustrious Chinese restaurants. Her 29 years of experience includes Ming Jiang (Goodwood Hotel), Summer Palace (The Regent),

Jade Restaurant (The Fullerton), Summer Pavillion (Ritz Carlton), and Li Bai (Sheraton Towers).

In addition, she has worked in some of Singapore’s most prestigious private clubs including The American Club and SICC. Pauline will join our team at the end of October. She looks forward to welcoming you to the restaurant when it opens later this year.

Sous Chef (Dim Sum), Kelvin Lee Eng ChoonChef Kelvin will be joining our team to create wonderful dim sum. He has been creating these “little bits of heart” for more than 20 years at some of Singapore’s most celebrated restaurants: Imperial Treasures, Tong Lok, May Sin, and Wong’s Court. In 1999, he was crowned champion of the “Battle of the Best Dim Sum” as organised by TCS. He was also invited to teach an exclusive seven-day course at At-Sunrice where he taught a class of culinary students in the art of preparing Asian dim sum and dumplings.

Junior Sous Chef (Dim Sum), Yang Jun LianChef Yang will support Chef Kelvin in the kitchen, as his Junior Sous Chef. She brings with her 13 years of dim sum experience having worked at Imperial Treasures and in the Grand Park Hotel group. Chef Yang’s skill and deftness as preparing dim sum will be an asset to our team in this busy kitchen.

M e e t t h e N e w C h i n e s e R e s ta u r a n t T e a m !Our new Chinese restaurant is scheduled for soft launch by the end of the year. Once fully staffed, it will have 19 employees; 11 from the culinary team and 8 from the service team. Below, we are proud to announce the first to join our opening team.

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Congratulations Anqi!

Many of you know Anqi

as the face behind many

of our dynamic Club

events. She is dedicated,

happy, and works with

her colleagues to bring

you the best events in

town.

s t a r e m p l o y e e o f t h e m o n t h

Front of House:Liu Anqi (Events)

A s s i s t a n t F & b M a n a g e r , s e a n S h e a nWe are pleased to announce the addition of Sean Shean Yoke Chai to our team. Sean will be joining us on 5 October as our new Assistant Food and Beverage Manager.

Sean has a wealth of Food and Beverage experience to draw from. He graduated with a Diploma in Hotel Operations Management from Hotel Management School Les Roches in Switzerland and also has a Diploma in Culinary Skills from SHATEC.

Since finishing school, Sean has worked for more than 18 years in the Food and Beverage industry, most notably with the Four Seasons and St Regis hotels. During his career he has held several roles including Assistant Manager, Room Service and Stewarding Manager, and Banquet Manager. His broad knowledge and experience in five-star hotels make him an ideal fit for the Club. He is also proficient in setting up operational SOPs and training F&B staff, which will be helpful as the Club works toward filling service gaps due to the hospitality labour shortage in Singapore.

Please join us in extending a warm Tanglin welcome to Sean when you see him at the Club.

s t a f f p r o m o t i o n : s h a m i m a m a n s o o rIt is always a pleasure to be able to promote well-deserving staff from within the

Club into roles with more responsibility. That is why we are proud to announce

the promotion of Shamima Mansoor to Library Executive as of 1 September.

Shamima has been with the Club since 2010, when she joined as a Library

Associate. She was promoted to Senior Library Associate a year and a half after

joining us, due to her hard work. We are happy to see Shamima grow into her

new role and look forward to your support. Please join us in congratulating

Shamima when you see her in the Library.

Staff News

Great work Zai! Tirelessly

working behind the

scenes, Zai has been with

the Club for 34 years.

Part of our Housekeeping

team, Zai is committed

and dedicated to keeping

the Club clean for all of

us to enjoy.

Back of House:Rozainee Bin Ahmad (Housekeeping)

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t e a m b o n d i n gSince we spend so much time together at work,

we like to offer staff the chance to hang out and

have some fun together as a team outside of the

office too. Each employee receives $40 a year to

spend on a departmental outing or team bonding

event. Recently, our teams from the Tavern,

Fireplace, and Terrace enjoyed a delicious high

tea, plenty of conversation, and some hearty

laughs at the Goodwood Park Hotel.

Staff News

G r e a t W o r k , C e r t i f i e d !Congratulations to Chef Cao Hui from the Hot

Production Kitchen, Chef Benny from the Pastry

Kitchen, and Chef Alvin from the Churchill Room.

All three were recently given the recognition of

their culinary/pastry skills at At-Sunrice. Through

this programme, our chefs were able to receive

a formal certification for their work experience,

skills, and knowledge after a practical and

written assessment. We are happy to see our

chefs get the recognition they deserve for all of

their hard work. This will help them all as they

continue to further their careers at the Club.

Good work team!Chef Cao Hui, Chef Benny, Chef Alvin

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New Members

I N T R O D U C T I O N E V E N I N GWe extend a warm welcome to our new Members who joined us in September.

ORDINARY MEMBERS

• Ms Ferzana Fareen Haq

• Mr Darryl Kerr Quan Martin

TERM MEMBERS

• Mr Justin Trent Kearins &

Mrs Belinda Maree Kearins

• Ms Sumita Joshi & Mr Anshuman Gupta

• Mr David Howard Keith & Ms Chee Siew Lian Ivy

• Mr Paolo Montrane & Ms Sussana Molli

• Mr Nicolas Kimberly Blewitt &

Mrs Rachel Frances Blewitt

• Mr Jonathan Rees & Mrs Faw Nwokobia Rees

• Mr Neeraj Sharma & Mrs Arundhoti Sharma

• Mr Park Sang Jin & Ms Jung Yeon Hee

• Mr Jean Philippe Charrier & Mrs Mika Charrier

• Mr Aniruddha Das & Mrs Nayani Baruva Das

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

• Mr Koh Shern Wei spouse of

Ms Bernice Volta Hidajat

ABSENT MEMBERS

• Mr Benjamin Ralph Peter

• Mr Bright William Park

• Mr Bessant Guy Alexander

• Mrs Shareen Khattar

• Mrs June V Reynolds Seeger

Mr Neeraj Sharma & Mrs Arundhoti Sharma Mrs Belinda Kearins & Mr Justin Kearins

Mr Jonathan Rees & Mrs Faw Nwokobia Rees Ms Ferzana Fareen Haq & proposer Mr Obaid ul Haq

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New Members

Mrs Nayani Baruva Das & Mr Aniruddha Das Mr Darryl Kerr Quan Martin & proposer Mr Roderick Martin

Ms Sussana Molli & Mr Paolo Montrane Ms Jung Yeon Hee & Mr Park Sang Jin

Ms Chee Siew Lian Ivy & Mr David Howard Keith Mrs Mika Charrier & Mr Jean Philippe Charrier

Ms Sumita Joshi & proposer Mr Martin Phillips Mr Koh Shern Wei & Ms Bernice Volta Hidajat

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Very few members are of a vintage dating back as

far as Queen Victoria’s reign (1837-1901), however

well-worn we might feel on occasion. With time

speeding day, progress overtaking science fiction, and

continual innovation (whether observation of Venus

or the latest biotechnological breakthrough), I have

taken this opportunity for a glance back through the

annals of the past 125 years, regional and general,

for some half-forgotten facts, figures and newsworthy

commentary.

Singapore, in 1865, comprised a total population

of less than ninety thousand. In 1867 the Straits

Settlement, with Singapore as capital, ceased to be

a dependency of British India and become a crown

Colony. (Singapore was not actually proclaimed as

a city until 1951, by Royal Charter granted by King

George VI.) The first colonial

governor, Sir Henry St George

Ord, commissioned a Government

House to be built on land purchased

from C.R. Prinsep’s nutmeg estate.

Completed in 1869 this house is

now the Istana of the President of

the republic of Singapore.

With the river serving as the

commercial heart, areas adjacent

were the first to be developed: The

original part of what is now The

Victoria Memorial Hall & Theatre was

completed in 1862 as the Town Hall;

the oldest sector of the Empress

Place building served as the Court

House from 1865. Coleman Bridge

was also constructed at this time,

reclaimed land formed Collyer Quay, and Clarke Quay

and Robertson Quay were developed. On North Boat

Quay the prominent Cantonese gentlemen, Hoo Ah

Kay, opened his ice house in 1854, supplies travelled

the lengthy route from Boston, USA. Known by his

nickname “whampoa” he was famed for his hospitality.

The earliest days of the Tanglin Club, founded in

Retrospective

1865, came before the genesis of Raffles Hotel, the

heyday of the Alsagoff family, even before jinrikishas

appeared on the streets. (Introduced from Shanghai

in 1880) On the Queen’s birthday, in 1864 and oil

lamps and chandeliers could then be used. The voyage

from Britain to Singapore was cut dramatically by the

opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and time guns were

fired from Fort Canning at 5am, 12 noon and 9pm.

Until 1896.

Prominent Chinese merchants included those such as

Wee Bin & Co; Lim Ho Puah, a Hokkien who owned

the largest ricemill in town; important names like

Tan Kim Seng, Tan Kim Ching, Tan Yeok Nee. The

Chinese shipping companies conducted a flourishing

business, owning two-thirds of the vessels registered

in Singapore. The first banks included: The Oriental

Bank; Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London &

China (known as the Mercantile Bank); The Chartered

Bank of India, Australia & China (always referred to as

the Chartered bank). Boustead & Co was established

in 1830.

A journal kept by Major Low in the mid 19th Century

1 8 6 5 & A L L T H A TReprinted from The Tanglin Club Celebratory Issue October 1990

by Barbara Dare

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Retrospective

includes the following observations: “There are

unfortunately many tigers; the forest of masts

graces the spacious and secure

harbour; the throng of boats

plying in the rivers, to and from

the shipping scarcely ceases

at night. The streets of the

town are spacious and they are

crowded with native shops. The

conveyances used for pleasure

or convenience are Palankeen

Carriages, four-wheeled open

carriages drawn by horses or

ponies are also common as are

jigs. The two chief roads are

those leading to Bukit Timah

and Serangoon.”

There are three hotels here

which are well conducted and conveniently situated.

House-rent is not perhaps high, considering the style

of the building. A comfortable two-storied house with

dining room, drawing room, and four to six bedrooms,

may be had from 35-60 dollars a month. Singapore

is rather an expensive place to reside at, being much

dearer than India. The teak tree thrives; the pine-

apples were of a superior quality. Further north Kuala

Lumpur was also developing rapidly from the earliest

days of attap huts, no roads, and a tree trunk as

the only form of bridge spanning the confluence of

the Kelang and Gombak rivers. Equi-distant by rail

from Singapore and Penang, situated within an hour’s

journey of Port Swettenham, K.L. became headquarters

for the British Resident of Selangor in 1885. Sir Frank

Swettenham instigates the town’s evolution and in

1888 promoted the development of the Lake Gardens.

The Official Residence, called Carcosa, together with

King’s House now known as

Seri Negara, were constructed

overlooking these gardens and

opened in 1904.

Visiting these very private and

lovely mansions recently, (they

now form an exquisite hotel), I

appreciated the tranquil setting.

Carcosa continues to exude a

sense of history which prompted

me to mention The Tanglin Club

whereupon the management

leapt into action and hurried

across to the extensive stores.

And there, with a slightly dirty Looking down on the riverside 1990

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wheeled contraption, light years behind today’s sleek

pedal pushers.

How did we manage with horses and carriages, before

Mercedes and Maseratis? A headline in the New York

Herald on July 11 1901, read “Is Woman to be trusted

at the Automobile Steering Wheel?”–bite your tongue,

chaps. Was it possible to manage without the instant

access provided by the fax? At the turn of the century

the telegraph was invented leading to the advert:

“Another Invention by Means of Which Any One who

can Spell Can Telegraph”. How many times have you

cursed when the ‘up’ escalator outside Far East plaza

is out of action? Moving stairways initially only worked

in an upwards direction.

Labour saving devices began to reach the home scene

in the 1920s—electric refrigerators, the luxury of

plumbed bath tubs. 1946 saw the birth of the bikini,

1961 mayor Yuri A. Gagarin as the first man in space,

the early sixties saw the twilight of Edith Piaf’s singing

career overlapping the birth of Beatlemania. On two

feet and a dance floor, in 1910, it wasn’t the Lambada

but Bunny Hop that was the dance style to Flaunt.

Waltz, tango, jive or rock—enjoy yourselves at this

month’s 125th Gala.

The Tanglin Club’s next big birthday bash, (150th),

falls in the year 2015. Singapore is certain to have

kept pace with all that’s new. As for the welcoming

old-fashioned feel of the Tanglin Club? See you there!

Retrospective

nose, but nevertheless regal air, sat a bust of Queen

Victoria–a gift presented by The Tanglin Club to

Carcosa in 1904.

A sense of history was also recreated recently in

Singapore with the visit of two hot balloons. One of

the most fashionable and exciting modes of transport,

in the early 1990s, was ballooning: “Sixteen pilots

blew with the wind from Paris in October 1906, the

furthest destination safely gained was Scarborough

on England’s north-east coast”. Just after sunrise, on

August 9th 1890, I took a ride in the tethered Martell

balloon at Marina Bay Park. “The basket is quite stable

and makes an ideal platform for taking pictures–tell

me about it, I was shaking so much as we jolted at the

end of the ropes that a focused overview of both old

and new around the Padang was not easily achieved.

In the 1890s the mode of transport everyone was

debating was assessed by Emile Zola–“the future of

bicycling is immense”.

When asked of the dangers of impotency resulting

from ‘constant trepidation of the saddle’ he replied

“all nonsense, there is no evidence. This may be

classed with those wild assertions that were made

when railways were introduced, that the wheels of

the locomotive and carriages would simply turn round

and round enplace, and that the train would remain

motionless.” Ladies had to have a special bicycling

costume created, divided skirts to cope with the

The Tanglin Club viewed from Stevens Road, 1949

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Retrospective

It is well after Saturday midnight in the year 1935. “The cars parked outside in the Tanglin Club stretch all the way down Stevens Road into Orchard Road. Saturdays are dance nights and the Club is open until 3am, closing promptly at 10pm. the rest of the week. People are beginning to leave. The men in evening dress, the ladies in long gowns. They have been dancing to top tunes of the year, like Irving Berlin’s ‘Cheek to Cheek’. Some have returned from UK leave and are full of stories about The Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary, that is.

Now they wait on the front steps, as their cars are summoned by the jaga. The young Indian night jaga calls out the number in Malay to four lads who wait at the ready from 11pm to 3am on Saturdays. They cycle along the road, spotting numbers and waking drivers. For this 4-hour spell of duty each boy earns 40 cents. As the last lingering ‘goodnights’ are said, the last cars drive off, the young jaga does his last round to see all is in order, then goes to bed, tucked away behind the Downstairs Bar.” (From the Tanglin club Newsletter, September 1978.)

The story of Ram Surat Rai, the Number One Jaga known to generations of Club Members as Ram, begins when he and a friend took a train from a small town in Uttar Pradesh to Calcutta and sailed to Singapore where his elder brother was a jaga at the Tanglin Club. Ram remembered vividly the day of his arrival: his ship docked at 1030am; by 8pm he was at work, appointed night jaga at The Tanglin Club with a salary of $18 a month and wearing a khaki uniform with a green stripe. That was February 10, 1935; the year Sir Andrew Caldecott was Club president.

Four days after he started work the manager sent for him and discovered he was a ‘Hindi only’ man. As Malay was the lingua franca of Singapore, he was asked to spend two hours each evening from 8pm to 10pm, in the company of the Malay drivers while they waited for their tuans at the club: in three months he was fluent.

(Drivers in those days earned between $12 and $15 per month and were on call 24 hours, seven days a week.) Ram remembered several things about the Club before the war: the small pool; the sloping ground at the back of the club (near the present Draycott drive entrance) that was covered with lallang and fruit trees like durian, mangosteen and rambutan; the long, low attap-roofed portion along the front—where the library and reading room were situated in the 1950’s—which was once used as the Tanglin School. There were two, sometimes three, English lady teachers who would ask him to keep an eye on the children and stop them running out on the road: two hours’ work on school days for $8 a month. Occasionally, when a former pupil turned up at the Club, there were joyful reunions.

The year 1939 was a proud one for Ram. When his elder brother (who retired in 1960) went to India on six months’ leave, Ram replaced him at the front entrance as jaga of the Tanglin Club for the first time; that young Indian jaga remained at the Club until his death in November 1981.

T H E J A G A W A L L A H W I T H T H E F A N T A S T I C M E M O R YReprinted from Forty Good Men 1865–1990

A brass plaque in his memory was installed on one of the balustrade pillars at the top of the main entrance staircase of the present clubhouse where Members still summon his presence with their favourite anecdotes about his fantastic memory for Members’ names and car numbers.

Ram Surat Rai, 1977

Ram’s plaque at the main entrance

by Barbara Ann Walsh

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Retrospective Past Presidents (1965–1990)

*Our Past Presidents 1991–2015 will appear in upcoming issues of the Club magazine.

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RetrospectivePast Presidents (1965–1990)

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Although he’s only lived in Singapore for four years, William Jelf has had a long, fascinating history with the country.

An Army brat, Will lived all over the world—Germany, Kenya, and Canada were all home at one point in his childhood—but his parents eventually settled back in the United Kingdom. There, he attended New Castle University where he met his future wife, Claire, who was also a student.

After university, Will followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the Army. Based in the UK, he was in a Calvary regiment that specialized in armored reconnaissance. He served tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, but like all military families, the months of preparation for tours and the time at war were difficult for his family. He and Claire had a young daughter, Maisy, who was nearly two. As he explains, “The Army was really great fun and I loved it. But having a very young family and then going away for seven months is quite tough. It’s tough on wives, tough on kids. And tough on us blokes,

because kids change so much in a month, let alone seven months. I’d spent nine years in the military and felt I’d had a good stint. I’d achieved what I’d wanted to, and it was time to do something different.”

So after nearly a decade in the military, Will decided to leave the service and with Claire, start a new adventure. Free now from the structure of the Army, they were drawn to the Far East. Claire was born and raised in Hong Kong and had enjoyed her childhood in Asia. Subsequent to her leaving for university, her parents had moved to Singapore, where she and Will had visited them on a couple of occasions. Will had also lived in Asia prior to the military when he had been a teacher in Taiwan for a year. So they both had a history in the region and were eager to move back.

They settled on Singapore as the place they wanted to live, and Will set about trying to find a job here. With focused determination and a bit of luck, he landed a job doing shipping security and they moved here when their second daughter Coco was just three weeks old.

Member Profile

The Jelf family in front of the President’s board.

A date with dest iny

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During prior visits to Singapore, Will and Claire had often come to the Club with Claire’s parents who were Members. (Claire’s father is Absent Member Jeremy Haley Bell.) They enjoyed the camaraderie that the Club provided and the facilities, and they always thought about joining, which seems fitting considering the Jelf family history with The Tanglin Club.

Will’s history at the Tanglin Club reaches back nearly 100 years. His great-grandfather was Arthur Selborne Jelf, who was the Club’s president in 1925, for the Club’s 60th anniversary. Arthur entered the Malay States Colonial Service in 1899 and was based in Ipoh. He was in Singapore in February 1915 with the Malay States Volunteer Rifles when the 5th Indian Light Infantry Battalion mutinied and was again here in 1917 before returning to the Far East and Singapore in 1921 as the Director of the Political Intelligence Bureau. His year as president of the Club turned out to be his last year in Singapore and the Far East. In 1954, Will’s grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel AG Jelf, arrived in Singapore after serving with the UN in Korea and was joined by his wife, young son (Will’s father), and daughter for the following two years. Will’s father lived in a house on Kent Ridge and visited his old home on a recent trip to Singapore where he recalled being able to see Indonesia on clear days.

Now Will is the fifth generation in a row of Jelfs who have lived in Singapore. “We’re very happy. We really love it. I think Singapore is really perfect. It’s a great spot to be, Singapore, and now with the Tanglin Club,” he says. “We joined the Club having had the experience through my father-in-law and seeing how much the kids love it. And the family connection here—that’s a nice addition to have.”

“It’s a great place to come for some family time on the weekends,” Will says. “So the four of us come here and have Sunday brunch and the kids go for a swim. And then they go in the playroom to colour a bit, which I think is great. It gives Claire and I some time to have a coffee and chat. We love that. And then in the evenings, Sunday night’s quite nice. We’ve gotten into a bit of a routine and come here. We have an early supper with the kids—curry. Maisy is obsessed with the gula melaka, so we’re particularly enjoying the

fact that it’s $1.50 this month,” he says with a good-hearted laugh. “That’s our Sunday evenings.”

Will and Claire have also managed to squeeze in some adult time at the Club says Will. “Claire and I also occasionally come to the gym in the morning before work, bright and early. And I tried Lawn Bowls for the first time. It was really good; I really enjoyed that. In the month we’ve joined, we feel like we’ve done quite a bit. And we’ve had supper with friends in the Tavern as well.”

In this, the Club’s 150th anniversary year, it is wonderful to welcome back a family so intertwined with the Club and Singapore. And although they are relatively new to The Tanglin Club it looks like the Jelfs have a long and bright future here.

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Mrs Claire Jelf & Mr William Jelf

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“Quoted and Noted

“We recently celebrated our eldest daughter’s wedding at the Churchill Room. We wish to advise that Tanglin Club staff indeed outshone their capabilities, did Tanglin Club proud, and left pleasant memories with our more than 100 guests. We are elated, and please convey our sincere thanks to all staff involved. Without doubt, Churchill Room will, once again, be chosen for future functions.”We are so happy to hear you had a wonderful time and that our team provided exceptional service. We have passed your thanks on to them. Members are able to rent the Churchill Room for private functions including weddings, private dinners, and of course holiday parties—it’s not too early to book for the festive season!

“Why do I need to use my membership card to open the door when there is a staff member sitting right there? I come here all the time; surely they recognise me.”We do recognise you, and we are always happy to see you at the Club. We ask all Members to carry their membership cards with them at all times, in accordance with the bye-laws. This helps us create a safe and secure environment for everyone. Our proximity doors are for security purposes, and we ask that Members use their cards to access areas instead of having staff buzz them through. Thanks for your cooperation.

“I think our new Chinese restaurant is going to be a failure. We don’t have any chefs who know how to properly prepare Chinese food and that is the key to a good Chinese restaurant.”We wholeheartedly agree; it does take an excellent chef to make a Chinese restaurant a success, so you’ll be pleased to know that we have hired a new Chinese chef who has an impressive five-star background and will lead the kitchen team in our new restaurant. Chef Chan is originally from Hong Kong and has lived in Singapore for the past five years; in fact, he’s a permanent resident here. He spent the past four years at Peach Blossoms at the Marina Mandarin Hotel as the Chinese Executive Chef. With his assistance we are currently developing a team that will help him present a high-quality Hong Kong Chinese menu. We look forward to welcoming you to the restaurant when the doors open later this year.

“Your August Localicious promotions were great! You really went all out. We enjoyed every bite, and they were great value. Thank you!”We’re so glad you enjoyed them! It’s fair to say they were a runaway success, and we were happy that we could do something special to mark Singapore’s 50th birthday. We will continue to find ways to create added-value to your membership through promotions, events, and special offers. Always be sure to check out

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Quoted and Noted

the magazine and subscribe to our News Bites emails by emailing [email protected], so that you stay connected and up-to-date on all our latest offerings. In fact, there is plenty in this issue that should leave you happy. Enjoy!

“I am appalled by the way some Members speak to our staff—not being courteous, raising their voices, making demands, and scolding them. It is disrespectful.”We ask that all Members be reminded of our bye-laws, which prohibit reprimanding our staff. If you have an issue that needs to be addressed, please request to speak to the outlet manager or a member of our senior staff. Treating everyone, Members, guests, and staff, with respect and dignity reflects well on all of us.

“Am I allowed to bring my helper to the Club? I have seen helpers drop off kids at classes, but I am not clear on the rule.”Thanks for asking. Our bye-laws do not allow helpers to be in the Club; this includes dropping off and picking up children from classes. Similarly, drivers are only allowed in the carpark. We appreciate all Members adherence to this bye-law.

“I really like the new Quoted and Noted pages in the magazine. I enjoy reading what other Members have to say and your replies.”Thanks so much, we’re glad you’re enjoying it. We love hearing what you have to say too, and in that vein, we’re getting ready for our annual Member survey. We are encouraging

all Members to take the time to fill it out because we highly prioritse Member feedback. Your comments help guide us in our planning and resource allocation, as well as identifying areas where we’re doing well and those where we need to improve. Once we receive and sort through all the feedback, we will be sharing our plans. Our survey will be issued in January, so stay tuned for more details.

“I recently saw a child in the Tavern. I thought children were not allowed?”Children 14 and older are allowed in the Tavern with a parent or guardian at any time, however they must be at least 18 years old to sit at the bar counter. We ask all our Members and guests, regardless of age, to abide by our dress code in the Tavern. While jeans, smart trainers, and similar shoes are allowed, we ask everyone to refrain from wearing cut, frayed, tattered, or dirty items. As a reminder bathing suits and sports attire are not allowed. We appreciate your cooperation.

“We will be spending the holidays in Singapore this year, and I am wondering what the Club will be offering.”We’re so glad you asked! We have a festive lineup of events, take-away items, promotions, and more in store for you this holiday season. You can find details about our New Year’s Eve party in this issue of the magazine (see inside front cover), and delivered with your November magazine will be our Festive booklet, which will allow you to read all about our seasonal plans in one convenient location. You can look forward to information on holiday lunches and dinners, gift giving options, our Tree Lighting and Pantomime events, and more.

August Localicious at the Wheelhouse

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Photo is for illustration purposes only.

a toast to th e roastEvery Sunday, Month-long12pm to 2.30pmChurchill Room

Join us on Sundays as we celebrate Tanglin’s

150th birthday with a classic British roast.

You’ll enjoy tender, juicy roast beef carved

by one of our chefs, hearty roasted potatoes,

spotted dick, and many other favourites.

A decadent trifle and luxurious bread and butter

pudding await after your meal, so be sure to come

hungry.

Adorn a top hat or come dressed in period costume

and enjoy lunch for just $18.65*.

Regular Member price $38

Member Child $19

Guest $45

Guest Child $22.50

*Only Members can qualify for $18.65, with top hats/

period costume.

Food & Beverage | Churchill Room

RESERVATIONS: 6622 0432 or [email protected]

OCTOBER CLOSURES:Churchill Room09 Oct—Tanglin Tree Musical12, 16, 18 & 30 Oct—Private Dinner22, 27, & 29 Oct—Wine Dinner31 Oct—Club Party

Tangles02 Oct—Wine Circle Dinner11, 16 & 20 Oct—Private Dinner

FireplaceEvery Monday to Wednesday, Fireplace will be closed for lunch to facilitate private events due to the closure of the Function Rooms during the renovation phase.

Reservations required for Sunday Lunch at Churchill Room, Tavern*, and Fireplace* (*when applicable)

Reservation must be cancelled or altered to accurately reflect the number of diners at least 48 hours prior to the reservation or a $10 per person charge will be billed.

All Members must show their membership card to be eligible for Member pricing, otherwise guest pricing will apply.

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2 Sa l a d B a rS f o r $ 1 8 . 6 5Tavern, Fireplace, and Wheelhouse

October

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EAT YOURGREENS

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Dine in. No sharing please.

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OctoberTavern & Fireplace

$150 for 2 persons

$140 for 2 persons (with wine bottle purchase)

Includes:

• 1.2kg bone in steak

• veggies

• choice of dessert

• coffee or tea

In honour of our 150th birthday, we are rolling out

something BIG! Enjoy a tender, juicy, succulent

Tomahawk wagyu steak cooked to perfection. This

1.2 kg. bone in steak is made for sharing and makes

a tasty meal for two. It is served with a rainbow of

delicious veggies including baked tomatoes, crisp

corn, tender zuchini, and a hearty portobello. Your

meal also includes your choice of dessert—Cherries

Jubilee or Sticky Date Pudding—as well as coffee or

tea.

No substitutions allowed.

$2 top up per cappuccino or latte.

While stocks last.

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ENQUIRIES: 6622 0432 or [email protected]

The Big 150!

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Food & Beverage | Wines of the Month

Bruna Grimaldi Langhe

Arneis DOC, 2014

Light straw colour with a greenish hint.

A floral and fruity aroma.

Dry, velvety, smooth, and harmonious body.

$16.00 per glass | $78.60 per bottle

Bruna Grimaldi Nebbiolo D’alba

Briccola DOC, 2012

Ruby red. Delicate aroma. Dry.

Good body and firm tannins.

Potential to age.

$18.80 per glass | $89.90 per bottle

Wines of the Month

ENQUIRIES: 6622 0432 or [email protected]

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All barsOctober

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Your partner in upgraded Form+Function wishes:

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1-4-1 GlenlivetAll bars, October, Daily

$11.80 per glass

The palate is full and rich with winter spice; cinnamon and cloves, thick oak with developing aridity. The finish is long and dry with a peppery note. Enjoy a glass or two at any of our bars.

Veltins PilsnerAll bars, October, Daily$7.80 per glass (330ml)

The Veltins Pilsner is another one of the great German pilsners. Notable for its clean and crisp quality and loads of flavour, this lager is brewed using natural spring water from its own mountain!

The Churchill RoomE x e c u t i v e L u n c hTuesday to Friday

12pm to 2.30pm

Buffet only$18.65Main only $23.65Buffet & Main $32.65buffet includes soup, appetisers,

desserts, & coffee or tea.

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Planting the Tree compares the founding and naming of a club to planting the seed of a tree and its subsequent nurturing. The music, spacious and luxuriant, includes an element of surrealism especially expressed in the song’s ending of birdcalls and bee-buzzing. Whimsical music is matched to the suggestive, if not naughty, text in Club Fever. The persona of the poem would seem, in stealth, to be engaged in a perennial and desperate search for a lover. The music revels in sexual innuendoes and under-the-table humour. I Yam Memory is a touching tribute to the 45 years of devoted service rendered to the Tanglin Club by Ram Surat Raj. The flowing and tender music makes subtle references

to Indian folk music. Fancy Dress Ball takes us back to 1911 and the Tanglin Club’s celebration of the coronation of King George V. The tunes of God Save the King and Yankee Doodle are playfully woven into the ragtime-inspired music. Bridge over Draycott Drive returns to the musical luxuriance of the first song. A spicy middle section lapses into a surrealistic menagerie of returning characters from the previous songs, birds and bees plus some relatively silly choral sound effects. The song concludes with a glorious and expansive praise of the Club.

Dr. John Sharpley

T A N G L I N T R E ECOCKTAIL & MUSICAL

Friday, 9 October 8–9.30pm | Cocktails: 8–9pm | Show: 9-9.30pmChurchill Room

$18.65 Member | $48.65 Guest

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Musical notes for The Tanglin Tree

Libretto by Robert Yeo | Music by John SharpleyFive songs scored for soprano solo, tenor solo, choir (SATB), and piano

Events


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85 Degree Poached Breast of Chicken in Tarragon BouillionChicken Liver Brulee, Garden Salads and Sesame-Garlic VinaigretteFraser Gallop Estate Parterre Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2012

(2 Gold medals - 96 points James Halliday)

Norwegian Salmon CarpaccioMarinated Ikura Caviar, Tatsoi & Mizuna

Salads in Yuzu Soy DressingFraser Gallop Estate Parterre Chardonnay 2013

(3 Gold medals - 95 points James Halliday)

Roasted Tenderloin and Braised Short RibButternut Squash Puree, Medley of Vegetables

Reduction of ShirazFraser Gallop Estate Parterre Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

(1 Gold medal - 96 points James Halliday)

Roasted Magret DuckFoie Gras Salpicon and Asparagus Risotto

Fraser Gallop Estate Parterre Cabernet Sauvignon 2007(2 Trophies Decanter and 4 Gold medals - 95 points James Halliday)

Cheese PlatterBrie de Meaux, St Maure and Aged Port Wine Cheddar

French Baguette, Walnut Bread and Selection of CrackersAssorted Dried Fruit, Nuts and Fruit Paste

Fraser Gallop Estate Ice Pressed Chardonnay 2014


Book your seats now and be sure to join us for the highly awarded Fraser Gallop Estate inaugural cellar door experience at the Club. Fraser Gallop CEO Paul McArdle will be on hand to discuss the wines at this sumptuous dinner. Paul’s long involvement in the wine industry includes establishing a successful domestic and international wine wholesale company, as well as launching his own wine brand. As Paul says, “This is a rare opportunity to drink a range of wonderful wines from ‘big bottles’...all gold medal winners, and better still, each wine will be paired with a succulent meat cut.” Diners will be seated traditionally, at one long table down the middle of the room. This event is limited to 30 people and is sure to be a sell out, so make sure to reserve early to avoid disappointment.

m a g n u m s & m e atFRASER GALLOP ESTATE WINE DINNER29 October, Churchill Room, 7.30pm$108 Member | $128 Guest

Wine & Dine

For more in fo rmat ion and rese r vat ions, p lease contact

66220438 or emai l events@tangl in-c lub.org.sg

Saturday, 31 October, 7.30pm to 1.30am $18.65 Member | $98.65 Guest (Adults only)

It ’s going to be a great night as The Tanglin Club celebrates its 150th birthday! In honour of The

Club’s anniversary, we’re asking all Members to wear our Club colours with pride—so pull out your

best green threads and get ready to party! This year we’re pulling out all the stops—anticipate

to be WOW-ed! Members can make a reservation at the Churchill Room (SOLD OUT), Raffles

Room, Tavern (SOLD OUT), Terrace, Fireplace, or Wheelhouse and enjoy their appetiser and hot

selections from their restaurant. The main buffet will then be served for all guests from the Tea

Room. Members are free to move around the Club and enjoy live music from three bands. We’ll be

hosting Shaggies, Singapore’s top band in the Churchill Room for those who like dance music,

the Louis Soliano Jazz Trio in the Raffles Room, and Rock Rosettes, a band playing pop hits

and rock and roll, down at the Poolside. With free-flow of beer, house pour wine, and soft drinks

throughout the evening, you ’re sure to have a great time. So get a group of friends together, wear

a splash of green, put on your dancing shoes, and get ready to party!

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H A L L O W ' G R E E NC L U B P A R T Y

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Louis Sol iano Jazz

D r e s s C o d e :SMART CASUAL

(Members are encouraged to come dressed in GREEN)

Rock Rosettes

Shaggies

SHAGGIES (Churchill Room)

LOUIS SOLIANO JAZZ TRIO (Raffles Room)

ROCK ROSETTES (Poolside)

P e r f o r m a n c e s by :

CANCELLATION POLICY: By 16 October (2 weeks) or fu l l charges apply

GUEST POLICY: Max imum 8 guests per membersh ip

Club Closure

Pool wi l l be c losed f rom 9pm on 30 October to 7am on 1 November to faci l i tate set-up and tear-down.

The main c lubhouse wi l l be c losed on Saturday, 31 October f rom 3pm.

Members who have booked wi l l be al lowed into the Club at 7 .30pm.

Tangles wi l l be opened as usual (8am–11pm) .

Jackpot Room and Spor ts Centre wi l l be opened as usual .

Dress Code: Smar t casual in a l l out lets.

A l l Members must show thei r membersh ip card upon enter ing the event to be e l ig ib le for Member pr ic ing,

otherwise guest pr ic ing wi l l apply.

The Club wi l l be c losed for th i s t icketed event f rom 3pm to 1.30am

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Wine & Dine

SELLING FA

ST. BOOK NOW.

Sunday, 1 November, 3.30pm to 6pm, Churchill Room

Wine Circle Member $98.65 | Member $118.65 | Guest $138.65

r i e d e l w i n e g l as s tas t i n gby GEORG J. RIEDEL

Can glass ware enhance wine? Absolutely. Georg J. Riedel, is the 10th-generation owner of

Riedel, the Austrian leader of fine crystal glassware.

Join us for this exclusive tasting session hosted

by Georg Riedel himself, which will include:

• Three red wine comparison tasting

(Cabernet, Pinot Noir, Syrah) using the

latest RIEDEL VERITAS Red Wine glasses.

RIEDEL VERITAS combines the charm of a

handmade glass with the consistent accuracy

only a machine made glass can achieve.

• Wine and Chocolate pairing using chocolates from LINDT.

• Exclusive tapas created by Chef Esmeraldo accompanied

by wine.

• Coca-Cola tasting using the new RIEDEL Coca-Cola glass.

• Each participant (in attendance only) will receive a set of

Riedel Veritas tasting glasses and the exclusive Riedel Coca-

Cola Glass worth a total of $290.

RESERVATION & ENQUIRIES: 6622 0432 or [email protected] ensure service and food excellence, we cap all gourmet wine dinners at 60 people.

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Chef Javed began his culinary journey at the ripe

old age of 19, and in 15 years, through hard work

and innovation, he has reached a level that few in

his chosen field do.

His learning started in India where he was awarded

the Gold Award for the Nestle Young Star of the

Year. Chef Javed then worked and trained with a

variety of noted chefs including Mr. Jiggs Kalra,

Chef Milind Somani, Chef Vineet Bhatia, and Chef

Gurpreet Singh. He has worked at both Rang Mahal

and Song Of India before taking up his current role

at Punjab Grill.

His 12 years in Singapore have probably made

him the premier expert at creating unique Indian

dishes for the Singaporean palate. He is credited

with introducing a variety of firsts to the Singapore

market–Singapore’s first Indian style champagne

brunch, the first Ayurveda based menu, and a

variety of other themed menus. His special skill lie

in making Indian dishes with unique ingredients. His

creation of the exquisite Tandoori Foie-Gras made

it to IS Magazine’s list of 50 things to eat before

you die. His constant thirst for learning and drive

for perfection have helped him and Punjab Grill win

D I WA L I B U F F E T D I N N E RSaturday, 7 November, 7.30pm

Churchill Room

$58 Member | Guest $68

a variety of awards and accolades from a variety

of sources including the Restaurant Association of

Singapore, Time Out, Wine&Dine Magazine, Wine

and Cuisine Asia, Peak Magazine, and Sphere

Culinary Challenge.

For Chef Javed “Life is an ever changing journey of

learning and creating” and he has just started his

journey.

MENU HIGHLIGHTS

Subz Shai Vegetable Kebab

stuffed with masala cheddar cheese

Amristari Fish Tikka

with coriander chilli mayo sauce

Wild Mushroom Shorba

laced with truffle oil Kasmiri rogan josh

Chilled Gujab Jamun

with basundi Nescoffee halwa

Please join us in the run-up to Diwali for a truly special evening with Guest Chef Javed from Punjab Grill. You will be delighted by his unique flavours and award-winning cuisine. Live classical Indian music will be played by SYAMA (Society of the Youth for Artistic Music Appreciation) and many special touches await on

the evening. Come dressed in your best sari or sherwani for this beautiful Festival of Lights dinner.

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A S pa n i s h A f fa i rWINE DINNER WITH RESIDENT GUEST CHEF ESMERALDO

12 November, 7.30pm, Churchill Room

$118 Member | $138 Guest

Chef Esmeraldo will be presenting an

exquisite seven-course Spanish wine dinner

expertly paired with award-winning Bodgas

Valduero wines, which is located in the small

village of Gumei de Mercado in the heart of

Ribera del Duero, in the province of Burgos.

This family-owned winery was established

in 1984 and uses Tempranillo grapes in its

wines, which are exceptional and unique in

Spain, giving the wines a strong sense of

terroir in character. Flora Loh, Managing

Director of Top Wines, will be joining us for

the evening to speak about the wines.

Be sure to book early to avoid

disappointment. Last year this event sold

out immediately.

MenuMadrid Tapas Bar

Seduction of SensesSelection of cold appetizers from Spain

Tesoro del Marmonk fish, langoustine quenelles, smoked lobster sea broth

Higado de Oca a la Sartenfoie gras, crackling suckling pig belly, apple pear jam, jasmine sauce, essence of sherry

Arroz Meloso con Ballotine Codorniz y Chipironessaffron creamy rice with baby squid, quail, iberico froth

Chuleton de Angus Buey a la Parrilla grilled Angus ribeye with marrow sauce

Winter Blossomssweets from sunny Spain

Wines to be served:Spanish Cava

Valduero Garcia Viadero Albillo 2014Valduero Crianza 2010 DO Ribera deal DueroValduero Reserva 2009 DO Ribera deal Duero

Valduero Gran Reserva Ribera del Duero


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s pa n i s h c o o k i n g c l as sWITH CHEF ESMERALDOFireplace, 3.30pm


Join our special Guest Chef Esmeraldo for a wonderful

afternoon learning the secrets of some of his favourite Spanish

foods. Chef E, as he’s affectionately known, will be front and

centre as he teaches you the techniques you will need to

perfect these delicious dishes. You will have the opportunity

to ask questions and taste all of the dishes prepared. So

come ready to learn and delight in these culinary creations.

We are offering three classes, each featuring different menu

items, including a special vegetarian class. Be sure to book

early, as we know these will be sell-out events.

26 NovemberSpecialty of the Basque Region

Bacalao Al Pil Pil

Cod Confit with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

garlic & chili peppers

A Traditional Rice Dish from Valencia

Arroz A Banda

Seafood, Rice & Saffron

Always a Spanish Favourite

from Castilla La Mancha

Pintada en Pepitoria

Guinea Chicken with Almond Saffron Sauce

3 DecemberArroz Negro con Chipirones

Black Rice with Baby Squid

Cangrejo a la Vasca

Basque Crab Gratin

Tortilla de Patatas

Spanish Potato Omelette

10 December (Vegetarian Menu)

Paella de Veduras

Vegetable Paella

Paella de Fideos

Noodle Paella

Cannelloni de Calabaza

Butternut Squash & Spinach Cannelloni

Come to Senor Churchill’s. Chef Es welcomes you. See back cover.


All Members must show a membership card to be eligible for Member pricing, otherwise guest pricing will apply.

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Light up your Saturday evening at the Club surrounded by family and friends feasting on

a sumptuous spread of Chef Joshi’s popular dishes, including free-flow Mango Lassi and

Masala Tea. Ladies, get a beautiful henna tattoo design on your palm. Gentlemen, brace

yourselves to be draped by a python as you watch the mysterious works of the snake

charmers. Complete the evening with sweet decadent desserts and live instrumental music.

Saturday, 13 November, 6.30 to 9.30pm

Wheelhouse Restaurant

$35 Adult Member | $45 Adult Guest

$17.50 Child Member | $22.50 Child Guest (5–12 years old)

Diwali Party

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C o o k i n g w i t h C h e f J o s h iWednesday, 20 November

3 to 5pm, Fireplace


Not to be missed; a cooking demonstration straight out of the kitchen to the Wheelhouse Function Room. See how Chef Joshi creates his culinary delights, up close and personal. North Indian cuisine prepared a la minute just for you. Recipes and refreshments will be provided after the demo.

Menu Presentation:Butter Chicken, Paneer Jalfrezy, Fish Jaffrany Curry, Plain Naan, Mango Lassi.

Only 15 seats available. Book now!


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E n c h a n t e d E v e n i n g w i t h a l e x a n d E r & m asa ko19 November, 7.30pm

Churchill Room$58 Member | $68 Guest

(Inclusive of a four-course dinner)

Commencing his violin studies at the age of five, Alexander Souptel is an accomplished

and highly regarded musican in Russia. For 10 years he was the concert master of Gennadi

Rozhdesvensky’s orchestra, and in 1986 he won the “Honoured Artist of Russia” medal.

Alexander has recorded over 5,000 minutes of music from such composers such as Bruckner,

Shostakovich, and Glazunov.

Performing with Alexander is Masako Suzuki White, who was born in Japan and commenced

the violin at the age of four. Masako participated in National Music Competitions from the

age of seven. She was awarded an exhibition scholarship for study at the Royal College of

Music London, gaining her Associate and Performer’s Diploma with Honours.

Having performed in the Club in the past, reunite with this ensemble as they bring to us a

melodious repertoire with songs such as Mozart Melodies, The Moon Represents My Heart,

Winter by Vialdi and many more.

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j e w e l l e ry A P P R E C I AT I O N TA L K& LIVE DEMONSTRATIONSaturday, 17 October, 3pm to 6pmWheelhouse Function Room$8 Member | $12 Guest

Interested in the sparkling world of jewellery? Join Tanja Sadow, dean of the Jewellery Design & Management International School, for a fascinating jewellery making workshop and introduction to the gemstones and jewellery on the market today!

FINE SILVER JEWELLERYEXPERIENCE WORKSHOPTuesday, 10 November, 3pm to 6pmWheelhouse Function Room$98 Member | $108 Guest

Learn to shape and form metal clay into geometric or organic shapes limited only by your imagination! You can carve, stamp, press, or roll the clay into a piece of jewellery art. In just a couple of hours, you’ll walk away with a beautiful, unique jewellery design—hand made by you!

t c m ta l k by d r h o n g h a iCHINESE AND WESTERN MEDICINES: EVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEETCombining the wisdom of East and West for cultivating good healthThursday, 19 November, 3.30pmRaffles Room$8 Member | $12 Guest(with light refreshments)

The ancient wisdom of Chinese medicine and the startling advances of modern biomedicine seem an unlikely mix. Yet it is precisely the prospect of drawing on the best of East and West—a convergence of Chinese and Western medicines—that gives us hope of achieving the ultimate level of health preservation and longevity. The talk will draw on a key theme of the book Principles of Chinese Medicine: A Modern Interpretation (Imperial College Press, London 2015).

Dr Hong Hai, Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow at NTU’s Institute of Advanced Studies, is a practicing TCM physician. With an earlier education in engineering and management, he has held senior positions in the industry, including CEO of Haw Par Corporation Ltd, and served a stint in parliament where he was Chairman of the GPC for Health. In later life, he has studied and practised Chinese medicine for 20 years and today runs the Renhai Clinic in Tanjong Pagar. A graduate of Harvard and Cambridge, he earned a PhD in philosophy at the London School of Economics and an MD from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.

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1 5 0 t h b i r t h d a y m e m o r a b i l i aIn commemoration of the Club’s 150th birthday this year, we’re offering limited edition memorabilia to our Members. Samples will be displayed at the Tea Room’s merchandise display counter. Order now while stocks last! For more details, please visit the Tea Room.

Tanglin Teddy$14.80

Stainless Steel Tumbler$12.80

White Ceramic Mug$9.30 (with lid) | $7.30 (without lid)

Mr Robert Yeo, proudly wearing the Anniversary t-shirt. Available

at the Tea Room at $18.65.

Club Wine*White $40.50Red $42.70

*Takeaway only.

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c h r i s t m as t r e e l i g h t i n gSunday, 29 November

6pm to 8pmMain Lobby

The holidays are upon us, so join us to take part in this wonderful Club tradition. Our magnificent Christmas tree will be decorated, egg nog will be flowing, and canapés will be served. After we all gather round and listen to the choir, we will light up the tree, officially beginning the holiday season.

Kids, come dressed in your festive best, as there will be photos with Santa.

Free Admission.

CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME: s l e e p i n g b e a u t ySaturday, 27 November, 7pm

Sunday, 28 November, 11am

Theatrette


The Stage Club’s production of

“Sleeping Beauty” written by Barry

Woolhead, was created especially

for entertaining the whole family.

Slapstick humour, music, and lots

of audience participation make

pantomime huge fun for both young

and old. Come and help Prince

Charming find his true love, and

save her from the wicked clutches of

the evil Maleficent; with the help of

the Forest Faries, Dr. Who’s Tardis,

and of course, you!

Duration: 75 minutes


Stainless Steel Tumbler$12.80

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c h i l d r e n ' s h a l l o w e e n pa rt y Saturday, 24 October12pm to 2pm, Raffles RoomSuitable for Kids aged 4-12 years


Shocktober is here, which means trick or treating

is just around the corner! Kids, get on your

costume, paint your face, and get ready for a

“spooky” party as we celebrate Halloween.

• Games

• Best innovative costume prize

• Kids buffet lunch

• Goodie bags

Youth Events


G r e e n E g g s & H a m C h i l l O u t D aySaturday, 17 October10am to 11.30am, Teens Lounge$10 per child

Join us for a special screening of Green Eggs

and Ham and sample, what else, but green eggs

and ham! Come dressed in your best green Dr

Seuss costume and win some attractive prizes.

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d i wa l i r a n g o l i f u nTuesday, 10 November10 to 10.30am: Rangoli Making

10.30 to 11am: Refreshments

11am to 6pm: Henna PaintingComplimentary

Kids, did you miss out on the fun

last year? Join the Kids Relations

Associates as we create our own

rangoli and enjoy some mango

lassi and Diwali sweet treats at

the Family Block.

sav e t h e d at e

IT’S THE HO HO HO HOLIDAYSKIDS CHRISTMAS PARTY12 December, 12pm to 2pm

Wheelhouse Function Room


KIDS CHRISTMAS ACTIVITY:THE PIZZA TREE19 December, 4pm to 5pm

Wheelhouse Function Room


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DARTS–Team Training, 5pm, Tangles

CHOIR PRACTICE-7.30pm, Theatrette

TENNIS–Ladies Morning, 9am - 11am


TEN PIN BOWLING–Practice Session6pm - 8pm, Raffles Town Club



INTER-C BALUT–Final at SCC, 7pm







TEN PIN BOWLING–Practice Session6pm - 8pm, Raffles Town Club









TEN PIN BOWLING–Member vs Staff3pm - 5pm, Raffles Town Club

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POT GAMES 2015 @SCC, 1pm




JEWELLERY APPRECIATION TALK & LIVE DEMONSTRATION3pm - 6pm, Wheelhouse


LAWN BOWLS FAMILY DAY–Introduction to Lawn Bowls4pm - 6.30pm, S&R Building



BRIDGE–150th Anniversary LunchBridge Game, 12.30pm - 5pmCard Room


Mortdecai: 2-4 October

American Sniper: 9-11 October

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel:16-18 October

Fast and Furious 7: 23-25 October

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 30 October & 1 November

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H A L L O W ' G R E E N C L U B p a r t y7.30pm-1.30am



c h i l d r e n ' s h a l l o w e e n p a r t y12pm-2pm, Raffles Room

BRIDGE–Duplicate Bridge Game 12.30pm - 5pm, Card Room

KIDS FITNESS COURSE12pm - 1.30pm, Gymnasium


c h i l d r e n ' s D A Y C A R N I V A L2pm-5pm, Poolside

BRITISH SUNDAYS12pm - 2pm, Churchill Room

CHOIR-Teatime Performance, 4.30pm - 5pm, Tea Room




T A N G L I N T R E EC O C K T A I L & M U S I C A L8pm-9.30pm, Churchill Room

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DARTS–Monthly Lunch


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Club, Dorothy Tobutt, and it is a funny song in which she confesses to being a Majong addict who just could not wait to go to the club to play Majong. I Yam Memory is a tribute to Ram Surat Raj who served the Club loyally as more than a car attendant and whose memory is inscribed in a gold-coloured plaque on the left pillar as you go up the steps of the main Clubhouse. I have given him a sort of Indian accent with singlish nuances in affectionate memory as I remember him. Fancy Dress Ball is about Roland Braddell, after whom the road is named, and his wife Dulcie, who attend a fancy dress ball in the Club. Braddell was a former President of the Club. And finally, Bridge over Draycott Drive is about recent history and is a call to all members to celebrate the diversity of the Club’s membership and not bicker to the extent that members sue one another. The bridge serves as a metaphor of unity, and the title recalls the famous Simon and Garfunkel song Bridge over Troubled Waters. The chorous shall include some of our own Tanglin Club Choir singers.

Sybil Schwencke Choir/Public Relations

For enquiries, please call Anqi at 6622 0438 or email [email protected]

1. S: How long have you been a Member of Tanglin Club? R: Since 1974.

2. S: What inspired and motivated you to compose the lyrics for the Tanglin Tree Musical Production?

R: The Committee planning the 150 club celebrations commissioned it. I thought it would be a challenge to go through the club’s history written up in the book FORTY MEN the story of the Tanglin Club in the island of singapore from 1865-1990.

3. S: Have you been involved in other musical productions and if so please name them.

R: No, but would like to.

4. S: In writing the lyrics of the five songs that are to be sung what was your main objective?

R: I don’t write music but can write lyric. In fact I have composed the libretti of 2 operas Fences and Kannagi, both with John Sharpley composing the music. Both operas have been performed. My objective was to tell audiences of the Club’s varied history. To celebrate it in a fun way, by bringing a few past characters associated with the Club to life by giving them voice in the form of speech and songs, to celebrate camaraderie among club members.

5. S: Briefly, please give me your personal experiences or stories for the following songs “Planting the Tanglin Tree, Club Fever, I Yam Memory, Fancy Dress Ball, Bridge over Draycott Drive.”

R: Planting the Tanglin Tree celebrates the struggle of early members of the Management Committee to keep the Club afloat after its founding. Tanglin is a tree and in this image, I use growth to suggest the need to nurse and care for this tree, to water it etc so that it may grow tall and strong. Club Fever was composed about a past member of the

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INVITATION TO ALL CLUB MEMBERSJOIN US FOR A CHORAL SESSION

(NO CHARGE) on:Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Theaterette7.30pm to 9.30pm

Rober t Yeo wrote the ly r ics o f a l l f ive songs fo r the mus ica l p roduct ion be ing per fo rmed on 9 October and at the B lack T ie Char i ty D inner on 5 November.

t h e t a n g l i n t r e e m u s i c a lIN CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT YEO

Robert Yeo John Sharpley

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Balut | Sports & Recreation

The National University of Singapore hosted the fourth round of the 31st Inter-Club Balut Competition at their “city” venue at Suntec City. The 80 players exchanged pleasantries and soon after followed the feeding frenzy. Balut requires both mental stamina and physical exertion, and food, so they say, is good for the soul! Tables tested to their tensile limits breathed a sigh of relief when the Eurasian Association was declared the winner of the evening.

Roland Pereira of the Indian Association bagged the prize of the total score with a score of 690, and tied with Oon Tik Lee of NUS for the highest game score with an equal 148 points. A cold flop later and Tik Lee bagged that one. Our thanks to NUS for a splendid evening; the next game is at the Indian Association. Nina Menon and Scribe are in second place in the highest pairs placing. We tried out the Card Room at our monthly game and those tables did not utter a squeak at the punishment

meted out. John Taylor, Convenor of the SCC Balut section, was an honoured guest for the evening, and Grace Goh beat off all comers to record a total score of 687. She went after Mavis Lights’s game high score of 150 but fell desperately short. The highlight of the evening was the announcement of the annual Balut Max Trophy very kindly donated by Fatema Sadiq. This is to be awarded to the player who has the maximum number of Baluts out of six games. Thank you Fatema, and we shall see who bags this trophy in the inaugural year. Next up is the Invitational Balut Inter-Club Competition organised by the Sarawak Club in Kuching, and the fifth round of the Inter-Club Competition at the Indian Association.

Vikram RamanBalut Committee Member

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E X C I T I N G S U M M E R

It was an exciting summer with August seeing a number of new section members giving the section a much needed boost in action!

First up was the Andy Webster competition on 15 August where the most number of wins was chalked up by Mr. Chong Zhi Cheng and Mr. Hugh Scheffer.

The Section Fun Night on 20 August also saw a good showing of section members with the father and son team of Mr. K K Chong and Mr. Chong Zhi Cheng taking the night with the Most Wins of the Night and Highest Break respectively.

We are in the midst of organizing a friendly with the Hong Kong Club—please check your email for details.

The POT Games, which are always good fun, will be played in October. All the best to the Club!

Sports & Recreation | Billiards

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Bridge | Sports & Recreation

S G 5 0 C E L E B R A T I O N—T U E S D A Y , 1 8 A U G U S T

In celebration of SG50, dinner and game were organised. It was a complete sell-out indeed with 38 players signing up.

Ladies came in red and white lighting up the mood in the Tavern. Everyone seemed happy to have been a part of this event.

Game started rather punctually a little after 7pm.

The Mitchell movement was played and the evening’s winners were:1st North/South—Rohini Arya & A Sehgal1st East/ West—Lily Lim & Deepa Gupta

Upcoming Events:

POT games—3 October, Saturday, 1 pm

Diwali Tea—6 November, Friday, 12.30pm

Club Pairs C’ships—21 November, 9.30am to 4.30pm

Our thanks to Aziz and all those involved in making it such a fun evening.

Lily LimBridge Committee Member

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Sports & Recreation | Dance

1 5 0 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y B A L L

The 150th Anniversary Ball held on 5 September at the Churchill Room was a sold out affair with 146 participants. The Straits Times reported that in November 1896, the Tanglin Club was “but a Dancing and Bowling Club.” On the Singapore social scene at that time, it reported “But balls were far and away the highlights of the year.” It was thus appropriate that many Members of The Tanglin Club, which was founded as a social club, were mindful of its heritage and celebrated the 150th Anniversary with a Grand Ball in our historic Churchill Room with fine dining, superb entertainment, music, and dance.

Comedian Hosaan Leong was the star performer of the evening, and he did not disappoint. There were also dance performances from Louis & Catherine Dance

Studio and from Sam and Michelle Fong. Resident Band Locomotion took the dancers down memory lane with appropriate music from the decades, beginning with the Charleston and Old Time Dancing right through the various dances of years gone by.

It was an evening befitting the 150th Anniversary celebration of the Club and a night to be remembered by many Members for years to come. The President, Mr Robert Weiner, addressed the gathering and said that he was impressed by the large number of Members present and the vibrancy and programme for the evening.

Freddie LeeDance Section Convenor

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Dance | Sports & Recreation

T H E D A N C E S E C T I O N P R E S E N T S :

S A T U R D A Y , 5 D E C E M B E R7 . 3 0 P M , C H U R C H I L L R O O M

4 Course Western Dinner & Complimentary Glass of Wine

Carols by Bagpipes

6 Piece Locomotion Band

Dress Code:

Gentlemen: Jacket over Open Collar Shirt

Ladies: In Conformity

Dance Section Members: $50 | Club Members: $78 | Guests: $92

Cover Charge of $45 per person for non-diners at the Bar if space available.

Booking: Each Member Up to 4 Guests

C H R I S T M A S B A L L

F E A T U R I N G D A N C E T H R I L O G Y , S I N G A P O R E ` S F I N A L I S T S O N " A S I A ' S G O T T A L E N T "

Contact Uma 6622 0571 or email [email protected]

Singapore`s Finalists to Asia Got Talent

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Sports & Recreation | Darts

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Interclub League with SRC

Interclub League with NUSS

The first round of the Inter-Club Darts League was hosted by The Tanglin Club on 31 July. The TC players had their first encounter with the SRC.

It was a great opportunity to watch the skillful, impressive, and outstanding Darts of the SRC players.

They managed to secure six games out of the seven. We congratulate Paul Healy for winning a singles match against the tough competition of the SRC player Pon Tan. MC Cheong and Frederick Francis performed well to win one set each against the SRC players.

Tanglin Club against (TC) Singapore Recreation Club (SRC)–31 July

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Darts | Sports & Recreation

The third round of the Inter-Club Darts League was hosted by The Tanglin Club on 28 August. The TC players had their first encounter with the SGCC.

It was a wonderful evening with many enthusiastic Darts members who were present to support the home team as well as watch the skillful Darts of the SGCC players. Our congratulations go to the SGCC players and to MC Cheong and Frederick Francis who managed to secure one game.

Interclub League with SGCC

TC against Serangoon Gardens Country Club (SGCC)–28 August

A big thank you to Cielito and James from the Sports Section and the staff at the Tangles for their contributions to make the events a success.

Sepalika KumarasingheDarts Section Member

The second round of the Inter-Club Darts League was hosted by The Tanglin Club on 21 August. The TC players had their first encounter with the NUSS.

It was a great opportunity to watch the skillful Darts of the NUSS players as they secured all seven games. We congratulate MC Cheong and Frederick Francis who

TC against NUSS–21 August

performed confidently to win one set each against the NUSS players.

We thank NUSS for inviting TC players for a friendly match to their club on 27 June. It was indeed a wonderful opportunity for TC players to experience the competitive spirit of the NUSS players.

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“You may not be able to walk again.” These words from the neurologist threw our hopes into a tailspin. They came eight months after mid-November 2012 when I had undergone surgery to be treated for syringomyelia, a chronic disease of the spinal cord. A cyst had been discovered growing inside my spinal cord and surgery was necessary. It was a very delicate operation as nerves could be damaged.

When I came to after the surgery, I felt almost a total loss of sensation in my left leg and partial loss in my right; some nerves in my legs had been damaged. For over a month, I remained in the hospital doing physiotherapy two to three times daily to rebuild my leg muscles. When I was discharged, I was still too weak.

It was a struggle to accept my new reality, and compromised quality of life. I had to give up playing golf and trail hiking. Encouraged by my family, I committed myself to rebuilding my strength through daily exercise regimes and physiotherapy. I want to walk again, I had to frequently remind myself. I continued for months on end, but could not progress beyond walking a few metres. Buckling at the knees humbled me often.

“I am sorry to say, you may not be able to walk again. I suggest you consider investing in an electric wheelchair to help you move around independently,” said the neurologist I had consulted. As I left his clinic, I felt like the world before me had crashed. The neurosurgeon who operated on me was more hopeful. He referred me to another physiotherapy centre that had advanced robotics and treadmills to assist patients to walk again. I spent another year working out there.

One day, I decided to visit the Club’s gym, just to see if I could benefit from using some of the equipment there. I was not sure what to expect—a wheel-chaired 70 year old might seem out of place alongside the fit and the brawny. The Fitness Manager Aziz Kamsani was very encouraging. “Sure, we can help you! Let me arrange for Lewis Toh to work with you.” That started me on another road to try to walk.

The exercises were different from what I had learnt before. Each session was thorough and was specific in targeting a specific muscle. Lewis was so committed to making me “stand up and go,” and he introduced new

exercises almost every week, which made each visit challenging. I often wondered when he would run out of new exercises to teach me. There was hardly any need for complicated robotics or exercise equipment, and I could exercise anytime at home.

Four months later, I felt that I should test myself walking alone outdoors and started going for walks pushing the wheelchair loaded with packed luggage to act as a counterweight to provide stability. It was an exhilarating experience to able to walk again.

This May, I bought a walker on wheels to help me manage longer distance walking. I even made an overnight visit to Jakarta with my friends. I always look forward to more sessions with Lewis in the gym. I can feel my muscles are coming back. I still need a lot of work on my walking balance, which is still very poor, but I know that one day I will make it. I thank the training team in the gym for the welcome smiles and encouragement whenever I am there. I am in good hands with them. Aziz gave me a new challenge just the other day. “I want to dance again!” ?

Sports & Recreation | Fitness

A W A L K T O R E M E M B E R by MR TAN SOO LIAP

Mr Tan doing stretches with personal trainer Lewis Toh.

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Sports & Recreation | Golf

The Annual Championship is one of the Golf Section’s two “majors,” played in Stroke Play format similar to the pro tournaments rather than our normal more relaxed Stableford. Given the efforts with sponsors that went into our fundraising Charity Golf earlier in the year, the event was slightly more “low key” than normal. Nonetheless an enjoyable day was had by all Members who attended. This year the Championship was held at Tanah Merah Country Club’s Tampines Course.

Following the need to abandon play last year, we were blessed with dry, breezy conditions, though there was quite an unhealthy level of haze. Fortunately no one was unduly affected by this and all 76 players managed to complete their rounds before retiring to the Churchill Room for a pleasant dinner. The course was in nice condition, but as usual, proved tricky. Scoring was good with the level of the winning scores again attesting to the realistic handicaps of our Members. Overall nett Champion was the consistent Lim Khoon Hin with a score of 68. Best Gross score of 78 was recorded by Kurt Potschke, narrowly pipping last year’s winner Justin Heah who scored 79. Aside from the Champion, the top three in the Men’s Division all scored 69. On countback, the winner was Eric Teoh, followed by Steven Ong and Hemant Pathania. The Ladies’ Division was also close with Rayner Ng the

T C 1 5 0 A N N I V E R S A R Y L I V E S O Nwinner with 71. Second was Mary Chan and third Etsuko Grundy.

Nearest the Pin winners on the four par 3’s were David White, Hemant Pathania, Raymond Chan, and Tan Kok Chai. We brought golf indoors with a Putting Mat Competition during dinner at the Churchill Room. This always arouses interest from the spectators and was won this year by Hugh Hoyes-Cock.

The Golf Section continues to thrive with good attendance at all our outings. We are keen to increase participation in our events, and through negotiation with the golf clubs and use of our section funds keep the costs of these events as low as possible. We have over 300 Members in the Section and all are encouraged to join us for the events. Look out for the following events:• ChiangMai trip—5 to 8 November. Some spaces

still available. Contact Uma at S&R for details.

• Social Game—29 October at Jurong Country Club

• Xmas Bash—morning game at Tanah Merah plus Xmas Lunch. Early December (date to be confirmed).

• Captain’s Cup—8 January at SICC

David WhiteGolf Convenor

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Cheers to the Tireless Organising Committee

Rodger Kimpton Graham Dare

Belinda Braggs Steve Wright

Though our big anniversary event is over, its memories live on in the hearts of the bowlers at home, and afar. Mr. Walter Kowk of the Hongkong Football Club has written a long story for its club’s magazine, and here we include some excerpts from the advanced copy sent to our Convenor Rodger Kimpton.

“Tanglin Club has long been a reciprocal club, but our Section has only recently established contact with them. However, their Bowls Convenor Rodger Kimpton had kindly extended an invitation to join their celebration tournament in the first weekend of July.

The tournament turned out to be the country’s biggest lawn bowls carnival ever, with over 140 bowlers from 16 clubs in Hongkong, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand flocking to the island city for a four-day event. It was sunny, shiny, and hot out at the eight-rink synthetic green set at the rooftop of the Tanglin Sports Complex situated just off the busy Orchard Road. It was a wonderful club in a wonderful location. Camaraderie was aplenty within clubs and indeed even between clubs. Thanks again Rodger Kimpton, Graham Dare, Belinda Braggs, and Steve Wright of Tanglin for organising such a tremendous event. Perhaps one our Section may look to replicate in its anniversary celebration style.”

Busy Lawn BowlsOur Tanglin Bowls Green was a busy place in July and August. Indeed in addition to hosting the TC 150 Anniversary International Bowls on 23–26 July, it was also the venue for the Singapore National Triples Bowl for both the men and women on 16 and 23 of Augsut. Our TC Bowls Section entered three men’s and two women’s teams. Our men’s TC 1 came in third, and our women’s team came in third in the round robin format.

This year’s Club Singles Championship was finally completed in August, and Zoher Motiwalla, the previous year’s runner up, turned the tables on Rodger Kimpton, the 2014 winner.

It was a very close battle between them with Zoher just managing to keep a very narrow edge most of the time after Rodger had taken a 3-0 lead after 2 ends. It was 10-10 after 14 ends and 15-14 after 20 ends. It went on till 27 ends and the longest battle for the singles title with Zoher finally triumphing at 21-16.

Ling Ten IngLawn Bowls Committee Member

T C 1 5 0 A N N I V E R S A R Y L I V E S O N

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F R I E N D L Y G A M E W I T H J A P A N E S E T E A MOn Wednesday, 26 August the squash section hosted a

visiting team from Japan. This generally occurs every

year and most of the players come from the Japanese

Squash Academy. This year 18 players came, including

six female players, which is refreshing to see as it is

still quite a male dominated sport. The team arrived at

the stroke of 6 o’clock, and went through their normal

ritual of sorting out squash tee shirts for the home

team and a quite lengthy warm up session.

Initially organising matches was quite hectic with so

many players from both sides, and particularly as we

had drafted a few players from the Hollandse Club to

make up the numbers. Eventually, after the first wave

of matches got under way, things started to settle and

games were getting played and everyone started to

relax. It turned out to be a great night with matches

Sports & Recreation | Squash

C O S M O L E A G U EThe COSMO squash team had their first match of

the season at home on Monday, 24 August. This was

an important game as it was our first match of the

season as defending champions and against SICC who

generally field a strong team. The first match involved

a new player for Tanglin, Praveen Jagwani, who put

in a great effort but went down 3-1 to a slightly fitter

player. We also had another new player to the COSMO

scene, Nick Snyder, who again put in a great effort but

succumbed to a quite tricky player.

Next up was Gary Hollis who had a Titanic battle,

which was played over five games with Gary narrowly

losing 3-2 on what was a very entertaining match. We

were all very impressed with Gary’s new bright red

shoes. Gary’s game was probably the deciding game

as our other matches were won relatively easily by

Adam Le Mesurier and Phil Rossiter, with Adam looking

particularly sharp this season, having been well rested

at his chateaux overlooking Lake Como this summer.

Next up is the British Club away and we are fielding a

particularly strong team so we hope to make up from

our early loss.

still being played past 9pm and the jumbo doubles

courts proved particularly popular. As usual we laid

out a sumptuous curry buffet washed down by welcome

jugs of cold beer. There was a small ceremony by the

Japanese players to say thank you, and as usual The

Tanglin Club proved great hosts to the visiting team.

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Swimming | Sports & Recreation

4 T H M E R L I O N M E E T A T T H E T A N G L I N C L U B5 C L U B S , 1 5 0 S W I M M E R S

We hosted the Merlion Swim Meet on Saturday, 29 August. There were 150 swimmers from The American Club, Marsden Swim Squad, Falcon Swim Team, The British Club, and our Tanglin Toperdoes.

We had a number of young swimmers swimming their maiden race at this swim meet. Two brothers, Timothy Lee and Thomas Lee, did exceptionally well in their first race getting the Gold in Freestyle and Silver in Breaststroke events respectively. We had many podium finishes and most swimmers achieved their personal best time.

Great Swim, Tanglin Torpedoes!

Swimming | Sports & Recreation

33rd Annual Swimming Championship14 November, 1 to 6pm, Swimming pool

To register, visit www.tc.totalswimming.net/ASC by Monday, 2 November 2015

For more enquiries: please contact Praveena at 6622 0580 or email [email protected]

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R I O T O U S E V E N I N G O F L A U G H T E R A N D J O Y

Though we join a sports section to learn a new sport

or to improve, the social element is exceedingly

important too where Members gather to have fun. This

evening’s bowling session brought out all the lovely

qualities of such a social interaction. It was a riotous

evening of laughter and joy.

Susan Han attended after a long break and Eunice was

a newcomer, though obviously not to ten-pin bowling

as she bowled with impressive spares and strikes.

Phine still held her longkang Queen’s title, which she

said with joy.

Even though I did not bowl, I had a wonderful evening

joining in the laughter.

Josephine Chia

Ten Pin Bowling Session Member

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Tennis | Sports & Recreation

T A N G L I N C L U B J U N I O R T O U R N A M E N T S E R I E S # 3August was an activity–filled month for the junior

tennis players at Tanglin Club. The Club held the third

of its four-part series of the popular junior tournament

on the last weekend of August. Fifty plus kids came

out to compete in the compact event, with some kids

playing up to five matches! A nice addition to this

event was a “refueling station” set up on the first day

to keep everyone’s energy level up.

The superstars of

the event were

Evan and Prai. The

boys sent the crowd

wild with their

amazing display of

perseverance and

grit in the 10/U

boys’ finals. The

oohs, aahs, and

cheers got so loud it felt like a professional tennis

event was happening at the Club. The kids screaming

in support of their favourite player added to the air of

excitement. Evan saved four match points to emerge

as the eventual winner!

J U N I O R S R E P R E S E N T I N G T H E C L U BThe Club’s internal tournament provided the perfect

practice for six kids who represented the Club in the

Smash! Junior Tennis League. The Tanglin S.W.A.T

Team fought tooth and nail over five weekends to

earn a spot in the Category 10/A finals on 30 August.

The team clinched the runner-up position, putting up

a credible fight against their formidable opponent.

Thank you supporters for braving the heat, providing

refreshments (in a Club colored cooler bag, no less),

and dressing the part to support Team Tanglin Club!

Best dressed award goes to Team Manager, Cleonice

Lee, who came in an all green dress. The kids were

elated to see Coach Ken Smith, who came by to

support the team he assembled. Building on its strong

junior tennis programme, the Club will be looking to

send teams to compete in the various leagues. Keep

an eye out for the announcements.

The Evan and Prai Fan Club

Team photo with Coach Ken

Results:

Girls 10’s

Winner: Juliette Demierre

Runner Up: Deborah Lim

Girls 12’s

Winner: Michelle Yeo

Runner Up: Alexia Ghannam

Boys 10’s Champs

Winner: Chua Min Jie

Runner Up: Shaun DeVaz

Boys 10’s

Winner: Evan Lee

Runner Up: Prai

Phusangmook

Boys 12’s

Winner: Sam Ong

Runner Up: Justin Tan

Open

Winner: Diego Danselme

Runner Up: Timothy Lim

Evan Prai

To better deliver news on junior tennis, a Mailing List

Sign Up Sheet will be placed at the noticeboard by the

tennis courts.

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