Dear Bro fatty, with due respect to you, I beg to differ. This is the same kind of fucktard attitude and argument that were used in the proposition for the PWP - only $$$ counts and economic growth priorities above all others, all other considerations go to hell.
SAFRA Clubhouses are built for reservists, period!!! Yes there are facilities within which are commercial in nature, and we consider these as being outsourced services which SAFRA Board has a right to invite business people to run. Ok with this, for example, the restaurant, the pro shop with swimming, golf gear, the Seven 11 (? not sure), etc. Outsiders are welcomed to patronise them or otherwise these businesses will go bust.
However, facilities such as the swimming pools, exercise rooms, jackpot rooms are essentially for members and outsiders, in theory and practice could only come in at the invitation of the members. Members also foot the expenses for the use of these facilites on behalf of these guests. After all, this is a CLUB, not a bloody hawker centre!!! Even for the popular spots like the billard rooms, karaoke rooms, etc should rightfully be booked and paid by members. And, I am going to say that members who knowingly or unknowingly bring in large members of outsiders, especailly FT trash so much so that these facilites are flooded and monopolised by these trash ought to be shot and have their heads examined.
Apparently, members first priority and outsiders are guests only at the CLUBS are not being practised by SAFRA Management. What we see now is that for the sake of extra revenue, the floodgates are being opened to FT trash. I do not now know what form such open floodgates took - direct memberships offered to non reservists (other than spouses and family)?
Hello, how many reservists and potential reservists do we have? At least 100,000? 200,000?. This is basically a captured population with potential members sharing life long common experiences and sufferings for the defense of the country. CLUBS built and facilitated for their use/enjoyment and later for their families is just a small gesture of appreciation. Given such a big base, if SAFRA Management is not able to attract enough members so that the facilities are always under utilsed, then whose fault is it? Some people obviously are not doing their jobs marketing or improving SAFRA memberships. Don't come and say that reservists do not want to join SAFRA and thus open the floodgates to trash!!!
Don't forget too, SAFRA CLUBS are (presumably) built on state land, using state resources and tax payers money. For all the complains about SAFRA and its facilites, these are still excellent places for the reservists and their families to enjoy some club facilites in land scarce Singapore. Consider these:
a If the facilities are under utilised or reservists don't want to use them, then shut them down!! Why have so many of these CLUBS to waste tax payers money?
b Or, if the money numbers don't add up, then sell off the CLUB or let some commercial organisation run the facilities as a private club. I am sure there are many willing takers who want to try running a club for profit.
c If the commercial organisations like the restaurants or pro shops cannot survive in SAFRA clubs because there are too few customers, don't blame SAFRA members for not patronising them. They are commercial and they have to find their own ways to earn their profits. They have to find their own successful business models in SAFRA clubs.
d If reservists do not like the facilites or activities, then for goodness sake, change or improve them. Organise more activities where the reservists or their families can take part. Consider free use of facilities. Again some people in SAFRA Management are not doing a good job!!!
What takes my beef and my blood boil is to see FT trash now flooding SAFRA CLubs, noisy pinoys, Indos and ah nehs creating hell and disturbing other members who are reservists! It will only reinforce the feeling amongst Singaporeans that they are being crowded out by foreigners in their own land. In the end, they do not go to SAFRA clubs or do not want to join as members and this is exactly the vicious cycle that is affecting SAFRA mmbership amongst the reservists.


Wake up your idea, man. Don't use declining membership or reduced business as excuses to open the floodgates for trash - this brother does not like swimming or playing jackpot surrounded by groups of howling FTtrash.