FTrash Floods SAFRA Clubhouse!

[makapaaa]

[h=2]SAFRA clubhouse for NS men or foreigners?[/h]

February 17th, 2013 |

Author: Contributions

[Letter sent in to TRE today, 17 Feb, Sun at about 3pm]

I brought my kids to the newly opened SAFRA Toa Payoh today, in fact, as I am writing this letter I am still at the kids indoor playground.

But it is quite disturbing to see so many foreigners here in a supposedly clubhouse build using public funding for locals especially national service men but instead, the foreigners are the ones enjoying the facility.

The indoor playground has a number of Angmo with their blonde hair babies enjoying a nice cooling Sunday afternoon in air conditioned newly built kids play facility. I can’t help but wonder would these Angmo Kia one day serve our NS but chances are they will follow their parents back to their home country when their work stint here expires. Even higher chances, they will finish their schooling here, take up all the space, enjoying the facilities here and just before they turn 18 for NS they will renounce their PR and move to US or Europe for further study.

I went to the 3rd floor and again a group of Pinoys (see photo) – at least 20 of them enjoying bowling at the clubhouse. It makes no sense to me because I am not a SAFRA member (I don’t see why I need to pay to be a member anyway, cause I did put in two and a half years plus ICTs for this country – but that before the garment gave free one year which won’t start until April 2013) so I am paying the same as the foreigners – Pinoy, Angmo, whatever….

SAFRA membership should be given free to all national services men why make us pay when the total membership fee is probably a small fraction of what it cause to build these places plus cost of maintenance. Why are foreigner allows to enjoy these facilities at the same rate as most local here ?
I was held back by work on 16 Feb otherwise I wish I can attend the protest at Hong Lim too, I profoundly oppose the garment immigration policy, I profoundly oppose the white paper…
.
Kang

 

[Reddog]

Kang, may I infer that you did not vote for the pap ? Or am I wrong.

 

[Glaringly]

What an insult! A clubhouse for those serving NS becomes a haven for foreigners.

 

[depeche]

More venue to come...

 

[looneytan]

Kang, you got it all wrong ....

It's GAHMEN

 

[red amoeba]

Aiya...u think safra really for ns men? They r also for making $$$$...if these pinoys n ang mo can pay, they cannot b happier.

 

[prancku]

What an insult! A clubhouse for those serving NS becomes a haven for foreigners.

Excuse me, can anyone just enlighten me why these trash are able to gain access to SAFRA facilities. Used to be only pinoy sauce and indo mien by the pool while local kids swim and their parents in the jackpot room.

Has Safra, in its desperation to keep itself afloat opened safra membership to trash also. Just pay money?

Or, is this part of the alecky plan for the 6.9M and open safra facilities to make these trash feel welcomed? Again public money used not for its original intended purpose to provide relaxation to well deserved reservist families?

Anyone?

 

[laksaboy]

Never been a SAFRA member. Don't want it even if you give me free membership. I had once given a venomous verbal fucking to some SAFRA telemarketer who pestered me to sign up.

 

[YaoSiuKia]

Never been a SAFRA member. Don't want it even if you give me free membership. I had once given a venomous verbal fucking to some SAFRA telemarketer who pestered me to sign up.

I made the terrible mistake of exchange $40 of NS voucher for another year of SAFRA membership. Super regret!

 

[laksaboy]

Has Safra, in its desperation to keep itself afloat opened safra membership to trash also. Just pay money?

Probably. Or, they want to maximize profits by opening up to foreigners.

This country has been sold out long ago. SAFRA is not the first, nor the last symptom of this irrefutable fact.

 

[peppertail]

[h=2]SAFRA clubhouse for NS men or foreigners?[/h]

February 17th, 2013 |

Author: Contributions

[Letter sent in to TRE today, 17 Feb, Sun at about 3pm]

I brought my kids to the newly opened SAFRA Toa Payoh today, in fact, as I am writing this letter I am still at the kids indoor playground.

But it is quite disturbing to see so many foreigners here in a supposedly clubhouse build using public funding for locals especially national service men but instead, the foreigners are the ones enjoying the facility.

The indoor playground has a number of Angmo with their blonde hair babies enjoying a nice cooling Sunday afternoon in air conditioned newly built kids play facility. I can’t help but wonder would these Angmo Kia one day serve our NS but chances are they will follow their parents back to their home country when their work stint here expires. Even higher chances, they will finish their schooling here, take up all the space, enjoying the facilities here and just before they turn 18 for NS they will renounce their PR and move to US or Europe for further study.

I went to the 3rd floor and again a group of Pinoys (see photo) – at least 20 of them enjoying bowling at the clubhouse. It makes no sense to me because I am not a SAFRA member (I don’t see why I need to pay to be a member anyway, cause I did put in two and a half years plus ICTs for this country – but that before the garment gave free one year which won’t start until April 2013) so I am paying the same as the foreigners – Pinoy, Angmo, whatever….

SAFRA membership should be given free to all national services men why make us pay when the total membership fee is probably a small fraction of what it cause to build these places plus cost of maintenance. Why are foreigner allows to enjoy these facilities at the same rate as most local here ?
I was held back by work on 16 Feb otherwise I wish I can attend the protest at Hong Lim too, I profoundly oppose the garment immigration policy, I profoundly oppose the white paper…
.
Kang

You are no member yet you take offence for them using it?! To freaking stingy to pay 40 bucks a year but generous enough to complain?

 

[Travellor]

Tell those FT to go and hang around the fucking CC and not SAFRA,...is there nowhere safe from these fuckers in sinkieland anymore?????

 

[Enforcer]

Tell those FT to go and hang around the fucking CC and not SAFRA,...is there nowhere safe from these fuckers in sinkieland anymore?????

They should just stick to their respective community areas like Golden Mile, Lucky Plaza, Joo Chiat, Peninsula Plaza and Little India.

 

[bushtucker]

Never been a SAFRA member. Don't want it even if you give me free membership. I had once given a venomous verbal fucking to some SAFRA telemarketer who pestered me to sign up.

the worst thing is SAFRA automatically renews membership even when you don't want it to be renewed. I thought just let the membership expire on its own. Bad call! They deducted the $32 membership fee from my $100 IPPT bonus without telling me! I called them and farked them and threatened them with lawsuit and they refunded my money.

 

[whatthink]

I guess the writer didn't know SAFRA open to company/organaisation to use the facility (eg. bowling) and collect fee from them by hours.

 

[halsey02]

the worst thing is SAFRA automatically renews membership even when you don't want it to be renewed. I thought just let the membership expire on its own. Bad call! They deducted the $32 membership fee from my $100 IPPT bonus without telling me! I called them and farked them and threatened them with lawsuit and they refunded my money.

Like you do not know the government, I am surprised. They give you $100, they will try their best to take 99.99 from you, they give you $250, you have to pay $50 'protection money' first & the best part of it all, this is your taxes you pay. That means, you are made a bloody fool.

That is why I never bother with what they give...as long as I don't have to pay to get...

 

[mojoe]

[h=2]SAFRA clubhouse for NS men or foreigners?[/h]

February 17th, 2013 |

Author: Contributions

[Letter sent in to TRE today, 17 Feb, Sun at about 3pm]

I brought my kids to the newly opened SAFRA Toa Payoh today, in fact, as I am writing this letter I am still at the kids indoor playground.

But it is quite disturbing to see so many foreigners here in a supposedly clubhouse build using public funding for locals especially national service men but instead, the foreigners are the ones enjoying the facility.

The indoor playground has a number of Angmo with their blonde hair babies enjoying a nice cooling Sunday afternoon in air conditioned newly built kids play facility. I can’t help but wonder would these Angmo Kia one day serve our NS but chances are they will follow their parents back to their home country when their work stint here expires. Even higher chances, they will finish their schooling here, take up all the space, enjoying the facilities here and just before they turn 18 for NS they will renounce their PR and move to US or Europe for further study.

I went to the 3rd floor and again a group of Pinoys (see photo) – at least 20 of them enjoying bowling at the clubhouse. It makes no sense to me because I am not a SAFRA member (I don’t see why I need to pay to be a member anyway, cause I did put in two and a half years plus ICTs for this country – but that before the garment gave free one year which won’t start until April 2013) so I am paying the same as the foreigners – Pinoy, Angmo, whatever….

SAFRA membership should be given free to all national services men why make us pay when the total membership fee is probably a small fraction of what it cause to build these places plus cost of maintenance. Why are foreigner allows to enjoy these facilities at the same rate as most local here ?
I was held back by work on 16 Feb otherwise I wish I can attend the protest at Hong Lim too, I profoundly oppose the garment immigration policy, I profoundly oppose the white paper…
.
Kang

NS for Singaporeans but facilities for Foreigners

WHEN WILL IT STOP ?

 

[BuiKia]

SAFRA is not a private club if it is it. It would have closed down long time ago...they cannot sustain without patronage from outside people. Those are private business entities operating in the clubs. Their objective is to make money from anyone.

 

[watchman8]

the thing about SAFRA club is in its unequal distribution and inherent inefficiency. I would rather the gahmen pay all NSmen and NSF a proper income and let individuals decide how best to use the money. They can use it to pay for education, housing or piss it all in casinos. Now the SAF is wasting tens of millions each year to feed the SAFRA machinery, and only a small portion of NSmen ever get to use the facilities.

To target non-NSmen using SAFRA facilities is barking up the wrong tree, since the SAFRA facilities are normally underutilised.

 

[streetsmart73]

SAFRA is not a private club if it is it. It would have closed down long time ago...they cannot sustain without patronage from outside people. Those are private business entities operating in the clubs. Their objective is to make money from anyone.

hi there


1. fat kid, bingo!
2. it is all about profit & revenue generating mah
3. that ah kang still does not learn about the integration thing for the fts.
4. it would not be some surprise when he will be refused entry during his next visit.
5. ft parties occupying the said clubhse!
6. ah kang, what did you last voted?