Magazine Sep/Oct 2017

of our long-awaited redevelopment. We will be highlighting The Clubs’ history with a wall of photographs in the new lobby, along with other fun ideas to commemorate this momentous year.

In other news, in June The Club was honored to host Minister of State for Manpower, Mr. Sam Tan and NTUC Deputy Secretary General Mr. Heng Chee How. They toured The Club to learn about changes we made to enhance our older staff members’ productivity. I felt incredibly proud to see long-term staff members, such as Chef Tan from the Production Kitchen, Mr. Ho from Housekeeping and Rich from F&B, share their stories and demonstrate how The Club’s new technology allows them to keep up with their more junior colleagues.

I’m grateful that these employees have opted to spend their golden years with The American Club family. There are staff members who have known my kids since they were born – Lily in the kitchen who has a hug ready every time they see her, Abdul who gives them a high five before they leap into the pool, and, when she isn’t climbing mountains in Nepal, Betty from Essentials who always greets them with a smile. We are so fortunate to have these employees with us, some of whom have been with our family for over 40 years. They are an integral part of The Club’s history, as well.

How can we make history ourselves? Martin proposed a wonderful idea to bury a time capsule before the final slab is poured. What do you think we should include in the time capsule? Email us at president@amclub.org.sg with your ideas.

As always, if you have any suggestions, ideas or issues, please don’t hesitate to email me.

Kristen Graff President

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THE AMERICAN CLUB SEP / OCT 2017