At the Annual General Meeting that was held on 27th July 2003 and which was very ably chaired by Abu Talib Othman, Hj Mohd Isahak Mohd Yusuf, Ezani Abu Bakar, Mohamad Halim Merican and M.K. Sen were elected as President and Committee Members respectively. Heartiest congratulations to them and I welcome them to serve on The Committee.

The Committee had at its first meeting after the Annual General Meeting unanimously agreed to continue with the policy of  "Management must manage the Club".

For the year 2003/4, there will be 8 Sub-Committees comprising :-

Except for the Sub-Committee for Golf which has been delegated the roles and duties of the Handicap Committee and the Competition Committee under the USGA handicap system and the Rules of Golf respectively, all other Sub-Committees do not have any executive role or function. The Sub-Committees' roles are to study, review present policies, formulate new ones and then make appropriate recommendations to The Committee.

With the delegation to Management of the day to day running of the Club, it is important that The Committee being responsible for the overall management of the Club establish an Audit & Compliance Sub-Committee to audit and overview the role and performance of Management to ensure :-

1. observance and compliance with good practices in implementing the policies of The Committee 

    and the running of the Club; and

2. continued maintenance of the standard and quality of the services and facilities offered by the Club

  to Members.

There are 2 areas which require special focus.

Firstly, under the Sub-Committee for Property/Development, the Sub-Committee is to identify and find ways on how the Club can best capitalise on its' valuable lands and properties with road frontages to Jalan Tun Razak and Jalan Kampong Pandan in order to derive substantial long term regular income.

Secondly, under a new portfolio of Junior and Youth Programmes, the Sub-Committee is to find ways to reach out to the Junior and young/parents Members in order to attract more visits and participations in the Club's activities by this "non active" segment of Members. This Sub-Committee is to work closely with the Sub-Committees of Sports and Social/Entertainment.

As highlighted in my earlier article, regular communications between Members, The Committee and Management are important and should be encouraged and facilitated to ensure harmonious and efficient running of the Club. It is therefore being planned that each Convenor will provide in the Circular quarterly reports on the progress of their respective portfolios and to be followed by regular quarterly dialogues between The Committee and Members.

On behalf of The Committee I wish to thank Members for supporting The Committee's Proposal at the Annual General Meeting for the increase in entrance fee and the intake of new Members which will raise the necessary funds for the Club's various projects.