NTUC seeks SICC's help to run golf course

Club studying Sime public facility proposal but needs members' nod; other plans on hold

A view of the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) Bukit course off Lornie Road taken on May 6, 2010. PHOTO: ST FILE
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The labour movement has asked the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) to help run the Sime Public Golf Course - an unexpected move that seems to have caused a stir among some members at the elite club.

SICC members got wind of the development last month in a message from president Andrew Low, which announced that the labour movement had on Jan 8 informed the club that it was looking for a "collaborative approach" to managing the golf course.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 01, 2020, with the headline NTUC seeks SICC's help to run golf course. Subscribe