SINGAPORE: Members of the Raffles Country Club (RCC) were surprised by an announcement on Wednesday (Jan 4) that the Government would acquire land the club sits on for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) and for a Cross Island Line depot.
“Obviously we’re deeply disappointed to hear the news. I think we will work with the authorities to make sure we deal with them fairly, if there’s any compensation,” said General Committee president Paul Singh. He declined to go into specifics, saying the club needed to hold further talks with authorities.
Still, some members told Channel NewsAsia they had a sense that a land acquisition was on the cards. After news of Jurong Country Club’s acquisition for the HSR project was broke, RCC member Maria Teo said she and others at the club had speculated that RCC would lose part of its two 18-hole golf courses, but not both.
Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com
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