SICC looks to a new S$60 million clubhouse to replace soon-to-be-lost facilities

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) looks set to build a new S$60 million facility called the 5 Acre Woods Clubhouse by July 2020. The move to build the new clubhouse is in anticipation of the expiry of leases for the land on which its current Bukit clubhouse sits, as well as the Sime Course in 2021, and the Bukit Course in 2030. In February 2014, the Singapore … Continue reading SICC looks to a new S$60 million clubhouse to replace soon-to-be-lost facilities

AsiaHospitalityCareers.com – Asia’s First Hospitality Focused Job Portal Launches at Hong Kong Expo

HONG KONG, CHINA - Media OutReach - 21 February, 2017 - AsiaHospitalityCareers.com, a one-stop centralised website connecting employers in all sectors of the hospitality industry with job seekers around the world, will launch at the HKTDC Education and Careers Expo from 23-26 February, 2017 which will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition … Continue reading AsiaHospitalityCareers.com – Asia’s First Hospitality Focused Job Portal Launches at Hong Kong Expo

Admit women or lose Olympic hosting rights, IOC man tells club

SAPPORO • The club scheduled to host golf in the 2020 Tokyo Games must allow women to have full membership or the organisers will have to find another venue, International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates told Reuters yesterday. The private Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama prefecture, which is set to host both the men's … Continue reading Admit women or lose Olympic hosting rights, IOC man tells club

Olympics: Japan golf club ‘baffled’ over sexism row

The chairman of the Japanese golf club set to host the sport at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics said they are bewildered by requests lift its ban on women becoming full members. Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama, north of Tokyo, postponed a decision to review its membership policy following a board meeting on Tuesday after the … Continue reading Olympics: Japan golf club ‘baffled’ over sexism row

2020 golf venue postpones decision on ending ban on women

TOKYO: The Kasumigaseki Country Club, which is set to host golf for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, failed to reach a decision about ending a ban on women as full members on Tuesday, with the head of its board of directors calling the situation "a nuisance." The board meeting followed calls to shift the tournament from … Continue reading 2020 golf venue postpones decision on ending ban on women