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RAINTOWN SERENADES CHARITY PIANO RECITAL “Music helping Musicians” – The New Club, Taiping hosted a public charity concert. In conjunction with Taiping’s 150 years celebrations, the time-honoured 1885 Taiping New Club opened its doors to the public at 7:30 pm yesterday, to invite German-Taiwanese pianist Marcel Tienhao Mok to present three masterpieces of classical piano music. This “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”, as the President of the Club Mr. Tang Yuet Mun called it, turned into a festival for the senses. A diverse audience of over 200 in the fully sold-out hall was fascinated by a world-class performance of Beethoven’s majestic “Waldstein” sonata and his famous classic “Moonlight Sonata”, followed by the energy-laden sonata no. 2 which Russian composer Sergej Prokofiev had written just before the outbreak of the first world war. The good cause of the event attracted many industrial and private sponsors. Taiping’s MP YB Ong Seng Guan even had the idea of sponsoring 30 free tickets to be given to residents from all races and walks of life. Following the motto “Music helping Musicians”, all profits from the event are donated to the local King Edward school’s marching band, the so-called “Band of Edwardian Tigers (the BEATS)”, to support their supply of uniforms and instruments. At the end of the 2-hour event, the astounded audience witnessed a spontaneous surprise performance, when 23 boys from the BEATS joined Marcel and played some popular tunes together. One group of local spectators said “last night was our first experience attending such event. Though it’s classical music, but we enjoyed and we got excited about it.” In a spontaneous move, one of the boys from SKE gave his uniform tie to the pianist and asked him “Sir, when are you coming back to us again?” That’s how music builds bridges between cultures.
Another smooth and successful AGM session done yesterday evening with the attendance of more than 70 members. Other than the usual operations and financial issues being discussed in this meeting, it was also a great moment for one of our employee, Bar Captain Mr. Muniandy Muriam, aka Andy, when he was awarded with a certificate, a wooden plaque and cash after serving the Club for 51 years, the longest serving employee as well. The wooden plaque was made from a piece of teak wood we’ve salvaged during our renovation of the old Club house. The Management thought that it would be an honour for him to keep a piece of the ‘Club’ on achieving this milestone with us…..
Our 127th Annual General Meeting was successfully held on 17th December 2021 @ our Club Hall. A total 164 members attended the meeting following strict SOPs procedures. Once again, we thank all attendees for your support, sharing your concerns towards the improvement of the Club and most importantly, your effort to cast your vote to elect the elite members in our General Committee. Let us welcome our new set of General Committee 2021 – 2023. President: Mr. Tang Yuet Mun, PPT – Unopposed Vice President: Dr. Micheal Wong, PMP, AMP, PJM – Unopposed Hon. Secretary: Mr. K. Subramaniam – Unopposed Hon. Treasurer: Mr. K. Rama Krishnan, AMP – Unopposed Golf Captain: Mr. K. Mohanachandran – Unopposed . General Committee Members: Mr. Lim Sweet Chin Mr. Low Fatt Lam Mr. Chia Bun Weng Mr. Goh Chee Aik Mr. Dato’ Balraaj Singh Mr. Jerry Tan Hoon Jin