F&BPrivatisation

The Club Committee has been investigating ways and means of making the Club’s Food & Beverage services more attractive. Following the 2009 AGM, an F&B Sub Committee was formed in April 2009 to review the services and recommend changes to be implemented to raise the standards and restore profitability.

A parallel exercise was conducted to investigate whether a private F&B operator would be prepared to take over the Club’s F&B services. Advertisements soliciting expressions of interest were placed in English and Chinese Language newspapers in April 2009, and 4 parties responded. Following visits to the Club and briefing on current operations, they were invited to submit sealed tender proposals. The F&B Sub Committee reviewed the proposals and short listed 2 parties who were invited to make presentations. One of these parties, KKH Enterprise, was deemed to be most suitable, and detailed discussions led to an agreement between the Club and KKH Enterprise to contract out the Club’s F&B operations with effect from 1st October 2009.

The Club Committee will retain overall responsibility for ensuring the provision of F&B services to Members via the F&B Sub Committee. The Operator will take over the existing F&B Department in its entirety, including the current F&B staff at their present functions and benefits levels, and the current menu. The new Operator may adjust and augment staff levels to suit his requirements and ensure adequate services, and make proposals to upgrade the menu, subject to F&B Sub Committee agreement. He will also introduce a new training scheme to improve the performance of individual staff.

Members wishing to comment on the new arrangements, make suggestions or lodge complaints should do so to the F&B Sub Committee Members, or in writing to the Club Office which will pass them on.

Your Committee hopes and expects that the new arrangements will enhance the Club’s F&B services, and will maintain close contact with the Operator to ensure this.