SAFRA to spend more than S$50m to redevelop and strengthen its relevance

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SAFRA Club at Mount Faber

SAFRA will spend more than S$50 million over the next five years in a bid to redevelop and strengthen its relevance.

The move is also to keep up with the changing lifestyles and interests of National Servicemen (NSmen).

Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen, who is also the chairman of SAFRA board of governors, said this at the 12th SAFRA Awards on Thursday.

As a start, the association will add two more clubs to its current five.

The first club, due to begin operations in 2013, will be a six-storey multi-entertainment centre in the town area for NSmen aged 18 to 35 years.

It will be located at the former SAFRA Town Club building, which closed last year.

The second will cater to NSmen and their families, and will be located at Punggol.

The club, to be built on a one-hectare plot of land, will have family lifestyle resort features.

The club is expected to cost some S$50 million and will be completed in 2015.

SAFRA will also be enhancing its benefits and programmes.

This includes looking into a new package for NS units to enhance its programmes in cohesion-building. The new package is expected to be implemented in 2013, benefitting over 100,000 NSmen annually.

The initiatives are some recommendations at the end of a year-long review that focused on three areas.

They are furthering SAFRA's market reach, strengthening its position as NSmen's choice club and finding ways to better recognise NSmen's contributions.