MEMBERSHIP

The club shall have the following categories of Members:

• (a) Principal Members; and
• (b) Ordinary Members.

ORDINARY MEMBERSHIP

(1) Any person who is:

• (a) a Teochew;
• (b) at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
• (c) proposed and seconded by two (2) Voting Members who have been Voting Members of the Club for more than a year may apply to be an Ordinary Member.

(2) The total number or Ordinary Members who are Foreigners shall not at any one time exceed thirty per cent (30%) of the then current total number of Voting Members.

(3) All persons applying to be Ordinary Members shall be required to attend an interview before the committee for the purpose of assessing their suitability and qualification to be Ordinary Members of the Club;

(4) Ordinary Members shall have no rights to vote or hold office in the Club.

PRINCIPAL MEMBERSHIP

(1) The Committee may invite persons qualified to be Ordinary Members or who are existing Ordinary Members and who in the opinion of the Committee:

• (a) are distinguished in public life; or
• (b) have rendered valuable and distinguished services to the Club or the Teochew community, to apply to be Principal Members.

(2) All persons who are Members of the Club before 21st September 2006 shall automatically be Principal Members of the Club.

(3) The Committee shall have the sole and absolute discretion to from time to time and at any time determine the maximum number of Principal Members; provided that the maximum number of Principal Members shall at no time exceeds 100.

(4) All Principal Members shall have the rights to vote. Only Principal Members who are Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents shall have the rights to hold office in the Club.

ELIGIBILITY

A person who has been expelled from the Club or ceased to be a Member under this Constitution, except by virtue of the Member's resignation or transfer of membership, shall not be eligible to become a member of the Club except with the unanimous approval of the Committee.

APPLCATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

(1) The Committee shall give notice as to the date of opening and closing of application for each category of Members.

(2) Every person applying for membership as a Principal Member or Ordinary Member shall complete the relevant application form obtainable from the Secretary. The application form (which shall be in such form as the Committee shall determine) shall set out in full the object of the Club and shall, inter alia, require the applicant to state this name in full, identification or passport number, nationality, residential and office addresses, sex, age, dialect group and profession or occupation. Every such application form shall be signed by the applicant, and where applicable, the proposer and the seconder who have been Voting Members of the Club for more than a year.

(3) Any person applying for membership shall satisfy the Committee that he is eligible for membership, and where a proposer and a seconder are required, the proposer and seconder shall vouch from their personal knowledge for the suitability of the person for admission as a Member, having regard to the objects of the club.

(4) Any omission from or inaccuracy in the particulars relating to or the description of any applicant may render his admission voidable at the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee.

(5) It shall be the duty of the Committee in exercising its powers of selection to consider carefully the suitability of the applicant for admission as a Principal Member or Ordinary Member, having regard to the objects of the Club.

(6) A candidate applying to be a Principal Member or Ordinary Member, shall be approved where a three quarters (3/4) majority vote in favour of his application is obtained at a Committee Meeting at which the application for membership is considered.

ADMISSION OF MEMBERS

(1) Upon the admission of a Member, a notice in writing thereof shall be given to him and he shall be furnished with a copy of this Constitution and the Bye-laws. All Members shall pay to the Treasurer within fourteen (14) days from the date of such notice, the amount of his entrance fee and first subscription. Upon payment of his entrance fee and first subscription, but not before, he shall become a Member of the Club and be bound by this Constitution and the Bye-laws and be entitled to all the privileges of membership as provided herein.

(2) If the entrance fee and/or first subscription is not paid within fourteen (14) days from the date of such notice as aforesaid, the admission of such Member shall be void unless he satisfies the Committee that the delay in payment was due to a sufficient cause.

ENTRANCE FEE, TRANSFER FEE, SUBSCRIPTION & ALL OTHER FEES.

(1) The entrance fee, transfer fee, monthly subscription and all other fees shall be determined from time to time, and shall be payable in such manner as the Committee may determine unless superseded at a General Meeting of members.

(2) Where any law or regulation or official directive of a competent authority relating to any tax, duty or levy on the supply of goods and services in Singapore arising from or in connection with the enactment of the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap. 117A) shall subject the Club to any tax, duty or levy in respect of entrance fee, subscription and/or other payments by the Members, the Members shall pay to the Club such tax, duty or levy payable by the Club.

PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERSHIP

All Members shall have the right to use all the Club's facilities in accordance with the Bye-laws from time to time prescribed by the Committee.

GUESTS

(1) Guest may be introduced by Honorable Advisors or Honorary Presidents, Principal Members and Ordinary Members only. Guests must be signed in and must at all times be accompanied by such Members or Honorable Advisors or Honorary Presidents, as the case may be, while on the Premises.

(2) Any Members or Honorable Advisors or Honorary Presidents introducing a guest shall be fully responsible for the proper conduct of such a guest.

(3) The committee shall have the power to control and restrict the introduction of guests.