Thankfully there was a quoram that showed up at the SCF AGM to pass the required constitutional changes. With a 3 year term, the President and his Board can have more runway to effect policies and see to changes in the administration.
What is heartening news for the community is that there will be an alternative site for the SCF to conduct larger scale tournaments and training. I shall leave that announcement to the SCF. In addition, the current SIGC lease will continue to be renewed subject to approval by the SLA.
Someone from the floor asked about having more international FIDE events in Singapore. Every organiser knows that the primary costs of running chess events in Singapore rests mainly on the venue rental. With the new developments, this will help bring down the running costs and if the savings can translate to lower entry fees, more players will be inclined to take part in such events.
As for the subject of having chess institutionalised into the National School Games, the SCF has taken the matter up with the MOE. MOE's stand is that they would not want to recategorise the current structure of Phsyical Sports, Clubs and Societies to include chess as Mindsports. So we are somewhat in the same situation as FIDE when it comes to introducing chess into the Olympics. Perhaps this is a blessing in disguise. Having full control of the running of our National Events is not a bad thing, although the issue of DSA may be a sticking point to some parents. I am always confident that our chess players do academically well generally to not rely on DSA as entry to their choice schools.
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