First and foremost, I would like to extend my sincere apologies on behalf of RBKD to everyone who has shown us concern over the misunderstanding. Thank you for your words of encouragement and understanding.

When it comes to allocating tickets, RBKD will always first consider our Priority Members and subsequently our Ordinary Members. Only when we have excess in tickets will we consider the non-members through balloting. But this almost never happens because with a membership base of 103, it is always the case of demand far exceeding supply.

However, in view of the possibility that there might be excess tickets allocated to us at the very last minute, we decided to extend application to non-members too.

The rationale behind the requirement to have our RBKD Fan Tee and Board is purely intuitive. As per all societies, there is a need for a collective identity when representing the society. Considering most of our members already possess the two items, this arrangement is the most logical, intuitive and economical consideration because our members will not need to fork out a single cent for this purpose. This is why the tickets are complimentary!

Perhaps a result of miscommunication, the parent misunderstood our goodwill as sales of the complimentary tickets. To be honest, we are very disappointed and somewhat disheartened too.

We wonder why we bothered to go the extra mile, creating troubles for ourselves by extending goodwill to non-members only to be misunderstood and be seen in a bad light. We question why we have been insisting on a zero-fees membership scheme if we were to be seen as profit-driven ultimately. Yes, we questioned why.

But we also question ourselves; can we live with it if we isolate RBKD and neglect the welfare of Rui En’s non-member fans because of this isolated incident? The many who have been so supportive of us?

Did you hear that? Our hearts shouted a loud “No way!” Indeed, would it still be RBKD if we were so unsympathetic?

In life, we cannot and should not expect the understanding from everyone. This is a good learning process and I’m sure we have all learnt something out of it. But to have the support and understanding of everyone who has shown us concern, we can’t help but express how thankful we are. We will however, always try to improve. We can’t win over the whole world, but we will treat everyone with the sincerity we have always displayed.

Have a fantastic start to your week and don’t forget to scream louder for Rui En come Star Awards. Good day!

Yours Sincerely
Xinyi
President
RBKD – The Official Fan Club of Rui En.

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