Last year’s Kiwanis was his swansong and he has also found new people to carry on the tradition of the CNY hunts. Chong Foo Seong (kroll, dia ini baru betul “sifu”) the doyen of our treasure hunt scene had on many occasions declared his retirement from clerking hunts.

The good news is he is back. Here’s his proposal

ECONOMY MOTOR TREASURE HUNT(S)

I have loads of questions I have stored up which I could not use them in the recent hunts that I have set because they were theme hunts, i.e. Chinese New Year and Kiwanis.

Because of this, I am considering setting a hunt (maybe more) to use up these questions. This hunt is to be a normal hunt as opposed to the no-holds barred Chinese New Year hunts  – it will contain questions that are mostly simple/moderate, with a sprinkling of toughies.

The idea is to make the event reasonably cheap and self-funding – thus an economy motor/drive hunt.  I am thinking of setting the entry fee at RM140 -150 per team. As hunters are more concerned about hunting  than food, I propose that out of the entry fee, RM40-50 is to go towards the  prize presentation dinner, which will consist of KFC and soft drinks. This should be  palatable to all. The balance of the entry fee will go into a pool from which the  prizes are to be awarded. As an idea, I have thought that the pool be divided  by the champ getting ½ of the pool, the runner up 2/6th and the 3rd placing
getting 1/6th. As an example, on the basis of just 9 teams taking part, from the pool the winner will get RM450, the runner up RM300 and the 3rd placing 150.00. The prize money may not be much, but it at least will give some incentive towards doing well in the hunt. As this is a labour of love, please note that I will bear all costs for setting the route.

The proposed finish venue is at my house in SS2 or any other venue that can be obtained free of  charge and KFC can be served. The date of the hunt is not set, but it will be much like that for the Chinese New Year hunt, on a Saturday to start at about 2 p.m. Preferably, the date of the hunt should be on a Saturday, the eve of a major hunt in KL e.g. Sun Hunt, so that outstation hunters can kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

I am putting this proposal forward to see the preliminary response from hunters out there. My e-mail is cfs6872@gmail.com If you are in favour of the proposal or have suggestions to make, please drop me a line. I have a basic hunt set but I will only proceed to finalise the route once I have received sufficient positive response.

Yours in treasure hunting
Chong Foo Seong