LHL and his cousin Ah Tan disgraced Singaporeans in Glasow ..

..... must kick them out VTO 2016 to stop them for further embarrassing Singaporeans.....


GLASGOW: Australian table tennis veteran William Henzell has hit out at the Singapore team, claiming they tarnish the spirit of the event by stacking their squad with Chinese players.

The 32-year-old lost 15-7 11-6 9-11 11-7 11-6 to Singapore's Ning Gao in his quarter-final match on Friday.


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William Henzell slams Singapore for stacking their team with Chinese-born players
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August 2, 2014 - 9:15AM
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Ning Gao of Singapore gets ready to serve to William Henzell. Photo: Getty Images
GLASGOW: Australian table tennis veteran William Henzell has hit out at the Singapore team, claiming they tarnish the spirit of the event by stacking their squad with Chinese players.

The 32-year-old lost 15-7 11-6 9-11 11-7 11-6 to Singapore's Ning Gao in his quarter-final match on Friday.

Chinese-born Gao was the top seed in the men's singles draw and already had a gold medal from Singapore's triumph in the men's team event.


William Henzell (R) competes alongside Miao Miao in the mixed doubles competition. Photo: Getty Images
But Henzell said Singapore had brought a "professional team" to Glasgow that was largely made up of Chinese-born players.

"I don't think what Singapore does is in the spirit of the Games," Henzell said.

"It's disappointing to see."

He said Singapore only had two "token" Singaporeans in their team - Clarence Chew and Isabelle Li - while the rest were Chinese-born.

"They decided it was much easier and quicker to buy a team rather than produce a team," he said.

While noting the large number of Chinese-born players on the Singaporean side, Australian coach Jens Lang said naturalised players were within their rights to compete for countries after they had immigrated.

He said in some cases Australia's Glasgow squad had benefited from foreign-trained players deciding to join the national team.

"Our big goal ... (is) to set up structures so we are capable of producing internationally successful players ourselves," he said.

"(But) we have some players in our team who are not the product of the Australian system."

"They are Aussies as much as anybody else."

A spokesperson for the Singaporean table tennis team declined to comment.

In Australia's other match for the day, 42-year-old Jian Fang Lay was defeated by Singapore's Ye Lin in straight games.

While disappointed at the loss, Lay said she was looking forward to her women's doubles semi-final alongside Miao Miao on Saturday.

The Australian pair will meet Canada's Mo Zhang and Anqi Luo.

Singapore took home two more gold medals from the day's games, with Ning Gao and Hu Li claiming the men's doubles and Tianwei Feng defeating compatriot Mengyu Yu in the women's singles.

The best thing to happen to Singapore is we buying the china B team. You should have seen Viv B and his entourage at Beijing Games plus Patrick Tan's father.

Beaming ear to ear you could sense their joy and satisfaction. It showed the culmination of years of time and effort spent negotiating terms to bring them over.

Recently one of them returned to China after picking up couple of medals. We should have a pension plan for these people.

Professor Patrick Tan's father said that the most cherished moment of his first year of residence in the Istana was the London Olympic Games. Not helping the poor, not telling his ex-comrades to improve the lives of Singaporeans. No, it was attending the Olympic Games!

Two years later, attending the Commonwealth Games.
Or was he there to learn how to create common wealth for Sinkies!

Prior to the Presidency, the couple actually began residing part of the year in London. When old man wife's passed away, quickly boarded BA light to Singapore to pay respect to his Aunty.

London is basically home.

Confuseous said:

Professor Patrick Tan's father said that the most cherished moment of his first year of residence in the Istana was the London Olympic Games. Not helping the poor, not telling his ex-comrades to improve the lives of Singaporeans. No, it was attending the Olympic Games!

Two years later, attending the Commonwealth Games.
Or was he there to learn how to create common wealth for Sinkies!

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scroobal said:

Prior to the Presidency, the couple actually began residing part of the year in London. When old man wife's passed away, quickly boarded BA light to Singapore to pay respect to his Aunty.

London is basically home.

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Ah, no wonder so happy lah.
Use taxpayers' money to catch up with old neighbours and friends.
KNN.

I'm surprised that Mr Henzell did not mention anything about Singapore being well stacked with Australians.

tanwahtiu said:

..... must kick them out VTO 2016 to stop them for further embarrassing Singaporeans.....


GLASGOW: Australian table tennis veteran William Henzell has hit out at the Singapore team, claiming they tarnish the spirit of the event by stacking their squad with Chinese players.

The 32-year-old lost 15-7 11-6 9-11 11-7 11-6 to Singapore's Ning Gao in his quarter-final match on Friday.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/commonwealth-...orn-players-20140802-zzpb1.html#ixzz39DVokjCO


http://www.smh.com.au/commonwealth-...-with-chineseborn-players-20140802-zzpb1.html

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good good hit out more!!!!

Confuseous said:

Not helping the poor, not telling his ex-comrades to improve the lives of Singaporeans. No, it was attending the Olympic Games!

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The Singapore government has done much to improve the lives of Singaporeans by bringing in foreigners to create jobs for the rest of us. This helps all strata of Singapore society including the poor.

Australians should learn to be more internationally competitive than to attribute their failures to well known and legitimate practices. In this regard, singapore is a shining beacon for all to emulate by providing equal opportunities for talented people to succeed regardless of their birthplace. For that, you have to thank the PAP.

Sports prostitutes.......

What's the point of "winning" when you lose the respect of others in the process -of course what do you expect from people who pay themselves the highest salary in the world not to be corrupt.

tanwahtiu said:

..... must kick them out VTO 2016 to stop them for further embarrassing Singaporeans.....


GLASGOW: Australian table tennis veteran William Henzell has hit out at the Singapore team, claiming they tarnish the spirit of the event by stacking their squad with Chinese players.

The 32-year-old lost 15-7 11-6 9-11 11-7 11-6 to Singapore's Ning Gao in his quarter-final match on Friday.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/commonwealth-...orn-players-20140802-zzpb1.html#ixzz39DVokjCO


http://www.smh.com.au/commonwealth-...-with-chineseborn-players-20140802-zzpb1.html

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Singaporeans themselves cannot be bothered. They can't even name the TT players nor recognize them. Only the PAP is celebrating. The whole idea of winning in international sports like the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games is to bring honor to the country and give people a sense of pride. Sad to say it is pretty much wasted money. It is not that Singaporeans are not gracious. They just dont see why foreigners should don our colors. let's nt kid ourselves, the TT team does not have their hearts in Singapore. They cannot be blamed . They are just doing a job.

In 2016, let's make sure that it an major elections issue.

tanwahtiu said:

Australian table tennis veteran William Henzell has hit out at the Singapore team, claiming they tarnish the spirit of the event by stacking their squad with Chinese players.

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quick! import this William Henzell fella! he is a talent!

Singapore should be disqualified since PRC-Singaporeans are not pure Commonwealth citizens.