The big issue with the government with sports is that they do not create a viable condition for sports to thrive and because of this, Sports will never be successful and regular Singaporeans will never go into it full-time. The way Singapore Government handle sports can be seen in how they give grants to each associations.
The big problem with Singapore Sports is the way the government measures it. It is run liked a commercial entity and on very specific KPIs, and because of these very specific KPIs, each associations have resorted to importing the hollow trophies. Sports is not developed in a more wholesome manner.
Oh now there you go again blaming 'internal factors' as being not supportive of sinkie developing their sports talents back home. What else will these sinkie blame next? That their parents are not chap cheng?
Then why don't these 'talented sinkie', who feel so talented but not being given the opportunity, go to those country that can develop their so called talent?
Go to the country that can 'measure their talent' according to how you termed it and win medals as FTs in another country and show to the pappies back home that they are short sighted as to not 'recognize' this Sinkie sports talent while he was in his own country!
The fact is that Sinkie has NO sport talent, no motivation, no chap cheng genes that thrive within them to be sport champion.
Even the supposed Sinkie named Schooling had to have chap cheng genes in him to be a competitive sportsman.
You local sinkie are born losers. All you Sinkie can do and do well, is to folllow and obey what the PAP orders you to do. Period.