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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=heading>Latest comments</TD></TR><TR><TD id=messageDisplayRegion width="100%"><TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE class=Post style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>Hi all,
here is my original letter to the Forum:
"I wish to express my deepest and most heartfelt congratulations to Singapore for winning its second Olympic medal after a long long 43 years wait. This ended 43 years of intense hope, anticipation, disappointment, anguish and financial resources spent. More importantly, it proves that even though we are not getting the creme de la creme of the sports men and women from overseas (as reported in the Sunday Times 17 August, "The man behind the medal"), Singapore can achieve.
This is surely a success of our foreign talent scheme in sports, despite the occasional hiccup like when a national soccer player went AWOL around the world. After getting an Olympic medal, may be it is time that we revive our World Cup dream. Perhaps by using the lure of a Singapore passport, we can entice half or even the entire Brazilian football team to Singapore. We can spot the young talents in the streets of Rio de Janerio and groom them. Perhaps we can win a F1 race by applying the foreign talent scheme to top drivers. Perhaps we can venture into new events like cycling, skiiing and baseball. But before we go too far and high, let us hold our breathe and have a grip on our adrenalin. Do the ends justify the means? Would any self-respecting nation, sports man and woman derive any pride in this manner? "
WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AS:
'My heartfelt congratulations to Singapore for winning its second Olympic medal after a long, long wait. It proves that even though we are not getting the creme de la creme of the athletes from overseas, Singapore can achieve. This is surely a success of our foreign sports talent scheme, despite the occasional hiccup.'
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>Posted by: sgeugene at Tue Aug 19 23:38:27 SGT 2008
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=heading>Latest comments</TD></TR><TR><TD id=messageDisplayRegion width="100%"><TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left><TABLE class=Post style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>Hi all,
here is my original letter to the Forum:
"I wish to express my deepest and most heartfelt congratulations to Singapore for winning its second Olympic medal after a long long 43 years wait. This ended 43 years of intense hope, anticipation, disappointment, anguish and financial resources spent. More importantly, it proves that even though we are not getting the creme de la creme of the sports men and women from overseas (as reported in the Sunday Times 17 August, "The man behind the medal"), Singapore can achieve.
This is surely a success of our foreign talent scheme in sports, despite the occasional hiccup like when a national soccer player went AWOL around the world. After getting an Olympic medal, may be it is time that we revive our World Cup dream. Perhaps by using the lure of a Singapore passport, we can entice half or even the entire Brazilian football team to Singapore. We can spot the young talents in the streets of Rio de Janerio and groom them. Perhaps we can win a F1 race by applying the foreign talent scheme to top drivers. Perhaps we can venture into new events like cycling, skiiing and baseball. But before we go too far and high, let us hold our breathe and have a grip on our adrenalin. Do the ends justify the means? Would any self-respecting nation, sports man and woman derive any pride in this manner? "
WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AS:
'My heartfelt congratulations to Singapore for winning its second Olympic medal after a long, long wait. It proves that even though we are not getting the creme de la creme of the athletes from overseas, Singapore can achieve. This is surely a success of our foreign sports talent scheme, despite the occasional hiccup.'
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>Posted by: sgeugene at Tue Aug 19 23:38:27 SGT 2008
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