Congrats! Singapore paddlers: PM Lee
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has
congratulated Singapore's women paddlers for winning the
World Team Table Tennis Championships final.
Singapore's trio Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Sun Bei Bei
rocked the sports world in Moscow when they beat reigning champions
and world No 1 China 3-1 in the championships to become world
champions.
Mr Lee said: "I am delighted that our table tennis players
have done us proud. Congratulations to them, and to the coaches and
supporting team who made this happen.
"I was at a post-golf game dinner at Orchid Country Club
last night (30 May) , organised by the PAP Town Councils. We
managed to catch a little bit of the last game on TV before
dinner.
"At dinner we tracked the game almost point by point. Lee
Bee Wah was there, receiving regular updates by SMS. When we heard
that our team had won, she went up on stage to interrupt the
proceedings and announce the good news. As you can imagine, the
audience cheered, and drank more than one yam seng to our
team."
Ms Lee Bee Wah is the president of the Singapore Table
Tennis Association.
- CNA/ir
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