The information reproduced
below was taken from Straits Times dated 27/04/09 Prime Section
Page A4.
Excerpts from the article :
Singapore Table Tennis Association President Lee Bee Wah
yesterday announced that "four bous and four girls - all
Singaporeans" have been shortlisted for the Youth Olympic
Games(YOG).
Noting that all the table-tennis players fielded at last year's
Olympics were foreign-born,she said,"In the past,a lot of them were
FTS(products of the Foreign Talent Scheme)."We'd
like to give local talent a chance."
The eight who have been shortlisted are : Clarence Chew,13 of
the Singapore Sports School(SSP) ; Oscar Chau,12 of Raffles
Instituition(RI) : Tay Jit Kiat,13 of SSP ; Kerry Tan,14
of RI ; Isabelle Li,14 of SSP and Mandy Wong,12 ;
Lam Teng Si,12 ; Chau Hai Qing,14 all of Raffles Girls
School.
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PoThePanda merlions below.
Out of the 8 shortlisted,2 are from RI,3 from RGS and 3 from
SSP...Wow,i didn't know RI and RGS were traditional powerhouses in
schools table-tennis. :D
Millions of public money are going to be spent on grooming a
small,already priviledged ELITE segment of our country AGAIN.This
is yet another brilliant example of how Meritocracy works in this
country.(For more info,you can check out
http://pothepanda.xanga.com/699382121/meritocracy-in-singapore-----a-mythical-illusion/)
As for the rest of us,PoThePanda recommends that we gratefully
swallow the bitter medicine,bite the bullet and Let's Move On with
our Lesser Mortal life.Be thankful to the Great Leeders,you
peasants!Unless of course you want free KOPI... :eek:
PoThePanda would like to give credit where credit is due.Let me
lead all of us Lesser Mortals together,in offering a round of
applause for our dearly beloved PAP gahmen.They have effected
Change!They have shifted from Foreign Ah Tiong table-tennis talents
to Elite table-tennis talents!
(Don't ask me how this "Change" helps you,because i also don't
know...:o)
I hereby declare May 1st 2009 a National Holiday in honour of
this momentous Change in our lifes! :D
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