Face it la... in the past, all chinese immigrants here r here
because of the money and better environment. Otherwise wat can
compelled these chinese to relocate to another strange country with
little chance to ever see their families and friends.
Need to live etc is all about money.
Yes, he get basically nothing for winning the medal.
But then again, he is again china borned isn't it ? If u r
talking about being mercenary and play sports for money, a born
singapore can also be classified as mercenary too. They r playing
because they wanna win the monetary award as well. The people
playing for other countries r all playing for money too. Is tat a
reason for complaining ? I work for money. Pure and simple. They
work for money, a fact of life. U don't ?
Mercenaries come and go. I think the general sentiment is that
pple dun wan to see these sports players come, earn our tax money
and go. What are we then? In hokkien, citizens would be
known as "cai tao".
Yes, you can draw parellels between these sports players and our
ancestors. All have arrived for the sake of money. However, today
we a re different generation of Singaporeans and we call this place
our home. We speak Singlish now and we eat food from all races. Can
we say the same of our ancestors and these PRC pple?
Some comparisons are better put in perspective.
And as for Tan Howe Liang, even though China born, has called Sg
home for tens of years. If Li Jiawei after becoming a Sg citizen
for so long (in sg for 13 years), can only speak halting English,
what does that tell you of her intention to stay in Sg for the long
term? And the reason why she has stayed so long is becos S'pore is
her only realistic hope of getting huge money...fast. Not even top
Olympic players in China get the kind of dough that Sg offers.
Li Jiawei and the likes are still young....can still offer
competitive glory and of course, win lots more money. That's why
they are still here. Throw this incentive away and see if they
still stay.
When I heard Sg entered the table tennis finals, I was
happy...delighted. However, the joy was only shortlived...say 10
secs? Reality has hit home that we didn't win this on our own. How
I envy the Penangite Lee Chong Wei and all his fellow
Malaysians.
