Would a true blue singaporean win a olympic medal?

last SG · 2008-08-17T12:49:28+00:00

What is true blue to you?Born in singapore, but spent whole of my life overseas.Is that still singaporean? but dun forget... these ppl ald given up citizensh...

carzygoul SG

Based on the education system we see in singapore, will we ever win a olympic medal? As u realised, people in other countries started training sports seriously below the age of 10. But do you think it’ll happen in Singapore? Will parents take the risk to allow their children to take sports as a life time career? That would mean the amount of time spend studying a day to just a mere few hours? My answer would be no. A true blue singaporean would never ever win a medal based on the education system. Its all about paper chase in Singapore. Just sharing my 2 cents worth Very Happy

CannyOng SG

That is why sport school si setup but u need to give them time cos they are still young... Give them another 5 years and if no result produce then sport school will be a failure.

cApitaland SG

possible la.

DamonAng SG

Most amount of teenage ice cream sellers :Singapore
Most blasting of music on bus: Singapore Malays
If only olympic got such petty stuff

DamonAng SG

We cant, brazil people can dont study play soccer. China people hardcore sports. We seriously cannot, why do you think the 5C's exist? to keep us busy, and we are all rat racers

SexyChin SG

we had one true blue singaporean that won the olympics, 48 years ago to be exact.

carzygoul SG

Most amount of teenage ice cream sellers :Singapore
Most blasting of music on bus: Singapore Malays
If only olympic got such petty stuff

haha yeah thats right man...

carzygoul SG

we had one true blue singaporean that won the olympics, 48 years ago to be exact.

dun forget the education system back then was much more relax...

carzygoul SG

That is why sport school si setup but u need to give them time cos they are still young... Give them another 5 years and if no result produce then sport school will be a failure.

how old do the kids start training sports at sports sch? 12? that abit too old but still possible.. and males have to go thru 2 yrs of NS... training will get disrupted... to me sports sch is just for show... what singapore is gd at is when we dun have the "resources" just buy... tmr table tennis finals is china vs china (singapore)... the table tennis head coach in singapore is also from china too..

wonderamazement SG

dunno... see UK also like singapore like that, runners mostly african import.

Beautiful951 SG

I'd say not. Studying takes up all our time. Still got time for sports?

eagle SG

so?

A true blue education will enrich Singapore sufficiently to buy more players to attempt for medals.

Soon, we can import some Jamaican runner to increase our presence at the atheletics

Beautiful951 SG

so?

A true blue education will enrich Singapore sufficiently to buy more players to attempt for medals.

Soon, we can import some Jamaican runner to increase our presence at the atheletics

Hear hear

798 SG

we had one true blue singaporean that won the olympics, 48 years ago to be exact.

for your inform, even Tan Howe Liang is not even true blue sinkie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Howe_Liang

"Early life

Born in Shantou, China, Tan was the third of eight siblings. In 1937, he emigrated with his family from China to settle in Chinatown of Singapore. Tan's Teochew father died in a death-house at Sago Lane in Chinatown when he was 14. Tan stopped schooling after his first year at a secondary school"

eagle SG

for your inform, even Tan Howe Liang is not even true blue sinkie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Howe_Liang

"Early life

Good counter.

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lionnoisy SG

If u dunt like FT in Sports,u shall not watch any football any more.

Where is Becham now,bro?

Why USA,with population of 3oo million,still need Yao Ming?

USA and other super big country still need FT in the Game!!

All the great footballs team get lot of FT.

CannyOng SG

If u dunt like FT in Sports,u shall not watch any football any more.

Where is Becham now,bro?

Why USA,with population of 3oo million,still need Yao Ming?

USA and other super big country still need FT in the Game!!

All the great footballs team get lot of FT.

How the hell do u mix EPL/ NBA with World cup and World basketball championship???

Do u see Kaka playing for Three Lions??? U must be smoking some grass, is it???

I-like-flings(m) SG

trust mi.. there's nothing wrong with our kids.. it's the adult that have the problem.. the management especially.......

purpledragon84 SG

If u dunt like FT in Sports,u shall not watch any football any more.

Where is Becham now,bro?

Why USA,with population of 3oo million,still need Yao Ming?

USA and other super big country still need FT in the Game!!

All the great footballs team get lot of FT.

the whole team representing singapore in table tennis is all made of FT.. "all" is different from "a lot".

798 SG

Good counter.

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one thing i was wrong is dat before we were dumped by malaysia in 1965, no one were even singaporeans so howe liang can still be classified as singaporean.