I REFER to Wednesday's report, 'Critics of foreign talent in
sports get red card'.
Kudos to the Minister for Community Development, Youth and
Sports, Mr Vivian Balakrishnan, for flashing the 'red card' at
Singaporeans who deride foreign-born talent for bringing glory to
Singapore in the sporting arena while donning Singapore colours. I
agree that such Singaporeans are small-minded.
Singapore is one of the few countries that can pride itself as
being able to integrate and immerse naturalised citizens into its
society, thus giving them and born and bred Singaporeans a level
playing field in accordance with the nation's Constitution.
I see no reason why some Singaporeans should grumble about the
status of naturalised Singapore citizens when their forefathers had
also chosen to migrate to Singapore - a 'land of milk and honey',
which it still is to this day.
Lionel De Souza
