The original report:
This has to do with my previous posting on 7 July (see here) on the controversy surrounding the resignation of national swimming coach Jack Simon after just three months on the job and the parental furore that resulted from it.
Subsequently, I received this comment on 13 July from a reader who goes by the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Foreign Talent’
July 15, 2008
Swim coach quit saga: the debate continues…
June 27, 2008
Low Teo Ping - the last action hero of Singapore Sports
The reports:
In ”Double Joy for Liu, Cheng”( TODAY, 26 June 2008 ), it was reported that sailors Justin Liu and Sherman Cheng were still unlikely to get the nod for the Beijing Olympics despite finishing second in the 29er class at the prestigious Keil Regatta in Germany.
In “Sailing gets YOG Boost” (The Straits Times, 25 June 2008 ), it was [...]
June 23, 2008
Wanted: a 20 percent cap on FSTs and a reality check for some NSAs
The report:
In his letter to The Sunday Times (‘Have a 20 percent cap on Foreign Sports Talents’, 22 June 2008 ), Calvin Ng argued for a 20 percent cap on the number of foreign sports talents (FSTs) for every national team. The current state of Singapore sport, which has resulted in the women’s national table [...]
