Friday, October 24, 2008

Singapore Table Tennis Saga continues...It is still all about money

The national coach of Singapore Table Tennis team, which brought home the first ever silver medal in recent Olympic game, rejected an insulting offer of SGD6,300 a month salary.

Singapore has spent millions of dollar on these Foreign talents to bring glory home, up our status as a 'sport mighty house'. I am not sure how many commoners are really proud of this. But a sure reality is that cost of living is raising, bus fare, electricity bills, housing rents and food costs are getting harder to pay.

Yet, our national hero is still not satisfying with the insulting salary.
Read the news here.

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