Sportsman leaving after getting medals.

[tom]

Our little red dot in the ocean is indeed a very good stepping stone for those sportsmen and women. WHY ? Simple ...... win a gold medal, convert it into SGD it's worth almost 200 thousand. Two things.....they can either buy a house and stay back for more medals or return home and set up a business.

Are we that stupid ? There is a saying, " when a person becomes too smart, at times he can only think like an idiot.

[Alaska]

win-win situation between the sportsmen and Singapore lor......

singapore won gold (face issue)
Sportsmen won $$$.

But I think in long run, the winner is Singapore not the sportsmen. Singapore not so stupid enough to let the sportsmen earn their $$$ easily and bring back to their home country.

[Americano]

win-win situation between the sportsmen and Singapore lor......

singapore won gold (face issue)
Sportsmen won $$$.

But I think in long run, the winner is Singapore not the sportsmen. Singapore not so stupid enough to let the sportsmen earn their $$$ easily and bring back to their home country.

These folks invest the best part of their life for sports. They just want to get the most of their short career life span. I don't blame them.

[Alaska]

Even if they were to think of moving back to Singapore later, some find houses here too expensive. Others are put off by Singapore's shortage of space. Still others prefer the lifestyle in America, Europe or Australia.

"They don't come back; we lose them," he said. "This is a very big problem for us because if we lose the top 0.5 per cent from the next generation, Singapore will have a much lower 'peak'. The world is now competing on human resources and talent."

That was why Singapore, too, has had to turn to talented people from other countries, get them to work here and eventually turn them into Singaporeans. That was the only way to ensure that Singapore's population "peak" would remain at a high level, said Mr Goh.