Stop those foreign talk from the Olympics already.

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I know it's a little late to talk about this, but I already wanted to talk about it a long time ago.

We all knew that before the Beijing Olympics 2008, Singapore underwent a 48 year drought without any Olympic medals.

The first Olympic medal was held by weightlifter Tan Howe Liang. He won the Silver Medal for weightlifting in Rome Olympics 1960.

Yes, it was the first Olympic medal, and Singapore is very proud. But guess what? He is also born in China.

So if that's the case, why are people still complaining about foreign talents helping us to clinch the medals or whatsoever?

When we went on a 48 year old drought without Olympic medals, everyone was hoping that the Singapore Team could won it in every Olympics. Now that they finally won it, why is the foreign talent topic keep coming up everytime?

Sure, it's nice to have citizen of Singapore to win the medal for us, but given the 4 million+ people, where the pool of talent is like minimal compared to powerhouse countries like China which have 1 billion+ people, why are you still complaining?


More importantly, if these foreign talent people have came and settled in Singapore, and fight whole-heartedly for Singapore's glory (not talking about monetary rewards here), why are we still questioning them?

If they looked up to Singapore as a home, why are you still talking about these?


The fact that they won a medal for Singapore shows that they are part of Singapore's citizens. They fight for Singapore's glory and have put Singapore on the spotlight in sports.


So think about it, if you are a foreign-land born person and settled in Singapore, and you represents Singapore, and then some citizens questions and doubt you, how would you feel?

Show some empathy, people.