National Day Awards 2012: will Feng Tian Wei be conferred a PBM after clinching an Olympics Bronze Medal?
Feng Tian Wei clinched an Olympic Bronze Medal for Singapore
in yesterday’s Olympic Table Tennis bronze medal play-off. This is the first
Olympic medal clinched by a single for Singapore in 52 years.
After garnering this bronze medal for Singapore, I think Feng may be conferred with a Public Service Medal by the President on National Day for her contributions to Singapore. Once that is conferred on her, Feng Tian Wei will become Feng Tian Wei, PBM.
After garnering this bronze medal for Singapore, I think Feng may be conferred with a Public Service Medal by the President on National Day for her contributions to Singapore. Once that is conferred on her, Feng Tian Wei will become Feng Tian Wei, PBM.
Meanwhile, Howard Shaw, PBM who received his Public Service
Medal from the President on last year’s National Day may need to return his
medal if he is jailed.
I think Singapore should not be complacent with just an
Olympic bronze. Singapore should focus on winning a gold medal in the next
Olympic games, not only in Table Tennis but also in other sports. I think we
have spent quite an amount of tax payers’ monies on giving the best to many of
our athletes in Singapore, most of whom are not locally born in terms of
training and giving them the best coaches even if they want to change and
change. They should deliver a Gold medal
to Singapore.