Is Singapore Table Tennis 'Yue Gu Wang' born in China or Singapore?

Question

Is Yue Gu Wang a typical singaporean or 'bought' from china by our country for singapore's table tennis?

Answer 1

The official explanation for the foreign talents scheme in sports is to created sparring partners for our own athletes and to improve the general standard of the sports here.

Yet, it is a mockery of the scheme, when the foreign talents imported to be training and sparring partners became the competitors themselves! According to the Lianhe Zaobao reports, Li Jiawei came to Singapore in 1996 and got her citizenship in 1999; Wang Yuegu came in 2005 and got citizenship in 2007; and the star of this winning team, Feng Tianwei came to Singapore in 2007 and got citizenship in 2008!!!!

So, it is amazing of the speed of gaining citizenship to play under Singapore's flag!

Desperate for a medal after so much negative responses for such a scheme?

I am not against new immigrants to Singapore because it is a fact that many Singaporeans have migrated elsewhere too.

But, I hope to see those original Singapore athletes getting the chance and pride to represent the country soon. When I see those athletes who represented their native countries and came in amongst the lasts, I still feel proud of them.

I think, only when these new citizens merged into our lives and continue to contribute as competitors, coaches, administrators, the foreign talents scheme will be accepted by most Singaporeans. But not the way (quick fix) it is happening now!

I think China will win the table tennis gold on Sunday!