I think brother Howe Liang should not be forgotten easily for the glory he silently has brought to the country in the last 5 decades or so...

Imagine if he didn't get the medal...
then there's nil honour to speak about for 5 decades!...

How about devising a royalty-type special honour for him (in $$$ terms, of course)?...

It's a pity brother Tan Howe Liang has just 'lost' the 48-year record... 

He should be specially honoured for keeping Singapore proud for 48 long years...

As a 21-year old girl takes over his 'responsibility'...  

elfinchilde,

i do agree with u...

it has been a long 48 years...hope it's the begining of more good years of sports for singapore...

let's aim for the GOLD!!!  

elfinchilde      ( Date: 15-Aug-2008 22:12) Posted: haha, anytime s'pore wins something, this will inevitably come up. but let's put it this way: we're all immigrants here. just a matter of which generation. and secondly, those singaporeans who've been here for generations: if your kid told you, "daddy/mummy, i want to be in the olympics." What will you tell him? "GO AND STUDY, DON'T DREAM NONSENSE!" And this, is why we need to import foreign talent. They have the hunger, drive and determination we lack. So the shame isn't on the women paddlers: if anyone watched them play, they deserve their finals placing all the way. The shame is on a country that doesn't dare to dream big, that curtails its children from dreaming differently, but will instead import people who dare to dream. And snipe at those who achieve a dream. Meanwhile, can we put aside that tedious cynicism and celebrate it for what it is worth: a medal hardfought and won. Go, Table Tennis Team!!!

Olympics (Beijing - China) 2008: First medal in 48 years for Singapore.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/368387/1/.html

	Photos 1 of 3 Singapore's Feng Tianwei (R) hugs coach Liu Guodong after defeating South Korea's Park Mi-young

This is just d beginning of a sporting nation in building on, not hang on....the wait is long, 48 years. Now the wait is just oni another 4 years away. This times new players that play very important part (role) today will be tomorrow leader..Ya, so i believe we get on in life just like we use too, so is to them..let the sporting nation work itself into it. celebrate while it last.

teeth53      ( Date: 15-Aug-2008 20:21) Posted: For some, our parent, grand parent and fore father all came from "TangSan" Watching Simgapore Channel 5 live make my heart goes two three notch faster.......CONGRATULATIONS. What a ping pong term.....Ya. The next S'pore ping pong Olympian term will have to work even harder fron now, but now let prepare for next battle against all mighty China ping pong pong term.