Singapore Informer

SINGAPORE: A total of $ 625,000 was handed out to Team Singapore women’s table tennis players for their achievements at the London 2012 Olympic Games.The cash is part of the Multi—Million Dollar Award Programme of the Singapore National Olympic Counci… Full News here – xinmsn – Singapore News

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Global Voices Online, 10 Aug 2012After 52 years of “suffering” (according to Straits Times reporter Terence Voon), Singapore has finally got another Olympic medal in an individual sport. Table tennis player Feng Tianwei won a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics last week, and finally the Singapore flag was raised over the podium and [...]

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LONDON: Swimmer Tao Li has broken her own national record in the 100m backstroke. She clocked 1:01.60 in the heats of the event on Sunday morning. Related Stories Hong Kah North residents to benefit from 5-year health plan New facilities at Marina Bay to be built for water sports enthusiasts Olympics: Shuttler Gu Juan wins [...]

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By Rebecca Lim, BBC News – Singapore prides itself on coming up on top globally in many fields – not least its economy and education system. But somehow, an Olympic gold has remained an elusive dream. Despite having sent athletes to most Olympic summer games since 1948, the wealthy South East Asian nation can only [...]

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Singapore’s women paddlers stand a good chance of securing an Olympic singles medal – and an all-Singapore bronze-medal play-off would guarantee it. Related Stories MDA’s Grant Schemes changes a plus for all local musicians 2 in 3 new NTU graduates secure jobs: Survey Kidney patient agrees to out-of-court settlement Part-time valet driver took traffic offence [...]

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For the last couple of weeks global media seems to have been solely focused on the Olympics, their security or lack thereof and the looming Heathrow strike. This is never more so than in New Zealand where we have seen images and video of past glories, departing athletes and even the departing media themselves! Singapore has pinned its hopes on the [...]

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Come back for regularly for our profiles of the Olympians. Gary Yeo Event: 100-meter sprint Born: Aug. 30, 1986 Career Gary Yeo once entertained thoughts of joining Singapore’s armed forces or police force. But he decided otherwise in favor of … Full News here – Singapore – Bing News

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