Sunday Times, 24 Aug 2008.

So one table tennis player was without a coach during his match. I don't think it was done on purpose. It was explained that the said player's coach had to cover another player whose coach had fallen ill. It could be an administrative error, I don't know. But how could that take away the fact that the coaches and officials in the table tennis team helped Singapore win her precious Olympics medal since 1960?

Ms Lee Bee Wah only took over as STTA president last month. Does she even know what kind of hard work the whole team, including the coaches and managers, have gone through to achieve such success? It didn't happen overnight.

So there was a slip-up. Couldn't it be handled in a better way? What kind of message are you giving to the athletes? That they can't make a mistake? How could we then breed Olympics class athletes if we continue to instill this kind of kia si behaviour?

I don't know what she was blabbering about getting a new CEO and Technical Director. You are managing a sports team for goodness' sake. A good and sensible sports manager will tell you to never change a winning team. Just ask Alex Ferguson.