10,000 Fans Turn Up To Celebrate Medal Win With Singapore Paddlers

[sunny302]

Paddle pop-stars

Can't locate the CNA version, but this is from the ST

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Aug 30, 2008
Paddle pop-stars

Women's team trio greeted by 300 cheering fans at Olympic celebration.
By Lin Xinyi

The paddlers were patient and friendly throughout the half-hour autograph session. They shook hands, accepted presents, smiled, and chatted with the fans.
JOSEPH NAIR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

LESS than 24 hours after emerging from the sombre meeting which put an end to the recent table tennis controversy, national paddlers Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu were all smiles again.

The Beijing Games silver medallists were greeted by loud cheers as they were ushered through a crowd of 300 fans at the Olympic celebration and autograph session on Saturday.

Their relaxed demeanour was a stark contrast to their sullen expressions in recent days.

Student Habe Choo, 15, said: 'They look much more cheerful. Now that the problem has been resolved, we can all celebrate again.'

The trio were at Ang Mo Kio Hub's FairPrice Xtra to thank fans for their support.

The paddlers were patient and friendly throughout the half-hour autograph session.

They shook hands, accepted presents, smiled, and chatted with the fans.

They also obliged all requests to sign on additional items, even when they encountered the odd fan that whipped out a handful of ping pong balls.

Read the full story in tomorrow's edition of The Sunday Times

 

[shajmp1]

We have used someone else's rear end to be our face and yet we go on wasting the citizens' money to celebrate while many in Singapore are trying to make ends meet. I pray that we will never winner another medal, otherwise much more money will be wasted in this non sensical pursuit.

 

[myjohnson]

Why no attempt to explain the given figure of 10,000 fans? It would take a honourable person to do that, No?

 

[Ramseth]

A 10,000 congregation for a single event/purpose is simply incredible and unbelievable in AMK Hub, for anyone who's been to AMK Hub and knows what a 10,000 congregation look like.

 

[ANDYSIAO14]

ive been to amk hub and the parking below SUCKS!!!!
10000....Erm.... i wonder.....

 

[Kid278]

Hold your horses! everyone, just checked CNA website at 1945hrs, today. Patwant Singh in his dispatch at 1637hrs on 30/8/08 did not mention a crowd of 10,000. The only figure he wrote was 100 fans seeking autographs. So my question is, who was lying? Someone ought to email Mr.Singh.

Oops!....if that's the case....my apologies....my bad, got misled by a silly clown's thread title.:p

Cheers.

 

[travelbug]

So Shit Times inflated it by about 3 times. I thought so too when I read the papers as even a 5 year old kid could tell that the photographer used wide lens & yet there was small crowd with lots of spaces between themselves. So how can it be 300 people lah?!

Shit Times reporters, stop telling LIEs hor, as you will BURN IN HELL in your after life forever with so many of us CURSING YOU por lam par pap shit!

 

[hughgrant]

so is it 300 or 10,000?
i confused

 

[clinton666]

You Artards. I was there and it feels like there were 10,000 people there cheering for our paddlers.

 

[hughgrant]

You Artards. I was there and it feels like there were 10,000 people there cheering for our paddlers.

your sense of crowd is very poor. if there were only 300 peple, how can it feel like 10k ?

 

[Ah Guan]

"hmm... it feels like there are 5 billion people listening to PM's speech"

 

[SIFU]

haha.. some cannot differentiate between 300 & 10,000..

out of 300, 100 happen to be shopping, 100 happen to be ntuc staff, 50 happen from STTF..

so only 50 kaypohs left..

 

[metalslug]

it is 300 lah!!​

 

[myfoot123]

I advocate strongly that Singaporean should collectively sue the media for giving false informations since it was given the power to influence a larger audience of the republic and may caused undue inconveniences to many who trust the news Shall we all adopt LKY style of threatening and suing for misleading informations? So that reporters will be bound by sinkies and not pap.

 

[sunny302]

I advocate strongly that Singaporean should collectively sue the media for giving false informations snce it influenced a larger audience of the republic and may caused undue inconveniences to many who might use the informations.

May I suggest that you read through the postings in this thread before coming to the conclusion that the media is at fault....Cheers

 

[myfoot123]

May I suggest that you read through the postings in this thread before coming to the conclusion that the media is at fault....Cheers

I am not referring to this news. There were many other news that were not factually reported in the past.

 

[Alamaking]

You Artards. I was there and it feels like there were 10,000 people there cheering for our paddlers.

You cant differentiate 300 crowds with 10k crowds? hahahhaha

 

[sunny302]

I am not referring to this news. There were many other news that were not factually reported in the past.

OIC...If that's the case why don't you open a thread for us to hear your concerns and perhaps we all can chip in for a lively discussion ya!:p

 

[clinton666]

haha.. some cannot differentiate between 300 & 10,000..

out of 300, 100 happen to be shopping, 100 happen to be ntuc staff, 50 happen from STTF..

so only 50 kaypohs left..

When did all you Artards become Accountants?

 

[SIFU]

When did all you Artards become Accountants?

u need an accountant to do this simple sum??

so u r refering to your own intelligence level when u mentioned 'Artards'..