There is no escaping from Maslow hierachy of needs in this suppresive and oppresive regime .
According to Maslow' humans are compelled to satisfy physiological needs first . This means that if a person is struggling to meet their physiological needs, they are unwilling to seek belonging, esteem, and self-actualization on their own.
Sinkies from young are struggling to survive , swamped with school work and tuition and then if they can find a job unwanted by foreign talents, work long hours and worry when they will be retrenched and be unable to pay their burdening HDB mortgage.
In this pressure cooker dog eat dog environment , few will have time for sports and of course PAP solve this by importing more foreign talents where you even even have a whole so called national team from China and badminton champion from penang