1. No Singaporean, NONE would want our taxpayers funds to be frittered away that would ensure no tangible returns, especially in monetary terms, & would rather those precious hard earned funds remained for a rainy day or for future innocent generations to come.
2. At our independence in 1965 in horrifying TURBULENT times, there was only $100 Million dollars left in the treasury for social expenditure for 1.5Million uneducated & vulnerable citizens back then. Ah Kong & his team rolled up their sleeves & got to work, hard & smart, & was never afraid to spent that precious money for VIABLE returns, & by their great vision & calculated foresight, transformed the impossible to what Singapore is possible today.
3. They did by doing what others in the presumed self sufficient better resources S.E Asian region thought impossible or even necessary - industrialization & foreign investments. By the 70s, our neighbors realized their errors & copied us & saw their economies grew phenomenally.
4. Sports is important & necessary NOT for just one's health but also mental & physical discipline. It MUST be encouraged, more so with so many, so many that would rather sit in armchairs or stare at a miniscule tiny computer screen during their waking hours. Such is unhealthy.
5.Unfortunately, with the advance of technology, sports is often neglected & even personal health. Worse, most would not presume that sports would give the kind of returns to the economy that events such as Taylor Swift type concerts would.
6. Thus to overcome such mental hurdles, sports & entertainment CAN be combined together, far MORE than the F1 races can do.
7. It will need the genius of Mr Edwin Tong in his ministerial capacity, along with other stat boards including EDB, STP & even security services as well as even the best Marketing teams in our World, to discuss & plan CON-CURRENT events with sports & 1st tier acknowledged performers whom supports sport with concerts to support the healthy endeavors of life, & critically, to PULL in the crowds & their spending on free will, to Support such uplifting ventures.
With such efforts & if successful with returns to economy in several ways proven, it will change how sporting events, even Olympic games, can benefit Humanity in more ways than one & other nations to follow.
8. At the end of the day, PRAGMATISM MUST RULE & not euphoria/false sense of confidence. For every $1 from taxpayers fund, there MUST be at the LEAST $3 in return or else, precious taxpayers fund would be wasted.....
2. At our independence in 1965 in horrifying TURBULENT times, there was only $100 Million dollars left in the treasury for social expenditure for 1.5Million uneducated & vulnerable citizens back then. Ah Kong & his team rolled up their sleeves & got to work, hard & smart, & was never afraid to spent that precious money for VIABLE returns, & by their great vision & calculated foresight, transformed the impossible to what Singapore is possible today.
3. They did by doing what others in the presumed self sufficient better resources S.E Asian region thought impossible or even necessary - industrialization & foreign investments. By the 70s, our neighbors realized their errors & copied us & saw their economies grew phenomenally.
4. Sports is important & necessary NOT for just one's health but also mental & physical discipline. It MUST be encouraged, more so with so many, so many that would rather sit in armchairs or stare at a miniscule tiny computer screen during their waking hours. Such is unhealthy.
5.Unfortunately, with the advance of technology, sports is often neglected & even personal health. Worse, most would not presume that sports would give the kind of returns to the economy that events such as Taylor Swift type concerts would.
6. Thus to overcome such mental hurdles, sports & entertainment CAN be combined together, far MORE than the F1 races can do.
7. It will need the genius of Mr Edwin Tong in his ministerial capacity, along with other stat boards including EDB, STP & even security services as well as even the best Marketing teams in our World, to discuss & plan CON-CURRENT events with sports & 1st tier acknowledged performers whom supports sport with concerts to support the healthy endeavors of life, & critically, to PULL in the crowds & their spending on free will, to Support such uplifting ventures.
With such efforts & if successful with returns to economy in several ways proven, it will change how sporting events, even Olympic games, can benefit Humanity in more ways than one & other nations to follow.
8. At the end of the day, PRAGMATISM MUST RULE & not euphoria/false sense of confidence. For every $1 from taxpayers fund, there MUST be at the LEAST $3 in return or else, precious taxpayers fund would be wasted.....
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