Opinion | Better organised: Singapore’s sports chiefs reveal how city overtook Hong Kong – and how they're planning for more Olympic glory
The Lion City also already have Formula One, the English Premier League’s Asia Trophy, the flagship Women’s Tennis Association Finals as well as a brand new stadium to host a growing list of events
Hong Kong’s medal-less Olympics was disappointing, but understandable, even if Sarah Lee Wai-sze was desperately unlucky.
We’ve only ever won three medals and there were plenty of highlights from a young squad and there is optimism for Tokyo 2020.
Except for one thing: Singapore won a gold.
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Hong Kong has always had bragging rights over our rivals thanks to Lee Lai-shan 20 years ago.
Singapore got on the board first, with a weightlifting medal in 1960, but we had the gold.
And their next medals – silver and two bronzes in table tennis in 2008 and 2012 – we could try to dismiss by telling ourselves they were won by China-born imports.
