The response of Singaporeans to our Olympic players may not be easily understood by outsiders: sincerely cheer for a bronze medal.We are more willing to see.

The National Stadium was completed in 1973. When the founding Prime Minister Li Guangyao presided over the opening: "Since our population is only 2 million, we should not do their own efforts and waste time to cultivate gold athletes, whether it is the World Games, Asian Games, or Peninsula.Games. What national interests cannot bring in small countries.It is stupid and wasteful to do this. "

He said: "Any Olympic Council's Director (predecessor of the National Olympic Committee) or any group of subordinates, if you are going to convince the best men and women athletes to train with the best year in life and become a gold medalist, thenThey will find that enthusiasm uses the wrong place, and the funding will be cut off because they do this to be unrighteous to the athletes.What will the athletes be ""

I don't know what the athletes had heard of these words at the time. If they had a sports dream, would they wake up immediately.

In his speech, he actually calculated the state's accounts for the investment and periods of the stadium.From the current perspective, this is the lack of imagination. Is it too realistic?But the fact is that Singapore was independent of less than ten years at that time, and the per capita GDP was less than 2,000 US dollars.The national resources are limited, but they also invest in tens of millions of yuan at the National Stadium, in order to be the host country in September that year.Li Guangyao pointed out that this money is a "social investment", encouraging the whole people to actively exercise and maintain health.

Time to move. Thirty years ago when I applied for a reporter, one of the questions in the interview was the view of the "Excellent Sports 2000 Plan".

I forgot how to answer the interviewers.In 1993, the Singaporean players performed well at the Southeast Asian Games. After winning 50 gold medals, then Prime Minister Wu Zuodong said at the comfort club that achieved excellent results in sports will promote the reputation of the country, strengthen the spirit of unity of the people, and meet the Singapore's unity.National Policy: Do your best and excel.He announced that the government will increase the funding for excellent sports plans, and also hopes that the people will increase the sponsorship accordingly.

A few months later, the Ministry of Social Development and the Sports Council jointly published plans for details.Then raise 2 million funds from the merchants; focus on seven key sports, and seven sports categories will become "preferred".

In any case, my work finally settled and became a sports reporter.In the same year, the newspaper gave me a chance to interview Dr. Chen Zhilong, a good sailing player who won the Asian Games.The national value of the Asian Games gold medal is a bounty of 250,000 yuan.

Of course, Dr. Chen Zhilong did not become a "brave man" under the reward because of his excellent sports plan. He trained for a long time and used it with physical strength at sea.And other athletes I interviewed, some of the balls played well, but they had to concentrate on becoming athletes, and they seemed to be alert.They are concerned about a lot, because it seems accidental to have a flying fish Hong Bingxiang in Singapore. When a professional athlete is not a normal option in society.

For a special topic, I interviewed a group of children who spent extra time to receive badminton training. They were interested, as well as parents.When asked about their long -term plans, I deeply felt that playing in Singapore was probably only an hour. It seemed to confirm Li Guangyao's statement, or the setting of Lee Kuan Yew, which also deeply affected the thinking mode of most Singaporeans?

By 2001, Prime Minister Wu Zongdong announced that it would be 500 million yuan in five years. It would become the top ten Asian sports in 2010. In addition to the establishment of a sports school, the government also plans to transform the national stadium into a sports city.

This passage he said, we read again today, we should feel familiar: "Promoting Singapore's sports development will make us a lot of gain. It will make us more comprehensive and energetic, and it will also make the people unite more unitedAnd in addition to the success of academic studies, open the road of innovation. "

Singapore -related policies are going down, making people more and more exciting.The new Prime Minister Huang Xuncai last Sunday (August 18) at National Day Mass Conference href = "About:/News/Singapore/Story20240819-4504450" target = _blank> The future development of the future development of the cold sports city , including the original sports school in the north will be relocated to this area.The land area of ​​the Sports City is expensive. Premier Huang and Tang Zhenhui, a cultural, community and youth minister who announced details, did not mention the amount of the government's overall investment.They use the power of the country to support sports, and they emphasize the spirit of transcending medals: perseverance, tenacity, and never defeating.

After 50 years, sports development projects are still the "social investment" necessary for the country, but its goals have long surpassed the encouragement of the national movement, but to meet the needs of Singapore as a small country.The accumulation of predecessors in resources allows the new generation of leaders to stand in a favorable position and think about how to allocate resources, including reflecting the new vision and the spirit of displayed by allocating resources.

Perhaps the age is getting older. When I hear some new policies announced, I often chewed some changes in Singapore's thinking and policies for decades.Under the governance of the same ruling party since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the development of Singapore's development is strong.Of course, society is in different stages of development, the conditions of the country and individuals are changing, and many policies are adjusted according to the changes of the times.Although we said that we had to flip through every stone in the past, our adjustments are often gradual.

The time and context announced by Premier Huang announced this time, the time points and contexts announced by Premier Huang are very interesting.Recently, the Singapore athlete Mo Shilian won the bronze card of the wing wing kite board .Let this preparation plan reduce utilitarian colors and add the sincerity of a young and preparing country.The response of Singaporeans to our Olympic players may not be easily understood by outsiders: sincerely cheer for a bronze medal, and never give up those who do not win.EssenceWe long for the gold medal, but also attach importance to the process, respect the personal efforts of the athletes, and prepare to support it.Such national quality and national spirit are more powerful than only counting medals.

Next week, Singapore will also have 10 Paralympic Games to participate in Paris , we also have to cheer for them to cheer upEssence

(The author is the president of the Chinese Media Group)