The name card of Mr Lim Kia Tong Just only days ago before his demise in 2022 , I received this from him at a book launch at JBS. And he said these words to me:"I heard you been writing a lot on Singapore football." before he handed me his name card, as shown. That was only the second time I had met Mr Lim Kia Tong face-to-face, despite snapping him from a distance ever since his rise to prominence in local football. He took over the presidency of the Football Association of Singapore in 2017 when his team won the election after FAS held its first election in decades. I will not touch on what he did for the game of football in Singapore, as plenty of articles out there have already documented that . Mr Lim addressing the media in 2017 However, before I conclude this short post, I thought it would be a good idea to share how and when I first met Mr Lim. It was in a boardroom at the old National Stadium during the early 2000s, if I remember correctly — where we both sat on a ...
Perry Ng is still waiting for the green light You can sense the optimism when Cardiff City defender Perry Ng (above, file picture: September 2024) revealed to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that he is travelling to Singapore this month. "I think we're getting closer," said Ng to the British public broadcaster in the article titled "Ng a step closer to securing Singapore citizenship" . For those unbeknownst, the 30-year-old has been one of many foreign-born footballers singled out by various sources on the possibility of playing for the Singapore national team due to heritage lineage. However, what distinguished the Liverpool-born defender from the rest is his consistency in showing his desire to play for the Lions throughout the years since his declaration years ago. That desire was affirmed when he accepted the invitation from the FAS (Football Association of Singapore), alongside Kyoga Nakamura, in the familiarisation stint in September 2024 . Sin...