Email this letter to Lee Bee Wah’s superiors to dismiss her as STTA President
EDITORS’ NOTE:
Please feel free to cut, paste and edit the letter below and email Lee Bee Wah’s superiors. Forward it to everybody you know as well:
Mr Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of National Olympic Committee
teo_chee_hean@mindef.gov.sg
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of Community, Youth and Sports
Vivian_BALA@mcys.gov.sg
Mr Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports & Ministry of Transport
teo_ser_luck@mcys.gov.sg
OR give feedback directly to STTA here:
http://www.stta.org.sg/contact/index.php
Dear Sir,
I am a resident of XXX and I am writing to implore you to dismiss Lee Bee Wah as STTA President as she has demonstrated an utter lack of leadership, diplomacy and experience in the job.
As a Singaporean, I am most appalled, disgusted and disappointed by the behavior of STTA President Lee Bee Wah in her treatment of ex-coach Liu Guodong who won Singapore’s first Olympic medal in 48 years.
When asked by the media the reasons for not nominating Liu for the “Coach of the year” award, Lee was reported to have cast aspersions on Liu’s character with her statement that “results are not everything and that professionalism and integrity are important attributes of a good coach too.”
Being a public figure in a leadership position, her words carry heavy weight and may be enough to destroy the entire career and future of coach Liu.
If Liu was deemed unfit to be the national coach, why did she offer to renew his contract last year?
Her insensitive, callous and uncalled for remarks had triggered widespread public outrage with many Singaporeans calling for her resignation.
Please take a look at the petition below to judge the prevailing public sentiment for yourself:
http://www.petitiononline.com/lbh/petition.html
Since her latest faux paus, she had declined to comment further on the matter. If what she said about Liu is correct, why can’t she step forward and show the public the proof?
Does being a PAP MP give her special rights to character assassinate anybody she does not like or agree with?
What message are we sending to the sports fraternity? Will foreign coaches and players dare to come to Singapore knowing that their training and work will be subjected to frequent interference by political figures and administrators with no knowledge in the sports?
Is this the kind of “first division” MP that the PAP has in its team? Is Singapore really so short of talent to lead STTA?
I strongly protest against the continued stewardship of STTA under Lee Bee Wah.
Every time now I watch our national team played, bad memories of her 2 unwarranted outbursts will appear in my mind.
I will boycott the Singapore table-tennis team as long Lee Bee Wah remains in charge of the organization.
STTA is owned by the people of Singapore since it receives public monies for its training programmes and operations. Therefore it should be held accountable to the public.
Lee Bee Wah’s dismal performance so far has scandalized the entire nation and make us a laughing stock in the world.
She has lost all moral authority, credibility and respect to be a representative of the people.
Please do the right thing and remove her immediately as STTA President before more damage is done to the sports.
Yours sincerely,
XXX
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Saturday, May 16, 2009
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