Comments on: Forum writer expresses disappointment at repeated delays in building the sports hub

By: Zone Trooper

Zone Trooper — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:53:42 +0000

There is no need of wasting money for a sport’s hub. We can always pay and offer citizenships to people from other countries to play and win for us. With the working life nowadays I am suprised some people still got time for sports. Old guy is right to say nowadays the emphasis it on IRs and casinos and the vision of million of dollars revenue to come.

By: inevitable

inevitable — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:15 +0000

it’s Dr Vivian’s pet project isn’t it? what a flop. i thought Dr Vivian was the one the best young minister around.

By: Ms Sportmanship

Ms Sportmanship — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:40:24 +0000

Do we need a sports hub? That’s my only question.

By: cy

cy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:52:50 +0000

this is supposed to be the first public/private infrastructure project, yet it has run into difficulty. a bad omen.

nevertheless, it is better to delay than build a white elephant when the demand is simply not enough to fill up the capacity.

By: dd

dd — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:40:30 +0000

wow when it comes to buildings sports arena….malaysia kicks our butts in this department..ouch…

By: Pakat

Pakat — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:24:56 +0000

How come no legal action taken against the developer?
I thought there are penalties for such delays/ breach of contracts?
Why is pap siding with this private consortium?
Shouldn’t the opportunity to develop to sports hub be made available to other developers rather than sticking with a developer that cannot honour its contract?
Why is pap not taking legal action against this consortium to fight for the rights of Singaporeans, considering that there have been lost opportunities/additional costs incurred due to the delay?

and the answer to all questions is…

CORRUPTION

By: Kan_Cheong spider

Kan_Cheong spider — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:12 +0000

Banks are only keen on returns. Regardless of who is taking over, HSBC should hv carried out their due diligence before committing to the Project.

Well, if they r unable to find pple to finance the so called Hub, that would speak volumes of the confidence level of the financial institutes have on Singapore as well as the calibre of those directly involved.

This does not bode well.

By: What the crap

What the crap — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:46:13 +0000

Don’t worry be happy!
The minister of CDYS has said that he will not want to spent a cent more than is necessary of Singaporeans’hard earned
money on the Sports Hub by repeatedly delaying the said project.
How kind and considerate of him! By his logic, the longer the delay,the less we will fork out eventually.
Anyone buy this bullshit crap??

By: Sports Excellence Singapore???

Sports Excellence Singapore??? — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:07:15 +0000

Sports excellence in my opinion is difficult to achieve in Singapore. We do not have enough people (parents) whom will encourage their children to do sports. There’s no money in it. No million dollar sponsorship for each player. Olympic metals, prize money, will go to imported ‘Singaporeans’.

No banks in their right mind would loan money to the Singapore Sports Hub operator/consortium. Not 1.87 billion. It will be a 1.87 billion white elephant.

By: Jobless

Jobless — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:32:35 +0000

The MIW messed up big time. I believe it is time we took a different direction.

Things started going downhill ever since LHL visited Taiwan and caused so much anger in China. Things have never been the same. If someone drew up a list of the screw ups since then, it would probably be an inch thick.