Demolition of National Stadium - Losing a slice of history (ST, Fri, 13th Jul)
Flash back to 1973, when the National Stadium was first opened. Then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew declared: "From time to time, we shall throw up the exceptional sportsman or sportswoman. But that is not the aim of our sporting activities. I would rather see this stadium regularly used - morning, afternoon and night - by our students and adults from all over Singapore than to have it filled because of famous world-class teams.
How times have changed. The promotion of sports is no longer for the purpose of building a healthy and robust society; it is not but one of many profitable leisure industries.
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