Paddler Tan turns to coaching (The Straits Times, 22 Oct 2008)

By Lin Xinyi
 
She has trained at the Singapore Table Tennis Association’s  hall on countless occasions.
 
But yesterday’s two-hour training session was different for her.
 
Tan Paey Fern went into the hall at Toa Payoh knowing that it would mark her last session as a national paddler.
 
The world No 103 has called an end to her playing career, [...]

STTA chief’s new style (The Straits Times, 18 Oct 2008)

After Beijing Olympics debacle, Lee now takes different work approach
 
By Lin Xinyi
 
THE start of her tenure as Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) president might have got off on the wrong foot during the Beijing Olympics, but Lee Bee Wah has now adopted a new working style.
 
Lee, an MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, said yesterday: [...]

End of the road (The Straits Times, 14 October 2008)

Coach Liu turns down new contact with table tennis association
 
By Terrence Voon
 
THE man who helped deliver Singapore’s first Olympic medal in 48 years is set to quit as coach of the historic women’s national team.
 
Liu Guodong – whose contract expires at the end of the year – has turned down a new two-year deal [...]

Two more foreign-born players quit SBA (TODAY, 10 Oct 2008)

Singapore’s badminton future takes a hit as Gu and Zhang do a Li Li
 
By Low Lin Fhoong
 
NINE months ago, Singapore’s No 1 female shuttler Li Li sent shockwaves through the local badminton fraternity when she quit the sport, citing fatigue.
 
The 2002 Commonwealth Games gold medallist (women’s singles) was a member of Project 0812, a [...]

Badminton body shocked (The Straits Times, 9 Oct 2008)

Officials learnt that admin exec was convicted of theft just last month
 
By Leonard Lim
 
HOT on the heels of public criticism of the Singapore Badminton Association’s move to re-hire an employee convicted of corruption back in his previous post, officials were stunned with another find yesterday.
 
On the association’s payroll is someone who, just 13 days [...]