Sport won't be overlooked: Tong

Minister says supporting sector key priority but team sports won't return so soon

Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong says weekend warriors will have to make do with five-player kickabouts for now.
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong says weekend warriors will have to make do with five-player kickabouts for now. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR, COURTESY OF MCCY
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong says weekend warriors will have to make do with five-player kickabouts for now.
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong says weekend warriors will have to make do with five-player kickabouts for now. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR, COURTESY OF MCCY
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Sipping on black coffee in his Hill Street office, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong jokes about finally being able to see his office carpet after spending decades in a law firm packed from floor to ceiling with legal documents.

But the challenges facing Singapore sport are no laughing matter for the former lawyer, who took over the ministry in July during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 31, 2020, with the headline Sport won't be overlooked: Tong. Subscribe