Basketball Association of Singapore president sets bold targets for national cagers

Basketball Association of Singapore president Hoo Boon Hock expects the men's team, whose last medal was a bronze at the 2015 edition in Singapore, to return to the podium at 2021's Games in Vietnam. ST PHOTO: MARCELLIN LOPEZ
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SINGAPORE - With just one silver and six bronze medals at the SEA Games, the national cagers have rarely made an impact on the international stage.

But Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS) president Hoo Boon Hock, who took over from former Member of Parliament David Ong last June, is not shying away from bold ambitions.

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