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#226 - Local football prodigy offered Premier League contract but unable to skip NS obligations
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It's a short one today, folks! Singapore-born footballing talent Harry Birtwhistle, 17 years old, has been offered a professional contract to play with the Wolverhampton Wanderers of the Premier League, but has been disallowed from skipping his National Service obligations or even renouncing his SG citizenship to pursue the opportunity. Is this a fair move by MINDEF? How will this decision factor into young SG athletes’ futures as they chase their dreams?
Find us here!
- Our YLB Subreddit for detailed show notes and mindblowing discussions!
- YLB's own TikTok featuring 2 boom-llenials attempting to connect with Gen Z uwu
- Our YLB YouTube channel to watch videos of all our guest interviews!
Local football prodigy offered Premier League contract but unable to skip NS obligations
- 1st S'pore-born footballer to sign for EPL club applied to renounce S'pore citizenship to 'evade NS': Mindef
- Birtwistle rewarded with professional contract | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
- Football: Wolves defender Birtwistle, 17, 'so honoured' to be first S'pore-born player in EPL
- Football: A timeline of the Ben Davis saga
- Parliament: Minister Ng Eng Hen's full speech on why Mindef rejected footballer Ben Davis' deferment request
- Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians, defaulted on NS obligations: MINDEF
- IG DM from listener in Sydney (no link)
- Comment by MirroMask
One Shiok Thing
528 episoder
Manage episode 305961956 series 2998390
It's a short one today, folks! Singapore-born footballing talent Harry Birtwhistle, 17 years old, has been offered a professional contract to play with the Wolverhampton Wanderers of the Premier League, but has been disallowed from skipping his National Service obligations or even renouncing his SG citizenship to pursue the opportunity. Is this a fair move by MINDEF? How will this decision factor into young SG athletes’ futures as they chase their dreams?
Find us here!
- Our YLB Subreddit for detailed show notes and mindblowing discussions!
- YLB's own TikTok featuring 2 boom-llenials attempting to connect with Gen Z uwu
- Our YLB YouTube channel to watch videos of all our guest interviews!
Local football prodigy offered Premier League contract but unable to skip NS obligations
- 1st S'pore-born footballer to sign for EPL club applied to renounce S'pore citizenship to 'evade NS': Mindef
- Birtwistle rewarded with professional contract | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
- Football: Wolves defender Birtwistle, 17, 'so honoured' to be first S'pore-born player in EPL
- Football: A timeline of the Ben Davis saga
- Parliament: Minister Ng Eng Hen's full speech on why Mindef rejected footballer Ben Davis' deferment request
- Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians, defaulted on NS obligations: MINDEF
- IG DM from listener in Sydney (no link)
- Comment by MirroMask
One Shiok Thing
528 episoder
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