The Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS) held a dinner on Thursday (March 21) evening to celebrate its 90th anniversary and raised approximately $300,000 through the dinner to promote local basketball.
Funds will provide support for athlete development processes, coach training, sports science and medicine, training environments, data analysis and information, and domestic and international competition opportunities. The purpose of fundraising also includes improving the daily training environment for athletes and providing general financial support.
Du Deren, president of the Basketball Association who took office last year, said: “We want to make basketball more inclusive and social and attract more people to participate.”
Chua Sui Lung, Senior Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and Ministry of Social and Family Development, and Chen Pei Ling, Member of Parliament and General Counsel of Basketball, attended the event as guests and called on everyone to actively support Singapore Basketball and express their feelings through donations.
Senior Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and Ministry of Social and Family Development Chua Sui Lung (left) and Member of Parliament and General Counsel of the Basketball Association Chan Pei Ling sang the song “Slow Water”, hoping that donations will continue to flow like this song, and the basketball project will continue to grow. success. (Photo by special guest Chen Laifu)
In an interview with “Lianhe Zaobao”, Cai Ruilong said: “Singapore basketball has great potential. We still have many expectations for the basketball project. The scene tonight is also very lively. I hope more kind-hearted people will support basketball and let our young people Players keep up the good work.”
It is hoped that the funds can be used to produce short videos to spread and support basketball in our country
Chen Qinyi, secretary-general of the Basketball Federation, said: “We hope that the funds raised can also be used for cultural dissemination supported by new popular technologies such as educational short videos, so that children, teenagers and other young people can obtain positive and useful information through education. Learn content, create more benefits, translate into more funds, and continue to support basketball in our country.”
Liang Jiaji, the founder of Liang Yuan and an old friend of Du Deren, donated S$50,000. Liang Jiaji said: “I said before that when one day my friend Du Deren becomes the president, I will definitely donate to support him. I have also donated to many projects such as swimming, table tennis and badminton, just hoping that our country’s athletes can Create good results.”
Regarding the outlook for basketball, he believes: “To professionalize a sport, we need to train full-time players.” When asked about any rewards other than expected results, he smiled and said, “I don’t have this consideration, I just want to encourage progress.” .
Liang Yiyao, administrative director of the Basketball Association, said that as of the end of the dinner, a total of about 300,000 Singapore dollars had been raised, and it is expected that more donations should be received by the end of the financial year on the 31st of this month.
2024-03-21 15:01:35
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