By now, most of us would have known that we have a badminton world champion: Loh Kean Yew.
Arguably the 2nd most famous person with LKY as initials in Singapore.
If you’re still unsure about who or what I’m talking about, let me fill you in.
On 27 Nov last year (yes, my friend, we’re at 2022 now), Loh made history by being the first Singaporean to win the World Championship Men’s Singles title.
Ever since he was crowned as world champion, he has been garnering much attention from the media. Separately, his world ranking has now leaped to 15th.
An impressive track record thus far indeed.
However, several eagled-eye people have noticed that there was something amiss. The 24-year-old did not receive any prize money for his epic win.
Yup, he received S$0.
Ever since then, five business leaders have collectively raised S$50,000 for him as a form of monetary gift to encourage him.
Following suit, members of the public also began donating to him.
Public Donated Over $75K for Loh Kean Yew
The initiative was kickstarted by the managing director of Pine Garden’s Cake, Wei Chan. He is an avid badminton player and a huge fan of the sport.
On 2 Jan, Chan set up a donation fund on the platform Ray of Hope SG. Members of the public could donate to Loh Kean Yew should they wish to.
According to Chan, he wanted to push forth for this initiative after several members of the public approached him. They wanted to encourage Loh in a similar way as well.
At the time of writing, over S$77K have been raised for Loh by 142 donors in total.
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Pine Garden’s Wei Chan sees resemblance between him and Kean Yew
Wei Chan said that he felt compelled to start this donation fund as he sees many similarities between himself and Loh.
Just like Kean Yew, Chan has started playing badminton since young. He would also often have friendly matches with his father at the front gate of his house.
As per what is written in the campaign story, Chan also mentioned that “I felt compelled to do something to thank him for what he has achieved for himself and Singapore, and further encourage him towards his badminton hope and dreams. This arduous journey to the apex is long and most times lonely.”
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