Serious Pinky: ParLeement to move motion to formally recognise Schooling's Olympic tr

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SINGAPORE: Parliament sits on Monday (Aug 15) and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said there are plans to move a motion to congratulate Joseph Schooling on his Olympic gold.

In a Facebook post late on Saturday evening, Mr Lee said the motion will be a formal recognition of his achievements by Parliament. The motion will also express support for Team Singapore in ‪Rio 2016, added Mr Lee.

The 21-year-old Singaporean clinched gold in the 100m butterfly event after touching the wall in 50.39s, nearly one second ahead of an extraordinary joint-silver finish of 51.14s shared by American great Michael Phelps, South Africa's Chad le Clos and Hungarian Laszlo Cseh.

Saying that he had spoken to Schooling in Rio, Prime Minister Lee added that he hoped that Schooling would be present in Parliament with his family, and reported that “he said he would”.


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