Commenting on the Foreign Sporting Talent Scheme (FSTS), introduced in Singapore in 1993, SMU Associate Professor of Law and Nominated MP Eugene Tan wrote in an email, “That FSTS athletes, as immigrants, could help raise sporting standards in Singapore and contribute to Singapore’s hunger and quest for sporting success, had many parallels to the foreign talent policy for professionals, investors and other types of talents valued by Singapore.” He raised the FSTS issue in two Parliament sittings last February.