I WAS disappointed to read that Paralympian Yip Pin Xiu was awarded only $100,000 for her gold-medal win, which is 10 per cent of what an Olympic gold medallist would get.

When Tan Howe Liang won Singapore?s first Olympic medal in weightlifting in 1960, he was poorly rewarded.

However, I can understand that because Singapore did not have sufficient resources then to reward Mr Tan handsomely.

Yip should be rewarded more because she and her family could use the money to treat her muscular dystrophy. Mr Ace Kindred Cheong For more my paper stories click here.