Image by Getty Images via @daylifeMohammed Al Fayed's increasingly bizarre shrine-making has reached a new zenith.According to Today newspaper and the BBC he has unveiled a statue to the late 'Wacko Jacko' outside Fulham Football Club's grounds.
I doubt very much if Michael Jackson ever entered Craven Cottage or had much of an interest in football, but that has not deterred the super rich Al Fayed from spending some of his Harrod sales spoils on a a statue of his departed friend.
Critics of this idea (and there are a few fans who are not enchanted by this development) can "go to hell" or "Chelsea" according to the club's owner. I would have thought backing Chelsea was a kind of purgatory in itself but no doubt there are those who think otherwise.
The majority of the front page of the Singapore paper seemed to focus on the merits of new PAP candidates although another snippet also caught my attention.
Why is it that so many young, Singaporeans (and the not so young) still want to leave the country? According to a recent survey, 20% of young Singaporeans did not feel a strong bond to the country and despite feeling differently about their family, were quite prepared to fly the coop.
The more disquieting news is that this same segment are in the better educated demographic and are pessimistic about Singapore's economic future.
26.4 per cent of all respondents expressed a desire to emigrate within the next five years which must be of concern to the country although expect like New Zealand, once the O.E. is out of the system many of these dame people will feel happy to return to the land of their birth.
If any of them are Fulham supporters I would suggest they stay put!
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